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Bubblegum Crisis - Tokyo 2040 - Vol. 3 on DVD (1999)

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Average rating: (67%)
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3.5
 
Starring: Yu Asakawa | Satsuki Yukino | Rio Natsuki | Hiroko Konishi | Kiyoyuki Yanada | Yuji Ueda | Joji Nakata | Yui Horie | Christine M. Auten | John Swasey | Kevin Winkler | Phil Ross | phil ross (ii) | Dell Gibson | Chris Patton | Paul Sidello
Director: Hiroki Hayashi
Studio: ADV FILMS
Run time: 100 mins
Certificate: 12
Genres: Animated | Anime | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | World Cinema
Languages: Japanese
Dubbed: English
Subtitles: English
Released: 16/06/2003

Brief synopsis of Bubblegum Crisis - Tokyo 2040 - Vol. 3

This incarnation of the popular BUBBLEGUM CRISIS series is the television show that aired in Japan in 1998 and 1999. It is a re-telling of the original eight part series, BUBBLEGUM CRISIS, an OAV that aired in Japan from 1986 to 1989. Running 26 episodes, this series expands on the original while staying with the same main characters as well as the original premise, that of four young women in giant robotic suits doing battle with the destructive androids and evil corporations of Megalo City (Mega Tokyo in the original series). Here, the Knight Sabers go up against a cannibalistic boomer that has run amok, pulling victims into nearby sewers and devouring them. When Sylia is chosen as the next victim, the Knights have no choice but to stop it. Later, Linna returns home to face a difficult dilemma that has a number of unexpected repercussions. Meanwhile, Priss faces a deadly military boomer all be her lonesome as Priss and the rest of the girls are out of action for a while. The Knight Sabers are starting the feel the weight of their responsibility as time is running out for the city of Tokyo. Contains four episodes.

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Rated - 4 starsOne of the better anime series

lstableford from Nottingham , 04/11/2004

Essentially this is your standard anime fare. Group of curvaceous huge eyed women in their early 20s dress in high-tech armour and beat the snot out of rogue Bio-Mechanoid 'Boomers'.

What makes BGC2040 stand out is the above average characterisation and the layered sub plots making this more like an action soap opera. As the Western production houses evolve actors are also being allowed to *gasp* read their script ahead of time and *swoon* prepare a reading of the character. This helps immensely.

BGC2040 gets a little lengthy in the latter episodes but overall this is involving SF hokum that even non-anime fans might get something out of.

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