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Merxamers
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I gave the Bodacious Space Pirates tv series a shot, but I honestly couldn't get into it. Too many scenes of girls chanting elongated "Haiiiiii!"s or "Ehhhh?!"s, and it seemed like the plot wasn't in a hurry to get anywhere. Weirdly, especially given the title, it really seemed like that show was intended to be seen by middle school girls. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but not what i expected.
I really ought to get around to sending pics of my own shelves in, i just keep forgetting about it until it's too late 
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DJStarstryker
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I really liked the TV series for Bodacious Space Pirates, but I personally thought the movie was meh. It was partly that the new character seemed to have more of a focus than anyone else, but partly the sense of adventure from the TV series felt gone. I'm not really sure how to describe it other than that. I was pretty disappointed.
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Angel M Cazares
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Thanks for the review of Abyss of Hyperspace; it was helpful. I generally liked the tv series, but I feel that something was missing. But I am hoping that this movie rounds up my experience with the franchise.
And nice shelves, with a lot of special editions. |
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AnimeMaine
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I would only give the movie a rental. For the TV series, having so many supporting characters was manageable. For the movie, there were just too many, especially Marika's schoolmates. Many of the girls are given throw-away lines to justify them being in the movie. The movie would have been much better if it had limited the number of schoolmates to 5.
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SilverTalon01
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If you're going to go on about how the title doesn't make any sense, you should at least point out that the original title actually does make sense. 猛烈 (Mouretsu) doesn't mean anything even remotely close to Bodacious. It actually means something closer to 'vehement'. That doesn't seem like the best word for a title so I'm not saying they shouldn't have taken some liberty, but bodacious isn't even remotely close. So no, the movie isn't a departure from the series in that the subtitle is relevant. The movie, like the series, it appropriately named. What is actually different is that the US release for the movie actually translated the original subtitle instead of just pulling a word out of their ass. |
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Angel M Cazares
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@SilverTalon01
I am not sure if I am misunderstanding you, but I don't see how they (Sentai) pulled a word out of their asses when the Japanese logo for the tv series has the words Bodacious Space Pirates. http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mouretsupirates/images/5/53/Bodacious-Space-Pirates-1024x576.PNG/revision/20130531200025 |
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rizuchan
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Well, actually...
It's not incorrect exactly, we just tend to think of the 3rd definition. And the ones to blame here are not the US companies, but the Japanese companies who keep thinking that, for reasons I can't fathom, it's better for them to come up with their own English translations of the titles rather than leave it to the US licensors. It's how we keep getting shows with titles like "And You Thought There is Never A Girl Online?" (instead of "You Thought Your Net Game Wife Wasn't a Girl?") and for another example of choosing awkward slang with probably unintentional double meaning - "Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?" (instead of "Is It Wrong to Try to Meet Girls in a Dungeon?") |
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wonderwomanhero
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I still gotta get Ranma set 5, 6, and 7 on DVD. I hope they don't go out of print...
Does anyone know if there are plans to release the OVA's? |
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zawa113
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The BSP Tv show didn't really do anything for me either, which is a shame because it's absolutely my type of show. But alas, I didn't really latch onto any character and it wasn't sucking me in. Oh well.
Awesome shelves, but is anyone else slightly miffed at keeping regular movies mixed in with anime? For example, Kill Bill is right next to Kill La Kill, I just find that really strange and somewhat wrong, lol |
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HaruhiToy
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I thought I was the only one who felt like that. I enjoyed the anime well enough but I hate to admit it but I think it would have done better with fan service. I recall all these girls in zero-gee and short skirts and not a single panty-shot. The other thing they could have added was some romantic angle for the heroine. Maybe even a harem. Normally I wouldn't look for these troops as a positive, but in this case the other problem with it is that the elaborate premise (staged entertainment piracy?) took all the edge off the action. I always felt something was missing in the story without known exactly what it was. The characters were good, though. I'll give it that. I guess I'll have to check out the movie now. |
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Angel M Cazares
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I have some live-action Hollywood movies in my shelves, but I like to keep them separated from the anime. I would not say it is wrong, but it would feel weird to have my regular movies and anime mixed. |
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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The Bodacious Space Pirates movie isn't as good as the series, but it's a lot better than the last time Sato made a movie sequel for one of his tv shows. All in all, I would have preferred more light novel adaptations to the movie's original story, but I take fanservice-lite sci fi with female protagonists any way I can get it.
I have almost all of my live-action shows and movies in DVD binders, and all of my anime stuff in their original cases on shelves. For a while, the sole exception was Pretty Little Liars, which I kept in my anime collection under the theory that "it's basically a high school melodrama anime". It's on a separate shelf now, though (sitting between a Marx Brothers collection and Space: Above and Beyond). |
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Forrest-kun
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The release date for the 3rd Origin volume is 5/28 I believe.
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Agent355
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I liked the Bodacious Space Pirate series well enough, but I saw it when it came out in 2012 and I have no desire to rewatch the whole show in order to understand the movie. Does the movie reintroduce the characters well enough? The review says that you wouldn't understand the movie if you hadn't seen the series, but doesn't really mention how the movie handles the multi year gap between the series and movie.
Also, is it streaming anywhere? Foir some reason, anime movies are much harder to find streaming than TV shows, and the review doesn't mention the movie's streaming status. Thanks! |
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wastrel
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Nope, no character reintroduction to speak of. If you didn't watch, or don't remember, the TV series you're going to be quite lost. As for the gap, the movie is a stand-alone story, but plot-wise only a few months, at most, have passed for the characters from the TV series. What irked me the most about the movie was that they redrew all the characters -- not a redesign, but drawn slightly differently. (I hate it when they do that kind of thing, unless a character has actually significantly aged or something.) |
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