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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome anime, good deal too. Bubblegum Crisis - Get it!, August 5, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Bubblegum Crisis Collection (DVD)
300+ minutes of anime for 45 bucks? Heck, I'd buy it even if it was Explorer Woman Ray! Well, maybe not. Seriously, aside from the Jeykll/Hyde packaging (the box is great-looking, but has ZERO functionality, although I didn't notice any major problems with the subtitles on my copy), everything about the Bubblegum Crisis Collectors' Suite says buy it. BGC is perhaps the greatest anime direct-to-video series ever made. You really can't go wrong with it. The animation is excellent, the characters are wonderful, the bad guys are nasty (and not always who they seem), and the music kicks serious aft, especially if you have any appreciation for 80s stuff. The MegaTokyo created in BGC is well-realized, from the hapless AD Police to the diabolic Genom Corporation to the quintessential deadly babes in powersuits, the Knight Sabers. The heroines, Sylia, Priss, Linna, and Nene are all excellent characters; they don't fit into any standard anime stereotype - even the cutesy Nene is much more mature than she appears. Quincy, the elusive chairman of Genom, may be the best anime villian of all time, and even the AD Police get some screen time between thrashings by Genom's berzerk Boomer cyborgs. The mechanical designs and character designs helped to give BGC the legendary status it has attained. From the designs of the Boomers to the Knight Sabers' lithe 'hardsuits' to the classic character design of Kenichi Sonoda, quality is apparent everywhere. There isn't really an end to BGC (its original budget was cut), and it leaves many questions unanswered, but the result is a sort of short glimpse into the fantastic world of a possible future. It is a gripping story of friendships, death, revenge, and survival. Bubblegum Crisis is by far one of the best examples of anime available, and even after 10 years it still rules. If you have DVD capability and like anime, don't make a big mistake. Get this while you still can.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Anime, December 10, 1999
This review is from: Bubblegum Crisis Collection (DVD)
Bubblegum Crisis as much as any other anime, is what brought Anime to the American mainstream. The DVD brings an end to the perpetual subbed vs dubbed argument by allowing you to choose. The animation and story are good and this is a DVD that I rewatch frequently. I do have a few complaints, mostly the packaging. This is not packaged as a DVD, but in normal jewel boxes and packed more like software than as a DVD set. Also, for a series that isn't really very long, it seems strange that the set requires 3 DVDs. Complaints aside, I recommend this series to anime fans.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Videos, Bad Packaging, June 7, 2000
This review is from: Bubblegum Crisis Collection (DVD)
Before I go into this review, let me say that I LOVE Bubblegum Crisis. I have loved it since it first came out in Japan. It's a great example of cyberpunk anime, and it's a good first series to watch if you are interested in anime, or wondering about what anime is. Some violence and MILD nudity may make this series unsuited for young children. I give the series itself 5 STARS! Animeigo did a great job subtitling this series, and the voice dubbing isn't half bad at all. The DVD transfer quality is pretty good. There is a Bubblegum Crisis interface that you can install on your computer and use as a player. It's a neat extra. The gallery is a collection of pictures, most of which have been published elsewhere, so there's nothing new there. The bonus videos consist of scenes from the episodes. Where did the Hurricane Live stuff disappear to? I was really disappointed with the packaging however. It consists of three DVDs shipped in unlabeled jewell cases (not the standard DVD case). There are no liner notes, no booklets, none of the usual stuff you get with a DVD purchase. It really looks like it was produced by a bunch of pirates, burned to CD and shipped off in a plain brown wrapper. I know I'm being picky, but I was really hoping for something a little more. I mean, if you've bought collectors editions before, you usually get some neat little gimics that at least make you feel like you've got a collector's item. If you're a fan of the series, this is a cheap way to get all the episodes. If you want something to add to a collection, buy the individual DVDs. It's more expensive, but at least then you can tell the difference between pirated copies and something produced by a good company (which Animeigo is). I could do a better job with MicroSoft Paint and sticky labels.
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