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Title (English) Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

Title (Japanese) Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

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Fantasy Novel

Notes US & UK tapes are similar, with 12 tapes, episode makeup 3,3,2,2... eps.
6x Region 1subtitled DVDs, episode makeup 4,4,4,4,5,5, episodes not numbered.

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Synopsis The much talked about TV re-make of the Bubblegum Crisis OVA series - itself one of the landmarks of Western interest in anime.

Review For my money though it looks rather different it's just as good as the originals if not better; with OVA-quality animation and much more sophisticated characterisation. Linna as a country girl is entirely convincing; a real personality - likewise Priss as a truculent biker girl. In common with a lot of recent anime it looks somewhat less like a comic and more like live-action. There's also a stunning action sequence seen from the point of view of a hardsuit. Only the music is inferior to that of the original. Buy. (Note that the DVDs are much better value than the tapes, to the degree that the difference could pay for a cheap DVD player).

Credits Creator(s): Toshimichi Suzuki ; Series Director: Hiroki Hiyashi ; Writer(s): Chiaki Konaka; Character Designer(s): Yamada Masaki, Hidenori Matsubara, Shinji Aramaki (mecha);
Voice Actors (regular characters): Satsuki Yukino (Sylia Stingray), Yuu Asakawa (Priss Asagiri), Rio Natsuki (Linna Yamazaki), Hiroko Konishi (Nene Romanova), Kiyoyuki Yanada (Leon McNichol), Yuuji Ueda (Daily Wong), Jouji Nakata (Brian J. Mason)
Genre(s): crime, science fiction, androids

Episodes 26

Release US:DVD, US:VHS, US:TV, UK:DVD, UK:VHS

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1998 October 8 - 1999 March 31

Production A.I.C.

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Title (Japanese)	Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	US & UK tapes are similar, with 12 tapes, episode makeup 3,3,2,2... eps. 6x Region 1subtitled DVDs, episode makeup 4,4,4,4,5,5, episodes not numbered.
Classification	-
Synopsis	The much talked about TV re-make of the Bubblegum Crisis OVA series - itself one of the landmarks of Western interest in anime.
Review	For my money though it looks rather different it's just as good as the originals if not better; with OVA-quality animation and much more sophisticated characterisation. Linna as a country girl is entirely convincing; a real personality - likewise Priss as a truculent biker girl. In common with a lot of recent anime it looks somewhat less like a comic and more like live-action. There's also a stunning action sequence seen from the point of view of a hardsuit. Only the music is inferior to that of the original. Buy. (Note that the DVDs are much better value than the tapes, to the degree that the difference could pay for a cheap DVD player).
Credits	Creator(s): Toshimichi Suzuki ; Series Director: Hiroki Hiyashi ; Writer(s): Chiaki Konaka; Character Designer(s): Yamada Masaki, Hidenori Matsubara, Shinji Aramaki (mecha); Voice Actors (regular characters): Satsuki Yukino (Sylia Stingray), Yuu Asakawa (Priss Asagiri), Rio Natsuki (Linna Yamazaki), Hiroko Konishi (Nene Romanova), Kiyoyuki Yanada (Leon McNichol), Yuuji Ueda (Daily Wong), Jouji Nakata (Brian J. Mason) Genre(s): crime, science fiction, androids
Episodes	26
Release	US:DVD, US:VHS, US:TV, UK:DVD, UK:VHS
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1998 October 8 - 1999 March 31
Production	A.I.C.
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.