Bubblegum Crisis
(Video 1987)
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Bubblegum Crisis
(Video 1987)
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Yoshiko Sakakibara | ... |
Sylia Stingray
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Kinuko Ômori | ... |
Priscilla 'Priss' S. Asagiri
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Michie Tomizawa | ... |
Linna Yamazaki
(voice)
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Akiko Hiramatsu | ... |
Nene Romanova
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Nozomu Sasaki | ... |
Mackie Stingray
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Toshio Furukawa | ... |
Leon McNichol
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Ken'yû Horiuchi | ... |
Daley Wong
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Shûichi Ikeda | ... |
Brian J. Mason
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Kazuyuki Sogabe | ... |
Largo (episodes 5 & 6)
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Kiyoshi Kawakubo | ... |
Quincy
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David Arnold | ... |
Quincy
(voice) (as David J. Arnold)
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| Elizabeth Becka | ... |
Linna Yamazaki
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Nicholas Bottom | ... |
Executive B
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Jack Bowden | ... |
Sings Of The Replicants, Additional Voices
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Joyce Leigh Bowden | ... |
Interviewer, Sings Of The Relicants
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This eight-part OVA (Original Video Animation, or made-for-video) series is set in the giant megalopolis of MegaTokyo in the year 2033. The story chronicles the battles of four women in power armor against an evil mega-corporation called GENOM. BGC is one of the most popular series among fans of Japanese animation ("anime"), as well as fans of the cyberpunk genre. Written by Christopher E. Meadows <cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu>
A product of the golden age of anime(mid to late 80s)Bubblegum Crisis has all the essential elements of great sci-fi and much more. There are the usual themes about technology and corporate domination but developed further than usual. But, best of all it has the great and incomparable Priss, perhaps the greatest and most glorious fictional female character ever created. The story grows in depth and complexity as the series progresses; often a forgotten thread gets picked up again later. The music ranks as among the most atmospheric in anime, the songs are topnotch and range from breathless rockers to melancholy ballads. Ultimately, it's more a modern myth in the making than just another sci-fi with babes. The impulse behind Bubblegum Crisis is that which gave us Athena. Check the archives at alt.fan.bgcrisis to learn more.