A one word summary for this anime short would have to be 'incomplete', as it seemed more like a demonstration of the studios animation skills, than a real attempt at telling a story. It did look good - for the time - but there was too much background left open and practically no character development. Sound and visual results did show technical ability, for the most part. The characters that were 'pirates' on The Sol Bianca (a well done if OP ship design) were basically The A Team, in panties, in space. The big girl was Mr. T, the leader was essentially Hanibal, the pilot (artificial human?) was Howling Mad Murdock, and the Tarot card reading negotiator was Faceman. The annoying girl was gratuitous. After watching Sol Bianca: Legacy, I presumed that the background was in some earlier series of movie, so I took a look at this and Sol Bianca 2. Nope. These two OVAs may have been intended to get interest for a regular series, or perhaps more OVAs, but those never appeared, so there is no background and no development of any of the multiple sub-plots presented.
To sum up? I would suggest giving the Entire Sol Bianca set of animes a dismissive shrug. Unless you want to watch it just for the ship itself ( it has an onboard waterfall, even Captain Harlock never had an onboard waterfall ) it has too many faults and fails.
To sum up? I would suggest giving the Entire Sol Bianca set of animes a dismissive shrug. Unless you want to watch it just for the ship itself ( it has an onboard waterfall, even Captain Harlock never had an onboard waterfall ) it has too many faults and fails.