Here we are, at the final Disk of Bodacious Space Pirates (available on Blu-Ray and DVD) and the only emotion I feel is…total excitement for a fantasic ending with spaceships battling, Marika and her crew kicking ass in a dozen ways – and still being likable the whole time, really predictable plot complications and a hot mess of an ending that made no sense but I didn’t care one bit. ^_^
THIS WAS A FANTASTIC ANIME.
Random things I liked – I love the patchwork look of all the pirate ships. I also loved the creakiness of the Bentenmaru sailing in cosmic storms. It’s a detail that made me happy every time they used it.
I loved the smartness of the plot. The battle plan was clever in a real way, rather than in a “look how clever we are” way.
Above all, what I loved best were the characters. There wasn’t one of the Bentenmaru or Hakuoh crowd I didn’t like and with a cast that big, it’s not that easy to do. Bad guys were bad, but not absurdly bizarre or tiresome.
In the middle of the hot mess of the ending, for no reason at all, except to make us happy, we get a moment of Jenny and Lynn. It was ridiculous, meaningless, had no relationship to the story and I don’t care. And Chiaki gets a Yuri powerup, presumably because fans wanted it.
Ratings:
Art – 7, the CGI looks much better on this disk. Have I gotten used to it? Maybe, I don’t know.
Character – 10
Story – 10
Yuri – 7
Service- 8 Up significantly for the final arc. We had such a nice run there, though
Overall – 10
I’m left wanting to read the rest of the books very badly. And that, above all things, is the sign of a very good anime.
There is no second season. The entire first season was released in two sets.
Oh that’s good to hear. I’ve been dutifully buying these, but I haven’t had the chance to watch them yet. Not that you didn’t have me at Yuri Space Pirates…
It’s a great series.
I don’t have a specifically LGBTQ youth focused community, no. Nor do I really know any, sorry. Maybe someone else will have a good suggestion for you. ^_^
I liked this series a lot. I found the schoolgirl pirates arc a little inane, aside from that splendid moment, but what followed was splendid and the series was really cool on the whole. There’s something really neat about Marika as a protagonist and how her gender was evident without being commented upon.
It might be of interest that a Bodacious Space Pirates movie is due to be released in Japan in early 2014.
Yes, thank you, we’ve reported on the movie several here on YNN and are following news of it eagerly. ^_^
Thanks. That’s the goal here.