A.D. Police (TV)

To sum up my anime viewing lately in a single word, nostalgic does the trick. I'm not exactly current, even my Netflix views have been a season or two overdue for a while. And just this week I blew the dust off an interesting entry in the Stack; the one I almost watched back in the day.

I came across A.D. Police back when I was still a new otaku and had just upgraded to DVDs for my media enjoyment. I would see it on the shelf there in Sam Goody (ahh, memories, right?) and really thought it would be something I would ... like. Well I never actually walked out of the store with it and it was even on my Amazon wishlist for while.

Finally, this summer I got it on Blu-ray so once and for all I can say...

Yeah, it's not bad. Definitely older looking by current standards, the style that I fell in love with when I first got into the genre. While not a life changing experience, I enjoyed the show. Music is good, intro and outro are catchy, story's paced pretty well, good amount of action. Not reliant on fan service or bad jokes involved therein. Just a softcore cyberpunk viewing pleasure.

I'm honestly surprised I didn't get it back in the day and watch it then. I would've gotten into the Bubblegum Crisis universe sooner. Recommended for your nostalgia wave.

I'm gonna be a little generous with this and not try to make any comparisons from the TV version of AD Police with the original OVA series that was released years prior - as there is very little comparison at all.

The story was passable - if a bit generic and almost exactly what you'd expect from your standard police show. If you enjoy the tropes associated with that kind of narrative, then you'll probably have a good time watching this in bite-sized pieces. The art and characters are kinda 'meh,' admittedly. There's nothing that really stands out about either of them. The animation ranges from ... functional to slightly entertaining at times.

Did I enjoy my time with AD Police TV? I guess. I don't feel like I've wasted my time with it necessarily, but I wouldn't give a recommendation either. Anything you might be trying to look for in this sort of show can be found elsewhere and done far better. Maybe consider watching if you're bored one afternoon and are aching for something simple to put on for a little bit.

Unless you have serious OCD about completing the bubblegum crisis universe, dont bother with this. Seriously, I would rather have put the 4 hours I spent watching this into trap hentai.

I dont recommend this even to the biggest BGC fan out there. Ad Police (TV) doesnt have any resemblence to BCG and it doesnt do shit to expand the universe or lore. It could be something else entirely if it didnt have the name boomer and genom in it. This basically a shitty cop show. It fails to have a cyberpunk feel to it, and it also falis to have a decent noir vibe, which ... it clearly attempts to, with so much jazz, empty bars and deep philosophy about motherfuckin melting ice cubes.

The overrall plot is irrelevant and ads nothing to BCG universe and the characters shown here are restricted to this show and dont appear anywhere else.

The writing is also poor. Characters are shells with little backstory or purpose. I seriously thought kenji's girlfriend was his sister for a good number of episodes because she basically has almost no lines or interactions with him. Thats just an example of how bad this is.

Im a terrible writer but I hope I can save at least one person from wasting their time with this. The only thing I liked was the shitty and unappropriately timed jazz and the ed song. That one is great, I even downloaded it.