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Though occasionally impressive, particularly in episode one, the animation is hindered by budgetary limitations.īubblegum Crisis had been planned to run for thirteen episodes, but only eight were made due to disagreements between the production studios. The soundtrack's songs – sung by Pris – have not aged well. This Anime was one of the most popular of the early wave of animated video-only releases in the west still enjoyable, it has nevertheless dated somewhat, with the dialogue (in the english dub at least) being uninspired, undermining many emotional and dramatic moments.
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The series is set in the Near Future in an early 2030s Mega Tokyo, which has been rebuilt following an earthquake: its splitting of the original City in two reflects the economic divisions in its society, which (as the writer has explained) is "like a chewing-gum bubble that's about to burst". Police, whose remit covers Boomer-related crime. Another prominent character is Leon McNichol (Furukawa), whose courting of Pris is as charmless as it is doomed: he is an officer in the A.D.
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Pris is unlucky in love: GENOM were responsible for her boyfriend's death whilst later she develops a relationship with an Android Boomer that survives on human blood (see Parasitism and Symbiosis) – but circumstances (she controls a Mecha that has a nuclear self-destruct) lead to Pris having to kill her. Known as Pris, she is a biker, rock star (her band is called The Replicants, one of several Bladerunner (1982) references) and the emotional centre of the show. The other Knight Sabers are the athletic Linna Yamazaki (Tomizawa) Computer expert/hacker Nene Romanova (Hiramatsu) and the shows main protagonist, Priscilla Asagiri (Ômori). Sylia, a genius like her father, forms the Knight Sabers: four women in hi-tech armoured suits, mercenaries who fight rogue Boomers and oppose GENOM. Sylia Stingray's (Sakakibara) Scientist father is murdered and his work stolen by the evil megacorporation GENOM, who use his designs to manufacture robots called Boomers, which are as likely to be used for evil as good. Voice cast includes Toshio Furukawa, Akiko Hiramatsu, Kinuko Ômori, Yoshiko Sakakibara and Michie Tomizawa. Japanese Original Video Animation ( 1987-1991 vt Bubblegum Crisis 2033).