Bubblegum Crisis. An OVA that defined the 1980s and early 90s. This retrospective covers the original OVA, Bubblegum Crash, AD Police Files, Bubblegum Crisis 2040, AD Police: To Protect and Serve, and Parasite Dolls.
I'll be talking about the history of the franchise, what went on behind the scenes, how good each entry in franchise was/is, and the story of Artmic's controversial founder, Toshimichi Suzuki. Oh and some plot summarizing. Can't have a retrospective without some plot summarizing. Video essay is a good key word, I should put that in the description.
A Series Retrospective Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5rlJFA__05I9igemhswT15_vt2fsMEXG
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:46 Toshimichi Suzuki & Artmic
5:05 Bubblegum Crisis Plot Summary (eps 1-6)
15:58 A Peek Behind the Curtain
18:38 BGC Plot Summary Cont. (eps 7-8)
23:05 The Oomori Problem
24:17 From Crisis to Crash
25:33 Bubblegum Crash Plot Summary
28:52 Crash and Burn
29:45 The Visual Style of BGC
30:42 International Context
34:19 The First Good Guy G in Anime
34:56 Looks Good and Sound Good
35:49 Time to be Negative
44:31 AD Police Files
45:06 AD Police Plot Summary
50:18 How AD Police Enhanced BGC
51:07 More than Edgy Shlock?
55:57 AD Police Manga
57:07 Transition to AIC
59:19 Suzuki and the Yakuza
1:01:11 Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
1:01:49 2040 Plot
1:14:34 What 2040 Did Better
1:24:12 What 2040 Did Worse
1:25:37 Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2041?
1:26:46 The Lost Style of BGC
1:28:34 The English Dub
1:31:19 AD Police: To Protect and Serve
1:31:48 TV Police Plot
1:34:36 A Wasted Opportunity
1:37:34 The BEST Episode of TV Police
1:41:26 Parasite Dolls and a Return to BGC
1:43:14 Parasite Dolls Plot Summary
1:51:58 A Fantastic Mixed Bag
1:58:09 Aftermath (the 2000s era)
1:59:17 Light Novel?
1:59:48 Should BGC Come Back?
2:01:50 Suzuki End
2:03:17 My Message to You, the People
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