A Study Of The Opening Of Bubblegum Crash...
After looping the opening theme song (Hateshinai Tabi - Hajimari no Toki aka Unending Journey - The Beginning of Time) for Bubblegum Crash for several hours (I like the song), I've decided to actually look very closely at the opening in as much detail as my humble DVD player will allow. Why? It seemed like a good idea at the time...
According to Wikipedia...
In Bubblegum Crash, a sequel to Bubblegum Crisis, revisit the "Knight Sabers" as they reprise their role as the good guys to stand against a threat from their past. There's not as much music in Bubblegum Crash as there was in Bubblegum Crisis, but, there's still plenty of twists and turns in the story line.
I used to have all three volumes on VHS. I was so pleased with the series that I repurchased it on DVD. The good thing about having it on DVD is that I can now loop the opening sequence and let it run continuously while I work.
For those of you who've always wanted to know what the billboards and other signs in the opening sequence have to say, here's my best guess... "American Popcorn", "Kinka", "140", "Weather-R", "Drug" and "Angora".
Later in the opening, between Leon loading his gun and the boomer being shot in the face, there's... "Perche", "Rad Out", "Spot Pips Inn", "Nine Tomato", "Sonodaya", "Creatre", "Sugiyama", "Wai", "Rise".
Some of the handwritten words on the paper Nene is sleeping on are... "fashion", "Studio" and "country". And, on Nene's computer "Power/Stand By".
Just after the brokerage house scene, the flying police transport shown is number 18.
Sylia's display shows some eye candy and "GI.XA4 TP88" in the top-left corner.
There are also a couple of instances of Japanese letters during the opening, but, I can't read Japanese. The first is in the opening montage of signs to the left of the "Weather-R" sign and the second is in the short montage just before the boomer shooting scene.
The Bubblegum Crash soundtrack CD has 15 tracks and I liked 8 tracks for a total of 53.3% which works out to a rating of 3 out of 4.
In Bubblegum Crash, the Cyberpunk saga of to Knight Sabers which started in Bubblegum Crisis continues! MegaTokyo, A.D. 2034. The Knight Sabers must face their deadliest foe -- the Voice.
Volume 1
Illegal Army
The Cyberpunk saga of to Knight Sabers which started in Bubblegum Crisis continues! MegaTokyo, A.D. 2034. An armored mercenary force commits a series of daring bank robberies that the A.D. Police seems unable to prevent. The robberies are but a small part of a much larger design, masterminded by a mysterious Voice. Meanwhile, the Knight Sabers are -- breaking up. Priss is gettng her big singing break, Lima is making a fortune in the stock market, Nene is still stuck in A.D. Police, and Sylia -- Sylia seems to have vanished! Who is the Voice? Why is the Illegal Army robbing banks to steal computer chips? And how did the Voice learn the secret of the Knight Sabers?
Volume 2
Geo Climbers
MegaTokyo, A.D. 2034. Only two of the original team that created the Boomers remain alive. Dr. Haynes seeks to realize Dr. Stingray's dream and creates new A.I. software that gives Boomers human reasoning abilities. Dr. Yuri seeks power, and will stop at nothing to get it. Using his Boomer assassins, Yuri murders Haynes and his staff, and steals ADAMA, a prototype Boomer that uses the new A.I. technology. His plans go awry when ADAMA escapes into the depths of MegaTokyo. Realizing that ADAMA is the key to her father's legacy, Sylia and the Knight Sabers attempt to find him. When Priss finally tracks him down. all seems well -- until the Hit-Boomers arrive. Now Priss is outnumbered, outgunned, and just plain out of luck!
Volume 3
Melt Down
MegaTokyo, A.D. 2034. The mysterious "Voice" is infecting Boomers with his purloined A.I. technology, recruiting an army that shares his desire for a new world order, ruled by chaos and fear, with no place in it for puny humans. The resulting commotion will keep the Knight Sabers busy while the real plot unfolds. For the "Voice" has grander designs, and intends to kill 5 birds with one stone; the four Knight Sabers, and MegaTokyo's Nuclear Fusion Reactor. In order to save the city from certain vaporization, the Knight Sabers must once again face their deadliest foe -- not once, but three and a half times!
The success of [Bubblegum Crisis] spawned [a] sequel series... the three-part OVA Bubblegum Crash. After a split between Artmic and Youmex, Artmic proceeded to make a sequel on their own... Youmex promptly sued Artmic, cutting Bubblegum Crash short and tying the entire franchise up in legal issues for the next several years. Bubblegum Crash is conjectured to have been a shortened version of how Bubblegum Crisis was to end.
In Bubblegum Crash, a sequel to Bubblegum Crisis, revisit the "Knight Sabers" as they reprise their role as the good guys to stand against a threat from their past. There's not as much music in Bubblegum Crash as there was in Bubblegum Crisis, but, there's still plenty of twists and turns in the story line.I used to have all three volumes on VHS. I was so pleased with the series that I repurchased it on DVD. The good thing about having it on DVD is that I can now loop the opening sequence and let it run continuously while I work.
For those of you who've always wanted to know what the billboards and other signs in the opening sequence have to say, here's my best guess... "American Popcorn", "Kinka", "140", "Weather-R", "Drug" and "Angora".
Later in the opening, between Leon loading his gun and the boomer being shot in the face, there's... "Perche", "Rad Out", "Spot Pips Inn", "Nine Tomato", "Sonodaya", "Creatre", "Sugiyama", "Wai", "Rise".
Some of the handwritten words on the paper Nene is sleeping on are... "fashion", "Studio" and "country". And, on Nene's computer "Power/Stand By".
Linna's laptop shows the "Knight Saber" logo. In the brokerage house, "Zone" scrolls across the upper ticker, "Genom" scrolls across the lower ticker and as the camera pans up... "File", "Option", "Load", something indisticnt like April or Apparel..."Co. Ltd" and "E5ECS".
Just after the brokerage house scene, the flying police transport shown is number 18.
Sylia's display shows some eye candy and "GI.XA4 TP88" in the top-left corner.
There are also a couple of instances of Japanese letters during the opening, but, I can't read Japanese. The first is in the opening montage of signs to the left of the "Weather-R" sign and the second is in the short montage just before the boomer shooting scene.
The Bubblegum Crash soundtrack CD has 15 tracks and I liked 8 tracks for a total of 53.3% which works out to a rating of 3 out of 4.
