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February 25, 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Bubblegum Crisis’ original release in Japan! So to celebrate, I’ve invited Sean of Zimmerit.moe to talk all about it: the many western influences that inspired it, why it’s label of “cyberpunk” is a bit of a misnomer, and how some aspects of it were surprisingly progressive for an 80s OAV.Stream the episode above or [Direct Download]
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Relevant links:
- Buy AnimEigo’s official Bubblegum Crisis BD & DVD releases
- AnimEigo’s Bubblegum Crisis liner notes
- Buy the “sequels”: Bubblegum Crash, AD Police, & Tokyo 2040
- Raven’s Garage - The oldest BGC fansite & fansite archive still active
- Bubblegum Crisis content at Sean’s site, Zimmerit.moe
- My article “Alternate FutureScape: The Bubblegum Crisis We Never Got”, about an unused version of the series
- Follow Sean on Twitter!
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