(sorry not sorry) Downsideīeing a 26-episode series from 1998 has some inherent flaws, notably plotting which is not as tight as one can expect from a show today. Sometimes just being competently done is all you want from a show, especially one which is just enjoying being an homage to the past (the Blade Runner references are STRONG in this, and moreover cyberpunk as a genre was pretty dead by 1998) making for something thats fun to watch if not exactly going for anything deeper.īoomer goes Boom. Sylia, the boss of the Knight Sabers, also has a lot of shady dealings going on in her backstory which opens up a lot more compelling development there in the shows second half.
While the girls themselves are somewhat stock characters for this genre they are well done stock characters who are likable to spend time with, and Prissa manages to transcend the “gruff loner” archetype almost solely on account of being a punk rock singer which gives her way more personality than any of the Power Rangers. It lets its girls outright kick ass without the frequently dulling down that magical girl shows often apply to their fights, and to kick ass with powered cybersuits making for some cool, slick action pieces.
There’s an altogether rarity of female focused sentai shows, for the most part they get done as magical girl shows and while they use some of the same tropes its not really the same thing, so seeing what is out and out a sentai show, and cyberpunk to boot, already starts Bubblegum Crisis off on the right foot.