Now that I have seen both, I have to say that while Lodoss was a disappointment, this remake of the cyberpunk classic we all know and love was a refreshing surprise.
It's odd, but the Lodoss War TV series and this came out right about the same time and I was really looking forward to Lodoss, but was kind of indifferent to BGC TV. Armed with highly advanced suits of powered armor, a group of young female vigilantes fights a shadow war against the largest mega-corporation in Japan, GENOM, and their army of mad "Boomers": androids built to replace humans in menial labor jobs, but which have an annoying tendency to run rampant. The much talked about remake of the classic Bubblegum Crisis OAV series. Related Series: Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police TVĪlso Recommended: Armitage III, Kiddy Grade, Saber Marionette J Length: Television series, 26 episodes, 25 minutes eachĭistributor: Currently licensed by FUNimation.Ĭontent Rating: PG-13 (violence, sexual innuendo, brief-semi nudity) The songs were never played in the episodes themselves.AKA: バブルガムクライシス TOKYO 2040, Bubblegum Crisis TV, BGC 2040 Many songs were also the title tracks of their respective albums and thus shared the same name as the album. The opening theme, titled "y'know", and the ending theme, titled "Waiting for YOU", are written and performed by Akira Sudou.Įach episode was named after an album or song by a rock/punk band. Two pieces of theme music are used for the series. The series was licensed for English-language broadcast and distribution in English by AD Vision and premiered their English dubbed version of the series on May 19, 2001.Īs of November 3, 2010, the series has been re-licensed by Funimation Entertainment. Episodes 25 and 26 were unaired and were instead released directly to VHS and laserdisc. The remaining twelve episodes premiered on January 13, 1999, with new episodes airing weekly until the series concluded on March 31, 1999. It premiered in Japan on Octoand aired weekly until December 23, 1998. The twenty-six episode anime series is directed by Hiroki Hayashi and features character designs by Hidenori Matsubara and Masaki Yamada. Leon pursues Priss with romantic intentions, but does not know of her connection to the Knight Sabers.Ī new character, Galatea, is introduced as the main antagonist. Meanwhile, the girls must deal with Sylia’s younger brother Mackey. Mason seek to unlock more boomer technology. Its leader Quincy Rosenkreutzand advises Brian J. Over the course of the series, the Knight Sabers go after the rogue boomers, which frustrates the AD Police officers Leon McNichol and his partner Daley Wong. Yamazaki joins the group which consists of: Priss, a rock star Sylia, a boutique store owner and the group’s leader and Nene, a computer whiz who also works within the AD Police as a dispatch operator. Although the AD Police are called in to stop the rogue Boomers, a renegade group called the Knight Sabers dressed in cybernetic, armored Hardsuits appear and save the day.
The story takes place in Tokyo where much of the manual labor is done by robots called Boomers, which are run by a mega-corporation Genom. Linna Yamazaki, a new office worker, observes a Boomer that has “gone rogue”, causing destruction and attacking people.