Bubblegum Crisis (バブルガムクライシス） is the original OVA series. It is eight episodes long but was originally slated to run for 13 episodes. Due to legal problems between the two studios who jointly held the rights to the series, Artmic and Youmex, the series was discontinued prematurely. A sequel called Bubblegum Crash was made which is considered a shortened version of how the series was going to end.