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"GunBuster"

(GunBuster)

Japanese name トップをねらえ!

Supervised by Hideaki Anno

Produced and distributed by Bandai Visual GAINAX Victor Entertainment

Year of production 1988

Official website http://www. gainax.co.jp/anime/top/index.html

Total*** episodes 6

This film was produced by GAINAX in 1988 and is the director of Hideaki Anno ("New Century Gospel"). Supervisor of "Warrior") is the director's debut film for the first time, a youth inspirational work with space travel as the background...

[Edit this paragraph] Plot summary

First Shocking words! My eldest sister and I are pilots

My name is Noriko Takaya, and my father is the captain of the spaceship LUXION. Since I was a child, I have always wanted to be a space pilot and be able to go to the universe so that I can be with my dad forever. Suddenly, my father's ship encountered a space monster and was sunk, but I still decided to enter Okinawa Space Girls' High School. There I met my eldest sister, Kazumi Amano. She is not only beautiful but also has a nice personality. It was great to be selected as a member of the RX program together with her! It's just that third-year classmate Kashiwahara wants to challenge me to a duel. What should I do now?

The first chapter is full of campus life and passionate efforts.

The second chapter is bold! The challenge of the genius girl!

Fazi finally came to the universe. We met Jung, a so-called genius from Soviet Russia. She actually wanted to find her eldest sister. There is a competition, but the eldest sister will not lose to her. But later she reconciled with us and invited us to her birthday party. At this time, there was a mysterious object in the outer universe approaching at the speed of light. My eldest sister and I were assigned to confirm this object. I didn’t expect that thing to be my father’s boat, LUXION. Where is my father! I'm going to find him!

The second chapter of Lost in the Flow of Ether, a moment is eternity.

Chapter 3: First Love and First Battle

The new battleship EXELION is completed, and we are going to challenge the space monsters. I met a handsome guy named Smith during the Subspace Daring Competition. However, my skills in driving mechanical weapons were so bad that my eldest sister didn’t want me to partner with her. Fortunately, Smith was willing to partner with me to form a team. When EXELION arrived at LEAF 64, I found that it had been occupied by space monsters. I was at a loss when entering the battlefield for the first time. Smith, where are you?

The third chapter contains both the excitement of first love and the fear of first battle.

The fourth chapter is launched! The unfinished final weapon!

The space monster is much stronger than we imagined, and Smith is also dead. It’s all because of my poor skills. Damn it, coach, please train me more strictly. EXELION, who was preparing to return to Earth, was attacked by space monsters as it advanced through subspace. What's worse, the monsters will discover Earth's location, and we must destroy them. GUNBUSTER! You are our only hope.

The fourth episode of GUNBUSTER turns grief into strength and shows off its power.

Episode 5 Please! Leave time for love

Finally returned to Earth, but many years have passed on Earth, and Kimiko has become the mother of a child. The coach is sick!? He has cosmic radiation disease and can only live for half a year. At this time, a large number of cosmic monsters appeared outside Thunder King. The only way was to use the scrapped EXELION to trigger a black hole and suck all the cosmic monsters away. The problem is that this mission will take half a year to complete. What should we do? My eldest sister and I will never see the coach again!

The fifth episode of making a choice between human survival and personal love.

Episode 6: At the End of the Endless Drift

In order to fight for the survival of mankind, we began to implement the Carneades plan and directly attacked the lair of the space monsters-the center of the Milky Way. . Our final weapon is BUSTER Unit 3, a black hole bomb made by compressing Jupiter. After a fierce battle, the black hole bomb began to activate. What! The critical value cannot be exceeded, and there is no way to trigger the third collapse with implosion! Could it be that God has abandoned mankind and miracles have not happened... No, I will definitely make miracles happen. GUNBUSTER, I'm sorry.

The sixth episode of the epic final battle that determines life and death.

[Edit this paragraph] STAFF

Planning, original work, script: Okada Tojio

Original character design: Mikimoto Haruhiko

Painting: Anno Hideaki, Sadamoto Yoshiyuki, Kitakubo Hiroyuki

Part of the painting supervision and setting: Sadamoto Yoshiyuki

Drawing setting and supervision: Anno Hideaki

Ending song performed by: Noriko Sakai

[Edit this paragraph] Comments

A magnificent science fiction work, interspersed with the friendship between the protagonist and his friends and comrades, due to the journey It is too far away, and the space army flies at close to the speed of light. Although Noriko and others who often go on expeditions are still young girls, their relatives and friends on the earth are already old. It is really cruel. Hideaki Anno showed his ability to control big scenes when he first became a director, especially the final episode. Due to the use of a 16:9 widescreen, the powerful picture is comparable to the theatrical version (the episode was in black and white, and it was changed to color at the end) ). Except for the Japaneseism that permeates the film and some unnecessary nudity of the heroines, it is perfect and recommended to friends who like science fiction works.

[Edit this paragraph] Gunbuster 2

Japanese name: Gunbuster 2!

English name: Gunbuster 2

Supervisor: Kazuya Tsurumaki

Production and distribution: GAINAX

Year of production: 2005

Official website: http://www.top2.jp

The large-scale production plan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of GAINAX has been launched!

The strongest production team in the universe is gathered here to produce the strongest animation!

In order to repel the army of space monsters that threaten Jupiter, Buster Robot Wall Mobilizes!

Who is the driver? The new Buster robot "Kafubantis" is here!

[Edit this paragraph] Over the Top 2 - Content Introduction

The solar system is invaded by an army of monsters from the universe. 「トップレス」とHUばれるSuperpower boy girlたちの駆る「バスターマシン」がhuman defense no needとなっていた. Cosmos パイロットを梦见て街に出てきたgirl, 「ノノ」はCosmoport に成Nearly いダイナー（レストラン）で, ドジっ子ウェイトレスとして働いていた. The outstanding ability of "そんなある日" "トップレス" is the ability of "つバスターマシンパイロット "ラルク"". Occasionally, things happen and things happen, and things happen when things happen. At that time, a huge space monster appeared on the ground...!

It is roughly as follows:

The solar system continues to be invaded by the cosmic army. The machine "Tasumasa" piloted by a boy and girl with the special power "Todos" has become the hub of human defense.

NONO, a girl like this, worked as a waitress in a restaurant not far from the universe on a snowy night in order to pursue her dream of being an astronaut. Then he met a girl there whom he fell in love with.

After that, I followed this girl and happened to encounter a space monster... (I won’t reveal it later! The final ending echoes Leap 1. Welcome back after a long absence.

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[Edit this paragraph] To the Top 2 - Plot Summary

Episode 1 "Please let me call you big sister!"

Le home A girl who ran away and came to the city alone—Nono.

She has a very ambitious dream, which is to become a space pilot.

However, the reality was contrary to her dream. When she came to the city, she could only work in a small restaurant near the space port every day.

One day, when she was teased by an old customer, Laluco, the "real space pilot" (Topless) who happened to come to the store, came to save her.

Nono was so moved by this that she not only called Lalu Ke "big sister", but also followed her closely and said: "I also want to be a space pilot"...

Episode 2 "I don't want to be a big sister"

Nono was taken to the headquarters of the autonomous mutual aid organization located in the satellite base "Superstar Cloud", where the beautiful boy Topless "Nicholas" ” and the instructor “Casio” were very curious about the girl’s true appearance and strength. On the other hand, the Mars Security Control Force was very worried about the repeated invasion of space monsters on the ground, so they called Laluco back to the ship for questioning. Unexpectedly, Commander Hatori, who had always hated Topless, actually detained Laluco. stand up. At this moment, a new space monster suddenly appeared in the Mars area accompanied by gravitational vibrations...

Episode 3 "I hate Topless the most"

The elites of Topless received Ordered by superiors to stop the "Jupiter Rush", an army of space monsters. In order to cooperate with this battle, the newly built Buster robot "Cafubantis" was also sent to the front line; since Qi Ke lost her Buster robot in the last battle, she sent Nono, who was trying to compete for the driving throne, to regarded as a competitor. One day, the two girls met a group of children. They said they wanted to ask Topless for something...

[Edit this paragraph] To the Top 2 - Production Credits

Planning and Supervision : Hideaki Anno

Original script and supervisor: Kazuya Tsurumaki (Main works: "New Century Escape" TV deputy director? Theater version supervisor, "Florida" original project? Supervisor)

Script: Yoji Akado (Main works: "New Century Escape" TV script, "Furry" script? Novel)

Sound Supervisor: Toru Nakano (Main works: "New Century Escape" TV script, "Furry" script? Novel)

Sound Supervisor: Toru Nakano (Main Works: "New Century Escape" TV script, "Furry" TV script, "Furry"リ"Audio Audio? OVA)

Art director: Tomonori Kato (Main work: "New Century Escaper" theatrical version art director)

Music: Tanaka Hiroshi (Main work: "Tomonori")をねらえ!", "サクラ大戦" シリーズ, "オーバーマンキングゲイナー")

Character design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Main works: "New Century Escape" "リオン", "フリクリ", "ふしぎの海のナディア”, “.hack”, “Wangli Space Force”)

Mechanical setting: Ishigaki Junya (Main works: “Mobile War Warrior Vガンダム”, “Masuji”, “Steel Metal Magician” 》)

Artist: Hiroshi Kato

[Edit this paragraph] To the Top 2 - Voice Actor CAST

ノノ: Yukari Fukui

Raku: Sakamoto Maaya

チコ: Sawashi Miyazaki

Rakko: Iwata Koo

カシオ: Yamazaki Mitsuru

[Edit this paragraph ] Over the Top - Combination Theatrical Version

"Over the Top 2! & Over the Top! Combination Theatrical Version!" currently being screened at the 3D Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo, has officially decided to release a limited edition of "Over the Top 2!" 2!amp;Leap to the Peak!Combined Movie Version!》DVD-BOX.

Going back the clock 18 years, the former ruffian Anno created the first half of the legend in 1988 when he served as the supervisor of "To the Top!"

This work, which won the Nebula Award in 1990, was an outstanding representative of the hot-blooded super robots at that time. In the final chapter "At the End of the Endless Flow", Noriko, who is still as lively as ever, and Mikiko, who is now a mother, join forces to destroy the space monsters. After twelve thousand years of light-speed journey, the final chapter is When we returned to Earth, the "Welcome home" slowly appeared and made countless fans burst into tears! ! ! !

The legend is not over yet. "To the Top 2!" which started airing in 2004 is directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, another genius from GAINAX who was the deputy supervisor of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and the supervisor of "FLCL". Supervision, bringing the whole story to a successful conclusion. The roots of the beautiful girl are still the same, the new era of killing service and cute LOLI, Tsurumaki has achieved a good balance between the elements of the new and old generations. A friendship that spanned twelve thousand years and a miracle that lasted twelve thousand years finally came to a perfect end before our eyes.

The much-hyped combined theater version was not as exciting as the original work. The combined theatrical version is broadcast in two parts. The first part is just a wide-band edited version of the original "Over the Top!" that has been re-recorded in 5.1 channels. The second part, the edited version of "Over the Top 2!" only adds a few new features. The picture does not have the long and gorgeous originality that fans are eagerly expecting. The reason for this can only be the habit of cheating money left by GAINAX in the EVA era in the distant past.

Let’s take a look at this limited version of the protagonist’s “To the Top 2! & To the Top! Fusion Theatrical Version!” DVD-BOX. This work is scheduled to be released on January 26, 2007 by BANDAI VISUAL, priced at 15,540 yen including tax. The original DISC1 is about 95 minutes, and the original DISC2 is about 95 minutes. In addition, it also comes with bonus DISC1 (about 95 minutes in length) and bonus DISC2 (about 60 minutes in length), as well as a first-run special storage BOX and a first-run special BOOKLET.

[Edit this paragraph] Flying to the Peak - Combination Theatrical Version - Content Introduction

Western 2015. The Shiratori Space Domain is sailing, and the "るくしおん" fleet is on its way, and the mysterious space monsters are attacking, and they are all destroyed. In the 6th year of the new year, the space monsters attacked and Okinawa established the Okinawa space training school "Okinawa Women's Space High School" and the students in the "Okinawa Girls' Space High School" were captained by the captain's mother and タカヤノリコの子があった…. "Private space of the universe, Father of the universe!"ていくノリコ! Today, パイロッのトップになるための, そしてEARTH をkeeper るための, 心く険しい戦いの目が上がる...! !

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絵コンテ? Setting: Higuchi Shinji? Anno Hideaki

キャラクターOriginal draft: Mikimoto Haruhiko

メカニックデザイン: Miyatake Kazuki

ロボットデザイン：Koichi Ohata

Animation Supervisor: Toshiyuki Kubooka

Animation Supervisor: Yoshiyuki Samotomoto

Music: Tanaka Hiroshi

Produced by: GAINAX

[Edit this section] Over the Peak - Combination Theatrical Version - CAST

タカヤノリコ：日のり子

アマノカズミ：Saku马レイ