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Gunbuster (OAV)

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© BANDAI, VICTOR, GAINAX


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))
Themes: super robot
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, iral 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.
Ratings: 1297 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 278 votes (sub:248, dub:8, raw:7, ?:7, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 339 votes (sub:300, dub:16, raw:7, others:16
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 316 votes (sub:277, dub:21, raw:4, ?:2, others:12
5 French subtitled
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 198 votes (sub:171, dub:16, raw:3, ?:3, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 81 votes (sub:63, dub:12, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:32, dub:5, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:16, dub:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 2167 s, rank: #541 (of 9998)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.134 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6809, rank: #457 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 8.092 (Very good), rank: #453 (of 10155) (seen all: 8.14 / seen some: 7.30 / won't finish: 3.53)
Bayesian estimate: 8.086 (Very good), rank: #304 (of 7635)
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)
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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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Gunbuster - The Complete OVA Series (Blu-ray) 2023-05-30 (from $26.76)
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
    Gunbuster [Kinokuniya USA Exclusive] (Jp.DVD) 2006-11-24
DVD (Region 1)
    Gunbuster (Sub.DVD) 2007-02-20 (from $89.99)
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

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons)
Screenplay:
Toshio Okada (eps 1-6)
Storyboard:
Shinji Higuchi (eps 1-6)
Original creator: Toshio Okada
Original Character Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto
Art Director:
Masanori Kikuchi
Art: Kimiko Higuchi (ED 1-3)
Chief Animation Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Animation Director:
Yūji Moriyama (eps 2-3)
Animation Character Design: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Mecha design:
Mahiro Maeda
Producer:
Toshio Azami (New Science Lessons)

Animation:
Yūji Satō
Assistant Animation Director:
Satoshi Urushihara (ep 2)
Assistant Episode Director: Masakazu Amiya (eps 1, 5-6)
Background Art:
Yūsuke Takeda (Bihou; DVD SP2-3)
CG Graphics: Hiroyuki Yamaga (New Science Lessons)
Digital Art:
Masanori Kikuchi (New Science Lessons)
Editing:
Seiji Morita
Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Toyo Onkyo)
Finishing: Tomomi Nakamaru (New Science Lessons)
Harmony: Noriko Takaya
Illustration:
Mahiro Maeda (all for ED)
In-Between Animation:
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 4-6)
In-Between Check:
Yasuhito Kikuchi (eps 5-6)
Insert Song Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka
Insert Song Composition:
Kōji Makaino ("Otoko to Onna no Love Game")
Insert Song Lyrics:
Kyōko Matsumiya ("Top o Nerae! ~Fly High~")
Insert Song Performance:
Rei Sakuma
Key Animation:
Yūji Moriyama (ep 2)
Music Performance:
Kazuki Chiba (Contrabass)
Opening Animation: Masayuki
Photography: Hidetoshi Watanabe (New Science Lessons)
Planning:
Toshio Okada
Production:
Toshio Azami
Production Assistant: Ken Ando (New Science Lessons)
Production manager:
Yasuhiro Takeda (New Science Lessons)
Production Office: Kazumi Okada
Recording: Kunio Andō (Aoi Studio)
Recording Assistant: Nobuyoshi Uebayashi
Recording engineer:
Norio Nishizawa (New Science Lessons)
Scientific Study: Yūji Moriyama
Setting:
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (eps 1-6)
Sound Effects:
Shizuo Kurahashi
Special Effects:
Yuki Okumura (eps 1-6)
Technical Director: Shōichi Masuo
Theme Song Arrangement: Motoki Funayama
Theme Song Composition: Eiji Nishiki
Theme Song Lyrics:
Megumi Ogura (ED1)
Theme Song Performance: Noriko Sakai (OP/ED 1-2)
Noriko Hidaka as Noriko Takaya
Norio Wakamoto as Kōichirō "Coach" Ohta
Rei Sakuma as Kazumi "Onēama" Amano

Kazuki Yao as Smith Toren (ep 3)
Maria Kawamura as Jung Freud
Masako Katsuki as
Kimiko Akai (eps 5-6)
Reiko Kashiwara (eps 1, 6)
Tamio Ōki as Captain Tatsumi Tashiro
Tomomichi Nishimura as Tashiro's Executive Officer
Yuriko Fuchizaki as
Kimiko Higuchi (ep 1)
Takami Akai

Ayako Shiraishi as
Linda Yamamoto (ep 4)
Operator Woman 1 (eps 2-3)
Woman 1 (ep 2)
Ayumi Hashimoto as
Classmate ɣ (ep 1)
Female Top A (eps 3-4)
Daiki Nakamura as
Radar Operator Σ (ep 4)
Speaker (ep 3)
Junko Asami as Female Student A (ep 1)
Kazuo Oka as Engineer (ep 2)
Kōji Tsujitani as Operator (eps 3-4)
Kyōko Minami as
Classmate (ep 1)
Female Top Γ (ep 4)
Operator (ep 3)
Kyōsei Tsukui as Man 1 (ep 2)
Masashi Hirose as iral Yūzō Takaya (ep 2)
Masayuki Omoro as
Masanori Kikuchi (ep 4)
Operator Man #1 (ep 3)
Miharu Yokota as Classmate β (ep 1)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as announcer (ep 2)
Nobuyuki Furuta as Sailor (ep 2)
Sakurako Kishiro as
Announcer Woman (ep 3)
Female Top B (ep 4)
Takkō Ishimori as Principal Hiroaki Inoue (eps 1, 5)

Ayako Shiraishi (eps 5-6)
Hiromi Nakamura (eps 5-6)
Hōchū Ōtsuka (eps 5-6)
Kenyū Horiuchi (eps 5-6)
Kinryū Arimoto (eps 5-6)
Kiyonobu Suzuki (eps 5-6)
Masaru Ikeda (eps 5-6)
Shinya Ōtaki (eps 5-6)
Yuzuru Fujimoto (eps 5-6)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Apple
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Studio Step (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Usagi-ya (eps 2-3)
Mechanical Design: Studio Nue
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Music Production Cooperation: IMAGINE
Opening Titles: Maki Production
Photography: T. Nishimura
Production Cooperation: Studio Fantasia
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio
Sound Effects: Toyo Sound
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Marissa Lenti
Art Director: Brady Hartel (Discotek Media)
Translation:
Yūki Nakajima (U.S. Renditions; eps 1-2)
Executive producer:
Yoshinori Ueno (Bandai Visual USA)
Producer:
Takenari Maeda (Bandai Visual USA)

Additional Contributions: Carl Gustav Horn (Bandai Visual USA)
ADR Engineer:
Wyatt Baker
ADR Lyric Adaptation: Dawn M. Bennett
ADR Prep: Ry McKeand
ADR Script Supervisor: J. Michael Tatum
Artwork Restoration:
Jonathan Kim (Discotek Media)
Assistant ADR Director: Amber Lee Connors
Associate producer:
Robert Napton (U.S. Renditions; eps 3-6)
Audio Restoration:
Justin Sevakis (Discotek Media)
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Justin Sevakis (Discotek Media)
Blu-Ray Compression:
Justin Sevakis (Discotek Media)
Blu-ray Menu Breakdown: Gary Swarer (Discotek Media)
Commentary: Jonathan Clements (Discotek Media)
Consultant:
Shigeo Suzuki (U.S. Renditions)
Copy And Promotion: Michael Toole (Discotek Media)
DVD Encoding & Authoring: Takashi Saita (Video-Tech)
Extra Feature Translation: Elizabeth Ellis (Discotek Media)
Lead ADR Engineer: Natalie Van Sistine
Line Producer: Amber Lee Connors
Logo Animation: Will Culpepper II (U.S. Renditions)
Logo Music:
Road Narros (U.S. Renditions)
Mixing & Mastering Engineer:
Jacob Craner
Music Director: Dawn M. Bennett
Production Assistant:
Michiko Kumagai (Bandai Visual USA)
Production Coordination:
Upton S. Redmonton (U.S. Renditions)
Production Supervision: Upton S. Redmonton (U.S. Renditions)
Quality Control Manager: Marc Levy (Discotek Media)
Script Editing: Robert Napton (U.S. Renditions)
Sound Design:
Road Narros (U.S. Renditions)
Special Thanks To:
Mike Tatsugawa (U.S. Renditions)
Subtitle Editing:
Noelle Siddall (Discotek Media)
Subtitle Styling:
Logan Rebholz (Discotek Media)
Subtitle Timing:
Tomoko Imazu (Video-Tech)
Talent Coordination: Sarah Poulsen
Translation Adviser:
Shin Okada (Bandai Visual USA)
Bradley Gareth as Koichiro Ohta
Kiane Chula King as Noriko Takaya
Melissa Sternenberg as Kazumi Amano

Alexandra Yastishock as Jung Freud
Bill Jenkins as Tatsumi Tashiro
Ernesto Jason Liebrecht as Smith Toren
Krystal LaPorte as Reiko Kashiwara
Lisa Ortiz as Kimiko Higuchi

Brett Weaver as Yuzo Takaya
Cristina Vee as Takami Akai
Edwyn Tiong as Carneades Chief
Gianni Matragrano as Observation Department Head
Jim Foronda as Principal
Justin Briner as Vice-Minister
Kai Kennedy as Masanori Kikuchi
Kamran Nikhad as Chief of Naval R&D
Marissa Lenti as Head of Operations
Nola Klop as Linda Yamamoto
Steven Kelly as Chief of Staff
Valentine Stokes as Carneades Commander
Xander Mobus as Head of Shipbuilding

English companies
Adaptation: Video-Tech (Bandai Visual USA version)
ADR Production: Sound Cadence Studios (Discotek release)
Cover Design: Nippan Design Team (U.S. Renditions)
Distributor: Kiseki Films (UK - Expired)
DVD Mastering: Video-Tech (Bandai Visual USA version)
DVD Menu Design: THESEDAYS (Bandai Visual USA version)
DVD Production: Image Entertainment (Bandai Visual USA version)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (via Discotek Media)
Licensed by:
U.S. Renditions (License Expired)
Post Production: 525 Post Production (U.S. Renditions)
Post-Production Services: TwistyGadget (Discotek release)
Production: U.S. Renditions (1990-1991 Release)
Subtitles:
Ultra Studios (U.S. Renditions)
Translation: Synch-Point (Bandai Visual USA version)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Nova Media
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
Translation: Stéphane Lapie
Executive producer: Carlo Levy
(none)
French companies
Broadcaster: Nolife
Distributor: Beez Entertainment
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynamic SK (Spain; subtitled)
Subtitles: Cristal Media (Dynamic SK)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini (italian edition)
(none)
Italian companies
Licensed by: Dynit
German staff
German cast
Translation:
Tobias Hössl
Producer:
Fabien Michaud

Subtitling:
Stefan Beez
(none)
German companies
Distributor:
Kazé (now)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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