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 The Anime Encyclopedia posted:BUBBLEGUM CRISIS * 1987. Video, TV series. DIR: Katsuhito Akiyama, Hiroki Hayashi. SCR: Toshimichi Suzuki, Hidetoshi Yoshida, Arii Emu. DES: Kenichi Sonoda, Shinji Makino. ANI: Masahiro Tanaka, Jun Okuda. MUS: Koji Makaino. PRD: Artmic, Youmex, AIC. 47 mins., 28 mins., 26 mins., 38 mins., 43 mins., 50 mins., 49 mins., 50 mins. (v1), 25 mins. x 2 eps. (v2), 45 mins. x 3 eps. (Crash), 25 mins. x 24 eps. (TV), 25 mins. x 2 (v3). That's right, on February 25, 1987, the very first episode of Bubblegum Crisis was released. Looking at it today it's no wonder why it was such a beloved series in the west when it originally came out; between the easy to digest setting with lots of western sci-fi trappings and nods, given what type of nerd tended to be into anime in those days the execution would have to be outright terrible for it to not build a fanbase. And a fair number of fans still carry a torch for it. After all, a kickstarter to bring over the blu-rays wound up raising a decent amount of cash. It's far from the most enduring anime out there but hell, if you've seen it you have a good idea why it has retained some fans throughout the years. If you haven't seen it before, why not pick today to finally check out it? The writing/consistency can get inconsistent but personally, I consider it a side effect of how it was created. With a different director for almost every episode (to say nothing of how there's a different soundtrack for every single episode!), the lack of consistency is made up for with a distinct difference in style. The violent, conglomerate-ruled city of Megatokyo might be the backdrop for the series but the way it's framed changes on a per episode basis. It doesn't change as wildly as Space Dandy did between each episode, but this sort of thing is all too rare in anime and in my book that alone makes it worth checking out! (And there are also girls in power armor that fight crime using awesome weapons while cool punkish j-pop plays, I guess) Or hell, just watch the opening of the first episode, in which a concert is inter-cut with scenes of police getting wrecked by a single robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRKWUY9DCco Happy 30th, Bubblegum Crisis.
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Admittedly, I have not watched Bubblegum Crisis, but I can appreciate it for what it was. Thanks for the writeup Srice. Also the hardsuits have really cool designs. 
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Feb 25, 2017 17:21
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Still my favorite anime, even after all this time. I think I'll spend the rest of the weekend doing a rewatch.
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Feb 25, 2017 17:52
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Check out the trailer for Futurescape, which would have been a Westernization along the lines of Robotech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra5SG60fSx0 "Anime Nostalgia posted:an amusing & genuinely interesting time capsule of what some executives thought would be appealing to anime fans in the English-speaking world. If you watch the trailer, there’s a few things that go unchanged: Genom is still mentioned by name. The music from the series plays unaltered throughout. Priss (though not mentioned by name) is still a rock singer. But the tone of the story described in the English narration feels like a much different one. Where Bubblegum Crisis’ Knight Sabers were a mercenary team that’d take any job for the right price, FutureScape’s “Night Saviors” were advertised as “Four girls who will accept no money in their never ending battle against the Boomers!“ Fans familiar with Bubblegum Crisis and the Knight Saber mercenary group that were mostly motivated by revenge would probably have been a little more than shocked to see them instead portrayed as a super-heroine team fighting for “freedom and justice” under the new name of “The Night Saviors”. And while GAGA was trying to sell these titles as subtitled Japanese shows, they also tried to strip out as many Japanese elements as possible, hoping to make an easier sell to American companies. MegaTokyo is now just a nameless futuristic city backdrop, and none of the characters are given names–possibly leaving that open to whoever wanted to buy this new version to decide.
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Feb 25, 2017 18:08
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I realised on seeing this thread that I've never actually watched all of BGC, just the first 4 or so episodes I think, and should rectify that soon. That said I think I pretty much wore the tape out on the VHS copy of the first episode I had as a kid.
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Feb 25, 2017 19:30
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BGC is alright. I think many older anime fans have nostalgia goggles on in regards to it. Just...don't watch any of the associated series. They are all bad
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Feb 25, 2017 22:09
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  Some VHS tape labels to make your collections look nice.
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a kitten posted:Some VHS tape labels to make your collections look nice. Hey, that second one is Dirty Pair! (Which is great, so I'm not complaining...)
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