One of the best car chase in cyberpunk anime | Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
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- The fact that this came out in the 80's is mind-blowing
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Follow the thrilling adventures of the Knight Sabers, an elite, all-female group of mercenaries who use their powered exoskeletons to protect the public from rogue robots!
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Cast:
Kinuko Ohmori
Akiko Hiramatsu
Yoshiko Sakakibara
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One of the best car chase in cyberpunk anime? = CYBERPUNK EDGERUNNERS HATERS!
Way ahead of you paid for my annual service and I enjoy a lot of retro.
I think this is where Batman Begins got its inspiration for the Batmobile chase.
Oh yeah, extremely similar. I wonder if it was intentional or a subconscious influence
inception has clearly have inspiration to paprika anime
Exactly!
Had the same thought
Actually the design was inspired from Back To The Future DeLorean (DMC).
This is the era of anime I grew up with.
And it was good!
It was the best. Wouldn't realize it til later
@@growthcountry didn’t know what we had until it was gone. I still watch anime, but this was the golden age.
Same
Same here👍
Bubblegum Crisis - The Story of Knight Sabers 1987
This IS Japanese animation at it's finest!!! This was the Golden Era, the Japanese were decades ahead of their time with this free-style art form!!!
Even to this day the animation still looks incredible!!! I still have the original OVA Laserdiscs imported from Japan on this show!!!
Those truly were some good times!!!
How’d you get interested in this show back then? What year? 😮
@@fmartin59 A Japanese Pen-pal, this was waaay before the internet!!! We would communicate by writing and mail our letters to each other overseas. I told him about Japanimation, and he sent me magazines on anime shows, I started this hobby in the late 70s into the 1980s.
Also, my college buddies, we were all hardcore nerds and geeks dedicated to this hobby culture. Mobilesuit Gundam came out in 1979, I got my first taste of Gundam in 1981!!! I found out about Mobilesuit Gundam from a relative who was stationed at a U.S. Air Force Base in Japan, he used to send me all kinds of cool stuff from Japan!!
1987 is when my college buddies and I first saw Bubblegum Crisis. In 1988 we were the first to see AKIRA before ANYBODY even knew about it!!! My Pen-pal from Japan sent us a S-VHS copy of AKIRA in Japanese language, so many shows we viewed that were absolutely unheard of here in the U.S. during that time period!!!
Gundam, Bubblegum Crisis, AKIRA, GunBuster, Crusher Joe, Dirty Pair, Robot Carnival, Kamui no Ken, MACROSS, and hundreds of other anime titles!!
I also attend the very first anime convention in the U.S., I believe it was either 1990 or 1991. I think it was called Anime -Con 1991, and it was in San Jose California.
That was more than 30 years ago!!!! My God, has it been that long?😳
Pff inasaen
I never know this anime, first tought after watching this scene, it is hard to believe the vehicle designs is so modern and still holds up very well from today view. The hardsurface details from 80-90 anime is super serious. I wish today anime have high level of hardsurface design like these
@@iangarrett3308 OMG, Animecon! Wasn't that one of the first major anime conventions in the US (I know it was the precursor to Anime Expo)? Wasn't that also where Sailor Moon was introduced to a lot of fans?
What was great about the early anime cons was how the Japanese guests would "let their hair down", so to speak, because they knew the Japanese media wouldn't be keeping track of them.
Nice. Now this is anime.
With the color palette, tension of what the plot gives to the characters, the song in the scene, and the overall message of what transpired.
It really shows how anime is a difference in art and portrayal of a person’s outlook into their own work.
Truly a magnificent work of art to marvel over
The excellent voice actors don't hurt one bit either.
Thank you! This is exactly why I fell in love with anime. The art they put time and energy and looks so real. The plot, the music, the moral of the story, etc.
I always liked how you can sorta see anime art evolve in this show, since this OVA lasted until the early 90s. From slightly rough 80s animation with complex shading, to that really bouncy, 90s looking last episode with a more pastel color scheme.
Anime today should have OVA quality animation, right?
@@Joshua_N-A no anime today doesn't have anything near the budget you'd need iutside movies. Hence the designs and backgrounds tend to be simpler.
@@Joshua_N-A not even close lmao
0:57 - "Roger, roger! Let's do it!" This line just gets me giddy.
This was one of the calmer episodes, with nice scenes of Priss not moping around being very vaguely suicidal, and a minimal AD Police body count.
By the way, Leon did not use "an RPG." It was a pistol, not a rocket launcher. The actual projectile appears to have been a bullet-trap type grenade, probably with a plain HE warhead (a shaped charge would not impart enough force to divert the car). Such a grenade is usually fired from a rifle barrel, but Leon's macho powers let him use a revolver chambered in Stupidly Magnum.
The Techno Cyberpunk era of Anime back in the 80s and 90s were so much better than today. Anime like Bubblegum Crisis, Demon City Shinjuku, Akira, Baoh, Fist of the North Star, Midnight Eye Gokuu, Angel Cop, Genocyber, Guyver, Dirty Pair, Cyber City Oedo 808, Macross Plus, Battle Angel Alita, Ghost in the Shell, Megazone 23, Armitage III, AD Police, Gunbuster, Patlabor, Project A-ko, Wicked City, Casshan, Spriggan, Silent Mobius, New Dominion Tank Police, Roujin Z, Lain, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Black Magic M-66...the list goes on (I could keep going!)
...Appleseed, Dangaioh, Grey Digital Target, Cybernetics Guardian, M.D. Geist, Iczer One, Metal Skin Panic Madox-01, Outlanders, Hades Project Zeorymer, Vampire Hunter D, Neo Tokyo, Robot Carnival, Detonator Orgun, Gasaraki, Sol Bianca, Virus Buster Serge, Tekkaman Blade...
Thank's for sharing such an extensive list! Been searching forever for this one show so I went googling each of these, and turns out it was Baoh
If only the series was never cancelled, and we got the full 13 episodes.
I'm mixed. BGC not finishing would lead to Tenchi Muyou. I love both, so I can't imagine a world without either of them... But I really wanted more Bubblegum Crisis! 2040 and AD Police didn't scratch that itch in the slightest!
Bubblegum Crisis, Evangelion, Lupin III, Cowboy Bebop, I watched all on Locomotion. The quality of anime was really incredible.
LOL that cop and his pistol grenade launcher must have been the inspiration for Vincent Cassel in Doberman
The anime was way ahead of its time
I can almost hear “Mad machine” playing in the background. A classic and still one of my favorites..
(JB Gibson) what an episode!!
I’ve only seen Bubble Gum Crisis 2040, so I’ll definitely check this original out!
Both series are great... a lot of the basic mecha designs were re-worked from the original for 2040. I could be wrong, but I feel that the motoslave & 'super bike' concept were recycled and expanded by the newer production team when BGC 2040 was made...it's a shame the rumors of a next season [BGC 2041] never panned out.
I've seen / have both the OG & 2040 whilst 2040 has the more structured flowing story arc I personally prefer the OG... That said I wish I could get my hands on Bubblegum Crash which is the follow on from the OG cause I've never been able to find full episodes of that
I also recommend you check the original series (2032) out. The character designs and music were much better than 2040, and arguably the mecha as well.
@@zorkmid1083 "music much better than 2040". I enjoyed the original music, but I felt the Pop tonality (found in too many 80s anime) was unfitting for cyberpunk. 2040's music offered a grittier tone, much more fitting for the series.
@@DPXEntertainment I didn't feel that way. Because Kinuko Oomori was more of a rock singer, her music kind of fit, plus IMO it was higher quality. Scoop Chase, though was definitely much lighter in tone (plus they couldn't use her music by then).
Plus, she was just great as the voice of Priss!
I literally love this scene! The music, the cinematography, the sense of speed, just amazing! My only "criticism" is that Crisis would have been a better song for the chase 🙂
Perhaps but either way it still works good with this scene
But the somg it's a product of it time in the 80s.
@@hotpopcorncake yes, most definitely
@@c.galindo9639 it most definitely does!
Legit Batmans tumbler 35 years ago 😱
Love Bubblegum Crisis when I was a teen....but even back then, I always felt that "AD Police" should probably stand for "Absolutely Disposable Police". lol
Agreed, the little single person helicopters are nifty, but the body count is a bit overwhelming.
Modern drone copters would plausibly be a better fit for the roles they were going for.
Was always a fan because of Kenichi Sonoda's character designs. I miss the 80s anime/manga syles.
The original BGC is one of the best anime of all time imho, a true classic.
The Highway Star (Priss's bike) also had a motoslave configuration in the BGC artbooks. Too bad it didn't show up in the anime since it was replaced by the Typhoon 2 later on.
The artwork was also used in the RPG by R. TALSORIAN Games in the late 90s. You can tell the concept was also reused for Megazone 23
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I thought MZ23 came first. Also Mospeda had a similar concept that got taken into Robotech 3. Still, transforming motorcycle armor is awesome. :)
@@TreeFrog851 I know Shinji Aramaki did the mecha(nical) designs for BGC, MZ 23 & Mospeada. As to which one(s) he did first, I'd have to guess the Modat & Garlands of MZ 23 were the precursor drafts to Highway Star [which didn't transform] and the unused design that could transform--the artwork could be found in the RPG supplement. By the same token, Mospeada Ride Armor [ie Robotech Third Arc of Cyclones] concepts were also refined for the Motoslaves that could transform into independent robot humanoid drones OR extra armor with weapons for the Hardsuits
I just love 80’s and 90’s anime, LOOK AT THE DETAILS, their is a certain grit and realism in those scenes
Awesome animation in 1987!!
The sound design at 3:37 when Priss kicks that bike into "super pursuit" mode and the soundtrack kicks in.... *chef's kiss*
Akuma to Tenshi no Kisu (Angel and Devil's Kiss)
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2:01 "Adam-12". Someone was watching late-60's/early-70's cop shows.
Man, I still absolutely love the soundtrack to this series after all these years.
Yes, a raging tune. Any idea what It’s called ?
@@jackcarling7693 Akuma to Tenshi no Kisu (Angel and Devil's Kiss)
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@@jackcarling7693akumato tenshino kiss
This soundtrack was the first CD that I ever owned. I bought it before I ever owned my first CD player! Thanks for the upload!
37 years, and still as epic as ever.
Absolute classic great action great OST
I’m trying to find the song. Any ideas?
@@jackcarling7693 maybe on iTunes or Spotify or you want CD ?? That's probably only in the Japan maybe someone sold on eBay Amazon but i'm not sure this is just my guess
I was a young kid when I saw this show, absolutely great.
Great story and animation. The music just made it even better.
I watched this when it originally came out. It was fantastic then. It is even better now.
A Manga and Anime that was truly ahead of it's time in sooo many ways. On point for more than a few frightening areas come to think of it. 🤔
I took to Priss at first sight. Love her Energy and Fierce Fire...great memories from the days of early Anime! Bubblegum Crisis rules!
This puts me in the mood to watch 80s and 90s anime again.
The parts that are animated outshine the still images to save money so much it is totally worth it.
Yea, I noticed that. A lot of stiff sliding cels but also amazing action shots
and the quality of all the episodes after this one are turned up to 11!
Now I must re watch my Ultimate Edition that I received from the KickStarter campaign from awhile back.
1991 at 9yrs old DBZ was my introduction to Japanese manga, weeks later Black Magic M66 was my introduction to japanese video, thats when we found a blockbuster with anine and BGC was the first video i rented and fell in love with. Akira was too much for me. Here in 2024 just enjoying the memories. Yall grew up on SpongeBob. We are nothing alike
Best era of anime. Without a doubt.
I was around 16 years old when I saw my first bootleg tape of BGC in 1990-1991. Whoever made those bootlegs back then always cut the endings off which fueled my future purchases. lol since then, I've pretty much bought just about every US release including the Laserdisc's as they became available from Animeigo in the 90's. I still have them today! I haven't bought the most latest blu-ray release only because I have the KickStarter Ultimate Edition. :wink:
Adam-12 reference at 2:02. As you get older you get stuff you missed as a kid!
The original Bubblegum Crisis, I had a copy of it on VHS but toss it when I moved since I didn't have a machine to play it on anymore. But I loved this original one and still think it was better then the new one that came later in the 90's.
It always was about to go down when the Motor Slaves came out. I love BGC to this day!
Hey
You.
Psst.
Ya, the one scrolling by this comment.
Look, the video is mistitled. What they meant to say is the greatest anime of all time.
No, seriously.
Completely objective and unbiased take.
I just own all the rpg books, comics, soundtrack, plenty of models, dvd, blu ray and even tabletop miniatures...
But seriously, hugely recommend.
I won't say it's the greatest writing but it just oozes...style ya dig?
It's a short, fun show at a time when things didn't have to go for a billion seasons or have some deeper meaning.
What...
You're still here?
What are you doing get.
Shoo.
Skedattle.
Go watch the anime.
Haha /:)
Great!!! hey bro do you know in which anime from the 80s or early 90s there is a girl/woman that turns out to be an andrid but when she discovers that she tears her face to reveal a helment like face with no features and the she suicides??? I have been searching for that cartoon a long time I think I saw it in 92 or 93
@3:45 One of the best songs in the series out of all the already excellent soundtrack.
You can tell CDPR got some really detailed pictures of Priss's motorcycle to make the Kusanagi in Cyberpunk2077, paying respects to 2 anime at the same time.
Considering that Mike Pondsmith was involved with CDPR and he had also a licensed BGC rpg back in the day.
@@warlok363 Which is considered a pretty good archive on the series, even if you don't actually play the game.
Holy (expletive), TWO anime allusions?! Oh...considering both are in the CP genre, the people creating "Cyberpunk 2077" probably thought, "We gotta use SOME motifs rooted in cyberpunk anime. That'll help 'sell' the setting and story."
'I'm going in for a closer look' - last words of every ADPolice helicopter pilot
All hand-drawn. No computer nonsense.
Love this anime Bubble Crisis and Police A.D
The car definitely looks like the batmobile from Christopher Nolan's film.
fuck it even made a jump out of a carpark complex jeez the Japanese really are decades ahead of Hollywood.
Actually, I think a LOT of these shots were re-implemented in Batman Begins.
You mean the batmobile from nolan's film looks like this car. Check yourself before you wreck yourself
The Griffon is loosely based on a Ferrari F40 in its original unmodified form.
This came first by 30+ years.
Full self driving was a bad idea and people in the 80s already knew that.
I'm getting some serious Akira animation vibes from this...
Love this series. Was one of the first one I watched from the local vhs video rental places close to the house.
The Gibson Super Car of Bubblegum Crisis... That I could call a "sexy car".
Gosh i miss the 80's
at the 3:34 mark were Priss kicks her Motorad in overdrive we get the cyber ballad "Devil and Angle" by the Replicants. they released a number of CD albums for the series and are still available to the day. I rock to them on long drives to their Epic power ballads.
The best!!! Akuma to Tenshi no Kisu (Angel and Devil's Kiss)
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My favorite anime of all time! Only available on special import and in NTSC back in the 1990s. Had to get it converted to PAL to watch. Only wish there were more episodes of the original series. Even bubblegum crash was decent. Long live 90s Anime!
that attention to detail not just to the vehicles but also the road and background or environment is insane!!! It's clear this like Gundam ZETA inspiried the mech style in the 90s, but I would say this feels more like the darker stories like Evangellion and Blue Gender. the fashion in some of these old animes/shows are badass! it still feels timeless it inspired the way I dress til this day, dark green or blue shirt, (button up and tucked in) dark military/work style coat, black pants etc, everything with an athletic fit (since I lift and run) and usually spiked hair. damn these OVAs were too ahead of their time.
Oh man, I use to stay up late to watch anime on the Action channel. This was one of my favorites.
"Midnight Rambler" is my favorite episode.
That would be Moonlight Rambler, and at the end Leon realizes that Priss is one of the Knight Sabers, though he does pretty much keep that secret to himself.
I think this is the real inspiration for the Yaiba Kusanagi in Cyberpunk 2077
This was my favorite episode in the whole series, they kind of sort tried to replicate it in the 2040 remake but it was no where near as good as this.
I haven’t seen this in like 20 years
A prowling cat , hard-boiled dog, and motorcycle mechs
Let me just say I love ❤️ that you post these anime clips past and present
Full with action and impressive art style as well as good story line that keeping the retro anime alive until this days.
This car chase scene + Perturbator Venger (feat Greta link) = perfection
the most amazing part? The sound design
put on the sunglasses AFTER the explosion 6:06 😂
Love this show finally watched this a year ago
And that’s how the idea of the Christopher Nolan Batman tumbler was born
One of the best car chase in cyberpunk anime | Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
The fact that this came out in the 80's is mind-blowing.
This clip made my day. I have to go to work soon didn't even know this Anime exists. I love it!
One of the best anime’s in anime history.
I just love how Leon conveniently has an RPG in his pocket.
That's not an RPG, just a bullet-trap grenade (usually fired from the end of a rifle, but Leon's signature hand cannon probably has more power than most rifles anyway).
Some of the sound effects sound like sounds from Janes Canerons Alien movies.
A High tech suit with stiletto heels? Only in anime Lmao
Bubblegum Crisis is very likely the very first faithfully subtitled anime in the US! Thanks Animeigo!
Only way to watch it IS subtitled.
@@wjrneo2 I watched it on Tubi and they just had the Dub and dam it was bad.
@@vonfaustien3957 Ironically, that dub was probably also done by Animeigo, when they tried to dip their toes in the dubbing business for more mainstream audiences. Needless to say, it did not go well.
@@zorkmid1083 it sounded like a bunch of people who didn't speak English reading off English lines.... which is probably exactly what it was
@@vonfaustien3957 I just remembered it as a bunch of people who didn't know how to voice act. ☹️ Quite a few early dubs, while otherwise faithful translation-wise, sounded like that.
Bgc was one of the first DVDs I ever got (and only not the first because it was on back order), still one of my favorites
The series started in 1987. This episode (Revenge Road) wasn't released until July 24, 1988. It was the debut of Highway Star (the monocycle).
I need to watch this. that vibe is just uncanny.
Damn what a legendary masterpiece
That response is why we all loved Priss. Total Badass.
This could with the right script be an awesome Live action!!! Been saying it for decades.. LOL
While this chase scene in BGC is definitely awesome. The Riding Bean OVA by Sonoda (same creator) is almost entirely a chase scene of the same caliber. :)
Isnit that Christopher Nolan's Batmobile?
First I think both Bubblegum Crisis and AD Police were great anime, but I never understood the title Bubblegum Crisis. It's a badass Anime, but what an odd title? Badass Anime still.
This is so good! I love the classic, everything hand done, ascetic, the moody atmosphere and the way Anime carried cyberpunk further than any other form of media did, too.
Thanks! I'm subbing!
🏍🤖👍
This NEEDS to be made into a live-action movie with Guillermo del Toro directing. With a budget so massive it makes other directors cry.
It's so stupid to think a live remake would be better than the original animation. Just look at Gunnm remake; despite its massive budget didn't give any extra quality to the story. Same with the live version of Ghost in the Shell, and I don't even speak about Disney's live remakes which are total junks. Do you think Akira would be better in live action film than in anime ?
Bubblegum crisis had some of the best car crashes I've ever seen in anime.
In comparative the modern cyberpunk edgerunners had terrible car crashes that defied physics.
Maybe it was kind of a joke reference to the the game's buggy physics?
2:58 Damn hellectric cars!!
Animation holds up very well. I say the original is better than the newer one.
this episode was an absolute gem.
the boomerized griffin vs the highway star. the highway star is the base for Priss;s last motoroid Tyhoon II. only seen in Motoroid form in Red Eyes.
man, I forgot how high of heels the Knight Sabers had.
Being a high tech exosuit crime fighter is no reason not to look your best :)
Nolans Batman...this was the inspiration
Such an inspirational episode. The poor guy just wanted retribution for what happened to his love. It just got out of control.
Revenge usually does end up going sideways.
Does anyone knows the name of the song? It is really good!
0:01: "モンスター・マシンII (monster machine II"), composed & arranged by makaino koji: ua-cam.com/video/Z7SF8F5_xIA/v-deo.html
3:40: "悪魔と天使のキス (devil and angel's kiss"), by knight sabers: ua-cam.com/video/RwQOn7er0-Q/v-deo.html
@@christophersummers1939 Thank you so much!!!
If you like this scene there is similar stuff in Megazone 23 with a much chunkier and more armorered up bike which actually transforms into the full blown mecha. (not a mere powered suit like the Motoslave, but a mecha) The designs of these bikes plus the Cyclone from Genesis Climber Mospeada made me obsessed with the mecha genre in general in the 1980s. I now own the rare Beagle Ride Armor 1/10 scale toys (AKA as the "Cyclone" from Robotech in the US) which goes for a nice amount of money on ebay. The company Beagle went under and it can only go up in value. I think if they ever do the live action robotech movie they need to combine all the 3 transforming bikes from Bubblegum Crisis, Megazone 23 and Genesis Climber Mospeada to make the ultimate transforming bike/mecha thing. They can strike while the iron is hot. There is a reawakening for more cyberpunk themed shows. (Cyberpunk Edgerunners helped a lot)
Although I like the transforming robot in this I feel like it is truly unecessary as the heroes are already wearing powered suits. They don't need a bike that transforms into ANOTHER powered suit hahaha they really overdid it in this anime. Think about the lag: You are wearing a hardsuit, plus the powered suit of the transforming bike. Not really practical. The mecha bike in Megazone 23 made more sense since you are inside a cockpit which offers more safety. If the bike didn't transform in this anime it would have been ok because all they would need is a helicopter/dropship type vehicle to fly above all the city traffic and drop them off from the sky. No need for them to go into the subway, risk bashing into civilians and killing innocent people, and having to take shortcuts on the ground to get to the bad guy. The chopper can just bypass all that and fly in a straight line to the target. If this anime were to be updated today I could imagine they add a wingsuit type backpack upgrade to the hardsuit for air missions so the knight sabers can fly in the air and glide to where they need to be. (like batman with his wings and incorporate some nanotech - these old designs would be their "origin story" tech which would be older but-still useful for modern day)
The writers didnt take full advantage of the Powered Suits' usage. The reason for the Powered Suits was that it provided heavier firepower, and greater mobile strength, though with the tradeoff of slower mobility (with some armored protection to make up for it). The jet boost allowed for low-altitude flight (including underground tunnels & passageways), allowing the Knight Sabers to travel greater distances, with greater speed, without using up their own hardsuit's internal battery reserves. If the writers fleshed it out more, the powered suits could have given the hardsuits a temporary recharge, while synced to the powered suit.
@@DPXEntertainment Yes I love the concept but I think the Megazone 23 transforming bike makes more sense. The Knight Sabers could have invested more money into autonomous mecha that follows them around as a heavy weapons specialist mecha that can be commanded to go to a certain spot for pickup. Or a chopper like transport for when traffic is dense. They are just vigilantes so perhaps it makes more sense they don't have bigger vehicles because it helps them hide their identities from the government. But as I mentioned there is no excuse to not have something that enable flight with today tech. IE the wingsuit upgrade as you see in Gundam whenever a ground mecha needs some air capabilities. (the back section can be reserved as a hardpoint for over-the-shoulder backpack weapon, or as a jetpack with wings for manueverability. (Super Dimension Maross had this too which aided the Valkyrie Fighter in robot mode to boost around) A heavy weapon Megazone 23 type would be better than a big powered suit simply because it has more armor. Generally if you are going to fight another big mech, you also want a cockpit that can withstand an attack from a big mecha right? So the transforming bike armor suit in this just feels like a stopgap technology to plug a hole in their range of loadouts rather than a well-thought out design. It's like a low budget form of a mecha despite being cool. Notice how they all had one and when Priss ditched her motoslave, she didn't set the bike to automatically transform into robot mode and go into autonomous mode so it didn't have to crash and explode? (like a disposable nappy) That shows how little the characters care for this disposable piece of crap. LOL Whereas in Megazone 23 the pilot keeps his mecha alive for the fight using all its abilities. It's not a disposable machine but a piece of high tech experimental equipment that can shoot through walls to kill targets and scan stuff. The pilot is buried right inside the centre of the mecha and doesn't have to worry about smaller arms fire hurting him. (neither do the knight sabers because they have two suits on, but I am talking about the limits of just the motoslave itself, not the hardsuit they wear all the time)
In anime energy is never a big problem as it is almost limitless in many shows. (even macross valkyrie fighters use a clean form of thermonuclear power from their reaction engines that doesn't hurt the environment meaning they could fly indefinitely in the sky) I generally like the overall SIZE of the mecha in Bubblegum crisis though: they are small enough to fit into streets and not wreck the floors, but tough enough to withstand punishment. Patlaor took this approach: a mecha could be loaded onto the back of a flatbed truck and delivered to the area by the driver while the mecha was lying flat on the bed, and it would get up from the back of the flatbed truck like a patient on a stretcher. So it could walk around without damaging the property of the civilians in the city and wasting so much energy running to the scene itself. Anything bigger than that I tend to call BS on because it would be too dangerous to use in a city. (you would get clogged up in traffic and couldn't move without crashing into things and killing your own people) That is why I think a helicopter/gunship type vehicle to airlift them makes much more sense. They would drop down from the chopper in wingsuit and glide down to the target while the dropship provide air-to-ground support. But as mentioned maybe they don't want to attract attention so they kept it to small mechas only. A modern day remake of the show would probably have a hacker type character (probably on 4chan) working at Genom to leak all their tech to the knight sabers so they can improve on their designs and make superior versions of the mechas and modify them to high performance to deal with Boomers. And the Boomers would be actual "Baby Boomers" whose minds were taken from hospital by Genom corp to make the cyborgs to see if they can last long enough against government swat team as proof that their weapons can help violent revolutionaries to fight the dictators who they sell the cyborgs to. Baby Boomers are chosen because they are hated in the future for having more wealth than everyone so the public justifies the transhumanist plan to experiment on them as a way to give back to society. LOL Knight Sabers would also not be a band but boob streamers on twitch to help fund their research into new hardsuits. The simps would donate all their money to see Priss naked so she can repair her bikes.
Holy fuck, someone else knows about Megazone 23 and Mospeada.
What an absolute banger of a tune!