AD Police is a dark and hard edged prequel to the Bubblegum Crisis series and if you are a fan of 1980's/90's adult oriented anime then you will know exactly what to expect. There's gory action, nudity for no reason, a melodramatic story and a profanity laden English dub.
This is all good stuff by the way.
I read that this is the first 3 episodes of a cancelled TV series and it kind of makes sense as it isn't super long and none of the characters are fleshed out all that well. It also heavily influenced by Bladerunner and Robocop which is something the show never tries to hide (the third episode is basically a deranged version of the first Robocop movie).
Some parts of it are definitely kind of sexist and tone deaf but to be honest this doesn't bother me at all. This is a made up fantasy story, it isn't trying to teach you any lessons about life or what the real world is like so calm down.
The cyborg designs are cool, the action scenes feature some "Hell yeah!" moments and it all has a dark and nihilistic tone which i enjoy. It's nowhere near as awesome or polished as Ghost in the shell but what is?
It's a shame that the series ended here because i think if the characters had a chance to grow and the plot was more fleshed out then this could have been very cool.
If this is your thing then go check it out.
