Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 aired from 1999-2000, and I have recently discovered that I love it as much today as when I was a preteen girl with a deep hunger for ladies kicking ass. The post [Versus] Decade Apart, Miles Ahead: Lady action heroes in Bubblegum Crisis and Tokyo 2040 appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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