Audience reviews
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KamuiX1999
Not as good as the original series (and the animation is a step down), but it's still pretty entertaining. I particularly liked the second episode with an advanced Boomer that has a human-level A.I. The big plus this has over the original is I think the characteristics of the four main girls are far more defined; they all have more well-rounded personalities. I also can't figure out why most sources claim the series was cut short due to legal issues, as the 3rd episode felt like a pretty satisfying conclusion to me. Sure, the series is way more lighthearted than the original, but I honestly can't see why any fans with an open mind couldn't find some enjoyment in this.
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Bubblegum Crash is a fairly decent companion piece to its prequel that - despite being episodic - still manages to continue the plot established in the previous series and does wrap up the narrative. Frankly speaking though, the story throughout most of the series is rather lackluster and forgettable when the focus is placed on the B plots of each episode.
With everything else in regards to the visuals, soundtrack, and characters, it's all good to even great in some instances - especially for fans of the original. All the old cast is back and their interactions are always amusing. The aesthetic has a very retro 80s vibe and it's paired together with a nice pop/rock ost to fit the mood.
This OVA has some great moments in it, but it's sometimes a slog to get to them and that's ultimately w…
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I’m actually glad that most reviews of Crash! are generally more positive than I thought they would be - I’ve seen this iteration of the franchise shit on so many dang times, even by Kenichi Sonoda himself, and it baffles me that this show has a lower rating overall than 2040. 2040 is terrible! Sure, Crash ain’t perfect, but I will say this much: In spite of having many of the strengths of its prequel series Crisis cut away from it - like any sort of lasting canon around character development, high-quality art, consistently good 80’s music, Priss’s VA, etc etc etc. - Crash! does its damnedest to play to the strengths of Crisis rather than the weaknesses, and for the most part it succeeds, even managing to pile up some stuff that I wish the original series had managed to play around with.…
Read at the sourcektulu007
I've reviewed two instalments in this franchise. The first being Bubblegum Crisis and the second being the AD Police spin-off, which was garbage. Now it's time to look at the sequel that came out from mid to late '91, Bubblegum Crash. Let's hope it's more like Crisis and doesn't resemble AD.
Story:
We open with an armoured vehicle full of mech suits committing a robbery. The AD Police are called to the scene, but since the culprit isn't an over-sexed, creepy woman, they're useless. The mech suits escape. We soon join the Knight Sabers, Nene, Linna & Priss. Nene wants the three of them to get their suits and do something about the robberies since the AD Police are useless but Linna is making a fortune with stocks and Priss is about to get a record deal and the pair talk about the Sabers…
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To keep this pretty quick, if you liked Bubblegum Crisis there is really no reason not to watch Bubblegum Crash. I have seen a lot of negative reviews and I think they are completely unfounded. This basically takes the formula from Crisis and repeats it for 3 more episodes while giving the series a more solid ending than what Crisis gave it. Also, you get a little more insight into the characters and how the end of their story would play out. The intro is pretty awesome (far better than Crisis); it has a more rockin tune and better production value. All in all, a solid little ending to the series that anyone who is a fan of Crisis should watch, if nothing more for completeness sake.
Read at the sourceCappnRob
Bubblegum Crash isn't a BAD series per se, but it is certainly inferior to its predecessor Bubblegum Crisis. Where as Crisis had a unique opening scene for every episode of the series as well as a unique outro, Crash uses a stock opening and a plain credits. The animation is overall less impressive than Crisis' fantastic artwork, the violence is toned down and there are continuity errors particularly in the second episode.
THAT ALL SAID - I enjoyed Crash a fair deal. No where near as much as Crisis, but it certainly is not awful. Continuity errors aside, each episode's story is fairly interesting and the four Knight Sabers are as fun to see as always. It also provides an actual conclusion to the story, which gives Bubblegum an actual sense of closure after Crisis had its mother of all non…
Read at the sourceVoivodian
Spectacular piece of anime but totally messes up as a sequel to the original ova series! Bubblegum Crash continues the awesome formula of the original series: Blade Runner style setting, bombardment of 80s culture, brilliant colours, corporations running amok with technology and cute girls laying waste to berserk boomers and cool hardsuits. However, the continuity is messed up so bad you'd wonder if the whole group of writers just suddenly suffered from amnesia!
As standalone stories, the plot is standard, entertaining fare for retro cyberpunk anime. Cool fights happen, there's an overarching plot involving people trying to use boomers in a grand scheme to wreak havoc and perhaps not as much character development as one would like; all just like the original ova. However, so many things j…
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Whether you're a fan of the Bubblegum Crisis franchise,a cyberpunk fan or even just a casual anime viewer this anime has something to offer.After the events of the original ova the knight sabers have all moved on and taken new directions with their life's while leaving their superhero past.
Priss after being signed by a record label is overjoyed over the prospect of being a professional singer.
Linna works for the financial district and have found a new passion besides fighting,making money.
Nene still work for AD Police and is the only one that truly misses the knight sabers. And Sylia whereabouts is unknown.
Trouble brews as rogue criminals armed with the latest suit technology are going on a rampage through the city in a diabolical scheme to use the latest AI technology in their plo…
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To speak frankly, one of the reasons that made me watch crisis, other than having the series in my want list since ages ago, was the fact that I had bought the DVD some time ago and it was getting old in the shelve.
With Crash we pick up again the series some months after the last episode and events of Crisis. It is now 2033 and Megatokyo has become more dangerous and AD Police is getting it’s hands tied because of political powers from above. The Saber Knights are nowhere to be found and the city is collapsing. Then… Naturally of course they’ll turn around again to save the day.
In these OVAs we had some improvements regarding the first OVA, like Nene, she’s pretty more dependable now than she ever was.
And also some bad points, while Nene became a dependable character, Priss on the ot…
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Bubblegum Crash seems to get overlooked pretty often. The Crisis OVA and 2040 already seem obscure enough especially around here at MAL and then Crash is just, completely lost in it's own void. Kind of a shame because Crash is certainly worth seeing if you're a fan of the OVA and new series. My review for 2040 was probably too big, so I'll keep this one a little on the shorter side. It could be a good read along with this review though.
Crash is basically a direct continuation of the original OVA and it's completely obvious. The animation and everything in that aspect is the same, with many improvements because it's newer - this made me second guess myself after saying I liked the redesigned characters in 2040, because Priss, Nena, Linna, and Sylia all looked really cool in this one. The…
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