Bodacious Space Pirates...
I just couldn't resist picking up Bodacious Space Pirates...
While commenting on Bodacious Space Pirates, John, on the AnimeNation forum, noted:Collection 1
Most families have a skeleton or two in the closet, but Marika is understandably shocked to learn that what her family has been hiding is a skull and crossbones! While the revelation that her late father was a space pirate would have been earthshaking enough for most teenage girls, discovering that he was the captain of the notorious pirate ship Benten Maru will change Marika's life forever. You see, pirating is a family business, and she's just inherited the position of captain - and her father's former crew is quite intent on making sure Marika accepts the job!
What's a girl to do? Well, if you're a high school student whose prior total naval experience has been working at the space yacht club, there's really only one moral dilemma that has to be resolved: are pirates allowed to wear really short mini-skirts?
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Marika is finally settling in to her role as captain of a pirate ship and earning the respect of her crewmembers. Just when things are looking jaunty, the crew of the Bentenmaru is struck by a mysterious epidemic and Marika has to fight to complete her contracts and keep her Letter of Marque.
If that wasn't bad enough, pirate ships are being destroyed. Entire ships with their crew and cargo blown into space dust, but who's responsible? What are they trying to accomplish? More importantly, will the Bentenmaru be docked for good? Will she join the Lusitania in the annals of sailing lore, or will Marika be able to keep vessel and crew together?
Based on its first half, I can reflect upon the current Moretsu Uchuu Kaizoku anime series... I’m opposed to the official English title of the show for two reasons. Having been a young teen in the 1980s, I inexorably associate "bodacious" with gagging by spoon. Furthermore, there's absolutely nothing especially "bodacious" about the admirably restrained Moretsu Uchuu Kaizoku anime series. I respect the show's deliberate, gradual narrative development and slow, natural construction of character introductions and relationships; however, I wonder if, at its current pace and style, it will be able to sufficiently explore all of its attributes. Among other considerations, I've noticed that the series has yet to even introduce one character prominent in the series' cast photo. Perhaps as a by-product of the series languishing in development for so long, the tall black man in the cast shot at the end of the opening credits is not in the show, and prominent cyborg tactical officer Schnitzer is not in the cast shot...Even though the title of the series is a bit misleading, after watching Space Pirate Mito, I just couldn't resist picking up Bodacious Space Pirates...
Moretsu Uchuu Kaizoku may have earned some respect among viewers simply for being a serious bishoujo space anime, the first since 2009′s Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo...
The first dramatic bishoujo space anime in four years is, in the context of the contemporary anime fan community, just a few months short of an eternity. So the show almost certainly has gained some praise for being relatively unique and different from contemporary conventions. The show additionally earns some praise for emphasizing believable, scientific drama and reasonable, rational situations and conflict resolution rather than overt sensationalism and gimmicky fan service.
