I worked at M2K when we published the Bubblegum Crisis DVD box set in North America. We loved that series and it was the jewel in our crown at the time.

@geraldperez2768

9 жыл бұрын

I LOVE BUBBLEGUM CRISIS !!!!! That was great anime! I like that none of the characters are preteens, they were just hot chicks in mech suits!

@lemonpulpmusic

9 жыл бұрын

MJR and HCG need to a collaborative video. You two are both my favorite youtube personalities. Watching your videos three years ago inspired me to get back into gaming.

@Gustavozxd13

9 жыл бұрын

lol m2k

@ericbarlow6772

9 жыл бұрын

It was one of the first anime I remember watching as a child. It still holds a special place for me.

@brodysexy1177

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus I'm subscribed to both for years now and I've only just found the series now and then I seen this review and then this comment and it just made me laugh I don't know what are your thoughts

Bubblegum Crisis changed my life. I was working a deadend job paycheck to paycheck and my friend invited me to a get together similar to yours where we all crowded around a tv to watch a vhs that had obviously been copied to the point of no return. What I saw blew my mind so much I resolved to quit my job, get a real career so I could save money to move to Japan, and learn Japanese so I could understand what I was watching ( no subs or dubs back then). Due to that I met my wife and achieved my dream. I’ve lived in Japan for 20 years now, and after becoming fluent I could finally understand what was going on 😊 Thank you BGC!

@jdcarling

Жыл бұрын

Wow❤

"Bubblegum Crisis Rocks!" YES IT DOES I love when you talk about old anime

Ahh, the days when anime was special. Back then anime held something magical because it was so rare. If you came across a title at a mom and pop video store you knew you had to watch it. If you were lucky enough to come across an anime movie playing on TV, usually late at night, you'd watch. It was like catching a glimpse of a unicorn, you'd never know if you'd see another movie like it for a while. There wasn't sites to go to there wasn't stores that catered to anime or items from Japan and if there were they were incredibly few and far-between. Even the bad stuff holds a place in peoples hearts because it came at a time when the US was doing away with both weekday afternoon cartoons and saturday morning cartoons were being edged out by sports and news shows. Anime showed up at the right time, it filled a void for people who still wanted cool animation, but now the stories were more complicated, the characters were deeper and themes were more mature and the animation was more stylized. It was something that can't be replicated by anything else.

I take your anime recomendations very seriously because Ive fallen in love with all of them

@HappyConsoleGamer

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate it! I will always be honest and down to earth with all my reviews! I only review things that mean something to me :)

BGC is quite an influential classic, one of if not the more important cyberpunk anime's from the 80's/90's. It's wonderful to hear your passion about this because it's exactly how I felt when I watched it in my teens, still a wonderful series today and probably one of Kenichi Sonoda's best works.

Yup Terminator and Blade Runner, that's part of what made me fall in love with this anime when I had first seen it. Sylia is like the female Tony Stark, minus being a douchebag lol. Freakin loved the music too.

Gotta thank you for making me discover BGC John. What an incredible anime... I am hooked. Ordered the blu-ray set and I have watched it 10 times by now The artstyle is exceptionnal, coloring is gorgeous and, as you said, the shading is nuts. In fact I don't himk I ever saw so many layers of shading in an anime. Oh and the chicks are drawn real well too B-)

Man, that does bring back the memories. I had gotten into the anime scene in the late 80s (when I was a kid in the 60s you had Astroboy, Gigantor and the one I regularly watched, Speed Racer, but you didn't have the organized fans you had later), and had seen the ads from Animeigo for BGC (I recall $34.99 or 39.99 for a single OAV at the time; a bit out of my budget). A few years later I found an anime and game shop just north of Ohio State U called Neo Tokyo International; the guys running it were affiliated with the OSU Anime club, and were renting anime VHS and Japanese games. I joined soon after that and one of the early tapes I saw on the shelf was BGC. But here's the thing. I wasn't exactly enamored with the name "Bubblegum Crisis". Strangely, I fell into the trap of thinking that the name had a lot to do with the anime story. Granted, the writer of the series would explain about how the name reflects Japan's "bubble economy" and how he saw it as someone blowing a bubble out of bubblegum and the inevitable consequences. But I did eventually rent the first episode. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. Enough that I ended up renting the entire series. When the series first came to DVD around 2000 or so I ended up getting it as well. I tried to get through the dubs that are on the DVDs but after a few minutes, went back to the Japanese original. I was just too used to hearing it in Japanese. But yeah, the series really screams 80s at you, from the style of the animation (aided and abetted by character designer Sonoda Kenichi, who also designed Gall Force and created Riding Bean, later reintroduced in his Gunsmith Cats manga) to the themes and heavy Bladerunner/Terminator influences. It just screams "classic". Hell, I should re-watch them tonight!

I just finished "Bubblegum Crisis" a few minutes ago and just wanted to say thank you, Johnny for recommending this awesome anime. I'm a long time fan of yours but mecha anime have never really been my "go-to", however having caught up on my backlog of shows and looking for some good 80s/90s anime to watch I decided to give it a shot and I'm so happy that I did. I think I'll check out some of the other shows set in this universe, and also check out some more of your anime recommendations. Thanks again.

My childhood, right there. Back when anime was half decent :(

@apostolosfilippos

2 жыл бұрын

If you want an amazing anime. Not half decent. try to watch igano kabamaru

@sufamidan1006

2 жыл бұрын

@@apostolosfilippos I think you may have misunderstood me. Im saying anime back then was amazing.

Great story about how you became Otakunized. I guess this explains why we just got a pulse of orders for the set over the last few hours :)

What an incredible fountain of nostalgia you are. Thanks for a great trip back in time.

I watched this one when I was 9, such nostalgia, recommend it to anyone who wants to watch a good sci-fi anime from back in the day.

@xenogears4398

9 жыл бұрын

***** Indeed

Bubblegum Crisis and it's spinoffs are my favourite all-time Anime - especially the original Bubblegum Crisis, it's music, the stories - then the 2040 is pretty good too, don't forget AD Police and Parasite Dolls. I also have it on LD and the DVD set from Animeigo.

Loving these stories of the late 80s/early 90s period when game importing, anime etc were such niche stuff yet you were still into them. What do you think of modern anime? Many people seem to think that the anime industry started catering too much to otakus in 2000s with all the shows like Lucky Star. Do you agree with that notion?

@90sgamer92

9 жыл бұрын

No doubt. I watch very little anime, but when ever I look at 80s/early 90s stuff, it's some dark cyberpunk/sci-fi thing with great old school animation. The prominent shows/movies of the day that I've seen are visually and tonally much closer Western comics/adult animation of the time (realistically proportioned human characters, slower pacing, not as much of giant eyes&rainbow colored spiky hair etc), so they aren't as off putting for the uninitiated. The same could be said of older Japanese video games. They were inspired alot by American movies, so the character designs were more realistic and the games looked more gritty. But during late 90s "anime aesthethic" started seeping into video games, and it started alienating some gamers. Compare old school shoot em ups with Death Smiles and Touhou (loli girls), Castlevania 4 with Dawn of Sorrow, Street Fighter 2, Streets of Rage and King of Fighters with BlazBlue, Tactics Ogre with Disgaea and so on.

@DuelingDragonAdventures

9 жыл бұрын

In the old days, the line between a "good" anime and an "average" anime was a lot more blurred than it was now, because anime was still fresh and new to most people so there was a LOT more stuff that you just hadn't seen before. Now with modern anime there's just so MUCH of it, there's a huge gulf between good and average! And a lot of it tries to be "big budget" and have that clean sleek CGI look, to capture the otaku interest, so it all starts to run together. Really I think Cowboy Bebop was the last great "retro" anime show, and then the Internet took off and the otaku culture EXPLODED, like it became huge and all these manga and visual novel adaptations started to launch. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 show) was to me the one that really kicked off the new "era" of anime, and it's a fantastic series, but a lot of new anime is more derivative than ever before.

@VyseLegendaire

9 жыл бұрын

Good anime still exists…its just not the same thrill of finding the holy grail because searching on the internet is so much easier than hunting through import shops and second hand tapes….but then again the real *classics* seem to be one-offs in anime and derivative crap is taking over big time.

@HappyConsoleGamer

9 жыл бұрын

Vyse Legendaire Very nice points!

@TheHeartThatRunsCold

9 жыл бұрын

There are focus groups for animation, it's a medium and really huge in Japan (obviously), so huge that there's something for everyone. So while "good anime still exists" it's also true that there are genres meant for certain people, and what we all see as good is greatly varied due to that. I for one love finding good psychological anime since they are of the only genre I can binge watch.

BGC occupies a special place in my heart to this very day!

I've said it before I'm sure. But I freakin love the passion and love for these things you display. Thanks so much for always sharing the stories about why things are important to you and showing us your pure enthusiasm and love for those things. It's so much better than a sales pitch to see someone who actually truly loves something really gush over it. That's definitely part of why I love this channel. Too many people are fake, or just go along with what's popular right now. But you, you're real, you can't fake the passion and enthusiasm you show for these classic games and anime , especially when they're so closely tied to who you are as a person, both when you first experienced them and now. Thanks for being awesome

Holy shit man your passion is infectious! Absolutely these OVAs, binged them and Crash just a few weeks ago.

I had nearly the same type of introduction to BGC in the 90s as well. I love your description! People like you make Fandom so amazing. Love your energy! Keep the faith.

This was one my introductions to anime in the 90s when I was kid, aired late night TV here in Scotland, been hooked ever since. Bubblegum Crisis along with Fist of the North Star and Cyber City Oedo, all amazing stuff. Feel free to make more anime vids in the future guy.

I'm 39 and this takes me back bro. Thank you for such a kick ass video talking about one of my beloved animes.

Nice video, still rocking in 2023 😊🔥

"What The Fuck Is Bubblegum Crisis lol" that got me laughing dude that would be a good meme hahahaa

I was 7 and my brother was in the navy, stationed in Japan, and sent home a care package with anime. It was all in Japanese, no subtitles....and I watched it all....it was f*ing amazing....I will always remember Bubblegum Crisis with rose colored glasses....

Mad machine! i love the music

@HappyConsoleGamer

9 жыл бұрын

Miguel Gonzalez dude!!! I fucking love that song!!!

@kazsshack7963

9 жыл бұрын

well poop now im gonna have to binge watch the seires again damn it!

@jasoncrews2

9 жыл бұрын

HappyConsoleGamer YES!!!

@okcomputer0101

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Dandy!!!!, VICTORY!, Asu e Touchdown!, and Don’t Forget are my favorite songs from the series these always get me hyped. Probably the best soundtrack for an anime after Macross and Cowboy BeBop.

Having to buy boot-legged anime shows you're an OG. 👍🏼

I love hearing your stories and learning about all the animes that are out there, man. Thank you!

Bubblegum crisis is one of my favorite animes of all time

MAN I LOVE BUBBLEGUMCRISIS, it's one of my favorites animes of all times and one of my top 10 cyberpunk THINGS I LOVE of all times, I love all the characters my favorites are Nene and Priss, I love the Knight Saber armors those are some of the best mech designs I have ever seen and it's really incredible that still no one have ever try to do a live action of this series. So cool to hear your story, I watch Bubblegum randomly for the first time on TV a channel in here used to put rarely anime randomly and one day put the first ova, I just watch an scene of Priss in her Armored bike and that seal the deal for me, was years later I could rent the entire series on VHS and I fall in love with the series, later I watch Tokyo 2040 on a channel called Locomotion and loved too. So cool to see you making a video of this awesome anime and your experience with it....btw I just get the Blade Runner Reference now lol, after all these years and I didn't get those easy references of one of my all time favorites movies XD.

There's something very special about the anime of that late 80s to very early 90s that's just so hard to describe to someone watching the art form today.

thank you so much for that video! I've been searching for a decent Disk-Box of Bubblegum-Crisis for 6 years now! My girlfriend is a huge fan since the 90ies and now i could do her a favour with this bluray-box. Thanks again. Without your video, i wouldn't have known about anineigo.

My intro to BGC was done perfectly. The head of our local anime club (which, at the time it started, consisted of myself, my best friend, and the guy who started the club) showed us _Robotech: Sentinels_, since our most recent anime was _Robotech_. Then he broke out BGC 1-3 (which was all there was at the time). We were hooked right away. I don't know how many times I've watched 1-8, but it is still my favourite anime series.

For the longest time, Bubblegum Crisis was my favorite series.

Excellent investment! Subscribed just because I love your enthusiasm for anime, haven't seen that in a while!

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, had copies of copies of this series on VHS back in the day when it was tough to get Anime. Just ordered the deluxe edition, can't wait to watch it again.

I have a cell print of Priss frame from the original Bubblegum Crisis series, that is how much I love her

I very recently rigged up a 3D model of Priss' hardsuit to wear as an avatar in virtual reality. I've not yet worked on any weaponry or special effects for it, but using it with full body tracking is loads of fun just to move about in. The length that the leg design gives you makes it really fun to do kicks whilst wearing. : )

Thanks for posting this video! I was able to order this box set earlier in the week, and it showed up last night. It's just an awesome box set! I love it! Even though I have the first edition DVD box set, it's just sooo nice to see a pristine image again. If I hadn't seen this video I would have miss out on this. Thank you Happy Console Gamer! Thank you very much! Cheers!

Wow I heard about Bubble Gum Crisis but never saw any footage the art style is fucking cool man! Thanks HappyConsoleGamer for recommending this and I really appreciate your anime reviews!

i love watching your videos so much and listening to these stories!! 🥰

Vids like this make me think back to the mid 90s when I'd stay up late to watch anime on like channel 300 something and going to Sun Coast Video to find anime VHS tapes. Good times.

Just ordered my copy thanks for the memories I look forward to watching these again its been so long it will be like watching a new anime all over again.

I'd been meaning to watch this show for years. As a child, a friend lend me some VHS tapes with the first two episodes of AD Police on - I really shouldn't have been watching them at that age, but I loved them! He later also showed me the first OVA of Bubblegum Crisis (although I don't think I got to see the whole episode) but I never got to see more, till recently - the same friend gave me copies of the Japanese Blu-Ray rips. I watched Episode 1 again a few months ago, and this video pushed me to watch the rest. I really enjoyed it! Coming from AD Police it was less dark than I expected, but I had fun watching it and felt very disappointed finding out there was meant to be more episodes but it was cancelled due to legal issues at the time. Very tempted to import the Blu-Ray set from America now, considering they won't be printed ever again... but I don't know if there's ever a chance it'll get a domestic release over here. Keep making anime videos, it's fun to see what you like as I find we have similar tastes. Do you like anything post-2000 though? I love Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and I was wondering if you have seen it.

Johnny, I am all about old school anime but never checked out Bubblegum Crisis... I will now, nice vid man!

It's always heartwarming to see you talking about things you grew up watching and loving during the 80s/90s I also grew up watching anime and playing video games during that era, so I know about Bubble Gum Crisis as well I was into Legend of the Galactic Heroes, City Hunter and Appleseed, those were my childhood anime, amazing stories.

The first time I saw these I rented part 1 on vhs, after watching it I went back and rented the others. I just ordered the BluRay ultimate edition after watching this. So I have it on BD, DVD and LD now I need to find those original VHSs. Thanks for making this video.

Thanks for giving me the heads up on Bubblegum crisis, hadn't heard of it before so I checked out the first few OVAs and I think it's great.

Had not even heard of this show until watching this video; it is absolutely fantastic! Thank you for introducing me to such a great show :)

Holy cow! Thank you! Man, I miss OVAs. I remember watching Tenchi Muyo as a kid.

Comic book conventions in the eighties is where I got bootleg movies back in the day

I just watched Scoop Chase last night for the first time. It was awesome! I never would have watched it without your recommendation! Now I want to watch them all!

80's early 90's anime is just the best. Ninja scroll, ghost in the shell, Guyver. Man good times. still have all my VHS's

Great ep! Couldn't really tell how excited you were. Great story too.

I don't really watch much anime these days, but when you say something is good, it's GOOD. Definitely going to watch this when work is slow tomorrow.

Great story Johnny. You really know how to take us back there with you to a time almost forgotten . I'm your same age so I got into anime the same way first robotech then Marcoss, then nothing for years until Akira, bubblegum crisis and fist of the north star came out licensed over here

I love your videos. I didn't get into Anime until '95 when my older friend came back from college in the summer, he brought back Vampire Hunter D, Akira and Ghost in the Shell. From then on, I was hooked. Even though I've never watched BGC, your passion is so relatable and I'm starting to feel nostalgic for anime I've missed out on. Like a somewhat familiar unknown. :)

That was cool.Brings me back,talk of VHS tapes and those old anime shows :)

Great video! I checked out the AnimEigo website and discovered for myself they're releasing Riding Bean on Blu-ray!

I love how excited you got in this review...totally understandable: This fantastic anime is a classic. The dark athmosphere, the music...stunning. Quintessential 80s sci-fi anime. Here in Germany, Bubblegum crisis is also an all-time favourite amongst (mostly older) anime fans.

hopefully ill be able to get my hands on that set, never heard of it but will definitely be checking it out and sharing with all my friends

While Robitech is great, BGC (first saw it in 1993) is truly the ULTIMATE anime. The MUSIC alone transported me to fictional MegaTokyo, where I never wanted to leave. I picked up ever Music CD and voice acted show on CD that was released on my first trip to Japan. :) I am 49 now, and have yet to be as overwhelmed as I was (and am) by Bubblegum Crisis. THANKS for doing this episode, Johnny. Really, thank you.

I love listening to his old school stories from back in the 80's!

fantastic ep janny, love when you talk about manga shows, we need more haha

After you talked about Cowboy Bebop I went and watched all of them. Loved it. Downloaded both other series made by that same guy and watching them now. Now I have to download Bubble Gum Crisis... I do have a job and people I'm supposed to see, but getting into Anime is more fun!!

I'm 39 and never watched this series. I really need to change that. It's been in my periphery for years and I'm certainly a fan of anime. Just never had a chance to watch it. Thanks for the fun memories. :)

wow remember the days of fan subs and comic book conventions that you can actually walk around without bumping into someone ... good old days. Bubblegum crisis instantly became my favorite because of the music. i did the same, i was a big comic book- marvel guy then dropped it all after seeing real anime

great vid! I'm starting to get into anime now and I was curious about this one. Subscribed!

I didn't get to see this anime til I watched it on Starz Action Channel but I absolutely fell in love with it when I did. I ended up buying several memorabilia of it. Bubblegum Crisis, Fist of the North Star, Cyber City Odeo 808, and so on were some classics. I have the soundtracks to it also but I really wished that they had made a soundtrack of the songs done in english too cuz I would definitely buy that. It's awesome finding out how some people came to learning about anime and manga. Great job on the video review.

I have seen the BGC DVDs on you wall in your videos and have wondered if you'd do a video on them. I'm glad you did as I was also part of that underground anime scene. I still have many VHS dupes from that time. BGC was by far my fave. The music has been on my iPod forever. Genom Blows!

this is a great story, also postcards ftw. i miss getting them with new anime sets. this looks like an awesome set

It was back in 94 when i had the pleasure of watching episode 1 on VHS (or was it Beta now?) it was not the kind of cartoon an 8 year old kid should be watching but heck at the end of the episode i wanted to see more from this sci-fi engorged cartoon but there wasn't more. It wasn't until i was 15 that i was able to watch not only episode 1 but all 8 OVA. Regardless of how long it took me to watch the entire OVA , that first episode i watched 7 years earlier made me fall in love with the genre and anime in general. It truly captivated my mind. Ill be 32 soon and i still feel like the 8 year old kid i was when i watch some of these BBG music videos around here , i cant get enough of it..

I was blown away when I saw Bubble Gum Crisis on VHS back in the 80s. They had a "new" Bubble Gum Crisis 2040 series, but I like the origional series better.

The intro theme will haunted me for all my life, in a very good way.

4:58 preach brother! your enthusiasm is infectious!

Had a similar experience when I first saw Battle Angel Alita and Macross II on TV as a 14 year old. Been hooked since.

Johnny, please do more of this anime videos because i don't know a lot of these classics

One of my first animes and also one of the few that Blockbuster Video would always have in their tiny little anime section in the early 90's.

Had to come back to this vid Johnny. I found this kickstarter set for $7 and I am loving it so far. Wouldn't know about it and would have passes it up if it wasn't for you. Thanks

I used to watch Bubble Gum Crisis 2040 late night on SBS in the 90's. Still then anime fans were few and far between. Love it

Always wanted to watch it so now that I have some time I am. You convinced me. Thx for this video

The prequel called Parasite Dolls is an awesome ova

Kickstarted it as well :) I had been watching anime for a couple of years before I first saw BGC in the late 80's but this is what put the final nail in the coffin and turned me into a straight up fan. Love BGC so much that I had to donate enough to get two premium editions and posters. Been using that keychain ever since I got it. Got mine in january though and I know that some people got it in december so I wonder what happened with your shipment.

I highly enjoy all your videos and stories, especially when you make special episodes anime dedicated. From what I can see the anime itself looks very good, I should give it a go. Many people have trouble getting back to the older anime as much as some try to get into the new one. I think that among all of them there are certain jewels and some timeless classics who just need to be watched.

wow didn't know this even existed ! You learn something new every day ! Enjoy bud :-)

I had the same(ish) Comic convention experience. Except I watched Akira, Ranma 1/2, Tenchi and Nausicaa on an old Projection TV. Remember those old big screens, the room had to be pitch black or the top of the screen image would fade out. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Man I need more videos of Johnny talking old anime in my life.

Bubblegum Crisis was so rad. It was the first Anime I had on VHS. That and Escaflowne.

I just received this premium set in the mail today! Big fan of the series, so much that I ordered the B-Club Special art book back in the early '90s. Can't wait to watch it again!

I want to say I was 11 or 12 when I first discovered BC in Blockbuster. This was around 95 or 96 and anime was still largely undiscovered in the United States (pre-pokemon era) and I was completely blown away!

PREACH! picked up this up at my fav comic shop at the time anime titles werent in an abundance like today..I miss those days

I watched BGC as a 7 year old in England. Im 27 and living in Japan listening to BGC soundtrack. So this was an important show for me.

I remember when bubble gum crisis came out on VHS,HCG.Man that takes me back when i wanted to buy it but i didn't have the money.I first watch it at a friends house and being sold on it.Though i didn't get the ova until the dvd release.The 80's for anime was really the golden era at least i think so.

Hey HappyConsoleGamer! Just wanted to say thank you for making such amazing videos, you are actually the reason I watch anime now haha. I love Irresponsible Captain Tylor now, probably my new favorite anime of all time. Now Im gonna go watch Bubble gum crisis. keep up the good work! :D

I've always wondered what Bubble Gum Crisis was about. I never took the chance to watch it but now I will. Keep up the good work! Thanks!

This is my favorite of your videos. I love Bubblegum Crisis and I was huge into japanimation in the 80s and 90s! Dark Horse put out a 4 issue prequel comic called Grand Mal in the 90s I believe.

Bob Woodhead did Anime Fandom a huge favor by acquiring the rights to BGC and distributing it subtitled on VHS and Laserdisc. The liner notes in the LDs are a great bonus feature!

Very fitting you wear a Snatcher shirt, considering what inspired that game. :p

Bubble Gum Crisis was one of the few VHS anime my local comic store had. I saved money for months and I still have the VHS :D

I was given two tubs of comics a few years ago - all of them were 80's-90's anime magazines and mangas (which I think were smaller at the time). Some were from American companies. I'm so used to the modern style of anime, but the 80's-90's style looks so badass