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Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV)

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[ spinoff of Bubblegum Crisis (OAV) ]

Related anime:
    AD Police (TV) (spinoff)
      Parasite Dolls (OAV) (spinoff)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2041 (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Bubblegum Crisis 2040
バブルガムクライシスTOKYO2040 (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, real robot
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: After a mysterious earthquake levels Tokyo, Genom becomes a powerful influence providing their artificial organic lifeforms called Boomers to rebuild and act as a labor class to humanity. However, some of them occasionally run amok, and even the specially created AD Police are at a loss to stop them. Lina Yamazaki travels to Tokyo for employment but also hopes to join a vigilante force called the Knight Sabers, who pilot powered suits to destroy these rogue Boomers.
User Ratings: 1006 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 34 votes (dub:25, sub:6, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 152 votes (dub:74, sub:65, Spa.dub:5, ?:4, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 252 votes (sub:118, dub:117, ?:7, Spa.sub:3, Tag.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, Spa.edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 291 votes (sub:150, dub:123, Spa.dub:6, ?:3, Tag.dub:3, Por.dub:3, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 143 votes (sub:81, dub:53, Spa.dub:4, ?:3, Por.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 68 votes (sub:40, dub:25, raw:1, Tag.dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Not really good: 25 votes (dub:13, sub:11, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 32 votes (sub:16, dub:14, ?:2)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (Por.dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2569 users, rank: #217
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.126 (Good+.12), std. dev.: 1.5993, rank: #1518
Weighted mean: 7.079 (Good+.07), rank: #1445 (seen all: 7.25 / seen some: 6.54 / won't finish: 4.68)
Bayesian estimate: 7.083 (Good+.08), rank: #1235
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1998-10-08 to 1999-03-31
Opening Theme:
"Y'know" by Akira Sudou
Ending Theme:
"Waiting for You" by Akira Sudou
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
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Reviews:
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 DVD Set
    Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 VHS 1

DVD
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Essential Anime (DVD 1) 2004-10-26
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Essential Anime (DVD 2) 2004-12-28
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Essential Anime (DVD 3) 2005-02-15
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Genesis (DVD 1) 2000-09-12 (from $16.99)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Crusade (DVD 2) 2000-12-05
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Leviathans (DVD 3) 2001-01-23 (from $16.99)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Buried Secrets (DVD 4) 2001-02-13
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Blood and Steel (DVD 5) 2001-05-15
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - For All Mankind (DVD 6) 2001-06-05
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-6) 2002-08-13
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2008-11-25 (from $32.97)
VHS
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Shadow War (Dub.VHS 1) 2001-02-20
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Trial By Fire (Dub.VHS 2) 1999-11-23
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Metal Storm (Dub.VHS 3) 2000-01-25 (from $2.03)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Rampage (Dub.VHS 4) 2000-03-14
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Heartbreaker (Dub.VHS 5) 2000-05-09
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Mindbender (Dub.VHS 6) 2000-07-11
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Cataclysm (Dub.VHS 7) 2000-09-12
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Contagion (Dub.VHS 8) 2000-10-24
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Kill Zone (Dub.VHS 9) 2000-11-14
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Burning Metal (Dub.VHS 10) 2000-12-05 (from $2.54)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Avatar (Dub.VHS 11) 2001-01-23
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Deathstrike! (Dub.VHS 12) 2001-02-13
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Shadow War (Sub.VHS 1) 1999-08-24
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Trial By Fire (Sub.VHS 2) 1999-11-23 (from $28.45)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Metal Storm (Sub.VHS 3) 2000-01-25
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Rampage (Sub.VHS 4) 2000-03-14
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Heartbreaker (Sub.VHS 5) 2000-05-09
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Mindbender (Sub.VHS 6) 2000-07-11
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Cataclysm (Sub.VHS 7) 2000-09-12
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Contagion (Sub.VHS 8) 2000-10-24
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Kill Zone (Sub.VHS 9) 2000-11-14 (from $2.03)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Burning Metal (Sub.VHS 10) 2000-12-05
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Avatar (Sub.VHS 11) 2001-01-23 (from $15.28)
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 - Deathstrike! (Sub.VHS 12) 2001-02-13
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Hiroki Hayashi
Original creator: Toshimichi Suzuki (Bubblegum Crisis)
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Mecha design: Shinji Aramaki
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Masaaki Fujita
Animation Supervisor:
Eiji Suganuma (OP)
Kazuto Nakazawa (ED)
Color design: Kouji Ootsuki
Music Production: Keiichi Nozaki
Original Hard Suit Design: Kenichi Sonoda
Supervision: Akihiko Nishiyama
Theme Song Performance:
Akira Sudou
Yuu Asakawa (as Priss)
Visual Director: Quichi Geoma
 
Hiroko Konishi as Nene Romanova
Rio Natsuki as Linna
Satsuki Yukino as Sylia Stingray
Yuu Asakawa as Priscilla S. "Priss" Asagiri

Jouji Nakata as Brian J. Mason
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Leon McNichol
Tomonori Miyata as Mackey Stingray
Yui Horie as Galatea
Yuji Ueda as Daily Wong

Banjou Ginga as Motoslave
Hideo Ishikawa as Masaki
Ken Yamaguchi as Naijer
Kyoko Hikami as Ellen
Misa Watanabe as Sylia's mother
Satsuki Yukino as Galatea (Older)
Takuma Suzuki as Maxon
Tomohisa Asou as Meisio
Yuki Masuda as Misae
Japanese companies 

Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Production:
AIC
JVC
English cast 
English staff 
ADR Director: Matt Greenfield
Art Director: Laura Attwell
ADR Script: Matt Greenfield
Executive producer: John Ledford
Producer: Matt Greenfield

ADR Recording Engineer:
Christopher Bourque
Ricardo Villa
DVD Coordination:
Anthony Benavides (ADV Essential Anime Collection)
Janice Williams
Kelly Jean Beard
DVD Producer: Sharon Papa
DVD Subtitling: Janice Williams
Editing: David Grundy
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Post Production: David Grundy
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Lisa J. Miller
Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Subtitle Script: William McBee
Christine M. Auten as Priscilla S. "Priss" Asagiri
Hilary Haag as Nene Romanova
Kelly Manison as Linna Yamazaki
Laura Chapman as Sylia Stingray

Andy McAvin as Brian J. Mason
Laura Chapman as Galatea

Andrew Klimko as Obnoxious Customer
Bill Ross as
Interviewer
Sewer Crew 1
Brett Weaver as Kane
Carol Matthews as
Computer
Narration
Secretary Boomer
Voice of GENOM
Chris Patton as Daley Wong
David LeMaster as Sewer Crew 3
Dell Gibson as
Boomers
Dharma
Diane Salter as
Customer
Ellen
Hungry Customer
Doug Smith as Member of Sekira
Heather Bryson as Sylia's Mother
Hunter Stuart as Dr. Shan
Jason Lee as
Daniel
Sewer Crew 4
Jay Hickman as
Chief Operator
Fox
Maintenance Worker
Refugee
Scared Man
Skyhook Boomer
Waiter
John Gremillion as
Motoslave
Nigel Kirkland
John Kaiser as
Linna's Father
Refugee
John Swasey as
Dr. Stingray
Quincy Rosenkroitz
Junie Hoang as
Boomer Waitress
Cashier Boomer
Embarrased Customer
Kelli Cousins as TV Spokesgirl
Kevin Winkler as Refugee
Kira as Young Sylia Stingray
Kira Vincent-Davis as
Boy
Galatea (Young)
Lew Temple as
Kusui
Maxon
Marc Shreiner as Masaki
Matt Greenfield as
Jade
Kim
Supervisor
Matt Wethington as Chief Miles
Melinda DeKay as Linna's Mother
Mike Kleinhenz as Doctor
Paul Sidello as Yano
Phil Ross as Meisio Henderson
Randy Fox as
Boomer
Sewer Crew 5
Randy Sparks as Commander Sparks
Rene Rivera as Misae
Rick Peeples as Linna's Father
Rob Mungle as
Nick Roland
Refugee
Robert Vellani as Kurata
Rod Peters as Refugee
Shawn Taylor as Narration
Sheri Sims as Elise
Spike Spencer as Maki Stingray
Ted Pfister as Haruma
Ted Westby as
Bill
Sewer Crew 2
Tiffany Grant as
Announcer (ep 6)
Background (eps 16-17)
Manager 352
TV reporter (eps 6, 15)
Victor Carsrud as
Refugee
Refugees Leader

English companies 
DVD Authoring: AIX Media
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. (Anime Essentials Collection)
Licensed by: ADV Films
Soundtrack: TOKYOPOP

Spanish staff 
Director: Love Santini
Spanish cast 
Isabel Martiñon as Linna Yamazaki
Mónica Villaseñor as Nene Romanova
Rebeca Manriquez as Priss Asagiri
Teresa Ibarrola as Sylia Stingray

Alan René Bressant as Leon McNichol
Eduardo Garza as Mackey Stingray
Ismael Castro as Dailey Wong
Liliana Sosa as Galatea (child/debut)
Love Santini as Galatea (adult)
Spanish companies 
Distributor:
ADV Films
Alebrije Entertainment
Xystus (Latin America)
Dubbing: Roman Sound (Latin America)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 
Dada Carlos as Sylia Stingray
Grace Cornel as Nene Romanova
Rose Barin as Priscilla S. "Priss" Asagiri
Rowena Raganit as Linna Yamazaki
Tagalog companies 
Broadcaster: GMA Network
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
Dubbing Director: Elcio Sodré (Brazil)
 
Adriana Pissardini as Priss Asagiri
Letícia Quinto as Nene Romanova
Márcia Regina as Linna Yamazaki
Rosana Beltrame as Sylia Stingray

Denise Reis as Galatea (Adult)
Fábio Tomasini as Anderson
Fernanda Bulara as Galatea (Young)
Luiz Laffey as Nick
Portuguese companies 
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Dubbed)
 
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