Arguably one of the best-known titles in the history of Japanese animation, BUBBLEGUM CRISIS began its life as one of the first major hits of a mid-eighties boom in made-for-video animations. Although plagued by budget and personnel problems, the original B.G.CRISIS attracted a large and faithful fan following and subsequently spawned a series of seven follow-up episodes, each of which expanded upon the concepts and story of the original. Emboldened by the series' continuing success, BGC's creators developed a 13-episode story arc that would bring the story to a climatic conclusion, but those plans fell apart after one of the original production companies ran into financial problems. A three episode follow-up series by a different production team, BUBBLEGUM CRASH, was later released in an attempt to tie up many of the loose plot ends, however, due to less than spectacular animation and the non-participation of many of the original staff, CRASH failed to find fan acceptance. Now, after years of legal wrangling and rights re-negotiation, original co-producers AIC and original series director Hayami Hayashi and have reunited to produce BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2040, a twenty six episode TV series using state of the art computer-assisted animation. Featuring new character designs and a more intricate and fully developed storyline, BGC 2040 is not a sequel to the original but a new interpretation and elaboration on the same basic plot, characters and concept. Simply put, this is how the original BGC might have turned out had the creators had both the proper financing to complete the original series as they originally intended and access to modern, state of the art animation technology. The story and events of 2040 start before and end after those of the original BGC, and many of the mysteries that were left unanswered in the original will now finally be solved. sorry if its not to original i just wanted you to know something about this anime bcuz i dont heh