Bodacious Space Pirates

Bodacious Space Pirates Miniskirt Space Pirates
Cover for the first light novel volume, featuring the protagonist, Marika Kato
モーレツ宇宙海賊 / ミニスカ宇宙海賊 (Mōretsu Pairētsu / Minisuka Pairētsu)
Genre	Adventure, Science fiction
Light novel
Miniskirt Space Pirates
Written by	Yūichi Sasamoto
Illustrated by	Noriyuki Matsumoto
Published by	Asahi Shimbun
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Asahi Shimbun Shuppan
Original run	October 2008 – present
Volumes	12
Anime television series
Directed by	Tatsuo Sato
Produced by	Kenjiro Kawato Rei Shimai
Written by	Michiko Itou
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	Satelight
Licensed by	AUS Hanabee NA Sentai Filmworks UK MVM Films
Original network	Tokyo MX, MBS, tvk
English network	US Anime Network
Original run	January 8, 2012 – June 30, 2012
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Yuichi Sasamoto
Illustrated by	Hiro Tōge
Published by	Asahi Shimbun
Magazine	Nico Nico Asahi Comic Fantasy
Original run	June 2, 2012 – December 3, 2012
Volumes	1
Anime film
Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace
Directed by	Tatsuo Sato
Written by	Tatsuo Sato
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	Satelight
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Released	February 22, 2014
Runtime	93 minutes
Manga
Abyss of Hyperspace
Written by	Tatsuo Sato
Illustrated by	Chibimaru
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Monthly Comic Alive
Original run	December 27, 2013 – September 27, 2014
Volumes	2

Miniskirt Space Pirates (ミニスカ宇宙海賊(パイレーツ), Minisuka Pairētsu^?) is a Japanese light novel series about space pirates written by Yūichi Sasamoto and published by Asahi Shimbun Shuppan since October 2008. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight, under the title Bodacious Space Pirates (モーレツ宇宙海賊(パイレーツ), Mōretsu Pairētsu^?), aired in Japan between January 8, 2012 and June 30, 2012. A film adaptation was released in Japanese theaters on February 22, 2014. A web manga adaptation launched on June 2, 2012. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga series for a printed release in North America in August 2015.

The anime version won the 2013 Seiun Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

In the far future where space travel has become the norm, Marika Kato is a high school girl living a rather ordinary life as a member of the space yacht club and a part-time job at a high-class retro café. One day, Marika learns of her recently deceased father, Gonzaemon, who is revealed to have been a Space Pirate who performed legal acts of piracy under the letter of marque. In order for her father's ship, the Bentenmaru (弁天丸^?), to continue legal operation, Marika, Gonzaemon's direct descendant, is chosen to become the ship's new captain, thus beginning her life as a Space Pirate.