Introduction
Five female pirates pilot the Sol Bianca, a starship with a higher level of technology than any other known. With it, they seek out riches, such as the Gnosis, an legendary item of power, and pasha, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy. Along the way, they must consider a stowaway's quest to save the one he loves, and seek revenge against those that have wronged them.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
6 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
fh1478
Female Pirates In Space!
Sol Bianca Is it still about beautiful female pirates and a kid, who are trying to steal what is valuable, for the fun of it.
The female leads are what makes the show so fun. They have fun chemistry and work well together, and it's so fun to see the variety of female personality types.
It's a show where they have a cheeky smile on their lips, and the episode is that outsmarting the male villain. The characters are so aesthetically pleasing to look at, and they constantly change clothes.
It's a fun time, but it has that feeling of never reaching its potential, because of its short length, it even the real some really interesting plot stuff that could never be elaborated, because of it 2 episode length.
Read at the sourceghostbishnu
This was a pleasant surprise, in that it kind of hits (or slaps) like 'Outlaw Star'
The world building here perhaps takes a back seat in favor of the dynamics of the crew and how they handle various situations. This type of angle can be highly effective. Other loose parallels could be made with things like 'Black Lagoon' or the most obvious 'Cowboy Bebop'
The characters are reasonably well defined, and if this was in a longer format, I would expect some interesting back stories/character development. Some people may take issue with the all female crew, but I would suggest that these people have '_other' issues.
The artwork on the spacecraft(s) is really quite impressive.
The story is far from perfect - the interplanetary conflict needed some love, and the emperor was not interesting a…
Read at the sourceGsarthotegga
This is another one of those sci-fi b-movie OVAs with an all-girl squad, meaning it basically doubles as a choose-your-waifu simulator (I'm not revealing which one I picked ^_~), seeing as this is the kind of show with an almost all-male audience. Isn't it funny how all-girl shows are usually marketed to females in the west and probably everywhere else, but in Japan, all-girl anime are usually for men? I actually once thought K-On was mostly for girls... silly me...
Sol Bianca is following the same kind of episodic formula found in other bad all-girl shows like the similarly mediocre Silent Mobius. I always thought the all-girl squad was a silly trope, seeing as these girls would probably be too busy catfighting or gossiping to lead such an allegedly successful venture. I can buy it when…
Read at the sourceKamezuki
“Sol Bianca” is a 2-episode sci-fi action OVA that has a cool aesthetic, interesting characters and a plot with a lot of potential, but it unfortunately ends up going nowhere.
The episodes feature separate stories that revolve around the all-female pirate crew of the Sol Bianca, a mysterious, massive and seemingly invincible spaceship. In the first episode, due to an unforeseen turn of events during a routine attack on a smuggling vessel, the ladies end up going to a dictator-led planet in search of a legendary treasure, while helping a young boy out in the process. The second episode has them sneak aboard another ship looking for an all-powerful mineral called pasha secretly stored somewhere within, but as one would expect, things don’t go that easily. Meanwhile, one of the pirates is re…
Read at the sourceUnconfidence
This was a pretty good two OVA series. It had a lot of really well-executed points and a good number of flaws, and I'll try to list some of them without spoiling anything.
It's strengths are in its rich artwork and worldbuilding, its presciently-executed sci-fi for its time, and the overall badassery.
The artwork is pretty phenomenal throughout whenever it's not a character model. If it's a ship, or a robot, or a docking bay, it looks incredible. They go fairly well into their world without overexplaining anything considering the small span of time the series uses. After spending a lot of the past few years watching new shows whose action sequences always seem a little rehashed, every perspective they used looked fresh and unused when dealing with space combat.
The Sci-fi concepts are v…
Read at the sourceBeatnik
In the year 2395 an all-female crew of five make their appearance not with a bang, but with a crack. An electrical whip crack that is!
It’s not enough for them to wield these snaking lethal weapons, but their ship has to have an epic version too, slicing and dicing everything in its path. Their entrance is bold and assured, the direction patiently keeping our heroines' faces from us until the perfect moment, like Spielberg's reveal of Harrison Ford only after he's whipped a gun out of a rascal's hand at the beginning of his first Indy movie. Yes I just mentioned Sol Bianca and Spielberg's Raiders in the same sentence, sometimes you have to be compassionate in life, at least that’s the hokey message of the first episode of this OVA.
Ok, Sol Bianca has the same template as Outlaw Star, Cow…
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