Parasite Dolls

Parasite Dolls is a three-part original video animation produced by AIC and Imagica Entertainment, and written by Chiaki J. Konaka and Kazuto Nakazawa. The series is set in the Bubblegum Crisis universe and takes place after the events of the original OVA series, from 2034 to 2040. It is set in the city of Megatokyo, and focuses on a division of A.D. Police known as Branch. They are tasked with stopping terrorist activities as well as List of [Bubblegum Crisis characters#Boomers|Boomers] that have become harmful to society.

Plot

Parasite Dolls is set in the original Bubblegum Crisis universe, taking place shortly after the events of the original OVA series. It focuses on a division of A.D. Police called Branch that is tasked with stopping terrorist activities and destroying Boomers that are a threat to society.

Characters

; Basil "Buzz" Nikvest
; Reiko Michaelson
; Kouji Takahashi
; Rod Kimball
; Elza "Angel" Lynch
; Bill Myers

Cast

#	Character	Japanese	English
1	Chieko	Ai Orikasa	Shelley Calene-Black
1	Caine	Kouji Tsujitani	Lew Temple
1	Corbin	Tooru Ookawa	Rob Mungle
1	Buzz's wife	Rie Saitou	Tiffany Grant
1	Police Dispatch 1		Jay Hickman
1	Police Dispatch 2		Victor Carsrud
1	HQ Dispatch		Kevin Charles
1	Helicopter Pilot		John Gremillion
1	Thug Boomer		Rob Mungle
2	Eve	Mako Hyoudou	Stephanie Nadolny
2	Puppet Master	Jouji Nakata	James Reed Faulkner
2	Little Girl		Sasha Paysinger
2	Factory Manager		David Born
2	Detective		Gene Tognacci
2	Pimp		Mark Laskowski
2	Prostitute in Rain		Nancy Novotny
2	Boomer Prostitute		Shawn Taylor
2	Older Worker		John Swasey
2	Younger Worker		Robert Anderson
2	Bellhop 1		Jovan Jackson
2	Bellhop 2		Mark Laskowski
2	Bellhop 3		Victor Carsrud
2	Prostitutes		Tiffany Grant Sasha Paysinger
2	Eve's Client 1		Jay Hickman
2	Eve's Client 2		John Swasey
2	Police Dispatch		Nancy Novotny
3	Kenji Sorime	Yukimasa Kishino	Mike MacRae
3	Kojima	Toshihiko Nakajima	John Tyson
3	TV Interviewer		Tiffany Grant
3	Boomer Sex Slave		Nancy Novotny
3	TV News Anchor		Shawn Taylor
3	Pork Chop DJ	Koran Daniels	Kevin Charles
3	Police Chief		Gene Tognacci
3	Reporter		Matt Culpepper

Additional voices
Japanese: Kouichi Kuriyama, Hajime Iijima, Hiroaki Yoshida, Kenji Nomura, Mitsuru Ogata, Tadahisa Seizen, Toshitaka Shimizu, Yuko Kagata, Yuna Iwaki
English: David Born, Gene Tognacci, George Manley, James Reed Faulkner, Jay Hickman, John Gremillion, John Swasey, John Tyson, Jovan Jackson, Kevin Charles, Mark Laskowski, Matt Culpepper, Mike MacRae, Nancy Novotny, Rob Mungle, Robert Anderson, Sasha Paysinger, Shawn Taylor, Tiffany Grant, Victor Carsrud

Episodes

Reception

Critical reception of Parasite Dolls has been generally positive. Nicole MacLean of THEM Anime Reviews gave the series a rating of 3 out of 5 stars. She found the installment to be "a good series that doesn't pull many surprises but does make a satisfying if sometimes a bit graphic watch. If one comes in without expectations of greatness and prepared for the violence, you'll likely enjoy it just fine." Browne recommended it for fans of cyberpunk, and also that it would be for mature teens and adults for its graphic violence and implicit sex.
Chris Beveridge of the Fandom Post found the audio and video for the collection to have no major issues, but disliked the cover artwork. He liked that the series featured some of the "dark underbelly" of the Bubblegum Crisis universe and without the bubblegum or the pop of the previous series and OVAs. He wrote: "This is a cop drama of a sort set in the future that tells three engaging tales and lets the third one really play with the world we’ve come to know. This is the kind of show I want to see as a series, not that other AD Police TV series. This is the good stuff."