Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040

Category:	TV Series
Adult:	No
Native:	バブルガムクライシス TOKYO2040
Romaji:	Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Titles:	Bubblegum Crisis 2040 bgc2040 BGC 2040
Runtime:	25 minutes
Aired:	Oct 8, 1998 [26 years 3 months ago]
Ended:	Apr 1, 1999 [25 years 9 months ago]
Language:	Japanese
Genres:	Action Adventure Mecha Romance Science Fiction
Tags:	Nudity Violence Tragedy Angst Android Disaster Tokyo Special Squads Power Suit Cyberpunk Earthquake
Links:	ANIDB

The year is 2040, the place Mega-Tokyo. Armed with highly advanced suits of powered armour, a group of young female vigilantes fights a shadow war against the largest mega-corporation in Japan, GENOM, and their army of mad Boomers — androids built to replace humans in menial labour jobs, but apparently have an annoying tendency to run rampant. Or so one is led to believe.

Episode 1: Can't Buy a Thrill Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-10-08 Linna may be from a little country town, but she’s no pushover—and she moved to Tokyo with one goal in mind: to find the Knight Sabers and join them. When she’s attacked by a mad Boomer, Linna witnesses the Sabers’ prowess firsthand. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 2: Fragile Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-10-15 Linna tracks down Priss and states her case—she won’t stand down until she’s one of the Knight Sabers. After trailing her to Sylia’s boutique, Linna enters the grueling simulation to test her mettle. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 3: Keep Me Hanging On Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-10-22 Sylia has a hardsuit made for the new recruit. Linna gets a first-rate crash course in her highly-advanced mech when Priss calls for back up—she’s stuck in a diner with a waitress Boomer gone berserk! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 4: Machine Head Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-10-29 Linna’s suit malfunctions in the heat of battle and the rogue Boomer nearly serves her a death sentence. Later, Nene hacks into Genom’s server and uncovers information on the megacorporation’s most recent experiments. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 5: Rough and Ready Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-11-05 The Knight Sabers pull the plug on a rogue boomer with an appetite for more machinery, but the AD Police has orders to put the heat on the vigilantes! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 6: Get It On Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-11-12 It looks like the gig is up for the Knight Sabers as the AD Police shoot to kill and news cameras hover overhead—until a fourth hardsuit comes in to take over the show! Later, an unexpected guest shows up at Sylia’s boutique. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 7: Look at Yourself Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-11-19 When a boomer at Genom’s deep-sea testing facility wreaks havoc in Tokyo, Sylia deploys the Knight Sabers before Nigel’s repairs on the suits are complete! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 8: Fire Ball Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-11-26 The Knight Sabers hit the streets when a wheeled boomer runs amok on the highway. The high-speed chase isn’t going their way until Priss gives Nigel’s latest super-powered project a spin. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 9: My Nation Underground Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-12-03 Something is swiping boomers from Tokyo’s subterranean tunnels, and a rumor about a certain AD Policeman’s interest in Priss throws a wrench in the Knight Sabers’ gears. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 10: Woke Up with a Monster Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-12-10 When orders from above snuff the AD Police’s case on the machine-devouring beast, Leon and Daley take matters in their own hands. Priss puts her foot down about a teammate’s missteps—a rescue mission may be Nene’s last chance to prove her worth! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 11: Sheer Heart Attack Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-12-17 Genom’s newest project progresses and Mason digs deeper for dirt to disarm the Knight Sabers. While back home in the country, Linna is corralled into an arranged date—only to be interrupted by a desperate call from Nene. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 12: Made in Japan Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1998-12-24 Priss flies solo against one of the military’s massive secret weapons, Nene works overtime from her desk and the third Saber sister makes a tough call. Genom’s manipulations deepen as a double agent makes his last deal and a mechanic gets a visitor. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 13: Atom Heart Mother Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-01-14 Sylia recruits the Knight Sabers to unearth her father’s lab before Genom gets to it, but Nene cross-examines her leader about alarming facts behind the Stingray’s history. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 14: Shock Treatment Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-01-21 Priss locates the buried lab, but Sylia’s still holding back details. The Knight Sabers rush underground to save their leader when her crazed solo mission is sabotaged, but a bizarre phenomenon—unlocked by Sylia herself—renders their suits useless. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 15: Minute by Minute Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-01-28 After watching helplessly as Mason saunters off with the Sotai, the Sabers are forced to abandon their suits in the ruins. Priss takes a night ride with an AD Policeman and Nigel divulges the connection between Sylia and the glowing child she released. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 16: I Surrender Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-02-04 Sylia musters up the strength to begin building new hardsuits, but a pissed off Saber walks out on the project. The AD Police go on strike and Nene is locked inside HQ when Galatea’s playtime awakens hundreds of rogue boomers in storage! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 17: Moving Waves Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-02-11 Nene hacks away at the building’s security system for a way out, but the rampaging boomers infiltrate her station before she can send an SOS! With their suits far from being complete, the Knight Sabers need to think of something quick. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 18: We Built This City Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-02-18 Priss and Leon blast their way through the hoard of machines on the motoslave to Nene and the AD chiefs—but when a biomechanical mass blocks their only escape, the chiefs make a last ditch effort to freeze the boomers cold in their tracks. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 19: Are You Experienced? Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-02-25 Tokyo is crawling with mad boomers. Leon hatches a plan to cut off the Dragon Line, but a giant megaboomer looms in their path. Meanwhile, Nigel and Mackey put the finishing touches on the new and improved hardsuits. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 20: One of These Nights Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-03-04 As Galatea awakens the Dragon Line, she grants Mason’s request—but not exactly how he intended. Leon’s not a smooth dude, but just as he gets to Priss, the Knight Sabers call her into action! Source: crunchyroll
Episode 21: Close to the Edge Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-03-11 The Sabers’ new suits let them unlock a new power when they get entangled in the Dragon Line! Back at Sylia’s mansion, the group celebrates their victory—but Galatea sends them a late night surprise. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 22: Physical Graffiti Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-03-18 An underwater battle ensues as boomers pour into Sylia’s mansion. When the Knight Sabers finally find refuge from the biomechanical fallout, they discover they aren’t the only survivors. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 23: Hydra Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-03-25 The Knight Sabers assemble and rocket toward the Genom tower to face Galatea. Mackey makes a critical sacrifice and Priss melds with the boomer technology to battle the phenomenon. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 24: Light My Fire Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 1999-04-01 As the Genom tower takes Galatea’s shape and heads for the Umbrella orbiting Earth, the Knight Sabers launch a plan to send themselves into space and save the globe from boomer domination! Source: crunchyroll