Gunbuster (OAV)
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Alternative title:
Aim for the Top! Gunbuster
Punta al Top! Gunbuster (Italian)
Top o Nerae! Gunbuster
トップをねらえ！ (Japanese)
勇往直前 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, Admiral Yuzo Takaya. He died when she was still a little girl due to an attack of alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, Noriko is handpicked by instructor Kouichiro Ohta as someone with great potential. She must then persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can indeed fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl.
User Ratings:
1298 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
1988-10-07
Release dates: We have 20
Opening Theme:
"Active Heart" (アクティブ・ハート) by Noriko Sakai (eps 1-3)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Try Again...!" (トライAgain…！) by Noriko Sakai (eps 1-3)
#2: "Active Heart" (アクティブ・ハート) by Noriko Sakai (ep 4)
#3: "Toki no Kawa o Koete…" (時の河を越えて…; "The Timeless Stream") by Kouhei Tanaka (instrumental; ep 6)
Insert song:
"Otoko to Onna no Love Game" (男と女のラブゲーム; A Man and a Woman's Love Game) by Norio Wakamoto and Rei Sakuma (ep 3)
"Top o Nerae! ~Fly High~" (トップをねらえ! 〜Fly High〜; Aim for the Top! Fly High) by Noriko Hidaka and Rei Sakuma (ep 5)
Official website:
V-Storage Official Gunbuster Homepage (Japanese)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 31
Comment:
Hideaki Anno's directorial debut.
Reviews:
Gunbuster Blu-ray (Jun 13, 2023)
Gunbuster Sub.DVD (Feb 26, 2007)
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Convention report:
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Press Releases:
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Gunbuster - The Complete OVA Series (Blu-ray) 2023-05-30 (from $31.96) |
| Blu-ray (Region B) |
| Gunbuster - Complete OVA Collection [Collector's Edition][UK] (Blu-ray) 2023-08-28 |
| Gunbuster - Complete OVA Collection [UK] (Blu-ray) 2023-11-13 |
| DVD (Region 0) |
| Gunbuster [UK] (DVD) 2001-04-20 (from $22.07) |
| Gunbuster [Kinokuniya USA Exclusive] (Jp.DVD) 2006-11-24 |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Gunbuster (Sub.DVD) 2007-02-20 (from $43.74) |
| VHS |
| Gunbuster (Sub.VHS 1) 1990-02-01 |
| Gunbuster (Sub.VHS 1) 1996-08-20 |
| Gunbuster (Sub.VHS 2) 1991-08-21 |
| Gunbuster (Sub.VHS 2) 1996-09-24 |
| Gunbuster (Sub.VHS 3) 1991-12-01 |
| Gunbuster (Sub.VHS 3) 1996-10-22 |
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Screenplay:
Hideaki Anno (New Science Lessons; eps 5-6) Hiroyuki Yamaga (uncredited) Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons) Toshio Okada (eps 1-6)
Animation Director:
Toshiyuki Kubooka (eps 1, 4) Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (eps 5-6) Yūji Moriyama (eps 2-3)
Producer:
Hiroaki Inoue Minoru Takanashi Satoshi Kohno (New Science Lessons) Shigeru Watanabe (New Science Lessons) Shirō Sasaki Takeshi Sawamura (New Science Lessons) Toshio Azami (New Science Lessons)
Animation:
Haruo Kamata Katsu Kitao Katsuhiko Nishijima Katsutoshi Tsunoda Kōji Hasegawa Kōji Itō Kōji Sugiura Manabu Tanzawa Masaru Kitao Masaya Kusunose (New Science Lessons) Masayuki Hiraoka Norifumi Kiyozumi Noriyasu Yamauchi Ryūichi Makino Seiji Nishimoto Shigeki Sunada (New Science Lessons) Shunji Suzuki Takahiro Onoda (New Science Lessons) Takehiro Nakayama Tomohiro Hirata Toshiyuki Kubooka Yoshitaka Katō Yoshiyuki Ishikawa Yoshiyuki Nunokawa Yūji Satō
Background Art:
Satoshi Hirono (eps 1-3, 5-6) Takashi Watabe (eps 5-6) Tatsuya Kushida (eps 5-6) Yōji Takeshige (eps 1-2, 5-6) Yūsuke Takeda (Bihou; DVD SP2-3)
In-Between Animation:
Hiroko Onoki (eps 1-2, 4) Hirotsugu Yamada (eps 1-2) Kazuya Kuroda (eps 1-2, 4-6) Keiji Gotō (eps 1-2) Koichi Nakaochi (eps 1-2) Kōji Sugiura (ep 4) Masayuki Ota (ep 3) Naoki Katō (eps 1-2) Naoki Kitamura (ep 3) Natsuko Goto (Shaft; DVD SP1-3) Shinya Yamamoto (eps 1-2) Suzuko Watanabe (eps 4-6) Takashi Nagayama (ep 3) Takehiro Nakayama (eps 1-2) Takeshi Honda (eps 1-2) Takeshi Yamamoto (ep 3) Tomoaki Kado (eps 1-2) Yasuhito Kikuchi (ep 4) Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 4-6)
In-Between Check:
Hajime Yoshida (eps 3-4) Hiroshi Yoneda (eps 1-2) Junichi Nagano (eps 3-4) Takehiro Nakayama (eps 5-6) Yasuhito Kikuchi (eps 5-6)
Insert Song Composition:
Kōhei Tanaka ("Top o Nerae! ~Fly High~") Kōji Makaino ("Otoko to Onna no Love Game")
Insert Song Lyrics:
Ben Uozumi ("Otoko to Onna no Love Game") Kyōko Matsumiya ("Top o Nerae! ~Fly High~")
Key Animation:
Atsushi Takeuchi (eps 5-6) Eiji Suganuma (eps 5-6) Eisaku Inoue (ep 3) Fumio Iida (eps 5-6) Hideaki Anno (eps 5-6) Hideki Futamura (eps 3-4) Hidenori Matsubara (eps 1, 4-6) Hidetoshi Yoshida (eps 2-6) Hiroaki Gōda (eps 1, 4-6) Hiroyuki Kitakubo (eps 4-6) Jirō Kanai (eps 5-6) Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons) Keisuke Fukuda (eps 1-2, 5-6) Kōichi Hashimoto (ep 4) Kōji Sugiura (eps 5-6) Mahiro Maeda (eps 1, 4-6) Makoto Kanai (OAV 2) Masami Ōbari (eps 5-6) Masayuki (eps 5-6) Norifumi Kiyozumi (eps 5-6) Osamu Ōkubo (eps 5-6) Sadami Morikawa (eps 5-6) Shinji Hashimoto (ep 4) Shōichi Masuo (eps 2, 4-6) Shunji Suzuki (eps 4-6) Takahiro Kishida (eps 2-3, 5-6) Takahiro Ōmori (eps 5-6) Takehiro Nakayama (eps 2-6) Takeshi Honda (eps 3-6) Toshiyuki Kubooka (ep 2) Yasuhito Kikuchi (eps 5-6) Yoshiaki Takei (eps 1-6) Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (eps 1, 4-6) Yūji Moriyama (ep 2)
Planning:
Hideaki Anno (New Science Lessons) Isamu Senda Minoru Takanashi (New Science Lessons) Shin Unozawa Shirō Sasaki (New Science Lessons) Toshio Okada
Production manager:
Ayumi Enomoto (eps 2-3) Shōji Murahama (eps 1-3, 5-6) Yasuhiro Takeda (New Science Lessons)
Setting:
Hiroshi Sasaki (eps 1-6) Ikuto Yamashita (eps 5-6) Mahiro Maeda (eps 1-6) Masanori Kikuchi (eps 1-6) Shinji Higuchi (eps 5-6) Takashi Watabe (eps 5-6) Takehiko Itō (eps 5-6) Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (eps 1-6) |
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Finish Animation:
Animation Time (eps 3-4) Just (eps 5-6) Kitty Films (ep 1) Lee Production (eps 5-6) Magic Bus (eps 5-6) Studio 88 (eps 5-6) Studio CATS (ep 1) Studio Kuma (eps 1-6) Studio Step (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
AIC (eps 5-6) Artland (eps 5-6) D.A.S.T Corporation (eps 5-6) Daume (ep 3) Dōga Kōbō (ep 1) Dragon Production (ep 2) Group Donguri (eps 2, 5-6) Magic Bus (ep 3) Mushi Production (ep 4) Nishiko Pro (ep 2) Project Team Muu (eps 1, 5-6) Studio 88 (ep 1) Studio ArgoShip (ep 1) Studio Kuma (eps 3-4) Studio Mark (eps 1, 5-6) Studio Max (ep 4) Studio Mu (eps 1, 3, 5-6) Studio Outside (eps 4-6) Studio Rod (ep 3) Studio Wombat (eps 2-3) Sunshine Corporation (eps 1, 5-6) Usagi-ya (eps 2-3) |
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Translation:
Deborah Grant (U.S. Renditions; eps 1-2) Glova Corporation (Bandai Visual USA eps 1-6) Ken Iyadomi (U.S. Renditions; eps 1-2) Noelle Siddall (Discotek Media) Stuart J. Walton (Bandai Visual USA) Toshifumi Yoshida (U.S. Renditions; eps 3-6) Trish Ledoux (U.S. Renditions; eps 3-6) Yoshiyuki Karahashi (U.S.Renditions Science Lessons) Yūki Nakajima (U.S. Renditions; eps 1-2)
Producer:
Amber Lee Connors (Sound Cadence) Brady Hartel (Discotek Media) David Keith Riddick (U.S. Renditions) Justin Sevakis (Discotek Media) Naoko Ueki (Bandai Visual USA) Takenari Maeda (Bandai Visual USA)
Associate producer:
David Keith Riddick (U.S. Renditions; eps 3-6) Elaine Morland (Discotek Media) Logan Rebholz (Discotek Media) Marc Levy (Discotek Media) Robert Napton (U.S. Renditions; eps 3-6)
Audio Restoration:
Brady Hartel (Discotek Media) Elaine Morland (Discotek Media) Justin Sevakis (Discotek Media)
Consultant:
David Keith Riddick (U.S. Renditions) Eric Ota (U.S. Renditions) Shigeo Suzuki (U.S. Renditions)
Production Assistant:
Ai Takai (Bandai Visual USA) Ashley Goodheart (Discotek Media) Ian Wright (Discotek Media) Jeremy Vasquez (Discotek Media) Michiko Kumagai (Bandai Visual USA)
Production Coordination:
Kumiko Moriyama (Video-Tech) (Bandai Visual USA) Upton S. Redmonton (U.S. Renditions)
Special Thanks To:
Christina Rose (Discotek Media) Ethan Fogg (U.S. Renditions) Mike Tatsugawa (U.S. Renditions)
Subtitle Timing:
Ian Wright (Discotek Media) Logan Rebholz (Discotek Media) Tomoko Imazu (Video-Tech)
Translation Adviser:
Christina Rose (Bandai Visual USA) Kousetsu Tateno (T.O.Y. International) Shin Okada (Bandai Visual USA) |
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Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK, 2023) Bandai Visual USA (2006; Expired) Discotek Media (2021) Manga Entertainment (License Expired) U.S. Renditions (License Expired) |
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