[Hawkeye]

Well guys its not just the french who been playing the April fools joke, Came across this in one of the other BGC newsgroups.

Fromthe Anime Enquirer:

"After more than 15 years since the last official release, the cult
favorite Bubblegum Crisis will finally be getting new episodes in late
2006. The next new episode, the ninth in the series, is expected to be
released on DVD in Japan in late summer.
When asked about the decade and a half between episodes, Usotsuki
Watashiwa of Youmex said, simply: "We forgot about it."
He goes on: "The other day I was cleaning up one of my filing cabinents
and found an old cel from the eighth episode, and was wondering whatever
became of the series. I went to talk to [Youmex president] Kurapora, and
he was equally baffled. We did some digging, and found that the
production crew went off for a lunch break during a story session for
episode 9 and never came back."
The old production team hasn't been found, but Usotsuki believes the new
team will be up to the task.
"It wasn't hard getting artists who wanted to invoke the style of the
late eighties. They were so tired of being forced to draw effeminate men
and dull martial arts scenes. One of them started crying when he began to
animate to draw a scene of Linna taking a bath. I've never been so
moved."
On this side of the Pacific, we talked to Robert Woodhead about AnimEigo
continuing to release the series in English. Most of his response is not
fit for a family publication, but he did show interest as long as the
oedipus complex obsessed AD Vision didn't beat them to the punch."

I don't know if this is true of someone trying an April fools for the OVA fans.