back in the mid or late 80 and an oav anime by title of bubblegum crisis ( which i think be a military slang term for when technical equipment go haywire ) make it debut on video and take inspiration from blade runner and the terminator and maybe even robocop and with a little dash of batman or bruce wayne iron man or tony stark and charlie angel girl power throw in for good measure . 8 episode long and the overall story be that in 21st century tokyo and japan and year 2032 2033 and live machine call boomer be do manual labor and sometimes cause problem . a special and swat like branch of law enforcer and the advanced police ( ad police for short ) be form to handle the boomer and but be mostly ineffective and prompt millionaire scientist sylia stingray and the daughter of the scientist who make the boomer and to create four powered combat armor ( hard suit ) to be wear by woman to fight the boomer and fight the evil corporation that produce the boomer and genom . that group become know a the knight saber and and in addition to ring leader sylia and her rag tag band of rebel woman include priss asagiri and a struggle rock and roll gal with a passion for motorcycle and a disdain for cop and linna yamazaki and an aerobics instructor with an eye for money and a tendency to blow through boyfriend and and nene romanova and a young officer of the adp and expert computer hacker ( the first in a long line ) . genom and meanwhile and be represent by quincy and a tall and gaunt old guy who happen to own the company and his younger assistant brian j. mason ( kill in episode 3 ) and an annoy boomer man name largo . other character include leon mcnichol and daley wong and two ad police detective ( leon appear in a spin off or prequel anime and ad police file which i heard be very dark ) and their balding and overweight bos chief todo and sylia young brother mackey and and a funny little mechanic know a dr. raven and who apparently help sylia with maintain the suit . aside from the overall knight saber and ad police v genom storyline and there be also another storyline involve a friend of linna who be apparently a daughter in a big crime family and the annoy largo try to usurp genom and and various priss want revenge for a minor character story . oh and do i mention that there be hint that sylia herself might have be a boomer . well and it be a great watch and full of chaos and mayhem and even some very nice pop song and but it be not without it flaw and some of which and unfortunately and be due to the fact that the series be discontinue after episode 8 when it be originally plan for 13 episode in all . so some of the storyline and like largo scheme ( or scheme ) and the family of linna ill fat friend and and sylia origin and be never resolve . another problem with the series be that at the time priss be the most popular character and so a good portion of the series focus on her and and unfortunately and most of the priss orient episode basically focus on priss self righteously seek justice or revenge for some secondary character who have never appear before but happen to be a friend of hers and yet she rarely go out of her way for her the knight saber and who be always bail her out of trouble and for some reason care a great deal about her well be ( just to be fair though and she do go to rescue linna in episode 7 and and her boyfriend get kill by a boomer and the adp act wrongly in the investigation ) . this meant we do not really get to focus on the more interesting back story of sylia and or even the day to day antic of nene and linna . linna have two episode orient around her and which pertain to her friend with the mafia family and while nene manage to snag the last episode for herself and which show her eternal good cheer be genuinely good spirit and not ditziness . nene also get to put her computer skill to good use quite a bit and or she sometimes just act like a lovable goof and which put her screen time and character development a few notch above poor linna and who be often thrust into the background with only her greed and her tendency to eat up boyfriend to get her any attention . don not get me wrong and i like it and i love the overall concept of it all and but it do irk me a little bit . also this be one of those runner ups for bad english voice dubbing of all time feature and meaning you would better stick to the japanese . some of the voice be okay ( some really do match their character personas ) but others be just flat and passionless or and in the case of priss and really overact . well and tokyo 2040 come along and pretty much toss all that out the window . set a few year ahead and the story here be that after earthquake shatter tokyo and genom boomer rebuild the city into a big old paradise and except the boomer still have a tendency to fly off the handle and which prompt the ad police to be form follow by the knight saber be form . so the overall story be the same and but the backstories of the character and the look and attitude of the character have change a lot . 1 ) originally sylia have short purplish black hair and brown eye and be usually dress like a stern and proper business woman and be distant from others . 2040 sylia have more of a super model look to her and dress more provocatively and possess white hair and blue eye that seem to change color depend on the light ( run the gamut from blue to purple to silver and eye occasionally look purple or gray ) and and also 2040 sylia be more of an emotionally unstable woman who fly off the handle when she not in public and and possibly keep even more secret than before . sylia also doesn not take as much risk on the battlefield and a she be more of a stay in the mobile pit type here and but she do do battle when she have to . 2 ) originally priss be a short woman with an afro and a really bad temper and always pick fight with people who offend her and always bite off more than she could chew and etc . 2040 priss and however and have go the way of the clint eastwood loner very cold and very stoic and emotionally distant ( more like the original sylia you might say ) and so she not really attach to anyone . also her hair be more stingry and cat like ( a big improvement ) and she be clad in leather like trinity from the matrix ( although much less annoy than before and unfortunately and the writer screw her in the end when reveal her reason for hat the adp ) . 3 ) originally linna have this big black hair go for her and but now her hair be short and browner and and and well and more 90 like . 2040 linna be also an office lady who have bad luck with be sexually harrassed . a if to apologize for the way she be treat by the oav writer and the 2040 writer actually dedicate the first 6 episode to linna and write her a a country girl new to the city but determine to meet the knight saber and win a spot with them and which she eventually do . 4 ) originally a short red haired girl who be often the victim of ridicule and eat a lot of candy and nene be now a short blonde haired girl who like to tease and take pot shot at adp detective leon mcnichol ( revenge for him toy with her in the oav . ) and other character and even her surrogate big sister linna and mackey and sylia brother and whom she become infatuated with . cockey and arrogant and she still eat a lot of candy and be a master hacker and but she be eventually deflate and grow beyond her comic relief status . 5 ) nigel kirkland be a new character and a tall and stoic and ruggedly handsome man with long black hair ( he look like adrian paul from tv highlander ) and he replace dr. raven from the old series and now serve a the man who give maitenance to sylia hard suit . nigel be also sylia lover and but you wouldn not know it by his demeanor . he kind of the father or big brother or mentor figure to mackey . 6 ) leon and daley be back and but of course differently . the original leon be a tall pretty boy build like a baseball player with slick back brown hair and blue eye and a black leather jacket and tight blue jean and and always carry a revolver that could magically pack more whallop than a howitzer if necessary while while he wasn not really a bad guy deep down and he be kind of a jerk and but he serve mostly a comic relief and a he try to pursue priss romantically ( exactly what he saw in her be a mystery ) but occasionally he and daley serve a information guide to important plot point . also the original daley be a fairly muscular red head who dress in pink or purple suit a he be a flamboyantly homosexual character who be always hit on leon when not provide important information . in 2040 and leon be no longer a pretty boy but more your typical rugged tough guy type and with spiked black hair and brown eye and tall and sport big muscle and a brown leather jacket and blue docker ( he actually look like arnold schwarzenegger a little bit and or maybe a pump up colin farrell and or hugh jackman ) and and he still carry a revolver and a big one and but it not as powerful a before . although 2040 leon still have a bit of an attitude probelm ( especially in approach priss ) and he not nearly as much of a jerk a he be in the old series and but he do have a bad temper and he be easily annoy by nene and daley ( also he drink way too much coffee ) . oh and and leon be still after priss and but he have a lot more luck this time around . daley and meanwhile and be now a taller ( but not as tall a leon ) more pretty boyish look guy with red rimmed glass and a white suit and green eye and and light brown hair and and he carry a big machine gun ( he actually look like james marsden from the x men film ) while daley be a lot smart and more assertive in 2040 than the oav and and although it not completely clear and his homosexual tendency have be almost totally disappeared and save a moment of what appear to be jealousy when he hear about leon inquire about priss e mail . 7 ) brian j. mason ( what do that j stand for . ) be back and and so be quincy and but mason be much more the main villain here and with quincy a co villain and a he be no longer a towering figure of terror but a vegetable with a bunch of battery and wire plug into him . mason now sport slick back brown hair instead of black hair a he do in the oav ( he actually look like oav leon in a suit ) and he be very much from the alan rickman school of villain . 8 ) though a pervert in the first series and mackey be no longer a pervert in 2040. of course and there be lot of thing different about mackey in 2040 and but they would not be reveal here . 9 ) sylia now have a companion and an alfred the butler type name henderson and who worry about her and the gang . 10 ) in the original series and boomer be like the replicants in blade runner and arm with their own thought and feeling and ambition and but in 2040 and theyre more of the dumb monster on the rampage type . most of the time theyre just big robot who do whatever theyre program to do ( heavy labor and combat and clean up and etc ) and they have this tendency to go rogue and which mean try to evolve and become a monster in the process . what do stay the same be the theme of humanity v technology ( do machine have soul . ) . sadly and this series and though well animate and well write and only run 26 episode and so it move by fast than one might like and especially those of u who be use to more than one season of our most beloved character and and unfortunately it still end on a cliff hanger with unresolved storyline bit ( which i will not discuss here . what save this show and make it what it be and however and be the character and a colorful cast of screwball they be and range from stoic loner and psycho woman and genocidal mad men and rough neck cop and sardonic intellectual and wise old sage and and loveable innocent and much more diverse than before and with a lot more to play off of and theyre enough to make you wish this show have go longer . it not great and but it a good watch . also the english dub ( by adv ) be quite good and though not without a few flat spot and but certainly good than the dub on the original .