AD Police Files
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| AD Police Files | |
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| AD. Police Files (AD. Police Files) |
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| Genre | Mecha, Police, Sci-Fi |
| OVA: AD Police Files | |
| Directed by | Takamasa Ikegami (File 1) Hidehito Ueda (File 2) Akira Nishimori (File 3) |
| Studio | AIC, Bandai |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Released |  (DVD, LaserDisc, VHS) Bandai (DVD) Pathé (DVD) Panini Video (VHS) Manga Ent. (DVD, VHS) Manga Ent. (DVD, VHS) Animeigo |
| Runtime | Aprox. 26 minutes per episode |
AD Police Files is a three-part OVA which serves as a prequel to the anime series Bubblegum Crisis, produced by Artmic and AIC. Set five years before the events of Bubblegum Crisis, this series showcases three early cases of the AD Police and features the origin of Bubblegum Crisis supporting character Leon McNichol. AD Police Files is much darker and more adult in tone than Bubblegum Crisis, and some fans are less fond of it.
However, it has proven popular enough to create several spin-off manga, such as AD Police 25:00, and a television series titled AD Police — although the television series has little to do with the OVA, and is often mistaken for a prequel for the series Bubblegum Crisis 2040 (regardless of their completely different interpretations of Genom).
[edit] Episodes
| Japanese title (Kanji) | Japanese title (Romaji) | English title | Original release date |
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| File 1 幻の女 | File 1 Maboroshi no Onna | File 1: The Phantom Woman | 1990-05-25 |
| File ２ ザ・リッパー | File 2 Za Rippaa | File 2: The Ripper | 1990-08-24 |
| File ３ 舌を噛む男 | File 3 Shita o Kamu Otoko | File 3: The Man Who Bites His Tongue | 1990-11-22 |
Note: English titles may vary in different editions.
[edit] English DVD and VHS editions
Currently the rights of publication in the United Kingdom are hold by Manga Entertainment UK, Who published several DVD and VHS editions of the Anime.
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DVD AD Police Files 1-3 |
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Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC |
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DVD AD Police Files 1-2-3 |
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Format: PAL |
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VHS AD Police 1: Voomer Madness |
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Format: HiFi Sound, PAL |
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VHS AD Police 2: The Paradise Loop |
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Format: HiFi Sound, PAL |
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VHS AD Police 3: I Want Medicine |
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Format: HiFi Sound, PAL |
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VHS AD Police parts 1-3 |
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Format: HiFi Sound, PAL |
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VHS Ad Police Files 1-3 |
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Format: Color, NTSC |
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| Bubblegum Crisis | |
| Bubblegum Crisis - Bubblegum Crash - Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 | |
| AD Police | Similar setting |
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| AD Police Files - AD Police: To Serve and Protect | Parasite Dolls |
| Characters | |
| Knight Sabers: Sylia Stingray - Priss Asagiri - Linna Yamazaki - Nene Romanova | |
| AD Police: Leon McNichol - Daley Wong - Chief Todo - Jeena Malso | GENOM: Brian J. Mason - Quincy Rosencroitz |
| Other characters: Mackie Stingray - Fargo - Nigel Kirkland - Galatea - Boomers | |
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