Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

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Anime television series
title Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Original title バ ブ ル ガ ム ク ラ イ シ ス ＴＯＫＹＯ2040
transcription Baburugamu Kuraishisu Tokyo 2040
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1998
Studio AIC
length 25 minutes
Episodes 26th
Director Hiroki Hayashi
production Hiroaki Inoue, Shigeaki Komatsu, Shoichi Kumabe
music Koichi Korenaga
First broadcast October 8, 1998 - March 31, 1999 on TV Tokyo
synchronization

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 ( Japanese バ ブ ル ガ ム ク ラ イ シ ス ＴＯＫＹＯ2040 , Baburugamu Kuraishisu Tokyo 2040 ) is an anime television series from 1998 and a remake of the OVA series Bubblegum Crisis . It has been translated into several languages ​​and belongs to the cyberpunk genre .

content

Tokyo was badly destroyed by a strong earthquake in 2033 and soon finds itself under the extensive control of the company Genom, which shaped the reconstruction with its robots. Now the company is protecting the city from further earthquakes with its technology, but it also has the city's energy resources and communications in its hands. But the boomers developed by Genom , human-like robots, keep getting out of control. The Knight Sabers fight against these dangerous boomers, but also against Genome itself . Linna Yamazaki wanted to join this mysterious group of women in electronic combat suits, "hardsuits", when she moved to Tokyo. After she met Priss Asagiri, one of the Sabers, on the street by chance and recognized him as such, she investigated her and was soon accepted into the group.

Production and publication

The studio AIC had taken over Artmic and Youmex in 1997 and also took over the rights to Bubblegum Crisis and produced the 26-part television series in cooperation with the US distributor ADV Films . With a share of around 50% of the production costs, ADV received the worldwide DVD distribution rights. Since the character designer of the old series, Sonoda Kenichi, asked for a say in the production, the old design was discarded and a completely new one developed by Masaki Yamada. The characters, basic elements of the plot and settings have been adopted. Directed by Hiroki Hayashi and the scripts were signed by Chiaki J. Konaka and Sadayuki Murai. Shigemi Ikeda was responsible for the artistic direction.

TV Tokyo aired the anime in Japan from October 8, 1998 to March 31, 1999 . In the USA, the television series and from 1999 ADV Films was released on six DVDs . The English version was broadcast by Encore Action and The Anime Network as well as a Spanish and Portuguese translation by Locomotion and other Latin American broadcasters. GMA Network finally aired the anime on Tagalog in the Philippines.

In 2002, a second season of the series entitled Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2041 was announced, but the project was not pursued further.

Voice actor

role Japanese voice
Silia Stingray Satsuki Yukino
Prisilla Asagiri Yū Asakawa (speaks), Akira Sudō (sings)
Linna Yamazaki Rio Natsuki
Nene Romanova Hiroko Konishi
Leon McNichol Kiyoyuki Yanada
Daley Wong Yūji Ueda
Brian J. Mason Jōji Nakata
Ellen Kyōko Hikami
Masaki Rio Natsuki
Misae Yuki Masuda
Silia's mother Misa Watanabe
Galatea Yui Horie

music

The music for the series was composed by Koichi Korenaga . The opening credits were underlaid with the song Y'know , for the closing credits Waiting for You , both by Akira Sudō.

reception

The Animerica praises that the series focuses more on the individual characters. The arguments with the Boomers are always designed differently and are not monotonous. The music is almost as good as that of the OVA, but the quality of the animation leaves a lot to be desired. According to Patrick Drazen, Silia Stingray's appearance is influenced by the character Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion . In his opinion, the design of the combat suits combines protective and weapon functions with feminine attributes such as the pointed heels. This bridges the gap between the usual expectations of women and their unusually strong appearance in the series. In the Anime Encyclopedia , the new design of the suits, with high heels and lots of latex, is described as humiliating. With the more sex-oriented plot and the drum and bass soundtrack very much in keeping with the 1990s , the series would quickly be forgotten.

The German fan magazine Funime writes of an overall relatively successful new version of the material in a continuous storyline across the entire series, even if the story “splashes around” in the first few episodes . The changes in the appearance and characteristics of the characters make content access more difficult. The drawings and also the music, however, are simpler and significantly less innovative than with the old OVA. For AnimaniA , despite low expectations due to the new character design and the simple soundtrack, the series presents itself as a remake that is well worth seeing and which manages to stand independently alongside the original. The animations are excellent, the story is told in an exciting and fluid manner and the characters are presented in a friendly and lovable way despite the changes. According to both reviews, some of the changes to the original are even for the benefit of the series.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Funime 41, p. 19 f.
  2. ↑ a b Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition , p. 78 f. Berkeley 2006, Stone Bridge Press
  3. ↑ Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2041 (canceled TV). Anime News Network , accessed August 15, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Animerica Vol. 8/4, p. 69
  5. ↑ Drazen, 2003, p. 304
  6. ↑ Patrick Drazen: Anime Explosion! - The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation , p. 119. Stone Bridge Press, 2003.
  7. ↑ AnimaniA 4/99, p. 22 f.