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 Bubblegum Crisis Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (DVD)
Newest Review: ... world and this is generally summed up visually through the landscape and narratively through themes of computerisation A.I ... more  ... and identity loss. Blade Runner is of course the classic here and its in relatiomn to that seminal movie that I think Bubblegum Crisis is an important show, taking those concepts and applying them to anime staples - the world of Bubblegum Crisis is built around Boomers, humanoid robots that turn into lethal killing amchines. We don't ever know who a boomer is or even if the main character Priss might be one.
Furthermore, BC emplots a very Blade Runner/Akira like environemnt, a faceless city of very tall imposin...more |
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Bubblegum Crisis Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (DVD): Anime cyberpunk classic (508 words)
by GundamMeister - written on 08.01.08 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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Bubblegum Crisis is something of an anime classic, although I'm pretty sure that its a title that doesn't circle widely or is watched all that much these days. Its a flawed classic, for sure, but I think that its one of the most important and influential anime I've seen for a couple of reasons. back in the 80s cyberpunk was in its infancy as a genre and whilst we were blessed with the likes of Gibson's Neuromancer (not a favourite of mine) there was still a while to go before classics such as Ghost in the Shell were to be born. One important aspect of cyberpunk is its obvious postmodernist idea the human is alienated through a harsh and imposing futuristic ...
