"Outlaw Star" has received very modest commercial success and miscellaneous viewer recognition. The initial shipment of the manga's first volume sold out nationwide in Japan. According to Morning Star Studio's English website, the "Outlaw Star" manga has sold 250,000 copies, though the anime series was less successful. The "Outlaw Star" television series was aired in Japan during a late night timeslot because it was not likely to obtain more than one or two percent viewership like prime time shows. "Outlaw Star" was voted as the 20th best anime of 1999 in the Japanese "Animage" Anime Grand Prix. During a summer 2001 online poll to determine which show would return to Toonami, "Outlaw Star" received approximately two-thirds of the more than 150,000 votes cast. In August 2002, Cartoon Network announced that the late-night Adult Swim "Outlaw Star" received a Nielsen rating of 0.9, up 125 percent for that same time slot and a delivery of 414,000, up 135 percent for the 18–34 age range. The "Outlaw Star Complete Collection" was the 21st best-selling anime DVD in the United States in 2006 and the 25th in 2007. In 2012, Bandai's North American division, Bandai Entertainment, listed "Outlaw Star" as one of its top five most successful anime properties. Josh Pool of IGN listed "Outlaw Star" at number six on its "Top Ten Anime Themes and Soundtracks of All-Time", noting a stark polarity between the opening and ending themes.