Bubblegum Crisis: A Series Retrospective

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: 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: 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 #Bubblegumcrisis #80sanime #Priss