Bubblegum Crisis (series)

Bubblegum Crisis is a cyberpunk OVA series starting in 1987. The success of the series spawned several sequels, prequels, and remakes.

List of Media

RPGs

• Bubblegum Crisis role-playing game produced by R. Talsorian Games. It introduces an alternate setting named "Bubblegum Crossfire", basing on a premise that data units with hardsuit blueprints have been sent to more individuals than just Sylia Stingray, resulting in that by 2033 there are numerous Knight Saber-like groups spread all over the globe. RTG's license to produce this game has expired and at present all copies of back stock have been sold.

• "Bubblegum Crisis: Before and After" (covering material from A.D. Police Files and Bubblegum Crash)
• "Bubblegum Crisis EX" which includes completely new materials (also incorporating early design concepts for BGC mecha and hardsuits as new variants)

• Ground Zero Games produces four sets of 28 mm scale miniatures based on Bubblegum Crisis:^[1]

• Knight Sabers
• Boomers (actually BU-55 combat boomers)
• A.D. Police officers
• "GENOM bosses" (pack contains Quincy, Mason and GENOM battlesuit)

Novel

• Soldier Blue, a novel by Toshimichi Suzuki. Translated into English language in 1997 by R.Talsorian Games. A copy of the translation can be found here.

Related media

Comic book

In Japan, a number of comic books were produced that featured characters and storylines based in the same universe. Some were very much thematically linked to the OVA series, while others were "one-shots" or comedy features. A number of artists participated in the creation of these comics, including Kenichi Sonoda, who had produced the original Knight Saber character designs. A North American comic based in the Bubblegum Crisis Universe was published in English by Dark Horse Comics.

• Bubblegum Crisis: Grand Mal produced by Adam Warren via Dark Horse Comics.^[2]

Video games

• Crime Wave: a game for PC-88, set in Megatokyo and featuring Knight Sabers as the main characters.^[3]
• Bubblegum Crash: a game for TurboGrafx-16.^[4]

Live-action movie

In May 2009 it was announced that a live-action movie of "Bubblegum Crisis" was in the early stages of production. A production agreement was signed at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.^[5][6][7] The film was expected to be released in late 2012, and the production staff was said to have consulted with the original anime's staff members, Shinji Aramaki and Kenichi Sonoda, to help maintain consistency with the world of the original.^[8] However, no further developments have been announced.

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