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 illustrated by Noriyuki Matsumoto, published 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; "Fierce Pirates"), aired in Japan from January to June 2012. A film adaptation was released in Japanese theaters in February 2014. A web manga adaptation launched in June 2012. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga series for a printed release in North America in August 2015. Miniskirt Space Pirates was initially just a working title for the series, which Sasamoto had been asked to write for the debut lineup of Asahi Shimbun's Asahi Novels label. However, he was unable to come up with another name to replace it. Sasamoto stated that he stuck with the title because it easily conveyed what the story was about. But when the series was selected for an anime adaptation, Sasamoto was advised that they couldn't use "miniskirt" so he provided "mōretsu" instead. Source: Wikipedia (en)