Drawing from their experience in TV anime, 3D photo stories, and other media, ARTMIC created rich OVAs that, more often than not, shared familiar thematic elements along with a consistently recognizable visual style.
Tag: bubblegum crisis
Bandai’s Brain Bank Media: B-Club
At the tail end of the gunpla boom, Bandai’s enthusiast publishing and garage kit division, B-Club, unleashed a monthly magazine and dozens of garage kits on a modeling community that was growing out of normal plastic model kits.
The Early Doujin of Kenichi Sonoda
Long before Gunsmith Cats or Gall Force, Kenichi Sonoda got his break thanks to doujin he published with a group named Comic Circle VTOL.
AD Police Is the Closest Thing to a “Good” Bubblegum Crisis Spin-off
Fans have spent years lamenting the lack of a decent sequel to Bubblegum Crisis. The AD Police Files OVA series is often touted as the best of the sequels and reboots out there, but it’s the manga that inspired the OVA that’s really worth checking out.
Interview with Bubblegum Crisis Creator Toshimichi Suzuki
From the pages of the Bubblegum Crisis Completed File No. 5, a brief interview with series creator Toshimichi Suzuki on the hard economics of OVAs and jidaigeki influences.
Character Goods of 1984: Neko Mimi and Combat Jyou
One of Kenichi Sonoda’s first professional gigs was designing characters for garage kits.
Talkin’ Bubblegum Crisis on the Anime Nostalgia Podcast
In which I ramble on for two hours about you-know-what.
Toshimichi Suzuki and the Making of Bubblegum Crisis
The story of how a remake of a failed film collided with a music exec and Bubblegum Crisis was born.
Neon Never Fades: Thirty Years of Bubblegum Crisis
The “cyberpunk classic” turns thirty this month. Here’s our take on why it has endured.
Anime Archaeology: Kichijoji’s ARTMIC Building
A trip back to the year 1987 and a peak inside the studio that brought us MOSPEADA, MADOX-01, and… Gall Force.