Bodacious Space Pirates
It’s been quiet for awhile when it comes to the theatrical film for Moretsu Pirates, aka Bodacious Space Pirates, but now King Records has stepped up again to provide a 100 second promo for the project that naturally highlights the music aspect of it. The first feature for the property that’s coming from the TV series which is adapting the novels is set for a February 22nd, 2014 theatrical debut. Crunchyroll simulcast the series during its original run and Sentai Filmworks has licensed and released the series on bilingual DVD and Blu-ray in full.
Property concept: The story centers around a spirited high school girl named Marika. She keeps herself busy with the space yacht club and her part-time job at a high-class retro café. One day, two strangers suddenly appear and claim to be subordinates of her dead father. They demand that she assume command of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru. A privateer ship’s compact was made during a war of independence a century ago, and according to that compact, the ship must be inherited by the captain’s next direct descendant. Marika finds herself embarking on a new life as a space pirate.