Bodacious Space Pirates: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Marika Katou is a freshman in high school who lives on the planet "Umi no Akehoshi" somewhere in space. One day, she is told that her father, who she thought was dead, was actually alive until just a while ago, and was the captain of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru. And she also finds out that they need her, his heir, to be captain so that they can keep flying! Marika begins a new life as a high school girl, and as captain of the pirate ship Bentenmaru!

Series details

• Title: Bodacious Space Pirates
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Adventure, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2012-01-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-06-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Kanagawa
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18466
• IMDb ID: tt2176669
• TVDB ID: 254663

Cast and credited roles

• Mikako Komatsu — Katou, Marika
• Kana Hanazawa — Kurihara, Chiaki
• Masaya Matsukaze — MacDougall, Kane & MacDougall, Shane
• Shizuka Itou — Grandwood, Misa
• Kaoru Mizuhara — Luka
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka — San-Daime
• Yui Horie — Coorie
• Kenta Miyake — Schnitzer
• Yuko Kaida — Katou, Ririka
• Haruka Tomatsu — Princess Serenity, Gruier
• Hiroki Yasumoto — Shou
• Chiaki Omigawa — Endou, Mami

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-01-07; final listed air date 2012-06-30; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bodacious Space Pirates on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.