Audience reviews
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50Fiftillididee
✒🚀The Yacht Club Pirate☠ °6.7°° °good tween watch° 💯%🔍 some minor spoilers
These Japanese anime HS clubs are the envy of the whole world, in its entire history, en totale. In BSP we'll hang with the yacht club. Sweet, right? This yacht club doesn't sail the seas, though. They sail the universe in bodacious spaceships🚀.
Overall, the artwork is above average. The spaceship drawings are very nice.
We're in the Galactic Empire which has been expanding its power into neighboring star systems.
Pirates helped the empire win its freedom long ago. Our Story begins 100 years later, after the war ended in "surprising fashion". Our FL is going about her day when she learns that she's inherited a space-pirate ship! Yes, space pirates didn't go away with the war. The government has felt eternal…
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Once upon a time there was this cool anime called Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and was about this serious manly rebel who gets fed up with the way Earth turned into a fruitless life of working and consuming (being overrun by hostile aliens every year had something to do with). So he decides to board this super cool scull-themed spaceship and roam the universe, free to go anywhere he pleases, a place without joyless capitalists, merciless bureaucrats, and military jerks. Occasionally, he returns to save his homeland from all sorts of cosmic threats that want to take over his old joint. He was such a cool guy.
Fast-forward three decades and everything is different. Serious manly protagonists no longer sell and apparently the majority of the (actual) buyers prefer spineless boys and dumb cu…
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With a title like Bodacious Space Pirates (U.S. title) I really expected way more fanservice. It sounds like it should be a guilty pleasure, not a serious space opera.
BSP jumps from schoolgirl slice of life to space faring political drama, looking bright and fresh in the process. More than a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief. I mean c'mon, a yacht club full of teen girls taking on space cruisers? Unarmed no less. I do wish we got to see more of the supporting characters, particularly the pirates, fleshed out or have episodes of their own instead of just a random scene with a few lines.
The soundtrack has been replaying in my head since I hit play, that's always a sign I'll be rewatching it later on. Even before the bulk of the space combat scenes took place I was getting major Ang…
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Mouretsu Pirates (2012)
First off although many many girls make up this show there is one that stands out and you may not realise until the end, that girl is Coorie best girl of the show.
The show is ultimately funny and adventurous whilst silly at many times. Somethings are odd like the fact of how high school girls can command and operate ships that people spend years of training for all whilst operating dingies whilst in high school. Marika the main girl at least got extensive training. Sometimes they say natural ability comes into play but some of the tactics are extensive beyond a high school girl.
We also have many episodes of very chilled out and fun pirating moments that stray from what the common thought is about pirates. Although it is silly in this aspect it is still fun. L…
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A weird premise of an anime, in the usual style of Satou Tatsuo, who has directed lots of mecha shows, most of which have uncommon yet interesting premises (Martian Successor Nadesico, Gekiganger 3, Shingu, Stellvia). They are also usually too slow and lack excitement but let’s leave it at that; it’s better than being Mazinger clones. The animation is done by Satelight studios, which has made several anime, yet only Noein amongst them is worthwhile for me. So it shows early on that it will be a weird show with slow/unexciting plot and not spectacular production values.
Once upon a time there was this cool anime called Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and was about this serious manly rebel who gets fed up with the way Earth turned to a fruitless life of working and consuming (although being o…
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Bodacious Space Pirates is anything but bodacious or piraty. It's about a girl coming of age as she balances work, school, and getting princesses to fall in love with her.
Two princesses and the daughter of another pirate captain.
This show consists of mini arcs, which means that there are long periods of SOL followed by short bursts of action.
Bodacious Space Pirates is a smart show. There is a lot of talking and thinking in it. The main character does not have any special powers except hard work and careful thinking, so don't expect a lot of brainless action.
Oh, one other thing - This is not an ecchi anime. The fan service is virtually nonexistent. There isn't even a swimsuit episode.
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I love this anime it was very fun to watch. The real pirates were not near cute, they were brutes, vicious... but this is after all set in future and in anime, so everything is possible.
Story arcs are good, very good i would say, however end is little weak, i would be nice if Marika in the end meet with her father. But even if its not, it is still good.
Art, overall i like it very much, it is nicely done, ships are nicely designed, featuring old with new, grand cross on the other hand, zig-zaging which i hardly believe that would be possible in real life, but nevertheless.
Sound, i love sound in this anime, it has that pirate flavor mixed with irish music, although i didnt like the opening song much.
Characters, Marika and her gang of pirates were nicely done, and all other side chara…
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A LITTLE SPOILER-Y
Mouretsu Pirates, which is also know as Bodacious Space Pirates (lol), is an anime that ran in 2012 and was created by the studio Satelight. It is an adaptation of a light novel.
If I wasn’t recommended this anime by a friend with a serviceable nudge and an accompanying video excerpt, I would have passed this show off as a hentai that I could look forward to in the future because… Well, uh, because who doesn’t like boobs in zero gravity? I know I do. If you don’t then you’re a commie bastard.
For a show with the daunting word ‘bodacious’ in the title you might as well expect it to be a parody of some sort. Maybe a Sex Jokes: The Anime – IN SPACE! Instead of being hilariously bad drivel, this has to be easily one of the best space travel and exploration anime I’ve ever…
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If there ever was a great rewatchable anime this would deffintely have been one of them. Pirates, space fighting which is made good , and a main character who actually manage to improve visible through the entire anime. All these things are reasons for watching this.
First of all you have Kato Marika the girl who has to juggle pirate work , school work and even club work. Through the story you can see how she tries and becomes better while having her small problems from everything to bad grades and overworking. She is a character one just want to see more of because of the fun interaction she has with everyone she meets. Then as i said who wouldnt love pirates who does the unexpected always finding the treasures there nobody else would dare to travel. The anime also got both a good endin…
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Lion Tamers, I have a new review, of a great Anime: Mouretsu Pirates.
To begin, I wish to clarify a point other reviewers have made, that speaks to their ignorance of history. That term is 'Letter of Marque'
The following link on Wikipedia will make everyone much more cognizant of this term. Read folks, this is the way it really was:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque
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Now that I've cleared that up, let's get into a great anime. I fear that rehashing the basic plot will damage the show, so I'm going to try to stay away from plot spoilers, but folks that have read my reviews know that I just can't help myself sometimes.
This show is basically a "girl makes good" adventure. The twists are numerous, but I'd like to list the…
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Just a quick review, I'm not going to pretend to be the worlds best critic.
I picked up this anime to begin with purely because I enjoy series where the girls kick ass, and everything I had read said it was exactly that, and...it was.
When I was nearly finished with the series I ran into a 14/15 year old who told me he found this series crap, that it was no action and no story, and you might think that if you don't enjoy the realities of space.
I feel this series is really true to what space travel would actually be like in the future, and the character development is AMAZING! Everyone who appears played a part, there was unneeded fill in, and you really got to watch the characters grow throughout the series.
I struggle to rate this anime 10/10, purely because I do enjoy a bit more act…
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It is hard to explain the fascination we have with pirates in literature and film. In reality, they were not really romantic people, and their "adventures" more often ended in disease and death than anything else. No sane person would ever truly wish to consort with real pirates. They were undeniably brutal people who lived undeniably brutal lives. To say the least, they were not exactly what you would expect from the inspiration of so much romantic attention.
Despite the inconsistencies between historic truth and fiction, the fascination with pirates still exists. We see in their exploits a kind of freedom and nonchalance that represents the fulfillment of an inner urge to see what lies over the next hill. The fact that they were also criminals, welcome in no port and embraced by no cou…
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“Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku”, which literally translates to “Miniskirt Space Pirates” is one big trap.
Just look at the title. What does it imply to you?
“Miniskirt-wearing rich high school girls in a futuristic setting where space navigation is the basic mean of transportation and there are evil pirates threatening the peace of the universe so these high school girls will be the heroes saving the galaxy and bringing peace forever. This show is too lame! I’m not watching this nonsense!”
There, sir/madam is the trap.
You see, names can be quite deceiving and might lead you to speculate something entirely different to what reality is.
If I could sum up the entirety of Mouretsu in one word, the only word I can think of is: Awesome.
So here’s what really happens:
“Kato Marika, a high schoo…
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Story:
Mouretsu Pirates is effectively a slice of life show jammed into a space opera. Because of this, it feels in many places that the series is not entire sure in which direction it wants to go. This is amplified by the fact that the series takes the plots from several of the light novels without trying to tie them together. The result is a series of unrelated story arcs that begin out of nowhere.
Mind you, the story arcs themselves range from incomprehensible to interesting. In some cases, the conflict is resolved without fully explaining how the conclusion actually ties up the loose ends. In other cases, though, everything is brought to a close while still making sense. The good stories keep my score in this category up, but the disjointedness of the series as a whole winds up remov…
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Bodacious Space Pirates is among the rare shows which take genre conventions and spins them into something fresh. It takes elements of space adventure sci-fi anime and combines them with elements of moe school life anime. The result is an incredibly fun and surprisingly smart show with a fantastic female lead.
That female lead is Marika Kato, a high school girl turned space pirate captain. She became the captain of the legendary pirate ship Bentenmaru, after a few of her mom's old friends (members of the Bentenmaru's crew) come to her house with the news that her father, the Bentenmaru's captain, has died and that she has inherited the ship. Although at first reluctant, Marika decides to take up the position of pirate captain after avoiding some unwanted attention with the help of transfe…
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Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku is, for me, my favourite anime of 2011/2012.
It's got a crazy amount of supporting characters, many of whom have mysterious or extensive backgrounds that are only touched on, leaving that feeling of craving more - like Bleach for example. The storyline itself is entertaining and appealing, set in a universe where space is colonized, but focusses on a single and notorious girl's high school and its 2nd year class.
Characters are interesting and sexy, making them appealing to every self-respecting pervert, however maintaining an almost Evangelion-like decency which mostly leaves fanservice to the imagination. This means even young children can appreciate the show right alongside adults.
The soundtrack is fantastic, I can't remember an anime where I liked the Intro…
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TL;DR version: A compelling and highly innovative series in terms of strategy and characterisation but struggles to make its genre identity known. Unexpected genre changes from space combat, to comedy/slice-of-life is seen which is rather unpalatable in the first half. This is rectified in the second half where everything starts falling into place, and a good, clear balance is found. The series is more for those who like deeper thinking and strategy, instead of the average shounen battles.
The story is deep and intriguing, with a wide variety of piracy missions requiring different skills and tactics. What is emphasised greatly is that preparation is key before engaging in any kind of mission or battle. The show, for the most part keeps the viewer informed how and why a ship's crew has tak…
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Even though Mouretsu Pirates doesn't deliver on the potential of its first few episodes, it still ends up being an enjoyable and light hearted show, even if it suffers from incredibly slow pacing and the loss of its seriousness and realism.
Despite the silly premise of a high school girl becoming a space pirate, the show was originally very grounded, the technology was not too farfetched and along with the bureaucracy of getting the Letter of Marque and the electronic warfare, it impressed me with just how realistic it was. Everything seemed to have procedure which compared to most futuristic sci-fi shows was impressive and a welcome change. However, we come here to our first problem; part of the director's job is to edit out the unimportant sections from the original light novel to make…
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SAAAAAA, ORE NO MOURETSU PIRATE REVIEW JIKAN DA!!!!!!!!
Now that this 26 episode has ended, time to make my review, so what we have here is an anime with a adventure, comedy, sci-fi, space opera, school and shoujo genre, but it is some like of a "Pirates of the Caribbean" thing where the space opera is the main theme, however this is one wholesome anime with a pirate thing that kinda stand out. One thing about it is that it does have some historical factual element in it like the " Letter of Marque" and yes such thing does exist during the hey days of piracy during the 1700's. So for the "Story", I'm gonna give it a "Fair" 6 since combining sci-fi with a wholesome pirate thing is kinda cheesy but still amusing.
Art: Mediocre 5.
All look the same to be, since I'm not much of an art guy.…
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Mouretsu Pirates is far from being the perfect title, but it did make for quite the addicting watch for me. The series is pretty much divided into a number of arcs focused around the various adventures that Marika and the members of the Bentenmaru crew get entangled in, especially as the former juggles her life as a high school student with her duties as captain of Bentenmaru. Marika's classmates in her school's yacht club also occasionally get involved in the action to humorous effect. Mouretsu Pirates is mostly a light-hearted and fun romp featuring Marika juggling her duties as pirate captain and high school student, featuring a likeable cast of characters who are along on the ride and engaging adventures that serve to either feature more fleshing out on prominent elements of the world…
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