Bubblegum
Crisis
1987-1991, OVA, 8 episodes (varying length), 333 min total
New 2-Disc Perfect Collection Blu-ray
Contains the following bonus features:​
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50-page booklet containing interviews and staff memories
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Original Hurricane Live 2032 and 2033 Music Video Specials
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​Holiday in Bali voice actor special
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New interview with Kenichi Sonoda
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Color art gallery
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Line art gallery
1080p / English, Japanese 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio / French, Castilian Spanish, Italian, Catalan 2.0 Dolby Digital / English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Finnish, Japanese subtitles / dual layer / AVC 1.33:1 / REGION FREE
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Directors: Fumihiko TAKAYAMA, Hiroaki GODA, Hiroki HAYASHI, Katsuhito AKIYAMA, Masami OBARI
Voice Actors: Kinuko OMORI, Toshio FURUKAWA, Yoshiko SAKAKIBARA
Warning: Contains Violence, Adult Language, and Brief Nudity
© 1987-2018 TOSHIBA-EMI Limited
The Japanese Cyberpunk Classic
It is the year 2032 A.D. Like a Phoenix, the city of MegaTokyo is rising from the ashes of a devastating earthquake. In the twisted canyons of the megalopolis, the Knight Sabers, a small band of high tech mercenaries, fight a lonely battle against the evil GENOM Corporation and its sinister androids, the Boomers. Venture into an all too probable future, where technology has run amuck, and emotion is all that separates Man from Machine.
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A hurricane that started in Japan and hit America
Originally released in Japan starting in 1987, and a mega-hit among the early American anime scene, Bubblegum Crisis is the show that put AnimEigo on the map. Over the years the series, and its unique noir blend of mecha, cute girls, 80s J-pop, and cyberpunk dystopia has inspired countless imitators.
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Created by a who's-who of the Anime world, featuring character designs by Kenichi Sonoda (Riding Bean, Gunsmith Cats, Gall Force), production design by Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Full Metal Alchemist, Space Pirate Captain Harlock 2013), direction by Katsuhito Akiyama (Armitage III), Masami Obari (Detonator Orgun), Fumihiko Takayama (Patlabor III), Jun Okada, Hiroaki Goda (Oh My Goddess!), music by Koji Makaino (Oh My Goddess!), and mechanical designs by Sonoda, Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma (Detonator Orgun).
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Bubblegum Crisis stands as a seminal work in the world of Japanese science fiction, and a landmark part of anime history.
Don't take our word for it...
"There are few anime series out there that have had the same kind of impact as Bubblegum Crisis and even after all these years, it is still a wonderfully animated cyberpunk cult classic."
-Ollie Barder, Forbes
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Blu-ray Version History
v3.0 - Perfect Collection (2025 planned, subject to change)
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Same remaster as v1 on two discs
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English and Japanese lossless audio, Spanish (Castilian), Italian, French, Catalan AC3 audio
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Revised subtitles in all languages, new Spanish subtitles
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Hurricane Live and Holiday in Bali (in original SD)
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HD remastered music videos manually playable without menu
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New interview with Character Designer Kenichi Sonoda
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New 50-page book with interviews and liner notes
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Navigable art galleries
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New packaging and menus
v2.0 - "High Definition Disctopia" (2015)
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Same remaster as v1, incl. audio and subtitles, but squeezed onto one disc with AC3 audio
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No Hurricane Live or Holiday in Bali, only the remastered music videos as menu background video
v1.0 - Kickstarter "Ultimate Edition" (2014)
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HD Remaster of entire series (English, Japanese lossless) on 3 discs
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Subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Finnish and Japanese
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Upscale of Hurricane Live and Holiday in Bali specials
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HD recuts of most music videos from Hurricane Live (the ones without live action footage) as menu background video
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Art Galleries as video
​​Note: Kickstarter version contained additional physical goods
