I watched AD Police because i love Bubblegum Crisis its easily in my top 10 and I was really disappointed this series lacks everything that made Bubblegum Crisis great and iconic. Animation A lot of other old school OVAs had bad plot but they were still a pleasure to watch because of their great animation but thats not the case with AD Police. The animation is mediocre nothing impressing. The dull colors dont help either everything is so dark we couldnt even appreciate the animation if it was good. Music Bubblegum Crisis has great music it is one of the highlights of the series and even a part of the plot because the character of Priss is a singer but AD Police doesnt have any memorable music it sometimes doesnt even have music for its key moments. Characters We must talk about characters. There is not a single one interesting character in this show they are all stereotypes and walking clichs. No wellwritten women or lgbt+ characters like in Bubblegum Crisis im not pushing some sjw agenda here anime dont necesseraly needs minorites representation to be good but that was a part of why Bubblegum Crisis was ahead of its time they couldve at least include Leons gay partner Daley that couldve been interesting to see how they work together. Speaking of Leon i was so hyped to see him again but he lost absolutely all his charisma im so pissed off that such a likeable character was wasted and turned into such an empty shell this really is a missed opportunity. They also did the Boomers dirty... They are just mindless violent robots that need to get destroyed no reflections about them. Story Bubblegum Crisis asked questions about human nature artificial intelligence the power of corruption and big corporations etc while having some lighthearted moments... but AD Police just mindlessly throws cyberpunk tropes without any purpose or meaning. They tried to add a dramatic tone to the show but you dont care about the characters so the story just ends up uninspired and boring. Fanservice Bubblegum Crisis has fanservice but its never damaging the pace of the story or the development of the characters. The fanservice in AD Police is awfully bad. Im not against fanservice but here it was way too crude and not subtle. It felt like the female characters were added only to strip them at one point... Conclusion AD Police takes the Bubblegum Crisis universe and throws away everything that was charming about it no more complex relationships lesbians independant women cool battlesuits charismatic Leon epic car chase 80s catchy music... Welcome to sad dull scenery overdramatic characters bad tropes uninspired story and wasted potential.
15 /100
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