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Title (English) Bubblegum Crisis #1- #8

Title (Japanese) Bubblegum Crisis

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Fantasy Novel

Notes BUBBLEGUM CRISIS parts 1 to 8, (Anime
Projects/AnimEigo), cert PG, lengths 30/50 mins, ｣12.99
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 1 cert 15, 30m,
｣12.99
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 2 cert 15, 30m,
｣12.99
(Anime Projects/AnimEigo), all subtitled.

Classification -

Synopsis (image from BGC 7)
Heroines in power-suits fight corrupt corporation and its robotic products.

Review BUBBLEGUM CRISIS parts 1 to 8, (Anime
Projects/AnimEigo), cert PG, lengths 30/50 mins, ｣12.99
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 1 cert 15, 30m,
｣12.99
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 2 cert 15, 30m,
｣12.99
(Anime Projects/AnimEigo), all subtitled.
The popular science fantasy/cyberpunk series, reissued in
attractive dark red sleeves and with a new lower price.
For those new to anime; this is set in a future Tokyo and
features the battles of the high-tech battlesuited all-
female KNIGHT SABRE vigilantes against the robots of
the equally high tech GENOM corporation. Some quite
good rock music features prominently in the series. Very
popular with teenage and adult fans alike; this was one of
the tapes rated low enough (PG in this case) to be lent to
my 14 year old nephew, Sam, who says: I think this video
was extremely good and my friends who saw it agreed
with me."
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS is, judging by the number of
column feet devoted to it in fan publications, one of the
most popular anime series. It is set in a violent future
Japan, where Tokyo is dominated by a powerful
industrial corporation, GENOM, which builds 'Boomers',
industrial androids and robots. Genom's not always legal
activities are opposed by the police, and by a group of
all- female vigilantes, the KNIGHT SABERS, well
equipped with powered hard suits and other hi-tech
devices. This prominence given to powerful female
characters is quite usual in anime. One strength of this
series is the pains taken to depict the Knight Sabers as
real women with real daytime jobs; one, Priss, is a singer,
another, Nene, a policewoman, another an aerobics
teacher. The spectacular backgrounds (particularly in
ep.1) are another. I'm less keen on the battle scenes,
where credibility is strained by motorcycles transforming
into robots, and androids transforming into indestructible
blue battle robots twice the size. The climax of Ep.1
redeems itself somewhat by excesses of quite Dali-esque
proportions. There's a lot of belting rock music in this
series, some performed by Oomori Kinuko, the voice
artist for 'Priss'. Ep.1 has a live action rock video
appended, repeating the featured track 'Hurricane' and
allowing us to see what Oomori Kinuko looks like.
Ep.1 is probably the best value for money ; Ep.2 being
much shorter and rather anticlimactic by comparison.
These tapes should be identical to the previous AnimEigo
NTSC releases and are clearly aimed at the British (or
possibly European) market. If you're hooked on this
stuff, there are 8 'Crisis' episodes, 3 'Crash' episodes, and
three episodes of the associated 'A.D. Police', plus
various music videos, trailers, CD's and other merch-
andise.
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 1-8 (dubbed versions)
Note that the subtitled versions continue to be available at the same price of ｣12.99.
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS part 1 (Anime Projects/AnimEigo), dubbed,
cert PG, ｣12.99.
The popular science fantasy/cyberpunk series, reissued in pink
& green sleeves and in a new American-dubbed edition.
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS is, judging by the number of column feet
devoted to it in fan publications, one of the most popular
anime series. For those new to anime; this is set in a violent
future Japan, where Tokyo is dominated by a powerful
industrial corporation, GENOM, which builds 'Boomers',
industrial androids and robots.
The story features the battles of the high-tech battlesuited
all-female KNIGHT SABRE vigilantes against the robots of the
GENOM corporation. One strength of this series is the pains
taken to depict the Knight Sabers as real women with real
daytime jobs; one, Priss, is a singer, another, Nene, a
policewoman, another an aerobics teacher. The battle scenes
are overly fantastic for my taste; though #1 eventually
redeems itself by surreal excess. Some quite good rock music
features prominently in the soundtracks. BGC is a vivid,
well-animated and energetic series very popular with teenage
and adult fans alike; the subtitle was one of the tapes rated
low enough (PG in this case) to be lent to my 14 year old
nephew, Sam, who says: "I think this video was extremely good
and my friends who saw it agreed with me."
The music seems to be mixed at a low level compared with the
subtitled tapes.
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS #4 -Revenge Road (Anime Projects/AnimEigo, 40 mins, dubbed, ｣12.99)
A self-contained episode that does not mention Genom or Mason, but instead is concerned with the deranged driver of a powerful car. The dubbing is quite satisfactory and a lot of work clearly went into it.

BUBBLEGUM CRISIS #5 (Anime Projects/AnimEigo, dubbed, cert.PG, 44 mins, ｣12.99) This is the dubbed version of part 5 of the classic series. I hadn't seen this before; it's a more than usually interesting episode in which a group of female androids try to blast their way out of a space station and only two manage to escape to Earth where the authorities search for them. Thus far the plot is an obvious steal from BLADERUNNER. One of the androids is wounded and both, having deficient metabolisms, need human blood in order to survive. Somehow, one of the androids meets Priss and the two become friends. Some rather sensual-looking female bonding takes place in these scenes. Meanwhile, the vampiristic activities predictably cause alarm, and the Knight Sabers take up the case. A high-powered battle suit is being used by one of the androids (one of the weakest parts of the plot) and appears in the final scenes. The dubbing is well done and this is one of the best episodes of BGC so far. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS #6 -Red Eyes (Anime Projects/AnimEigo, 100 mins, PG, ｣12.99) This episode is a sequel to #5, and continues the story of the androids, in particular the melagomaniac Largo who is bent on defeating GENOM in a struggle for world domination. Oh dear! Sorry Nigel Fisher & Robert Woodward, I thought this episode was utter crap! I sat through it in mounting disbelief, enduring a plotline that totally failed to suspend my disbelief, some very strange voice acting notably one character with an odd- sounding Irish accent that made her sound like an IRA terrorist, and some dialogue lines naff enough to make me wince. There's a scene where Priss's fancy battlesuit fails to stop a stab from a very ordinary knife. There's an android whose powers, including the ability to control laser satellites, and psychic powers, are totally over the top. Unless you are bent on completing your set, you really ought to give this tripe a miss.

Credits

Episodes 8

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

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 1987

Production

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 #1- #8
Title (Japanese)	Bubblegum Crisis
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	BUBBLEGUM CRISIS parts 1 to 8, (Anime Projects/AnimEigo), cert PG, lengths 30/50 mins, ｣12.99 BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 1 cert 15, 30m, ｣12.99 BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 2 cert 15, 30m, ｣12.99 (Anime Projects/AnimEigo), all subtitled.
Classification	-
Synopsis	(image from BGC 7) Heroines in power-suits fight corrupt corporation and its robotic products.
Review	BUBBLEGUM CRISIS parts 1 to 8, (Anime Projects/AnimEigo), cert PG, lengths 30/50 mins, ｣12.99 BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 1 cert 15, 30m, ｣12.99 BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Music Video 2 cert 15, 30m, ｣12.99 (Anime Projects/AnimEigo), all subtitled. The popular science fantasy/cyberpunk series, reissued in attractive dark red sleeves and with a new lower price. For those new to anime; this is set in a future Tokyo and features the battles of the high-tech battlesuited all- female KNIGHT SABRE vigilantes against the robots of the equally high tech GENOM corporation. Some quite good rock music features prominently in the series. Very popular with teenage and adult fans alike; this was one of the tapes rated low enough (PG in this case) to be lent to my 14 year old nephew, Sam, who says: I think this video was extremely good and my friends who saw it agreed with me." BUBBLEGUM CRISIS is, judging by the number of column feet devoted to it in fan publications, one of the most popular anime series. It is set in a violent future Japan, where Tokyo is dominated by a powerful industrial corporation, GENOM, which builds 'Boomers', industrial androids and robots. Genom's not always legal activities are opposed by the police, and by a group of all- female vigilantes, the KNIGHT SABERS, well equipped with powered hard suits and other hi-tech devices. This prominence given to powerful female characters is quite usual in anime. One strength of this series is the pains taken to depict the Knight Sabers as real women with real daytime jobs; one, Priss, is a singer, another, Nene, a policewoman, another an aerobics teacher. The spectacular backgrounds (particularly in ep.1) are another. I'm less keen on the battle scenes, where credibility is strained by motorcycles transforming into robots, and androids transforming into indestructible blue battle robots twice the size. The climax of Ep.1 redeems itself somewhat by excesses of quite Dali-esque proportions. There's a lot of belting rock music in this series, some performed by Oomori Kinuko, the voice artist for 'Priss'. Ep.1 has a live action rock video appended, repeating the featured track 'Hurricane' and allowing us to see what Oomori Kinuko looks like. Ep.1 is probably the best value for money ; Ep.2 being much shorter and rather anticlimactic by comparison. These tapes should be identical to the previous AnimEigo NTSC releases and are clearly aimed at the British (or possibly European) market. If you're hooked on this stuff, there are 8 'Crisis' episodes, 3 'Crash' episodes, and three episodes of the associated 'A.D. Police', plus various music videos, trailers, CD's and other merch- andise. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 1-8 (dubbed versions) Note that the subtitled versions continue to be available at the same price of ｣12.99. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS part 1 (Anime Projects/AnimEigo), dubbed, cert PG, ｣12.99. The popular science fantasy/cyberpunk series, reissued in pink & green sleeves and in a new American-dubbed edition. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS is, judging by the number of column feet devoted to it in fan publications, one of the most popular anime series. For those new to anime; this is set in a violent future Japan, where Tokyo is dominated by a powerful industrial corporation, GENOM, which builds 'Boomers', industrial androids and robots. The story features the battles of the high-tech battlesuited all-female KNIGHT SABRE vigilantes against the robots of the GENOM corporation. One strength of this series is the pains taken to depict the Knight Sabers as real women with real daytime jobs; one, Priss, is a singer, another, Nene, a policewoman, another an aerobics teacher. The battle scenes are overly fantastic for my taste; though #1 eventually redeems itself by surreal excess. Some quite good rock music features prominently in the soundtracks. BGC is a vivid, well-animated and energetic series very popular with teenage and adult fans alike; the subtitle was one of the tapes rated low enough (PG in this case) to be lent to my 14 year old nephew, Sam, who says: "I think this video was extremely good and my friends who saw it agreed with me." The music seems to be mixed at a low level compared with the subtitled tapes. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS #4 -Revenge Road (Anime Projects/AnimEigo, 40 mins, dubbed, ｣12.99) A self-contained episode that does not mention Genom or Mason, but instead is concerned with the deranged driver of a powerful car. The dubbing is quite satisfactory and a lot of work clearly went into it. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS #5 (Anime Projects/AnimEigo, dubbed, cert.PG, 44 mins, ｣12.99) This is the dubbed version of part 5 of the classic series. I hadn't seen this before; it's a more than usually interesting episode in which a group of female androids try to blast their way out of a space station and only two manage to escape to Earth where the authorities search for them. Thus far the plot is an obvious steal from BLADERUNNER. One of the androids is wounded and both, having deficient metabolisms, need human blood in order to survive. Somehow, one of the androids meets Priss and the two become friends. Some rather sensual-looking female bonding takes place in these scenes. Meanwhile, the vampiristic activities predictably cause alarm, and the Knight Sabers take up the case. A high-powered battle suit is being used by one of the androids (one of the weakest parts of the plot) and appears in the final scenes. The dubbing is well done and this is one of the best episodes of BGC so far. BUBBLEGUM CRISIS #6 -Red Eyes (Anime Projects/AnimEigo, 100 mins, PG, ｣12.99) This episode is a sequel to #5, and continues the story of the androids, in particular the melagomaniac Largo who is bent on defeating GENOM in a struggle for world domination. Oh dear! Sorry Nigel Fisher & Robert Woodward, I thought this episode was utter crap! I sat through it in mounting disbelief, enduring a plotline that totally failed to suspend my disbelief, some very strange voice acting notably one character with an odd- sounding Irish accent that made her sound like an IRA terrorist, and some dialogue lines naff enough to make me wince. There's a scene where Priss's fancy battlesuit fails to stop a stab from a very ordinary knife. There's an android whose powers, including the ability to control laser satellites, and psychic powers, are totally over the top. Unless you are bent on completing your set, you really ought to give this tripe a miss.
Credits
Episodes	8
Release	US:DVD, US:VHS, UK:VHS, Ger:TV
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	1987
Production
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.