The Anatomy of a Reference

Описание: Think of this as the first entry in like a video zine or something.

0:00 - Intro
3:06 - Bubblegum Crisis
6:10 - Streets of Fire
9:18 - The Perfect Storm
11:45 - So What?

Written, Edited, Narrated, and Original Music By: These Are The Vistas and NAAL

For Your Consideration:
Escape from New York (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Neuromancer (1984)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Megazone 23 (1985)
Johnny Mnemonic (1985)
Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
Max Headroom (1987)
Neo Tokyo (1987)
Akira (1988)

Further reading and citations:

On Japanese Rockabilly:
https://japantoday.com/category/featu...

On Media Loss and Preservation:
https://aftermath.site/the-person-sav...

On Moebius:
https://www.openculture.com/2025/09/a...

More on Moebius:
   • How one artist invented modern pop culture...  

Even more on Moebius:
https://phantasmic.com/blogs/news/the...

"Music Video of Streets of Fire" making of documentary:
   • Behind The Scenes of Streets of Fire (1984)  

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Science Saru BTS:
   • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Science Saru BTS...  

James Horner mentions his time working on the canned Streets of Fire soundtrack:
https://cnmsarchive.wordpress.com/201...

There are also some interviews I sourced from the Bubblegum Crisis Perfect Collection blu-ray release by AnimEigo, as well as the Streets of Fire collector's edition blu-ray by Shout Factory.