Bubblegum Crisis

Where to in the world did anime like this disappear? Why don't we ever get to see such great concept sci-fi anime, like Bubblegum Crisis anymore? What we see is boys controlling big robots, boys touching girl's breasts to summon big robots and hey, more boys with robots beating each other up... There is more need for stuff like Bubblegum Crisis. Saber Knights, not many can complain about these girls. Another great anime from the 80s. It has been influential to many animes of today, it also was a big part of cyberpunk scene. In other words, it is a must-have classic for any hard-core anime fan.

This anime might have been a lot better if the creating animation studios didn't split up. This great anime features many well known artists, directors, producers and musicians. Bubblegum Crisis has quite a few related animes, some related in a way, while others have just similar names. We will review some of them, so stay tuned-in.

Bubblegum Crisis is really an unfinished series or maybe it was left for everyone to stick the missing pieces together. It will leave you wandering and wanting more. Although the episodes have different plot lines, they still stick together pretty well.

MegaTokyo a city in 2030s which is still recovering from a big earthquake. Humans live along side Boomers. These are cyborgs who think, look, act just like humans and do human work. Some go crazy or berserk, start to destroy everything that's around them, even the police is losing control. Four girls only known as the Saber Knights, equipped with very powerful advanced armor suits, fight these Boomers and the evil company GENOM that produces them.

The character designs were mind blowing in the 80s and they are even today. The Saber Knights and Boomers were really well designed. The city of MegaTokyo looks pretty convincing. Not all is explained about our character backgrounds, too much concentration on one of them.

Bubblegum Crisis became famous not for its deep plots, not so much because voice actor for Priss was a real-life singer. It was for the concept designs of Saber Knights and mind blowing animation. Of course, it may not be so impressive now. These OVAs were produced by many different people, the animation and designs look different. Look at these OVAs now and imagine back then in late 80s, VHS players or recorders were a luxury in some parts of the world, people were still using black & white TVs, there were no computers with Windows in every house... You will appreciate the animation much more, hopefully forget that it was made in late 80s and just enjoy it.

The music for Bubblegum crisis is legendary in a way, these movies showed how intros and outros should be done. There are separate soundtracks available, fans have them and are very proud. Priss was voiced by a popular singer at that time Kinuko Oomori, in a way that made Priss most popular character from these OVAs.

Over all Bubblegum Crisis the eight original OVAs are anime that every sci-fi fan should know. It has made a big impact on a lot of anime that are out today. Has unique work by legendary artists. We recommend it to all science fiction fans over 12 years. We hope you will enjoy it as much as we did.

One more little thing, there is said to be live-action movie of Bubblegum Crisis in early production. Maybe we will see Saber Knights in 2012 again, but this time to stay.

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