Long story short: Was listening to music, heard something vaguely sea-shanty-esque, and am now in a piratical* mood.
So, yeah, what's everyone's favorite (visual) pirate media?
Actually, although right now I'm in the mood for visual media, feel free to throw out any written/audio recommendations as well!
Cheers, and hope everyone is still having a good one!
* Good fucking word, by the way. Piratical is a Hall of Fame contender.
Definitely have to be a fanboi for Frieren if you haven't watched it yet, I feel like that's set the bar for me generally when it comes to anime. It's slow paced, so you won't necessarily enjoy it if you prefer action anime but it does have some awesome moments and fight scenes. Also enjoyed Reborn as a vending machine, not an anime to be taken seriously thought it had some good moments though.
Thanks, but I think you misread. ;)
I asked for specifically pirate-themed recommendations.
Frieren and Vending Machine are good, but not piratical.
OH LOL! Yes you're right, I literally thought you meant sailing the high seas, unfortunately there isn't that much modern pirate stuff that's decent that I know of which is annoying.
BUT!
What about Bodacious Space Pirates? You seen this before? There's one Yuri arc in it but it's not woke shit.
https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/bodacious-space-pirates
Looks promising, thanks!
It's fine but they're not quite real piracy.
Ignoring the 1,100 episode behemoth in the room:
Captain Harlock - Your quintessential, classic, trope-defining space pirate.
Outlaw Star - Space outlaws, not pirates but the antagonists are all pirates. Close enough.
Mars Daybreak - Actual water pirates. But it's submarines. On Mars. With mechs.
Honorable mention: Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Not really pirates, but anime waterworld so there's a pirate-adjacent style.
Technicality: Black Lagoon. In the modern "criminals with a boat and guns who will rob and/or kill you" sense of the term.
Edit: Not anime, and I don't even remember how it ended or if it was actually good, but I'd be remiss for not bringing up Pirates of Dark Water.