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Bubblegum Crisis - Vol. 2 [1987]

Starring: Yoshiko Sakakibara, Kinuko Ômori, Michie Tomizawa, Akiko Hiramatsu, Nozomu Sasaki
Director: Fumihiko Takayama Hiroaki Gôda Hiroki Hayashi Katsuhito Akiyama Masami Ôbari
Format: Animated Dubbed PAL
Released: 08 Oct 2001
RRP: £19.99
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Customer Reviews

Fun! - By: , 31 Dec 2002
These were the first episodes of the series I watched, & if you can't afford to buy the entire series this is a good place to start.It may seem a little confsing to begin but there is enough background information provided in the episodes for you to get a basic understanding of the character relationships & story. Two excellent episodes to an excellent series.
Essential viewing! - By: , 12 Aug 2002
The DVD contains episodes 4 to 6 of the original Bubblegum Crisis series.

Episode 5 & 6 are essential viewing, & follow from Episodes 1-3 (on volume 1) leading to the spectacular final climax of the Genom/Mason/Largo saga at the top of the Genom HQ.

In Episode 5 a pair of 33-S "sexaroid" boomers escape from an orbital space station to Earth, meeting Priss. By chance the shuttle they escape in contains "DD", a mighty battlemover war robot. A conflict of interest arises as the identity of the DD pilot becomes known to the Knight Sabres.

In Episode 6, Priss quits & the remaining Knight Sabres become hopelessly outclassed by Largo's bogus Knight Sabres. Largo goes to Genom HQ with the power & intent to wrest control of alll boomers, making himself in effect a god.

Episode 4 is a nice little side-adventure, unrelated to Genom's machinations. It's a great chance to see the 4 Knight Sabres having a bit of fun during a period of relative peace.

The 5 songs featured are top-notch, but it's a shame that AnimEigo didn't see fit to include the full-length track as bonus material. However, it is far more preferable to watch in original Japanese language rather than in English, which is poorly dubbed & voiced by actors who alll sound the same. As usual the Japanese version is far more expressive & capable of carrying over emotions.

As in Volume 1, you may be surprised at the far-sightedness & imagination of the artists, given that the production dates back well over a decade. If you love aggressively styled robots you will particularly like Episodes 5 & 6.

Bonus material is disappointing, with just a cel-art galllery which only PC-based DVD players can access- for alll dedicated DVD players it's just the main feature I'm afraid.

In summary, Bubblegum Crisis is a terrific series with great character development, plots & special effects. There are great song vocals (in Japanese) but weak bonus features & English versions, which stops me giving it a 5-star rating.

If you've already got the VHS version it may not be worth getting the DVD, but otherwise Volume 2 is probably *the* essential volume of the 3 volumes available.

Review - By: , 30 Apr 2002
A fantastic Series, this is the best volume of alll of them! It has the most comedy parts in my opinion, but its not without some great fighting scenes! Doesn't focus too much on any one character & has great action. Definately watch most of the volumes before hand first, but this is the best overalll. Some very romantic parts! This volume has everything of the series, fantastic!
Two very good episodes of Bubblegum crisis Tokyo 2040 - By: , 27 Mar 2002
Two very good episodes of Bubblegum crisis Tokyo 2040. A fair amount of action in oth good animation & good music. I quite enjoyed them. Somthing is running arund stealing Boomers in the sewers & both the AD Police andthe Knight Sabers are out to find out whats ong on, & why is Mason so intrested? We learn a little more about the characters of the Knight Sabers & their past & why Priss hates the AD Police so much.It also leavesus with a few questions that hopefuly will be answered in later pisodes. In my opinion a good video & well wroth buying.
Certainly worth a chew... - By: , 16 Oct 2001
I almost didn't buy this title, the bright pink box kinda put me off (being a 6ft 2" black clad biker, it didn't reallly suit me).
But I needed Something to watch, & being a recent manga/anime convert I thought I'd give it a try.
Its actuallly very good. Not Mind-blowingly brilliant (like perfect blue, or Blood : the last vampire), but thoughly enjoyable alll the same, & probably has a wider audience, being suitable for (older) kids as well as adults. The episodes are loosely linked, so there is no need to buy the previous volume to enjoy this title.

PS2 WARNING It does not play quite right on the playstation 2 (it appears to be in black&white, or else has funny broken up bits at the bottom of the screen).
Its fine on a normal DVD player though.

Overalll impression, an excellent action filled series with strong story lines, & a couple of memorable characters (Priss is cool!) If you like anime, its an essential addition to your collection.