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Gunbuster (OAV)

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© BANDAI, VICTOR, GAINAX


Related anime:
    Comic Gunbuster (manga) (spinoff)
    Gunbuster 2 (OAV) (sequel)
      Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie (remix)
    Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie (remix)

Alternative title:
Aim for the Top! Gunbuster
Punta al Top! Gunbuster (Italian)
Top O Nerae! Gunbuster
Top wo Nerae! (Japanese)
トップをねらえ! (Japanese)
勇往直前 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Gunbuster is the story of Noriko Takaya, a young girl who is trying to walk in the footsteps of her famous father, Admiral Yuzo Takaya. It chronicles Noriko's trials and tribulations as she struggles to become a pilot of the massive robot Gunbuster. With the help of Coach Ota and her friends Kazumi and Jung, Noriko conquers her fears and learns one of the most important lessons in life: Believing in one's self.
User Ratings: 759 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 178 votes (sub:156, dub:7, raw:4, ?:4, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 217 votes (sub:193, dub:9, raw:5, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Ger.sub:1)
 Very good: 179 votes (sub:158, dub:9, Fre.sub:5, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, ?:2)
 Good: 99 votes (sub:85, dub:9, ?:2, raw:2, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 45 votes (sub:36, dub:5, Fre.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1342 users, rank: #455
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.270 (Very good+.27), std. dev.: 1.6369, rank: #236
Weighted mean: 8.229 (Very good+.22), rank: #204 (seen all: 8.28 / seen some: 7.24 / won't finish: 4.28)
Bayesian estimate: 8.220 (Very good+.21), rank: #134
Running time: 30 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage: 1988
Releases: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"「アクティブ・ハート」 Active Heart" by Noriko Sakai (eps 1-3)
Ending Theme:
#1: "「トライAgain…!」 Try Again...!" by Noriko Sakai (eps 1-3)
#2: "「アクティブ・ハート」 Active Heart" by Noriko Sakai (ep 4)
#3: "「時の河を越えて…」 Toki no Kawa wo Koete (The Timeless Stream)" by Kouhei Tanaka (ep 6)
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 22
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Related reviews:
    Gunbuster Sub.DVD

Related releases:
    Gunbuster vs. Diebuster: Aim for the Top! GATTAI!! Movie BluRay (Sub.Blu-Ray)
    Gunbuster (Sub.DVD) 2007-02-20 (from $43.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Hideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons)

Screenplay:
Hideaki Anno
Hiroyuki Yamaga (uncredited)
Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons)
Toshio Okada

Storyboard:
Hideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons)
Shinji Higuchi

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original Character Design: Haruhiko Mikimoto

Art director:
Hiroshi Sasaki
Masanori Kikuchi

Chief Animation Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka

Animation director:
Shinji Higuchi
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Yuji Moriyama

Animation Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Mecha design:
Kazutaka Miyatake
Koichi Ohata
Mahiro Maeda

Producer:
Hiroaki Inoue
Minoru Takanashi
Satoshi Kohno (New Science Lessons)
Shigeru Watanabe (New Science Lessons)
Shiro Sasaki
Takeshi Sawamura (New Science Lessons)
Toshio Azami (New Science Lessons)

Animation:
Atsushi Takeuchi
Eiji Suganuma
Eisaku Inoue
Fumio Iida
Haruo Kamata
Hideaki Anno
Hideki Nimura
Hidenori Matsubara
Hidetoshi Yoshida
Hiroaki Gohda
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Jiro Kanai
Katsu Kitao
Katsuhiko Nishijima
Katsutoshi Tsunoda
Keisuke Fukuda
Kenji Suzuki
Kôji Hasegawa
Kôji Hashimoto
Koji Ito
Koji Sugiura
Mahiro Maeda
Manabu Tanzawa
Masami Obari
Masaru Kitao
Masaya Kusunose (New Science Lessons)
Masayuki Hiraoka
Norifumi Kiyozumi
Noriyasu Yamauchi
Osamu Ohkubo
Ryuichi Makino
Sadami Morikawa
Seiji Nishimoto
Shigeki Sunada (New Science Lessons)
Shinji Hashimoto
Shoichi Masuo
Shunji Suzuki
Takahiro Kishida
Takahiro Omori
Takahiro Onoda (New Science Lessons)
Takehiro Nakayama
Takeshi Honda
Tomohiro Hirata
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Yasuhito Kikuchi
Yoshiaki Takei
Yoshitaka Kato
Yoshiyuki Ishikawa
Yoshiyuki Nunokawa
Yuji Moriyama
Yûji Satô

CG Graphics: Hiroyuki Yamaga (New Science Lessons)

Digital Art:
Hiroshi Sasaki (New Science Lessons)
Masanori Kikuchi (New Science Lessons)

Finishing: Tomomi Nakamaru (New Science Lessons)

Illustrator: Mahiro Maeda

In-Between Animation: Yoshiaki Iwasaki

Key Animation: Kazuya Tsurumaki (New Science Lessons)

Photography:
Hidetoshi Watanabe (New Science Lessons)
T. Nishimura (New Science Lessons)

Planning:
Hideaki Anno (New Science Lessons)
Minoru Takanashi (New Science Lessons)
Shiro Sasaki (New Science Lessons)

Production Assistant: Ken Ando (New Science Lessons)

Production manager: Yasuhiro Takeda (New Science Lessons)

Recording engineer:
Kaori Hiyamizu (New Science Lessons)
Norio Nishizawa (New Science Lessons)

Scientific Study: Yuji Moriyama

Sound Effects: Hideaki Anno (New Science Lessons)

Technical director: Shoichi Masuo

Theme Song Performance:
Noriko Hidaka ("Top O Nerae! ~Fly High~")
Noriko Sakai (OP/ED 1-2)
Rei Sakuma ("Top O Nerae! ~Fly High~")

 

Noriko Hidaka as Noriko Takaya

Rei Sakuma as Kazumi "Onee-sama" Amano

Kazuki Yao as Smith Toren

Maria Kawamura as Jung Freud

Masako Katsuki as
Kimiko Higuchi (Adult) 
Reiko Kashiwara

Norio Wakamoto as Kouichiro "Coach" Ohta

Tamio Ohki as Captain Tatsumi Tashiro

Tomomichi Nishimura as Tashiro's Executive Officer

Yuriko Fuchizaki as Kimiko Higuchi

Ayako Shiraishi as
Linda Yamamoto
Operator Woman 1 (ep 2)
Woman 1 (ep 2)

Daiki Nakamura as
Radar Operator
Speaker

Junko Asami as Female Student A (ep 1)

Kouji Tsujitani as Operator (eps 3-4)

Kyoko Minami as
Classmate (ep 1)
Female (ep 4)
Operator (ep 3)

Masako Katsuki as Miko Akaiki

Masashi Hirose as Admiral Yuzo Takaya (ep 2)

Mitsuaki Hoshino as announcer (ep 2)

Sakurako Kishiro as
Announcer Woman (ep 3)
Female (ep 4)

Takkou Ishimori as Principal

Yuriko Fuchizaki as Takami Akai

Japanese companies 

Backgrounds: Apple Group

Development: Tokyo Laboratory

Film: Eastman Kodak

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 Kuma
Studio Step (ep 1)

In-Between Animation:
Acorn Group (eps 2, 5-6)
AIC (eps 5-6)
Artland (eps 5-6)
DAST Corporation (eps 5-6)
Dogakobo (ep 1)
Domu (ep 3)
Dragon Production (ep 2)
Magic Bus (ep 3)
Mushi Productions (ep 4)
Nishiko Pro (ep 2)
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 Rod (ep 3)
Studio Wombat (eps 2-3)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 1, 5-6)

Key Animation: Studio 88 (eps 5-6)

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Music Production Cooperation: Imagine

Opening Titles: Maki Pro

Photography: T Nishimura

Production:
Bandai Visual
GAINAX
Victor Entertainment

Production Cooperation: Studio Fantasia

Recording Studio: Studio Aoi

Sound Effects: Toyo Onkyo Kamome

Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

English staff 
English cast 

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)
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)
Yuki Nakajima (U.S. Renditions - eps 1-2)

Executive producer:
Tatsunori Konno (Bandai Visual USA)
Yoshinori Ueno (Bandai Visual USA)

Producer:
David Keith Riddick (U.S. Renditions)
Naoko Ueki (Bandai Visual USA)
Takenari Maeda (Bandai Visual USA)

Additional Contributions: Carl Gustav Horn (Bandai Visual USA)

Consultant: David Keith Riddick (U.S. Renditions)

DVD Encoding & Authoring: Takashi Saita (Video-Tech)

Production Assistant:
Ai Takai (Bandai Visual USA)
Michiko Kumagai (Bandai Visual USA)

Production Coordination: Kumiko Moriyama (Video-Tech)

Production Supervision: Upton S. Redmonton (U.S. Renditions)

Script Editing: Robert Napton (U.S. Renditions)

Subtitle Timing: Tomoko Imazu (Video-Tech)

Translation Adviser:
Christina Rose (Bandai Visual USA)
Kousetsu Tateno (T.O.Y. International)
Shin Okada (Bandai Visual USA)

 (none)
English companies 

Adaptation: Video-Tech

Distributor: Kiseki Films (UK)

DVD Mastering: Video-Tech

DVD Menu Design: THESEDAYS

DVD Production: Image Entertainment

Licensed by:
Bandai Visual USA
Manga Entertainment (License Expired)
U.S. Renditions (License Expired)

Production: U.S. Renditions (1990-1991 Release)

Subtitles: E & C Productions (US Renditions)

Translation: Synch-Point (DVD Bonus Material)

Korean staff 
Korean companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Nova Media

Korean cast 
(none)

French cast 
French staff 

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Beez

Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Dynit

Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 

Translation:
Heidrun Maitre
Mariska Ruoss
Pascale Roehrig
Tobias Hössl

Producer:
Carlo de Rosa
Fabien Michaud

Subtitling:
Jerome Vernez
Michael Puhl
Sebastien Baudet
Stefan Beez

 (none)
German companies 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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