Bubblegum Crisis

Bubblegum Crisis
	Bubblegum Crisis poster
バブルガムクライシス; (Baburugamu Kuraishisu)
Genre	Cyberpunk; Girls with guns;
Created by	Toshimichi Suzuki
Original video animation
Directed by	Katsuhito Akiyama; (chief director); Yasunori Ide (#1); Kenichi Yatagai (#2–3); Hiroki Hayashi (#4); Masami Ōbari (#5–6); Fumihiko Takayama (#7); Hiroaki Gōda (#8);
Produced by	Junji Fujita; Toru Miura
Written by	Toshimichi Suzuki
Music by	Kōji Makaino
Studio	Artmic & AIC
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment (expired); NA: AnimEigo; UK: MVM Films (expired);
Released	February 25, 1987 – January 30, 1991
Runtime	330 minutes (total) 45 minutes (#1); 28 minutes (#2); 26 minutes (#3); 38 minutes (#4); 43 minutes (#5); 49 minutes (#6–7); 52 minutes (#8);
Episodes	8
Related works
	Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040; Bubblegum Crash; AD Police Files; A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve; Parasite Dolls; Bubblegum Crisis (role-playing game);

Bubblegum Crisis (Japanese: バブルガムクライシス, Hepburn: Baburugamu Kuraishisu) is a 1987-1991 Japanese cyberpunk original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex and animated by AIC and Artmic.

The series involves the adventures of the Knight Sabers, an all-female group of mercenaries who don powered exoskeletons and fight numerous problems, most frequently rogue robots. The success of the series spawned several sequel series.