Bubblegum Crash 1: Illegal Army

It is the year 2034 A.D. One evening, Glory Bank receives some unwelcome after-hours customers: a gang of robbers decked out in advanced powered suits. With Leon and Daley in charge, AD Police attempts to apprehend the crooks, but air support arrives too late to prevent them escaping in their own helicopter. Leon and Daley ask their new Chief to petition the Diet for permission to use AD Police's own mobile suits, permission they now need due to ADPolice's history of accidentally causing mayhem and destruction.

After a somewhat less than pleasant encounter with the latest in cheap labor at a coffee shop, Leon and Daley discuss what has become of the Knight Sabers, from whom nothing has lately been heard. That evening, Priss is making a demo tape of one of her songs for a group of record company executives. Afterwards, her manager tells her that she's going to get her big break. Linna is now working for a stock brokerage, where she has developed a taste for insider trading. Over dinner that night, Nene expresses her disgust at Priss and Linna's self-indulgent behavior. The sudden disappearance of Sylia is of great concern to her, but Priss and Linna don't seem to care. Nene becomes convinced that the Knight Sabers are all but dead and buried, and decides to make do with AD Police.

Meanwhile, the powered suits commit a second robbery, clearly taking something else besides gold. Leon tries to blow off some steam at the firing range, but loses his cool and nearly shoots Nene when she comes to tell him that she has successfully tracked down some data on the powered suits. Originally developed by the EC three years before, further development was halted when initial tests revealed design flaws. Modified versions of the suits then turned up in the hands of the Illegal Army, a mercenary outfit with a penchant for turning up in the world's hot spots. There the trail ends, because the Illegal Army, and their leader, Col. Lando, were supposedly wiped out in a failed operation the year before.

Elsewhere, a mysterious voice tells Col. Lando that he has done well in securing the first two components of a new artificial-intelligence unit, but that they are useless without the remaining two. Lando says he is working on the others. The voice tells him the AI is essential to their project.

Like Leon, Nene tries to burn off her frustrations. And, like Leon, she fails miserably. Suddenly, Sylia appears on the screen of the video game console, acting like all's right with the world. She asks Nene to bring Priss and Linna to her suite at the Imperial Hotel, which is where she's staying while her building undergoes renovation. When they arrive, Sylia entreats them to eat, but, convinced that this is the Knight Sabers' last supper, they insist that Sylia tell them what she wants to talk about. Sylia explains that, far from breaking up, the new hardsuits are ready and it's time to go back to work. Thus placated, they waste no time in devouring the feast Sylia has laid out.

Afterwards, in a leisurely sauna session, Sylia explains their current contract. Zone Corporation, makers of Boomer brains, have hired them to safeguard the remaining two components of their newly-devloped, top secret AI from theft by the Illegal Army, who have been robbing the banks where the components were concealed. Sylia has planted false information concerning the whereabouts of one of the components, and is waiting for Lando to take the bait. While they wait, Priss and Linna's careers suffer serious setbacks, spurring them both to get back into their suits, with Linna having a personal grudge to settle.

Will Sylia's new hardsuit designs prove equal to the task of stopping the armored mercenaries? And who is the "Voice," the Illegals' mysterious "comrade-in-arms," and what is his ultimate objective?

Bubblegum Crash 2: Geo Climbers

In the first episode of Bubblegum Crash, the Knight Sabers defeated the Illegal Army and thwarted the Mystery Man's plans to steal a new AI from the Zone Corporation. At Zone's research center, Dr. Haynes, continuing the Boomer research of Sylia's father, Dr. Stingray, tries to complete a second-generation Boomer utilizing the new AI. The completed work, named "Adama," is the first step toward the late Dr. Stingray's dream of constructing Boomers that will be close neighbors to mankind. But Dr. Stingray's other disciple, Dr. Yuri, covetous of Haynes' success, murders him and steals Adama.

Attending funeral services the next day for Dr. Haynes, Sylia flashes back to her own father's funeral, and remembers the promise Haynes made to her.

At the same time, Priss, Linna and Nene are in Geo City, the newly-completed underground city, playing a round of golf on its underground course. Later, at the Zone testing grounds beneath Geo City, Yuri demon- strates the EM-302, a high-mobility combat Boomer he developed by perverting what he learned from Dr. Stingray. It soon becomes clear that he is working in cahoots with the Mystery Man, who still lusts after the secrets of the new AI.

Sylia learns the true identity of the thief who stole Adama, and dispatches Priss, Linna and Nene to recover him, but Priss, with her anti-Boomer prejudice, resists. But it is Priss who, by sheer chance, meets up with an escaping Adama! It is not love at first sight!

Yuri's Hit-Boomers, the Geo Climbers, pursue Adama and Priss as they head to Geo City. Only there can Adama output his security camera recording and prove that Yuri is a murderer. But even if they do manage to reach their objective, Yuri has one last trick up his sleeve - and so does the elusive Mystery Man!

Bubblegum Crash 3: Melt Down

"They say that the devil is a charming man. And just like you, I bet he can dance"
-- Kate Bush, "Heads We're Dancing"

"Bubblegum Crash!" the story of the newly-armored Knight Sabers, reaches its climax in the third installment, "Melt Down." This three-part story, which could also be described as "Sylia vs. Largo, going in circles round the second-generation Boomer," depicts a battle fought so as to have a decisive conclusion to the various incidents involving the acme of human technology, the "Boomers," and to unravel the many enigmas which have been exposed, but left unanswered, since the murder of Sylia's father, in Part 1 of "Bubblegum Crisis."

It all culminates in an inevitable showdown between Sylia Stingray, who, with her father's legacy, created the Knight Sabers, and Largo (Mason), the man who, while giving himself body and soul to the Genom Supercong- lomerate, went to any lengths to pursue his own ambitions. After defeat and death at the hands of the Knight Sabers, Largo substituted half his body for machinery, transforming himself into a Boomer, and completed his journey into megalomania. These two, who can be seen perhaps as opposite extremes, may in fact be two sides of the same coin, symbolizing the light and the darkness that the fruits of Boomer technology hold. And so Sylia musters the strength of her fellow Knight Sabers, with the fate of MegaTokyo, nay, perhaps that of Mankind, hanging in the balance. If the Knight Sabers are able to bear this burden, their story may well proceed to a new stage.
-- Aramaki Shinji, Series Supervisor

"What will be the fate of the Knight Sabers? The story heads at last for its conclusion! (Big Lie)"
-- Koizumi Satoshi, Co-Producer

Production Staff

Japanese Production Staff US Production Staff

Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors Bubblegum Crash 1: Illegal Army Sylia: Sakakibara Yoshiko Priss: Tachikawa Ryooko Linna: Tomizawa Michie Nene: Hiramatsu Akiko Leon: Furukawa Toshio Daley: Horiuchi Kenyuu Mystery Man: Sogabe Kazuyuki Colonel Lando: Arakawa Taroo Chief: Murayama Akira Manager: Suzuki Kiyonobu Bogarde: Yanada Kiyoyuki Additional Voices: Morikawa Tomoyuki, Tsukui Norio & Kikuchi Takako Bubblegum Crash 2: Geo Climbers Sylia: Sakakibara Yoshiko Priss: Tachikawa Ryooko Linna: Tomizawa Michie Nene: Hiramatsu Akiko Leon: Furukawa Toshio Daley: Horiuchi Kenyuu Mystery Man: Sogabe Kazuyuki Adama: Takayama Minami Doctor Yuri: Umezu Hideyuki Doctor Haynes: Nishimura Tomomichi Detective: Takagi Wataru Soldier: Ishimori Tatsuyuki Street Kid: Miyuki Sanae Bubblegum Crash 3: Melt Down Sylia: Sakakibara Yoshiko Priss: Tachikawa Ryooko Linna: Tomizawa Michie Nene: Hiramatsu Akiko Leon: Furukawa Toshio Daley: Horiuchi Kenyuu Largo: Sogabe Kazuyuki Mackie Stingray: Sasaki Nozomu Foreman: Sekine Nobuaki Boomer: Tsukui Norio AD Police Officer: Morikawa Tomoyuki D.J. Tommy: Suzuki Kiyonobu Waitress Boomer: Kikuchi Takako Youth: Takagi Wataru Plant Chief: Murakoshi Ichiroo

English Voice Actors Bubblegum Crash 1: Illegal Army Sylia: Jemila Ericson Priss: Sinda Nichols Linna: Elizabeth Becka Nene: Susan Grillo Leon: Brad Moranz Daley: Marshall Carroll Mystery Man: Pierre Brulator Colonel Lando: Phil Locke Chief: Matt Sullivan Manager: Marc Garber Bogarde: Scott Simpson Additional Voices: Michael Sinterniklaas, Chuck Kinlaw, Zach Hanner, Steve Vernon, Sean Clay, Jack Bowden, Sophie Tolar & Amanda Tancredi Bubblegum Crash 2: Geo Climbers Sylia: Jemila Ericson Priss: Sinda Nichols Linna: Elizabeth Becka Nene: Susan Grillo Leon: Brad Moranz Daley: Marshall Carroll Mystery Man: Pierre Brulator Adama: Loren Mash Doctor Yuri: Gray Sibley Doctor Haynes: Sam Burke Detective: Grenaldo Frazier Soldier: Basile Street Kid: Noah Shane Announcer: Patt Noday Additional Voices: Lou Criscuolo, Michael Sinterniklaas, Scott Simpson Sophie Tolar, Amanda Tancredi & Matthew Alexander Bubblegum Crash 3: Melt Down Sylia: Jemila Ericson Priss: Sinda Nichols Linna: Elizabeth Becka Nene: Susan Grillo Leon: Brad Moranz Daley: Marshall Carroll Largo: Pierre Brulator Mackie Stingray: Frank Trimble Foreman: Basile Boomer: Zaharoula Katsikis AD Police Officer: Noah Shane D.J. Tommy: Stan Norman Waitress Boomer: Jenny Moranz Youth: Nicholas Michaels Plant Chief: Chuck Kinlaw Additional Voices: Michael Sinterniklaas, Scott Simpson, Jack Bowden, Grenaldo Frazier, Matthew Alexander, Sophie Tolar & Amanda Tancredi

Song Lyrics

Hateshinai Tabi -- Hajimari no Toki (Unending Journey -- Time of Beginning)

Hito wa mina mochikirenai hodo no ai to yume ryoote ni kakaete maioriru hoshi ni ima mirai o takushinagara ashita e to sono yume o egaku. Kono ude ni fureru mono subete ga maboroshi ni kawaru sono mae ni fumishimeta so ashi o tomezu ni aruita nara sono yume ni chikazuite yukeru. Ima hateshinai yume ga hajimaru kokoro no oku nemutteiru jibun jishin sagasu toki. Ima hateshinai tabi ga hajimaru. Harukana toki o mitsumete. Hito wa mina mochikirenai hodo no sabishisa o kokoro kaksuhite kinoo yori ashta e to kaze ga nagareru yoo ni sono mune no omou mama hashiru. Ima hatenai ashita ga hajimaru. Yume wa itsumo kokoro no naka kanadeteyuku harmony. Ima hatenai tabi ga hajimaru. Harukana sora o mitsumete. Kurikaeshi Moo Ichido

People all hold more love and dreams than they can hold with both hands and paint those dreams for tomorrow while entrusting the future to a new-falling star. If you go step by step on your own two legs, without stopping before everything your arms touch transforms into phantasms you can approach those dreams. Now! begins the unending dream when you search for yourself, sleeping in the depths of your heart. Now! begins the unending journey. Fix your sights on a faraway time. People all conceal more loneliness in their hearts than they can hold with both hands and run as their hearts desire from yesterday to tomorrow like the way the wind drifts along. Now! begins the unending tomorrow. Dreams are an ever-playing harmony within your heart. Now! begins the unending journey. Fix your sights on a faraway sky. Repeat Last Stanza

Catch Me

Mado no akari keseba chikazuku. Machi no akari to takusan no yume doko ka ni sagashitsuzukete hito wa doke e yuku no daroo. Toki wa naze? Kono mama jikan o tometekurenai. Katanarabe waratta ano hi sae moo tooi. CATCH ME. OH, CATCH ME Fukai yoru ni nagasareteyuku. CATCH ME Tozashita kokoro te no hira de itsudemo atatameteite. Umareta toki itsumo dare ka no ookina ai ni mamorarete hito wa itsuka otona ni natte sabishisa ya kanashimi o shiru. Toki wa naze? tokimeku omoi o tomete wa kurenai. Katafureru yubi ni yasashisa fureru. CATCH ME. OH, CATCH ME Nemuri ni tsukenu nagai kono yoru. CATCH ME Ookina ude no naka oyogu kono mama yume to issho ni... Saigo no higyoo kurikaeshi

Turn out the light in the window, and you'll get closer. Where might a person go in search of streetlights... and lots of dreams? Why won't time stop itself for me just the way it is now? The days when we laughed side by side are all so far away. "Catch me. Oh, Catch me." I'm drifting away in the dead of night. "Catch me" Warm my closed heart in the palm of your hand, always. When we're born, we're always protected by someone's great love and when people grow up they know loneliness and sadness. Why won't time stop these fluttering feelings? In the fingers that touch my shoulder I touch gentleness. "Catch me. Oh, Catch me" on long nights when I can't get to sleep. "Catch me" I will swim in your large embrace just as I am now, with my dreams... Repeat last two stanzas

Cool Eyes

"Bell" ga nareba owaru "Showtime." Yume ga tsuzukimiteta Tonight. Kibunshidai no kyoo ga owari kimamana yume o ashita ni sagasu. Awatadashiku hito wa "Dreaming" sameru koto nai yume o mite dare no koe sae todokanai kedo fushigi kikoeru anata no koe ga. Mitsumeru "Cool Eyes" sono mama hontoo no kokoro kakushite wa mune no mirror kumotteyuku. Hitomi ni "Stardust" utsushite anata wa jiyuu dakishimete shikkari jibun no yume ima uketomeru. Gokaidarake machi no "Showtime." Tsunawatari nano kokoro "Tonight." Kurayami no naka hitomi korashi nani mo mienai ashita o sagasu. Zawameteiru machi wa "Dancing" himitsumeita kokoro "Tonight." Futari de kiita "melody" kaze ni nosete anata no mawari o tsutsumu. Kanjiru "Cool Eyes" hontoo wa kooritokasuyoona hitomi o motteru koto shitteiru. Hitomi ni "Stardust" utsushite anata wa jiyuu dakishimete shikkari jibun no kokoro o uketomeru. Kurikaeshi Moo Ichido

When the bell rings, showtime's over. Tonight, I've seen my dream's continuation. Today ends, having gone the way I wanted and tomorrow, I seek an easygoing dream. People are dreaming hurriedly dreaming without awakening and though no voice gets through strangely, I can hear your voice. Cool eyes, staring just that way cloud the mirror of the heart concealing one's true self. With stardust reflected in your eyes you embrace freedom and firmly catch your own dream, now. Showtime, in a town full of misunderstandings. Tonight, the heart walks a tightrope. Straining my eyes in the pitch darkness unable to see anything, I seek tomorrow. The bustling town is dancing with a seemingly secret heart, tonight. The melody you and I heard is carried on the wind, and surrounds you. Sensitive cool eyes really know the things that possess eyes which seem to melt ice. With stardust reflected in your eyes you embrace freedom and firmly catch your own heart. Repeat Last Stanza

Saigo Ni... (At the Last...)

Kimi no chiisana koe ga kono mimi ni yomigaeru Tonight. Tooi yoru ni oitekita densetsu sae mo ima wa Kaze ni yurare nemuru Tonight. Kokoro shizuka ni mimi o sumashi Asu no ashioto mune ni hibiku. Saigo ni kimi ga iikaketeta Sayonara no ato ni tsuzuku kotoba, Yume akiramenaideite to Todoita hagaki nijindeita ne. Hanabira no yoo na ame oritsuzukikemutteru Tonight. Hito wa hitori dakara ima hito wa aishishinjiai Wakare o shiru yoru no Moonlight. Keshiki wa itsuka iro o kaete Kokoro no mado o sotto tataku. Saigo ni kimi ga utatteta Nando mo nando mo utatteta, Futari ga suki na ano uta to, Zutto issho ni aruite yuku yo. Kurikaeshi Moo Ichido

Your small voice comes back to life in my ears tonight. Now, even the legends you left behind in a distant night will sleep tonight, rocked by the wind. With tranquil heart, I strain to hear... ...and tomorrow's footfalls echo in my breast. The words you tried to speak at the last, words that would have followed our good-bye, "Don't give up on your dreams" were smeared on the postcard you sent me. Like flower petals, the rain keeps falling, making things hazy tonight. Now, because people are alone, they love and trust one another, and come to know farewells by moonlight at night. Someday the scenery will change color, and knock softly on the window of the heart. The song you were singing at the last, which you were singing over and over again, the song we both liked, is one I will carry with me always. Repeat last Stanza

Fly Away

Hashiru kaze ni aorarete nagareteku headlight. Nagisa ni yoseyuku nami no yoo na no wa muzoosa ni baramakareta uso no zawameki. Chiheisen nanka mienai biru ni kesarete. Kurayami mo taiyoo mo nai machi ni Fly away. Kinoo no news wa itsumo ashita no news ni owarete sarasareta tsumi sae mo toki ga tsurete yuku. Yozora o honoo ni nari tachinoboritai. Tooku sora no kanata kara machi o miorosu. Ryoote de kakushitsukuseru sa machi wa Fly away. Chiheisen nanka mienai biru ni kesarete. Kurayami mo taiyoo mo nai machi ni Fly away. Kurikaeshi Moo Ichido

Drifting headlights, whipped by the racing wind. A pack of lies, artlessly scattered, like waves stealing onto the shore. There's no horizon to be seen, it's obscured by buildings. Fly away to a city with neither darkness nor sun. Yesterday's news is always being chased by tomorrow's news and time takes away even crimes exposed. The night sky becomes flame and I want to rise into it. I look down on the city from far off in the sky. The town I can do my best to conceal with both hands will fly away. There's no horizon to be seen, it's obscured by buildings. Fly away to a city with neither darkness nor sun. Repeat Last Stanza

Over The Pressure - Toki o Koete (Over The Pressure - Overcoming Time)

"Break out my dreams forever tonight. Break out my lonely pressure." "I wonder why you leave me alone, My baby, baby, with you." Hikui kumo o miteta Kaze no naka de nandomo kimi o yonda. Ikiisogu mainichi Soredemo yasashisa dake sagashitakute. Yume ni makesoo de modokashii toki Kimi no egao omoidasu yo "My baby baby." Atarashii ashita ni tsuyokunaritai Tomadoi mo namida mo sora ni nagete. Tatoe kizutsuite mo yume o miru no sa. Kimi ga kureru yuuki de toki o koeteyuku. Biru no kabe ni motare Sora o miage ookiku iki o sutta. Kumo o miokuru yoo ni Massuguna taiyoo ga machi o terasu. Dare mo nakusenai jibun o ikite Yagate soo sa kagayaku kara "My baby baby." Kanashimi no mukoo e arukidasu no sa. Kitto wakachiaeru kaze ni fukare. Hitomi sorasanaide yume o shinjite Kimi to onaji kisetsu o mune ni dakishimete. Atarashii ashita ni tsuyokunaritai Tomadoi mo namida mo sora ni nagete. Tatoe kizutsuite mo yume o miru no sa. Kimi ga kureru yuuki de toki o koeteyuku.

"Break out my dreams forever tonight. Break out my lonely pressure." "I wonder why you leave me alone, My baby, baby, with you." As I was watching the low clouds, in the midst of the wind, I called you over and over again. Though I race through my days, gentleness is all I seek. When I'm feeling frustrated, and beaten by my dreams, I remember your smiling face, my baby, baby. I want to be strong for a new tomorrow, throwing confusion and tears to the sky. I will dream, even though I may get hurt. I will overcome time with the bravery you give me. Leaning against the wall of a building, I looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. As though seeing the clouds on their way, the straight-arrow sun lights up the town. You can't go wrong, living for yourself, because soon you will shine, my baby, baby. We will walk on beyond sadness. We will surely be able to share, blown by the wind. Don't hide your eyes, believe in dreams, and I will hold the same season in my heart as you in yours. I want to be strong for a new tomorrow, throwing confusion and tears to the sky. I will dream, even though I may get hurt. I will overcome time with the bravery you give me.