Gunbuster
| Top o Nerae! | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ト ッ プ を ね ら え! |
| transcription | Toppu o Nerae! |
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| Logo of the OVA | |
| genre | Science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| title | Gunbuster |
| Original title | ト ッ プ を ね ら え! |
| transcription | Toppu o Nerae! |
| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | October 7, 1988 to July 7, 1989 |
| Studio | Gainax |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 6th |
| genre | Action, drama, mecha , science fiction |
| idea | Hideaki Anno |
| Manga | |
| title | Comic gunbuster |
| Original title | コ ミ ッ ク ガ ン バ ス タ ー |
| transcription | Komikku Ganbasutā |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | various |
| publishing company | Bandai Visual |
| First publication | 1989 |
| expenditure | 2 |
| Manga | |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Kabocha |
| publishing company | Kadokawa Shoten |
| magazine | Young Ace |
| First publication | December 4, 2010 - June 4, 2013 |
| expenditure | 4+ |
| Anime movie | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| Studio | Gainax |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Director | Hideaki Anno |
Gunbuster ( Japanese ト ッ プ を ね ら え! , Toppu o Nerae! For Top o Nerae ! , also known as Aim for the Top! Gunbuster ) is a six-part Japanese original video animation from the Gainax studio . Directed by Hideaki Anno , who made his directorial debut here and would later become famous with Neon Genesis Evangelion . To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Gainax, the title Top o Nerae 2! ( aka Diebuster and Gunbuster 2 ) released a sequel that takes place shortly before the two main characters return.
The title is a triple play on words with "strive to the top", "strive to the top", where Top is the name of a special unit, and as a combination the title of the tennis anime Ace o Nerae! and Top Gun , both of which have this theme.
action
In the near future, humanity will encounter giant, insect-like space monsters while traveling the galaxy. These beings want to exterminate humanity and as a result are getting closer and closer to the earth. In response to this threat, humans developed war spaceships and combat robots .
The story begins shortly after the first battle with the space monsters in 2023 and revolves around the young Noriko Takaya ( タ カ ヤ ・ ノ リ コ , Takaya Noriko ). However, although Noriko's father was a famous admiral who has been missing from one of the first battles, your own skills as a combat robot pilot are not the best. Nevertheless, together with her role model, the outstanding pilot Kazumi Amano ( ア マ ノ ・ カ ズ ミ , Amano Kazumi ), she is selected for combat use in the battle robots Buster Machine (Gunbuster) I and II, which is not least due to the fact that Koichiro “coach” Ohta ( オ オ タ ・ コ ウ イ チ ロ ウ , Ōta Kōichirō ) was a member of Admiral Takaya's team.
Together with Kazumi and Coach Ohta, Noriko comes to the warship Exelion . During one of her first missions, her father's ship is discovered, which has been flying at almost the speed of light since the battle . Still hoping to find her father alive because of the time dilation, Noriko is devastated to discover that he did not survive the fight. Kazumi, who is not convinced of Noriko's abilities, demands that coach Ohta dissolve her team shortly afterwards. Sadly , Noriko meets the pilot Smith Toren ( ス ミ ス ・ ト ー レ ン , Sumisu Toren ), with whom she then forms a new team. Shortly afterwards there is a combat mission in which the overwhelmed Noriko loses her new comrade and then falls into a depression.
After the battle, the fleet will fly back to Earth and arrive in 2032. Noriko is saddened that all of her schoolmates are grown up and have families. The fleet discovers that the space monsters are about to attack Earth again and have no choice but to fight them. At first it doesn't look good for the fleet, but when Noriko intervenes with the Gunbuster, a new kind of combat robot, the fleet can defeat the enemy. After the battle, the beings attack the earth directly and it seems as if it is lost. Coach Ohta suggests sending the decommissioned Exelion to the center of the enemy fleet and overloading its reactor to create a black hole , with Noriko and Kazumi providing escort. The plan succeeds and the attackers as well as three planets are devoured by the hole. But the effects of the following gravitational wave on the earth are also devastating; so you can see how the Australian continent is later criss-crossed by huge rifts and rifts.
The people want to strike back and invest all resources in the construction of the Buster Machine III over the next 15 years , Jupiter compressed to 1 / 30,000th, surrounded by a massive space-traveling machine the size of a quarter of the moon. The project will be completed in 2048, and Kazumi will fly the weapon to the 30,000-ship fleet in the Galactic Center, where it will meet Noriko, who is still 16. They manage to fight back the enemy, who is far outnumbered with 8 billion, but the Buster Machine III was damaged in the process. To get the chain reaction going again, Noriko and Kazumi sacrifice one of their two reactors, with which the bomb finally implodes within their Schwarzschild radius and the following black hole destroys all remaining space monsters including the galactic center. Both set out on their journey home, which takes 12,000 years because of only one available reactor, and finally, in 14,292, they arrive on earth barely aged.
Conception
Starting as an anime with a school theme and borrowing from the tennis anime Ace o Nerae! about rivalries among schoolgirls fighting for a place in an elite unit, the series quickly turns into hard science fiction. In addition to the apocalyptic scenario, the basic vehicle of the drama is the theme of time dilation, which ensures that the protagonist remains 16 years old during the entire course of the game, while the people around her age, get married and start a family and finally die, but they die from everything this remains excluded.
A special feature is that the last episode (except for the end) is kept in black and white. The drawings were realized in the appropriate gray levels and then captured on color film. In addition, the decisive battle was shown with the help of individual pencil drawings.
Publications
Anime
The series was released in Japan from October 7, 1988 to July 7, 1989 on three VHS video cassettes, each VHS contained two episodes. In the United States OVA was from 1990 to 1991 by US Renditions also on three VHS tapes OmU issued. In 1997, Victor Entertainment released a laser disc in Japan with a few extra extras from the series. On October 22, 2004, Victor Entertainment released the series on DVD in Japan, and on February 20, 2007, the OVA was also released on DVD in the United States by Bandai Visual USA . In the UK, the series was published by Kiseki Films. In Italy the Dynit company released the series on two DVDs.
In Germany, Gunbuster was published in 2004 on two DVDs by Anime Virtual as an OmU. A Gunbuster DVD box was released in June 2005.
The anime won the 21st Seiun Prize in 1990 in the Best Media Product category.
bonus
On the first two VHS from Gunbuster there were four short omakes , the so-called lessons. Each of these episodes is approximately two minutes long and starred by Coach Ohta, Norika and Kazumi performing Super Deformed . In the episodes, Ohta explains various scientific aspects of the series. Although initially only four omakes were produced for the first four episodes, two more omakes were later produced for episodes five and six for release on Laserdisc. The last two Omakes were directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki , who later became known as the director of FLCL , Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion and Diebuster .
The omakes are also included in the German publications.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Noriko Takaya | Noriko Hidaka |
| Kazumi Amano | Rei Sakuma |
| Jung Freud | Maria Kawamura |
| Smith gates | Kazuki Yao |
| Kouichiro "Coach" Ohta | Norio Wakamoto |
| Captain Tatsumi Tashiro | Tamio Ōki |
music
The title Active Heart ( ア ク テ ィ ブ ・ ハ ー ト , Akutibu Hāto ) by Noriko Sakai served as the opening credits , although only the first three episodes had an opening credits. The credits for the first three episodes were Try Again…! ( ト ラ イ Again ...!) Used by Noriko Sakai, in episode 4 Active Heart and in the last episode the instrumental piece Toki no Kawa o Koete ... ( 時 の 河 を 越 え て ... , dt. " Crossing the flow of time"). As an interlude, Top o Nerae! - Fly High ( ト ッ プ を ね ら え! ~ Fly High ~) by the two voice actors Noriko Hidaka and Rei Sakuma. In addition, a cover of the successful enka duet Otoko to Onna no Love Game ( 男 と 女 の ラ ブ ゲ ー ム , Otoko to Onna no Rabu Gēmu ) by Mika Hino and Shirō Aoi from 1986 was used at the beginning of episode 3 , but here by Rei Sakuma and Norio Wakamoto sang.
In July 1989 the soundtrack Victor Manga Golden Special: Top o Nerae! ( ビ ク タ ー ま ん が ゴ ー ル デ ン ス ペ シ ャ ル ト ッ プ を ね ら え! ). This CD contained 99 tracks, with the tracks starting with number 30 being quotes from Gunbuster lasting four to five seconds. In addition, with Dai Agare! Uchū Kaijū Gidodongas ( 大 あ ば れ! 宇宙 怪 獣 ギ ド ド ン ガ ス , Eng. "Big frenzy! The space monster Gidodongas") and Utae! Ginga no hate made mo! ( 歌 え !! 銀河 の は て ま で も! , Eng. "Sing! Even to the end of the galaxy!") Contain two radio plays.
Ultra Sound Collection followed in March 1990 : Top o Nerae! ( ウ ル ト ラ ・ サ ウ ン ド ・ コ レ ク シ ョ ン ト ッ ッ プ を ね ら え！ ), with 26 tracks. With this CD and the booklet, the 6-part OVA was pretended to be a regular 26-part television series. So there is track 22 z. B. from the previews of episodes 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23 and 24.
Both soundtracks were reissued in 1996.
In 1994 the soundtrack collection Top o Nerae! Kyōsōran: Sound Collection of Gunbuster ( ト ッ プ を ね ら え！ 響 綜 覧 SOUND COLLECTION OF GUNBUSTER), on 3 CDs with 99 tracks each. The first CD contains the two radio plays from the first soundtrack, as well as the additional Kieta Kon'yaku Yubiwa ( 消 え た 婚約 指 輪 , Eng . "The missing engagement ring"), as well as 85 quotation tracks. The second CD contains 48 quotation tracks. The third CD records the game with the 26-part television series and contains 26 episode previews / trailers, but also the radio play Top o Nerae! Oshaberi Cassette ( ト ッ プ を ね ら え! お し ゃ べ り カ セ ッ ト , German "Top o Nerae! The chat cassette") and again 63 citation tracks.
Manga
The Gunbuster manga, called Comic Gunbuster, was published in 1989 and is a spin-off of the series. Comic Gunbuster is an anthology by various authors with short stories that revolve around the protagonists of the series. For example, the wedding of Kazumi Amano with coach Ohta is shown or Noriko and Freud playing golf on the moon. A total of two tankōbon were released.
In Young Ace 1/2011 of December 4, 2010 a new manga called Top o Nerae started! ( ト ッ プ を ね ら え！ ) from Kabocha ( か ぼ ち ゃ ). This ran until issue 7/2013 of June 4, 2013. The chapters have been summarized in previously (as of June 2013) four anthologies (Tankōbon), the fifth and last to appear in August.
Movie
On October 1, 2006, the 190-minute film Top o Nerae! & Top o Nerae 2! Gattai Gekijoban !! ( ト ッ プ を ね ら え! & ト ッ プ を ね ら え 2! 合体 劇場版 !! ) released. This consists of two individual films, which in turn are compilations by the OVA. The original music of the OVAs from the 80s was used for the Dolby Digital sound track of the first film, but new sound effects were recorded and the texts were re-recorded by the same speakers.
In the USA, the film by Bandai Visual USA was released on January 8, 2008, like the series, as an OmU.
Web links
- Official website for Gunbuster from Gainax (Japanese)
- Gunbuster. Bandai Visual, archived from the original on June 16, 2008 ; accessed on November 25, 2013 (English, official website for Gunbuster).
- Anime News Network about the OVA , manga and the movie (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 星雲 賞 リ ス ト . 日本 SF フ ァ ン グ ル ー プ 連 合 会議 , Retrieved June 5, 2010 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c 田中 公平 作品 収録 CD 等 リ ス ト . (No longer available online.) In: 田中 公平 ほ ぉ む ぺ ぇ じ . Kōhei Tanaka, archived from the original on February 22, 2015 ; Retrieved June 5, 2010 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Catalog number: VDR-1601
- ↑ Catalog number: VICL-16
- ↑ Catalog numbers: VICL-2178 and VICL-2179
- ↑ Catalog numbers: VICL-40107, VICL-40108 and VICL-40109
