Art of Bubblegum Crisis
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Bubblegum Crisis is an animation series (OVA) produced by Youmex, animated by AIC/Artmic, written by Toshimichi Suzukiand, and directed by Katsuhito Akiyama in 1987. The series was planned to run for 13 episodes but was cut short to just 8. The setting displays strong influences from the movies Blade Runner and Streets of Fire. The humanoid robots known as "boomers" in the series also resemble Terminator cyborgs from the Terminator film. Suzuki explained in a 1993 Animerica interview the meaning behind the cryptic title: "We originally named the series 'bubblegum' to reflect a world in crisis, like a chewing-gum bubble that's about to burst".
The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this series.
THE STORY
It's the year 2032, seven years after the Second Great Kanto earthquake has split Tokyo geographically and culturally in two. Genom, a mega corporation with immense power and global influence, is the main producers of the so called Boomers (artificial cybernetic life forms that are usually in the form of humans, with most of their bodies being mechanic, also known as cyberoids). While Boomers are intended to serve mankind, they become deadly instruments in the hands of ruthless individuals. The AD Police are tasked to deal with Boomer-related crimes. One of the series' themes is the inability of the department to deal with threats due to political infighting, red tape, and an insufficient budget...
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