Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998)

Original title

バブルガムクライシス TOKYO 2040

Directed by

Hiroki Hayashi

Genre

cyberpunk, mecha, science fiction anime and manga, action anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a future Tokyo, a group of four women form a vigilante team called the Knight Sabers. They use mechanical suits to fight rogue robots created by a powerful corporation. The team confronts a prototype robot that could destroy all life on Earth.

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What happens

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (バブルガムクライシス TOKYO 2040, Baburugamu Kuraishisu TOKYO 2040) is a 1998 Japanese cyberpunk anime television series produced by AIC. It is a reboot of the 1987 OVA series Bubblegum Crisis. It focuses on the Knight Sabers, a rogue vigilante group led by billionaire Sylia Stingray and three other women who use powered suits to fight rogue Boomer robots made by the megacorporation Genom, which has awakened an extremely powerful Boomer prototype made by Sylia's father that possesses the ability to destroy all life on Earth. Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 premiered on TV Tokyo on October 8, 1998, where it ran until its conclusion on March 31, 1999. Toshiba EMI released the series on VHS and Laserdisc across 13 volumes, each containing two episodes. The first volume was released on January 21, 1999; the final volume was released July 26, 2000. The series was later released on DVD, however the Japanese versions were simply the American DVD releases encoded to play for Region 2. The series was positively received by critics, with some deeming it an improvement over the original OVA series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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