Year:
1999
Studio:
n/a
Feature:
3/5
Extras:
0/5
"A.D. Police: To
Protect and Serve" is a prequel to Bubblegum Crisis. There was still a
big earthquake that destroyed Tokyo and the Genom Corporation voomers
helped to rebuild them. This time we focus on the early AD Police, back
when it was merely a special section of the regular police.
Kenji Sasaki (voice of Randy Sparks) is the maverick of the unit, very
good but has the unfortunate curse of getting his partners killed. Hans
Kleif (voice of Jason Douglas) is Kenji's new partner, a man without
memories and something really weird going on in his body. Karen Jordan
(voice of Christine M Auten) and Mary Malone (voice of Emily Carter)
are the girls, Jose Collins (voice of C Markham Anderson) is the other
guy.
This is a 12-episode series focusing on Kenji and Hans. Because of what
happens to his partners, Kenji has become rather of a loner. Hans is
determined to befriend Kenji and get a date with the pretty nurse with
secrets of her own. The main villain is Liam Fletcher (voice if Andy
McAvin), some sort of weapons dealer working for a big boss.
As the series goes on it turns out that the heroes and villains have
something in common. The mystery eventually leads to Genom and a
pyrrhic victory for the AD Police. I guess it's a tragedy.
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The characters
were ok, but other than Hans and Kenji you don't get really any into
them. Kenji's girlfriend who appears a lot is still a total mystery. I
just didn't get to know and love any of the characters.
Still, it's an entertaining series and the villain is actually quite
clever so there is that. Especially if you've seen Bubblegum Crisis,
it's sort of a nice return to the universe. But this is a series with
quite a different fell to it than BC.
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