#Bubblegum crisis kickstarter series#

However, one of his greatest works has to be his Gunsmith Cats manga: Published between 1991-1997, SonodaРІР‚в„ўs Chicago-based action series was a huge critical and commercial hit and still maintains a healthy following today. Suffice to say, IРІР‚в„ўm a massive fan of his. He worked as character designer for all three projects, with Sonoda also working on the story, script, animation and even co-directing Riding Bean. Second of all, all three are works of Kenichi Sonoda, a manga artist who contributed greatly to the anime industry during the late 80РІР‚в„ўs and early 90РІР‚в„ўs before venturing into the manga industry. For starters, they were all licenses that AnimEigo had РІР‚вЂњ so while their initial announcement of Bubblegum Crisis was more than a little surprising, Otaku no Video and Riding Bean were a bit more predictable (though no less excellent). However, these three shows all shared common themes. Suffice to say, they havenРІР‚в„ўt dissapointed and have developed a very active and healthy community since, always eager to see what they next have in store. Our next projectРІР‚В¦ /pQiXm90o20Р”Р‡or those who arenРІР‚в„ўt in the know, AnimEigo is one of the longest-running anime distributors in America and have since seen a bit of a resurgence thanks to their successful Kickstarter campaigns including blu-ray releases of classic shows such as Bubblegum Crisis, Otaku No Video and most recently: Riding Bean. On December 3rd I was greeted with a very exciting announcement:

Bubblegum crisis kickstarter