Parasite Dolls

Characters

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese); Mike Vance (English)^Credits Lieutenant Basil "Buzz" Nikvest is a member of the Branch special task force of the AD Police. He was transferred to Branch five years before the story for shooting a child he thought was a boomer. Due to his mistake he is reluctant to carry a sidearm, despite being a gifted marksman. He was made a widower when his wife was killed by a rogue boomer.^{Ep. 1, 3}

Voiced by: Akemi Okamura (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)^Credits Sergeant Reiko Michaelson is the heavy weapons and vehicles expert in Branch. She flies a helicopter and is usually at the front lines for fighting Boomers.^{Ep. 1}

Voiced by: Masaru Ikeda (Japanese); Mike Kleinhenz (English)^Credits Koji Takahashi is the Inspector in charge of Branch operations.^{Ep. 1}

Voiced by: Somei Uchida (Japanese); Eric Chase (English)^Credits Sergeant Rod Kimball is a Boomer who serves alongside Buzz in Branch.^{Ep. 1} While he cannot hold an official rank, he is treated as a Sergeant. He was also able to identify Reiko's romantic feelings for Buzz. He was killed while saving Reiko from a helicopter assassination.^{Ep. 3}

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Heather LeMaster (English)^Credits While technically a member of Branch, Lieutenant Elza "Angel" Lynch spends most of her time undercover, investigating the Genom Corporation. She has silver hair and a dark complexion.^{Ep. 1}

Voiced by: Toshio Hurukawa (Japanese); Mike McFarland (English)^Credits An electronics and computer hacker, Bill Myers serves as the Branch's Boomer expert. The only person he seems to get along with is Buzz.^{Ep. 1}

Reception

Nicoletta Christina Browne of THEM Anime Reviews 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."