Bubblegum Crash

Bubblegum Crash
US DVD cover
バブルガムクラッシュ
(Baburugamu Kurasshu)
GenreCyberpunk
Girls with guns
Created byToshimichi Suzuki
Original video animation
Bubblegum Crash!
Directed by
  • Hiroshi Ishiodori
  • Hiroyuki Fukushima
Produced byToshimichi Suzuki
Written byEmu Arii
Music by
  • Takehito Nakazawa
  • Michihiko Oota
StudioArtmic & Artland
Licensed by
Released May 25, 1991 December 21, 1991
Runtime
140 minutes (total)
  • 47 minutes (#1)
  • 44 minutes (#2)
  • 49 minutes (#3)
Episodes3
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Bubblegum Crash (バブルガムクラッシュ!, Baburugamu Kurasshu!) is a 1991 OVA anime series produced by Artmic and Artland. It is the sequel to the 1987 OVA series Bubblegum Crisis, taking place a year after the series. The Knight Sabers seem to be finished, as each of its members except Nene Romanova have seemingly drifted off to pursue their own goals. But at the same time, a recent string of robberies, murders, and Boomer malfunctions begin to occur. Knight Sabers' leader Sylia Stingray is then forced to recruit Nene and the other members back together. The group tries to find out who or what is behind the recent string of crimes which are somehow related to the creation of an advanced artificial intelligence.

After the split between Artmic and Youmex, Artmic proceeded to make Bubblegum Crash on their own, which ran three OVA episodes and is conjectured that it was a shortened version of how Bubblegum Crisis was to end. Youmex then sued Artmic, cutting the series short and tying the franchise up in legal issues until the late 1990s, when Artmic went bankrupt and Youmex was absorbed into Toshiba EMI.[1]

Upon release, the series received mixed reviews from fans and critics.

  1. ^ "Bubblegum Crash (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2 February 2023.