Gunbuster
| Gunbuster | |
Main characters from the series's opening. From left to right: Jung Freud, Koichiro "Coach" Ohta, Kazumi Amano, Noriko Takaya, Kimiko Higuchi and Captain Tatsumi Tashiro.
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トップをねらえ! (Aim for the Top!) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Mecha anime, Military science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hideaki Anno |
| Produced by | Hiroaki Inoue Minoru Takanashi Shirō Sasaki |
| Written by | Hideaki Anno Toshio Okada Hiroyuki Yamaga |
| Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
| Studio | Gainax, Studio Fantasia |
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| Released | October 7, 1988 – July 7, 1989 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Anime film | |
| Gunbuster vs. Diebuster | |
| Directed by |
Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Written by |
Hideaki Anno Yōji Enokido |
| Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
| Studio | Gainax |
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| Released | October 1, 2006 |
| Runtime | 200 minutes |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kabocha |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Young Ace |
| Original run | 2011 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
Gunbuster, known in Japan as Aim for the Top! (トップをねらえ! Toppu o Nerae!?), is a six-episode anime OVA series created by Gainax in 1988. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The title is a combination of the titles of classic tennis anime Aim for the Ace! and hit action drama film Top Gun, whose plot inspired Gunbuster's. To celebrate Gainax's 20th anniversary in 2004, an official sequel to Gunbuster, Diebuster (or Gunbuster 2), was released as an OVA. The sequel features new characters and mecha, but retains the format and many of the concepts of the original series.
In the very near future, a race of huge, insectoid aliens are discovered traveling the galaxy. These aliens, which are known as the Uchuu Kaijuu, or Space Monsters (Note: This name is what they are referred to throughout the series, although the Super Robot Wars games names them the "STMC" or "Space Terrible Monster Crowd"), seem dedicated to the eradication of the human species as the latter takes its first steps away from the solar system, and they are getting closer and closer to Earth. Humanity has responded by developing space-going battleships and giant fighting robots. These complex robots—RX-7 Machine Weapons—are actually an advanced type of fighting suit, piloted by a single occupant. As advanced as they are, however, they are being used as trainers for a new weapon, the Gunbuster. However, being relatively new technology, they are difficult to operate (stock shots show pilots working multiple controls with hands and feet, while fingers rapidly operate switches on the hand grips), so pilot candidates are selected from the best and brightest youth on Earth and the Lunar colony. These are trained at schools around the world.
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