Gunbuster | |
![]() Official Blu-ray cover from Discotek Media featuring Kazumi (left), Noriko (middle), and Jung (right). | |
トップをねらえ! (Toppu o Nerae!) | |
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Genre | Mecha[1] |
Created by | Toshio Okada |
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 |
Licensed by |
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Released | 7 October 1988 – 7 July 1989 |
Runtime | 25–29 minutes |
Episodes | 6 |
Anime film | |
Gunbuster vs. Diebuster | |
Directed by | Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki |
Written by | Toshio Okada Yōji Enokido[2] |
Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
Studio | Gainax |
Licensed by |
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Released | 1 October 2006 |
Runtime | 195 minutes |
Manga | |
Written by | Kabocha |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Young Ace |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 4, 2010 – June 4, 2013 |
Volumes | 5[3] |
Sequel | |
Gunbuster, known in Japan as Top o Nerae! (トップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!, Aim for the Top!), is a Japanese OVA anime series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor, and Gainax and released from 1988 to 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The title is a combination of the titles of classic tennis manga and anime Aim for the Ace! and hit action drama film Top Gun, whose plot inspired Gunbuster's.[4] To celebrate Gainax's 20th anniversary in 2004, a 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.
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