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The 1998 "reimagining" of the classic [[OAV]] [[Anime]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. Infamous for bearing almost ''no'' resemblance to its forebear. Set in a Tokyo rebuilt after a devastating earthquake and now much of the manual labor is done by robots called Boomers, which are built and sold by the mega-corporation Genom.
The 1998 "reimagining" of the classic [[OAV]] [[Anime]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. Infamous for bearing almost ''no'' resemblance to its forebear. Set in a Tokyo rebuilt after a devastating earthquake and now much of the manual labor is done by robots called Boomers, which are built and sold by the mega-corporation Genom.


Linna Yamazaki is an [[Office Lady]] who has moved to Tokyo to pursue both her career and the [[Urban Legend]] known as "The Knight Sabers" -- a small group of women in [[Powered Armor]] who protect the city from rogue boomers. She witnesses a Boomer going rogue, causing destruction and attacking people, and watches as Tokyo's elite AD Police fail to contain it only for the Knight Sabers to appear and save the day. With the Sabers confirmed to be real, Linna tracks the group down and joins them as a close combat specialist. The group is an eclectic one: Priss Asagiri, a punk rocker and heavy assault specialist; Nene Romanova, a perky hacker who handles sensors, ECM and battlefield communications; and billionaire Sylia Stingray, founder and leader of the Knight Sabers, who [[Mission Control|rarely enters the field]]. Supporting them is Nigel Kirkland, an engineer who helped create boomer technology.
Linna Yamazaki is an [[Office Lady]] who has moved to Tokyo to pursue both her career and the [[Urban Legends]] known as "The Knight Sabers" -- a small group of women in [[Powered Armor]] who protect the city from rogue boomers. She witnesses a Boomer going rogue, causing destruction and attacking people, and watches as Tokyo's elite AD Police fail to contain it only for the Knight Sabers to appear and save the day. With the Sabers confirmed to be real, Linna tracks the group down and joins them as a close combat specialist. The group is an eclectic one: Priss Asagiri, a punk rocker and heavy assault specialist; Nene Romanova, a perky hacker who handles sensors, ECM and battlefield communications; and billionaire Sylia Stingray, founder and leader of the Knight Sabers, who [[Mission Control|rarely enters the field]]. Supporting them is Nigel Kirkland, an engineer who helped create boomer technology.


Over the course of the series, the Sabers' campaign against rogue boomers frustrates AD Police officers Leon McNichol and his partner Daley Wong, nor is Genom happy with their activities. Even as they seek to eliminate the Sabers, Genom CEO Quincy Rosenkreutz and advisor Brian J. Mason are also delving into the secrets of the boomer technology, which Genom stole from its creator -- Sylia's father, Katsuhito Stingray. The plot comes to a head when Mason uncovers and reactivates Galatea, a humanoid based on Sylia’s DNA who is able to control all boomers, only for her to go rogue herself, along with all other boomers everywhere, just has Genom has had the AD Police's funding cut and they go on strike. It's left up to the Knight Sabers to track down and defeat Galatea.
Over the course of the series, the Sabers' campaign against rogue boomers frustrates AD Police officers Leon McNichol and his partner Daley Wong, nor is Genom happy with their activities. Even as they seek to eliminate the Sabers, Genom CEO Quincy Rosenkreutz and advisor Brian J. Mason are also delving into the secrets of the boomer technology, which Genom stole from its creator -- Sylia's father, Katsuhito Stingray. The plot comes to a head when Mason uncovers and reactivates Galatea, a humanoid based on Sylia’s DNA who is able to control all boomers, only for her to go rogue herself, along with all other boomers everywhere, just has Genom has had the AD Police's funding cut and they go on strike. It's left up to the Knight Sabers to track down and defeat Galatea.
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