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Gunbuster 2: Diebuster (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Aim for the Top 2!
Diebuster
Gunbuster 2
Punta al top 2! Diebuster (Italian)
Top wo Nerae 2! (Japanese)
Дайбастер: дотянись до неба — 2 (Russian)
トップをねらえ2! (Japanese)
勇往直前2 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Nono is a clumsy waitress who dreams of becoming a space pilot. One day, she meets Lal'C Melk Mark, a member of the elite psychic pilot team "Topless". But when space monsters appear from out of nowhere to wreak havoc on Mars, Lal'C calls out her Buster Machine—codenamed "Dix-Neuf"—to subdue the threat. During a battle with a Space Monster, Lal'C gets the surprise of her life when she sees Nono use her super-strength to help Dix-Neuf destroy the alien. From that point, Nono hangs along with Lal'C in hopes of becoming a member of Topless.
User Ratings: 966 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 134 votes (sub:122, dub:6, raw:3, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 240 votes (sub:214, dub:11, raw:5, others:10
3 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 265 votes (sub:240, dub:14, raw:1, others:10
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 147 votes (sub:131, dub:6, ?:2, raw:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Decent: 94 votes (sub:86, dub:3, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 36 votes (sub:31, dub:2, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:19)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:17)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1695 users, rank: #719 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.807 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7333, rank: #1024 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.732 (Very good−), rank: #1059 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.83 / seen some: 6.81 / won't finish: 4.07)
Bayesian estimate: 7.728 (Very good−), rank: #806 (of 7243)
Running time: 27 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
2004-10-03 (Episode 1 AT-X broadcast)
2007-01-18 (Ep. 1, Italy - Future Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Groovin' Magic" by ROUND TABLE feat.Nino
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hoshikuzu Namida" (星屑涙; Stardust Tears) by ACKO (eps 1-5)
#2: "Tatsu Tori Ato o Nigosa zu" by Kouhei Tanaka (ep 6)
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Top wo Nerae 2! is the first of GAINAX's 20th anniversary projects.
Reviews:
Gunbuster 2 DVD 3 (Jul 14, 2007)
Gunbuster 2 Sub.DVD 2 (Jun 16, 2007)
Gunbuster 2 Sub.DVD 1 (Jun 13, 2007)
News: Show:
Promare Released Monday (Jun 28, 2020)
Bandai Japan DVD Trailers (May 11, 2006)
Gunbuster 2 Trailer (Feb 1, 2005)
Gunbuster 2 Trailer (Sep 9, 2004)
Top wo Nerae 2! Delayed (Jul 13, 2004)
Gunbuster Web Update (Jun 18, 2004)
Even More on Gunbuster (May 8, 2004)
More on Gunbuster 2 (May 7, 2004)
Gunbuster 2 details (May 6, 2004)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Gunbuster 2 - The Complete Series (Sub.DVD) 2013-05-21 (from $300.00)
    Gunbuster 2 (Sub.DVD 1) 2007-05-22 (from $6.96)
    Gunbuster 2 (Sub.DVD 1) 2008-09-16 (from $35.48)
    Gunbuster 2 (Sub.DVD 2) 2007-06-12 (from $5.99)
    Gunbuster 2 (Sub.DVD 2) 2008-09-16 (from $39.98)
    Gunbuster 2 (Sub.DVD 3) 2007-06-26 (from $6.78)
    Gunbuster 2 (Sub.DVD 3) 2008-09-16

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Screenplay:
Yoji Enokido (eps 1-6)
Storyboard:
Hideaki Anno (eps 4, 6)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (ep 6)
Kunihiko Ikuhara (ep 2)
Masayuki (ep 5)
Shinji Higuchi (ep 1)
Sushio (ep 6)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (eps 3, 6)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Nishigori (ep 5)
Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 2)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (ep 6)
Masahiko Otsuka (eps 1, 4)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 3)
Unit Director: Masayuki (OP)
Music: Kōhei Tanaka
Original Concept: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Art Director: Tomonori Katō
Animation Director:
Sushio (ep 6)
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (OP)
Yuka Shibata (ep 6)
3D Director: Shinji Nasu (T2 Studio)
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography: Jiro Tazawa (T2 Studio)
2nd Key Animation:
Akira Amemiya (eps 5-6)
Hideaki Anno (ep 6)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Sasaki (eps 1, 3-5)
Hisashi Mori (ep 6)
Hitomi Hasegawa (ep 6)
Kanako Satō (ep 6)
Kikuko Sadakata (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Kōichirō Kawano (eps 1-2, 6)
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 1)
Noriko Takiyama (ep 1)
Ryūichi Baba (ep 1)
Satoshi Yamaguchi (eps 5-6)
Sayaka Toda (eps 1, 3, 6)
Shingo Tamaki (ep 3)
Shouji Saeki (ep 1)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 1)
Tatsuzou Nishida (ep 6)
Yasunori Aoki (ep 3)
Animation producer: Hiroki Satō
Art Supervision: Yūsuke Takeda (Studio Bihou)
Assistant Animation Director:
Atsushi Nishigori (ep 1)
Yuka Shibata (ep 2)
Assistant Episode Director: Masahiko Otsuka (ep 5)
CG Production: Yutaka Uemura
Character Animation Director:
Akemi Hayashi (ep 3)
Atsushi Nishigori (eps 2, 5)
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (ep 1)
Yuka Shibata (eps 1, 4)
Design Cooperation: Hajime Ueda
Digital Director: Shōichi Masuo
Editing: Aya Hida (Gonzo)
Editorial Supervision: Hideaki Anno
Future Visuals: Okama
Guest Character Design:
Shigeto Koyama (eps 5-6)
Sushio (ep 6)
Yuka Shibata (ep 6)
Illustration: Okama (all for ED)
In-Between Animation:
Akira Amemiya (GAINAX; eps 1-4)
Hitomi Hasegawa (GAINAX; eps 1-5)
Kikuko Sadakata (GAINAX; eps 1-2)
Key Animation:
Akemi Hayashi (OP; eps 1-2, 5-6)
Akira Takata (eps 4-6)
Atsushi Nishigori (eps 1-5)
Ayumi Shiraishi (eps 1-3)
Chie Nishizawa (ep 3)
Chikashi Kubota (eps 1-2, 4)
Daisuke Kikuchi (ep 3)
Eiji Suganuma (eps 2, 4-5)
Genichiro Kondo (eps 3-4, 6)
Gosei Oda (ep 4)
Haruki Miura (ep 2)
Haruko Iizuka (eps 1, 4)
Hideaki Anno (ep 2)
Hiroaki Tomita (ep 1)
Hirokazu Kojima (eps 3, 5-6)
Hiroyuki Aoyama (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps 1-2, 5)
Kanta Suzuki (ep 2)
Katsuya Yamada (eps 2-3)
Kazunori Akiyama (eps 3-4)
Kazuo Sakai (eps 2-3)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Ken Ōtsuka (ep 4)
Kenichi Yoshida (ep 6)
Kōichi Motomura (eps 2-3, 5-6)
Kōichirō Kawano (eps 3-4)
Koji Sugiura (ep 5)
Masafumi Yokota (ep 2)
Masashi Ishihama (ep 2)
Masashi Okumura (ep 3)
Masayuki (ep 3)
Michinori Chiba (ep 2)
Mika Shirota (ep 4)
Mitsuko Baba (ep 5)
Miwa Sasaki (ep 3)
Nobutoshi Ogura (ep 5)
Ryūichi Baba (ep 2)
Satomi Higuchi (ep 4)
Shin Itagaki (ep 1)
Shingo Adachi (ep 4)
Shinjiro Shigeki (eps 3, 6)
Shōichi Masuo (eps 1-3)
Shōko Nakamura (eps 1-5)
Shunji Suzuki (eps 1, 4, 6)
Shuta Osabe (ep 1)
Sushio (5 episodes
eps 1, 3 uncredited, 4-6
)

Tadahito Matsubayashi (ep 1)
Tadashi Abiru (eps 3, 5-6)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (eps 1, 4-6)
Takahiko Yoshida (ep 2)
Takashi Kawaguchi (eps 2, 6)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 3)
Takeshi Morita (ep 2)
Terumi Nishii (eps 1, 3, 5)
Tetsuya Hasegawa (ep 4)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (ep 5)
Tsutomu Kaichi (ep 2)
Yoh Yoshinari (eps 1-5)
Yoshihiko Umakoshi (eps 1, 3)
Yoshimi Itazu (ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Ito (ep 6)
Yū Yamashita (ep 3)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 2)
Yūichi Takahashi (eps 3, 5-6)
Yuka Shibata (OP; eps 2-4, 6)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 1)
Yusuke Yoshigaki (eps 1-4)
Layout: Daisuke Kikuchi (ep 4)
Mechanical animation Director:
Chikashi Kubota (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 4)
Sushio (eps 1, 5)
Tadashi Abiru (ep 3)
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Hitoshi Yokoyama (Trumpet)
Junko Yamashiro (Bass Trombone)
Kanade Shishiuchi (Trombone)
Kōji Nishimura (Trumpet)
Masahiko Sugasaka (Trumpet)
Masakazu Ishibashi (Oboe)
Masashi Togame (Clarinet)
Midori Takada (Percussion)
Mitsukuni Kohata (Trumpet)
Nami Kaneko (Flute)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Satoshi Shōji (Oboe)
Tadashi Hoshino (Clarinet)
Takashi Asahi (Flute)
Tamao Fujii (Percussion)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Toshio Araki (Trumpet)
Production Advancement: Naoko Tsutsumi (eps 2-6)
Setting Production Assistant: Yutaka Uemura
Theme Song Composition: Rui Nagai (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
ACKO (ED)
Round Table (OP)
Maaya Sakamoto as Lal'C Melk Mark
Yukari Fukui as Nono

Hiroki Tōchi as Nigo
Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Admiral Dhorasoo
Mitsuo Iwata as Nichola Vacheron
Miyuki Sawashiro as Tycho Science
Sanae Kobayashi as Piaget Serpentine
Takumi Yamazaki as Casio Takashiro
Yuki Matsuoka as LeCoultre Serpentine

Akio Suyama as Roy Anyan
Daisuke Kirii as Crewman B
Daisuke Ono as Crewman A
Gara Takashima as Commodore Zaha
Hideyuki Umezu as Hatori
Hiroshi Yanaka as Soldier A
Hitomi Nabatame as Vita Nova
Katsunosuke Hori as Old Master
Kei Kobayashi as Gurka Kukshis
Kōichi Kitamura as Elder A
Mami Koyama as Shop Owner
Nozomu Sasaki as
Gouya Reicy 
Gōya Reishi
Ryōka Yuzuki as Operator
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi as Captain
Sanae Kobayashi as Serpentine Twin 
Shirou Ishimoda as Soldier B
Shizuka Itō as
Pacica Peska Pelcicum 
Pasica Pesca Persicum
Takafumi Kawakami as Crewman D
Takashi Kondō as Vasily Ivanovich
Tetsuharu Ohta as Crewman C
Yōko Honna as
Nhãn Ngọc Cham
Nyan Nok Cham 
Yoshinori Sonobe as Kartoffel Patata
Yū Kobayashi as
Citron Limone
Citrone Rimone 
Yuki Matsuoka as Serpentine Twin 
Yūko Kaida as
Lú Sǔn
Ruu Soon 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ARCTURUS (ep 3)
Rikuentai (ep 3)
Seigasha (ep 1)
Studio Wombat (ep 1)
3D Direction: T2 Studio
3D Graphics: View Works
3DCGI: T2 Studio
Art Direction: Bihou, Inc.
Art Supervision: Bihou, Inc.
Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
Broadcaster: AT-X
Digital Photography:
T2 Studio
View Works (eps 1, 3)
Distributor: Bandai Visual
In-Between Animation:
Anime Roman (ep 1)
Anime Torotoro (ep 1)
ARCTURUS (ep 3)
Danni Animation (ep 1)
feel. (ep 3)
Frontline (eps 1, 3, 6)
GAINAX (eps 1, 3)
Kino Production (ep 1)
Madhouse (eps 1, 3)
Nakamura Production (eps 1, 6)
SHAFT (ep 6)
Studio Cockpit (ep 1)
Studio Jungle Gym (ep 1)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 6)
Triple A (ep 6)
Xebec (ep 3)
Music Co-Production: IMAGINE
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Paint:
Artland (ep 6)
Bee Train (ep 3)
Danni Animation (ep 3)
feel. (ep 3)
Frontline (eps 1, 6)
Madhouse (ep 1)
Studio Elle (eps 1, 3, 6)
Studio Lagoon (eps 1, 3)
Studio Rod (ep 1)
T2 Studio (eps 1, 3, 6)
Triple A (ep 6)
Photography Direction: T2 Studio
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English staff
English cast
Translation: Stuart J. Walton
Executive producer:
Tatsunori Konno
Yoshihiro Ueno

Booklet Design: Kazuhiko Ishidoya (Intac)
Booklet Layout: Kazuhiko Ishidoya (Intac)
Booklet Translation: Bill Johnson
DVD Encoding & Authoring: Takashi Saita (Video-Tech)
DVD Menu Design: Mitsuo Nagano (121)
Editing: Carl Gustav Horn (Booklets)
Production Coordination:
Kumiko Moriyama (Video-Tech)
Yasuaki Koyama (Video-Tech)
Subtitle Coordinator:
Kumiko Moriyama
Yasuaki Koyama
Subtitle Timing: Tomoko Imazu (Video-Tech)
Subtitling:
Stuart J. Walton
Tomoko Imazu (Video-Tech)
Translation Adviser:
Christina Rose
Kousetsu Tateno (T.O.Y. International)
Shin Okada (T.O.Y. International)
(none)
English companies
Adaptation: Video-Tech
DVD Mastering: Video-Tech
Licensed by:
Bandai Visual USA (Expired)
Discotek Media (2013)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Nolife
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Stefano Brusa

Coordination: Roberta Poggio (Ad Libitum)
Dubbing Assistant: Alessia Marziano
Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
Graphic Assistant: Matteo Castronuovo
Graphic Design: Paolo Torchetti
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Marketing Consultant:
Alice Quaglino (Filmicom)
Giorgio Pulini
Post Production: Luca Franciosi
Project Manager: Alex Corazza
Publishing Director: Anna Marani
Quality Control: Luca Franciosi
Federica De Bortoli as Lal'C Melk Mark
Ilaria Latini as Nono
Niseem Onorato as Nicolas Vacheron

Marco De Risi as Casio Takashiro
Monica Ward as Serpentine Twin
Tatiana Dessi as Tycho Science
Valeria Vidali as Serpentine Twin

Andrea Ward as Ufficiale di stato maggiore (epp 5-6)
Bruno Alessandro as Dhorasoo (epp 5-6)
Dante Biagioni as Maestro (ep 6)
Dario De Rosa as Membro equipaggio 2 (ep 21)
Ennio Coltorti as Hatori
George Valenti as Membro Equipaggio 4 (ep 2)
Gianluca Crisafi as Membro equipaggio 1 (ep 1)
Liliana Sorrentino as Shop Owner
Luigi Scrivani as Membro Equipaggio 1 (ep 2)
Mara Fronzi as
Membro Equipaggio 3 (ep 2)
Speaker (ep 1)
Omar Vitelli as Membro Equipaggio 2 (ep 2)
Raffaele Lombardi as Speaker (ep 1)
Roberta De Roberto as Pasica Pesca Persicum
Italian companies
Broadcaster: MTV Italia (from 27 May 2008)
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: Studio Delta
DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.
Translation: Ad Libitum
Russian staff
Russian cast
Anna Grebenshchikova as Lal'C Melk Mark
Marina Yuryeva as Nono

Alexander Novikov as Casio Takashiro
Andrey Novikov as Nichola Vacheron
Margarita Ivanova as Tycho Science

Alexander Filchenko as Tokyo Major
Alexander Layenko as Hattori
Anastasia Novikova as Citrone Rimone
Anna Sezonenko as Nurse
Artyom Tolstobrov as Head of Stuff
Boris Alekseev as Roy Anyan
Dmitriy Kartashov as Goya Reishi
Lyudmila Guskova as Ruu Soon
Mariya Bondarenko as Pacica Peska Pelcicum
Mikhail Maltsev as Admiral
Nikita Klimov as Gurka Kuksis
Olga Demidova as Nyan Nok Cham
Sergey Smirnov as Kartoffel Patata
Tatyana Chernyavskaya as Café Host
Tatyana Sezonenko as Fleet Commander
Yekaterina Savchenko as Serpentine Twins

Russian companies
Distributor: Reanimedia
Licensed by: Reanimedia
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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