Bubblegum Crisis (Japanese: バブルガムクライシス, Hepburn: Baburugamu Kuraishisu) is a 1987 to 1991 cyberpunk original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex and animated by AIC and Artmic.[3] The series was planned to run for 13 episodes, but was cut short to just 8.
The series involves the adventures of the Knight Sabers, an all-female group of mercenaries who don powered exoskeletons and fight numerous problems, most frequently rogue robots. The success of the series spawned several sequel series.
The series begins in late 2032, seven years after the Second Great Kanto earthquake has split Tokyo geographically and culturally in two. During the first episode, disparities in wealth are shown to be more pronounced than in previous periods in post-war Japan. The main adversary is Genom, a megacorporation with immense power and global influence. Its main product are boomers—artificial cybernetic life forms that are usually in the form of humans, with most of their bodies being machine; also known as "cyberoids". While Boomers are intended to serve mankind, they become deadly instruments in the hands of ruthless individuals. The AD Police (Advanced Police) are tasked to deal with Boomer-related crimes. One of the series' themes is the inability of the department to deal with threats due to political infighting, red tape, and an insufficient budget.
The setting displays strong influences from the movies Blade Runner and Streets of Fire. The opening sequence of episode 1 is even modeled on that of the latter film. The humanoid robots known as "boomers" in the series were inspired by several movies, including Replicants from the aforementioned Blade Runner, the titular cyborgs of the Terminator film franchise, and the Beast from the film Krull.
Suzuki explained in a 1993 Animerica interview the meaning behind the cryptic title: "We originally named the series 'bubblegum' to reflect a world in crisis, like a chewing-gum bubble that's about to burst."
The series started with Toshimichi Suzuki's intention to remake the 1982 film Techno Police 21C. However, he met Junji Fujita and the two discussed ideas, and decided to collaborate on what later became Bubblegum Crisis. Kenichi Sonoda acted as character designer, and designed the four female leads. Masami Ōbari created the mechanical designs. Obari would also go on to direct episodes 5 and 6.
The OVA series is eight episodes long but was originally slated to run for 13 episodes.[9] Due to legal problems between Artmic and Youmex, who jointly held the rights to the series, the series was discontinued prematurely.
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Bubblegum Crisis - EP 01 - Tinsel City Rhapsody
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 02 - Born To Kill
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 03 - Blow Up
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 04 - Revenge Road
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 05 - Moonlight Rambler
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 06 - Red Eyes
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 07 - Double Vision
Bubblegum Crisis - EP 08 - Scoop Chase
Bubblegum CRASH - EP 01 - Illegal Army
Bubblegum CRASH - EP 02 - Geo Climbers
Bubblegum CRASH - EP 03 - Melt Down
A.D. Police Files - EP 01 - The Phantom Woman
A.D. Police Files - EP 02 - The Ripper
A.D. Police Files - EP 03 - The Who Bites His Tongue
To Protect And Serve - EP 01 - Partner
To Protect And Serve - EP 02 - Runaway
To Protect And Serve - EP 03 - Bargaining
To Protect And Serve - EP 04 - Promise
To Protect And Serve - EP 05 - Promise
To Protect And Serve - EP 06 - Family
To Protect And Serve - EP 07 - Bloodstained
To Protect And Serve - EP 08 - Memory
To Protect And Serve - EP 09 - Conviction
To Protect And Serve - EP 10 - Plunder
Tokyo 2040 - EP 01 - Can't Buy A Thrill
Tokyo 2040 - EP 03 - Keep Me Hanging On
Tokyo 2040 - EP 04 - Machine Head
Tokyo 2040 - EP 05 - Rough And Ready
Tokyo 2040 - EP 06 - Get It On
Tokyo 2040 - EP 07 - Look At Yourself
Tokyo 2040 - EP 08 - Fire Ball
Tokyo 2040 - EP 09 - My Nation Underground
Tokyo 2040 - EP 10 - Woke Up With A Monster
Tokyo 2040 - EP 11 - Sheer Heart Attack
Tokyo 2040 - EP 12 - Made In Japan
Tokyo 2040 - EP 13 - Atom Heart Mother
Tokyo 2040 - EP 14 - Shock Treatment
Tokyo 2040 - EP 15 - Minute By Minute
Tokyo 2040 - EP 16 - I Surrender
Tokyo 2040 - EP 17 - Moving Waves
Tokyo 2040 - EP 18 - We Built This City
Tokyo 2040 - EP 19 - Are You Experienced
Tokyo 2040 - EP 20 - One Of These Nights
Tokyo 2040 - EP 21 - Close To The Edge
Tokyo 2040 - EP 22 - Physical Graffiti
Tokyo 2040 - EP 24 - Light My Fire