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A.D. Police began as a three-part OAV prequel to the popular Bubblegum Crisis series; these 12 episodes constitute the entire 1999 remake for TV. In the not-too-distant future, a massive earthquake has reduced Tokyo to rubble. The metropolis has been rebuilt as Genom City, named after the gargantuan conglomerate that manufactures Voomers (VOodoo Organic Metal Extension Resource), robots that provide most of the labor in the city. When a robot turns into a violent rogue Boomer, the A.D. Police has to resolve the crisis–by shooting the Boomer in its vital core. The most effective cop on the squad is Kenji Sasaki, but he’s a coolly arrogant loner who operates on his own terms, rather than a team player. When his partner is critically injured in a fight with Boomers, Kenji is paired with the mysterious Hans Kleif, and the duo slowly forges a friendship. Kenji, Hans, and the rest of the squad are pitted against Liam Fletcher, the right-hand henchman of the Genom Corporation president, in a series of violent confrontations. This incarnation of A.D. Police feels like a standard-issue anime action-adventure series: it pits a tough, motorcycle-riding antihero against an all-powerful industrial conglomerate involved in illegal and unethical biomechanical experiments. The mecha designs are undistinguished, and nothing in the scripts, animation, or direction sets the program apart. Liam’s violent attempts at hijacking a plane and a nuclear reactor may disturb some viewers. Unrated: Violence, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use. –Charles Solomon

From the Back Cover

A sudden rise in incidents involving Genom City’s cyborg workforce, the VOOMERS, has put the A.D. Police – the city’s anti-robot crime division – in the hot seat. Making matters worse, Kenji Sasaki – one of the A.D. Police’s most valuable and unconventional officers – has had his share of bad luck. It seems his partners are either turning up dead or seriously injured. Given a new partner, Hans Kleif, and one last chance to redeem himself by playing by the rules, Kenji desperately needs to get to the bottom of this techno-mystery and keep the VOOMERS from turning Genom City into a high-tech wasteland. It is an uphill battle with Kenji fighting his own personal demons while he and Hans build a new working relationship to combat the threat that faces the A.D. Police. This release is a two-disc collector’s set featuring the entire twelve-episode mini-series, with several episodes being made available to North American audiences for the first time. The DVD contains the English-language version, as well as the previously unreleased Japanese-language version with English-subtitles. DVD extras include production sketches, production notes, production artwork, textless credit animation, and ADV previews.