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"When The Hot Ice Melts"
What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

Jul 17, 2010 10:37 AM
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Didn't want Hilda to die :<
Aug 13, 2010 9:51 PM
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Oct 23, 2010 1:52 PM
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Naaaaawwww Hilda was so badass!!
Feb 20, 2011 3:42 PM
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Sucks that Hilda had to die, but i kinda saw it coming, still a bad ass way to die, unless I'm mistaken there was a bomb in her tooth and that's what caused the explosion right? well anyway solid episode I'm looking forward to the rest of the show.
Mar 29, 2011 5:31 PM
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HILDAAAAAA!!!!!
May 14, 2011 12:14 PM
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awww man i loved hilda and was hoping that her and gene would hook up. Oh well. Bad ass way to die indeed. I love Outlaw Star.
Jun 5, 2011 9:55 PM
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Wasn't expecting a character death quite so early, she seemed like she'd last longer than that! I'm satisfied with her death though, it was quite good.
Jun 23, 2012 3:51 PM
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Wow, wasn't expecting her to die so soon. I really liked her.
Jul 11, 2012 12:17 PM

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as it has been said, wow... I would never guess they would kill what I thought was already a main character O_O

Outlaw Star promises, with such a powerful ending to this somewhat "introductory arc"
Jan 9, 2013 11:34 PM

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God damn, I really liked Hilda a lot. She had so much promise as a characters. The hell was the point in killing her so soon in the story?

Apr 14, 2013 9:29 AM

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Hildaa noooo! you were too sexy to die!
Yep, great episode. I also like the idea of ships having arms.
Jul 27, 2013 4:09 PM

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Oh shit. Did Hilda just die??? I really liked her! She was a total sexy bad ass!!
RIP Hilda, you will not be forgotten! (Being voice by Mary Elisabeth certainly didn't hurt)

Bur I cant wait to see where it goes from here! Killing off a kind-of main character is pretty ballsy. This story reminds me of Treasure Island for some reason... But IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Aug 3, 2013 10:10 PM

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Man. Thank's for killing all the cool villains right away.
Aug 30, 2013 6:40 AM
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I kind of expected Hilda to die, because she isn't on the cover of any the DVD releases I've seen of Outlaw Star (what a spoiler, huh?). Having said that it's a real shame. She was a badass sexy lady and I would have loved to have her bossing Gene around on the ship (and in bed too!). I suppose this will be part of Gene's character development as he'll have to toughen up now.

This series, it's a blast.
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Sep 10, 2013 4:52 PM

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Aw man.. that was sad.


The hot ice melted...literally.

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Jan 1, 2014 4:20 AM
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Zepwich said:
Naaaaawwww Hilda was so badass!!

I thought Gene was going to name the ship Hilda...
Mar 31, 2014 8:40 PM

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oh
May 17, 2014 3:39 AM

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That was some heavy shit.



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May 23, 2014 12:05 AM

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Goodbye Hilda :(
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Jun 5, 2014 5:52 PM

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WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HILDAAAAAAAAAAAA! *sniff*

Nov 12, 2014 8:29 AM

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i thought she was going to be a main character for most of, if not the entire series. well, fuck, episode 4 guys LOL.

rip horus, rip hilda.
Dec 26, 2014 10:41 PM

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wow killed off what i thought were the main antagonists and one of the main characters in the series. At least Hilda went out like a badass.
Jul 1, 2015 8:32 AM

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Everyone saw it coming. It was going to happen eventually.

But still

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Oct 24, 2015 12:06 AM
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kinda convoluted way to make a ship work. A naked women. So it seems the macdougles played a part in genes dad death. Outlaws never go down easy..hu dont know about that hilda you went down pretty easy with gene. Anywho pretty good way to go out. Knew she would die since she not talked about much int he series. I more surprised these villains were whacked this fast.
Feb 13, 2017 2:17 PM

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...so that's why Hilda isn't in the opening credits.

I expected Melfina's purpose to be something like that.

Is the meaning behind "Outlaw Star" in rememberance of Hilda (an Outlaw) who died close to a star, then?

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Aug 21, 2017 7:01 AM

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Damn it HILDA!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 22, 2017 5:38 PM

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I'm disappointed by this. I liked her. :(
Jul 8, 2019 1:39 PM

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Why did she have to die? I'm worried the show won't be as good without her.
Jan 1, 2020 3:08 PM

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Just here to press F for Hilda. She was the best character in the show so far. Sad to see her go.
Feb 7, 2020 8:19 PM

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I was shocked that Hilda died. It seemed like it might happen, but I really didn't think it would. I could have sworn I saw her in later episodes as a kid, but I think that maybe I just didn't see her when I first saw it and saw her later. She's the Billy Bones of this Treasure Island.
Mar 7, 2020 8:37 PM

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Damn, Hilda dying like that :(

Tbh, I thought Gene was going to call Gillian's ship "Hilda". But didn't expect "Outlaw Star".

Then I think about it and it makes sense. Hilda's final words is Outlaws don't die so easily. And Stars probably symbolizes that Hilda died in that sun.

Definitely gonna keep gonna on watching this!
May 4, 2021 2:17 PM
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What? Why??? She was the best character! Jim and Gene don't have enough screen presence and charisma to be at the center of the show by themselves IMO. Gene seems like a pretty stereotypical male action hero with a dead father whereas Hilda seemed like her past was a lot more interesting. Even if it wasn't, she was a lot more fun to watch on screen.
Jan 15, 2022 10:36 PM

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Whoa, this was so intense all the way through.

No, Hilda was so badass, why. She died in the most epic way, holy.
Apr 2, 2022 9:32 PM

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a lot of the animation especially action sequences is really awkward, but the story is enough to intrigue me. press F in chat for hilda and her nuclear tooth.
May 31, 2022 5:12 PM
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Well, I wasn't expecting Hilda to die so soon. But, looks like I was right about the ship's name. I'm not really sure what to expect at this point. Hilda put everything in motion and assembled these other characters, without her it's kind of up in the air what happens next. It almost seems like a misstep for the show to take this sort of direction so soon.
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Aug 11, 2022 7:09 PM
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Nooooooo! Hilda!!!!!!

Recynon said:
Gene seems like a pretty stereotypical male action hero with a dead father


Gene at least gets laid, unlike 90% of anime protags. I think it's implied that he even made it with Hilda before she died. Dude is legit.
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megatog615 said:
Nooooooo! Hilda!!!!!!

Recynon said:
Gene seems like a pretty stereotypical male action hero with a dead father


Gene at least gets laid, unlike 90% of anime protags. I think it's implied that he even made it with Hilda before she died. Dude is legit.


Having watched the rest of the series I would say that Gene is a pretty unremarkable action hero protagonist with nothing much interesting going about him. Most of his specialness is informed by the show; yes, he does win a lot (which a lot of the times just comes down to having that special gun of his) but the show treats him as some special chosen one.

A quality like getting laid implies he's got charisma, which I don't recall a lot of coming from Gene; therefore, if he does get laid, it's just the show informing the viewer that he's charismatic but not showing it. As for this quality being somewhat unique... yeah despite what I said, I'd still prefer Gene over a lot of the wimps in other shows. This is because the stereotypical male action is something that's sorely lacking in anime. Like yeah, if an anime has this type of protagonist it's cliche, but it's watchable, whereas if they have the hot head dumb shounen character or the wimp or the moralistic but naive type then it's just cringe to watch.
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That's quite interesting way to pilot a ship :) .

Too bad that Hilda is gone. The coolest character of the show so far.
Apr 1, 2023 10:32 AM
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Now the Anime name make sense.
Jun 27, 2023 2:37 PM

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haha death of hilda goes brrr!!!
Jul 1, 2023 12:21 AM

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Did they really just kill off the best character so far? The hottie that was Hilda? You muthafuckas
Aug 1, 2023 12:31 AM
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Farabeuf said:
I kind of expected Hilda to die, because she isn't on the cover of any the DVD releases I've seen of Outlaw Star (what a spoiler, huh?). Having said that it's a real shame. She was a badass sexy lady and I would have loved to have her bossing Gene around on the ship (and in bed too!). I suppose this will be part of Gene's character development as he'll have to toughen up now.

This series, it's a blast.
I rewatched claymore recently, and honestly i feel her role is similar to Terresa the faint smile in claymore,

a character that mentors the protagonist for only a short while before dieing but has a massive impact on the plot posthumously even outside of the protagonists motivations 
Aug 23, 2023 10:12 PM

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When they mention the name of the show :O
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Jun 30, 2024 7:33 PM
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RIP Hilda, badass til the very end o7
Sep 10, 2024 12:34 PM

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Damn! Cant believe they killed Hilda, she was best girl. The moment the villain grandpa bit the dust I thought shit just got real, but I didn't expect for it to get this real this fast.

I mean, lets face it Hilda was the wise mentor that dies, that was a no-brainer, but it being in episode 4 got me by surprise. Good seeing theres actual stakes and consequences though.

Overall I'm hooked, I'm starting to understand why this anime is so well spoken of.
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Oh nooo, Hilda was the best T_T
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Well this became a sad episode at the end didn't it? I didn't expect Hilda to die in this episode I mean I was honestly expecting her to last a little longer then again it should've been obvious to me considering she's not in the opening but man I gotta admit, her taking out one of the pirates after her with nothing but a grenade in her tooth whilst floating a huge star? It's a pretty badass way to go for her. If you're gonna die then do it in a cool way.

That being said I really liked Hilda, she was a badass herself. Really liked that in honour of her memory, Gene called the ship he inherited: The Outlaw Star. I guess it's going to be a way to toughen Gene up in terms of character development. I'm starting to see why people consider this a cult classic here.
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It seems like I'm not the only one who was not at all expecting Hilda to die so soon, even though in hindsight I should have seen that coming. The three villains that had been chasing Hilda are also dead, which means we have yet to encounter the real nemesis of this show.

In a way though, Hilda's early death works out quite well. It's only through her that Gene and Jim could "grow out" of their comfy life on Sentinel III and start out their own adventure. Gene in particular seems to have finally gotten over his childhood fear of space.

It's nice we've finally gotten to see the meaning behind the anime's title, "Outlaw Star" being the name of the ship Gene and his friends will travel in throughout the rest of their adventure. And of course, we've also found out how Melfina is actually an android whose apparent purpose is to act as a ship's navigator of sorts. There is still much mystery surrounding her, though.

It seems like the real adventure is beginning only now.
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Hilda was my favorite, suprised they killed her this early

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