Bubblegum Crisis is an eight-episode Japanese anime/manga series with one sequel and multiple spin-offs, including the popular remake, Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040. The series is aesthetically influenced by Blade Runner, as well as the Cyberpunk movement. Set in a mid-21st Century Tokyo, it concerns the adventures of four female warriors, called the Knight Sabers, as they use their brains, brawn and super powers (conferred by their super-suits) to battle rogue robots called Boomers. The Sabers are led by Sylia Stingray, the daughter of the scientist who invented Boomers. While the Stingrays' feminist-seeming themes might appeal to female viewers, their form-fitting outfits seem to be meant to appeal to males.
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Fast Facts
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Original Japanese release
February 25, 1987
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Number of episodes
8
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Fact:
Original series sold poorly in Japan, but did well in the U.S.
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Fact:
Was heavily influenced by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner
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Tokyo 2040 consists of 24 TV episodes and 2 original video animation episodes (OVAs)
