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This is an series that aired in my pre-seiyuu-loving days.  After I started falling in love with my dearest Noto Mamiko, I started digging up series that she voiced a lead in.  After a while, I came across Burn-up Scramble.  Of course, it was from a while back and thus did not appeal to me.  However, after watching Marimite, I wanted to see more Mamiko x Megumi action, and thus my desire to watch Burn-Up Scramble was ignited.

Whatever expectations I had for this series… were sorely left unmet.

Mind you, this series had an awesome seiyuu cast: Toyoguchi Megumi as Rio, Kugimiya Rie as Maya, Noto Mamiko was Lilica, and Tanaka Rie as the jealous loser (I don’t recall them EVER mentioning her name in the entire series…).  Still, even the abundance of awesome voices did not make up for the crappy art, choppy animation, and absolute lack of storyline.  One thing it DID have in excess was fan-service.

Quick Summary: Future Tokyo is in a state of complete chaos, with crime rates raising and the current police force completely powerless to stop criminals.  In order to counter such a pathetic ordeal, the government establishes a secret task force which utilizes exceptional talent and super-powered equipment: the Warriors.  Rio and Maya, later joined by Lilica, are part of such a group.  Rio specializes in hand-to-hand combat, Maya in arms and sniping, and Lilica a natural psychic with exceptional powers.  The entire series is essentially about the three of them fighting crime, or solving big cases.  However, it seems that someone is working in the shadows so dispose of this super trio.  Who can it be?  What will become of these three super-well-endowed ladies?

Yea ok.  Picture time:

The three busty ladies... Lilica (Mamiko) on bottom left, Maya (Rie) on the right, and Rio (Megumi) on top.

LOL one of the most random episodes... used as a DVD cover??? Warriors... ALIEN STYLE XD

The smexy ladies behind the voices of the smexy ladies... if that makes sense. From the left: Mamiko (Lilica), Megumi (Rio) and Rie (Maya)

Let me remind everyone that I watched this SOLELY for the voice-acting… and even there I was kinda disappointed. Megumi voiced Rio, the lead, using a relatively girlier voice that sounded something like Meg from Burst Angel. However, occasionally she slipped into her lower Sei-like voice (Marimite), which I felt was just… not cool. If you’re gonna use a happy voice, stick with the happy voice. Don’t switch voices in the middle of the series =_=. Nothing exceptional from Mamiko or Rie either… both of them using their usual voices, saying unexceptional lines… etc. All in all, I didn’t like this series one bit.

However, if one is REALLY bored and would like to see lots of PANTSU and boing~!, please feel free to watch this. You won’t be TOO disappointed.