Taking a bit of break from serious theory (as if anything connected to RPGs can really be serious).
I've always wanted to run a game in a setting close to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTEAYKXwJU
There was an RPG published for it, using the ill fated (and poorly done) FUZION system which was a horrid hybrid using HERO System in part. Not very good, but I'm happy I have the books.
Never played it. It's still one of my 'want to do campaigns'.
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The rules for Bubblegum Crisis are indeed far too much.
Check out Powersuit City, a comical game in this vein mixing the Mekton version of Fuzion with Teenagers From Outer Space that I think has potential for Bubblegum Crisis.
Bubblegum Crisis is a great anime and a fascinating (if, like much anime, confusing) world.
A long time ago there was a Shadowrun conversion of BGC out there, somewhere, which I remember being fairly interesting.
I'm used to hearing that song in Japanese, but it's been years since I've heard it (it was a favorite of my late friend Steve Pearl when we were roommates during college). Bubblegum Crisis never really clicked with me for some reason, but I liked some of the music.
Have you watched Armored Trooper Votoms? I think you might like it. It also has a Fuzion-based game for it out there.
One warning about Votoms is that it starts slow but once it gets going, it moves along at a good pace.
I never watched Bubblegum Crisis, what's the difference between it and traditional Cyberpunk?
John Morrow: I'll check out Armored Trooper Votoms, although I never found much to like in anime after BC for some reason.
The English versions of the songs changed the wording (judging from a direct translation) so fit the music while keeping some rhyming. In general I like the change although hardcore anime fans whine about it.
I didn't like all the series, but the first three are golden as are some of the later ones.
Helmsman: BC has most of the key elements of cyberpunk- the greedy and powerful Corp, the independent hero, the mega-city future with a huge split between haves and have-nots, etc.
But the VR part is missing, and the heroes are nearly Superheroes given the hardsuits they wear. Oh, and the main characters are women. Sort of a given with much in anime.
Think Blade Runner influenced by Terminator with a touch of Iron Man crossed with Miami Vice (for how it used music).
I think Streets of Fire was listed as a influence in place of Miami Vice- but I've never seen it.
It was the first quality animation that I saw from Japan, and in many ways I think the last (that I like anyway).
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