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Akiko Hiramatsu, Michie Tomizawa, Yoshiko Sakakibara, and Kinuko Ômori in Bubblegum Crisis (1987)

Connections

Bubblegum Crisis

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Edited into

    • Hurricane Live 2032 (TV Mini Series 1988)

      Footage is shown.
    • Hurricane Live 2033 (TV Mini Series 1990)

      Footage is shown.

Featured in

    • Manga! (TV Movie 1994)

      Mentioned by name
    • "Anime Abandon" Detonator Orgun (TV Episode 2014)

      clip shown
    • "Anime Abandon" Bubblegum Crisis (TV Episode 2015)

      series is reviewed
    • Kin (2018)

      Elijah can be seen watching this anime.

Followed by

    • Bubblegum Crash (TV Mini Series 1991)

Referenced in

    • Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (Video Game 1998)

      Silky Doll Lingerie billboard ads.
    • I.K.U. (2000)

    • "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Alan Cumming/Vivica A. Fox/Ricky Fante (TV Episode 2004)

      Referenced in "Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage".
    • Megazone 23 Audio Commentary with Matt Greenfield, David Williams and Janice Williams (Video 2004)

      Anime is referenced. Also, Priss Asagiri is referenced.
    • Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game 2013)

      Features an in-game anime series called "Princess Robot Bubblegum."

References

    • The Third Man (1949)

    • Blade Runner (1982)

      Priss is in a band called "The Replicants"
    • Streets of Fire (1984)

      There is a homage to the "Tonight is what it means to be young" sequence in the first "Bubblegum Crisis" episode as Priss and the Replicants performs "Konya wa Hurricane" (Tonight, the Hurricane). Diane Lane is/was very popular in Japan, where "Streets of Fire" was well received.
    • Thundercats (TV Series 1985–1989)

      In epsiode 1, during the opening sequence on one of the billboards, Panthro briefly appears.
    • Top Gun (1986)

Remade as

    • Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV Series 1998–1999)

      Original OVA Series that was canceled.

Spin-off

    • AD Police Files (TV Mini Series 1990)

    • Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV Series 1998–1999)

Spoofed in

    • Super Deformed Double Feature (Video 1992)

    • Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game 2008)

      Features an in-universe anime show called Princess Robot Bubblegum
    • Ah! My Goddess: Bad Goddess The Anime Video Comic (TV Series 2017–2021)

      Bad Goddess Bubblegum Shortage is a comedy spoof sendup of the otherwise Dark and Gloomy series. In the episode, all of the Bubblegum in MegaTokyo goes missing leading to riots that break out and the send the city into a major crisis. A Bubblegum Crisis.
    • A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019)

      Features characters photoshopped from this movie.

Spoofs

    • Streets of Fire (1984)

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