In this review of Gunbuster 2, also known as Diebuster, I compare this 20th-anniversary anime to Gainax's original hit series.
Feb 27, 2021 • Subscribe
More like this
OtakuGeneration (Show #454) Gunbuster 2: Diebuster
Shownotes :: (show 454) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With A.I. Knows Love, recorded live February 9th, 2014. This we week…
Ghost in the Shell, Time Fighters, Naruto, Star Blazers 2199, Winter Garden
Episode 7: Gunbuster & Diebuster / Part 2
Warui Deshou returns with the belated second part of the Gunbuster & Diebuster cast! We return with more in depth discussion of contentious scenes and issues within the…
Gunbuster & Diebuster – Classics Transcending Generations
It’s funny to think that the very first work by Hideaki Anno I ever saw was Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster, or, Aim For the Top! Gunbuster and not…
It Takes Two: Sacrifice, People in Gunbuster, Diebuster
Gunbuster is important to me. It is a part of who I am. The cosmic heroism of Noriko Takaya and Yukiko Amano is a thing engraved into me.…
Diebuster (mecha)
General Information Unit type: buster machine Lineart Rear view
Gunbuster
Type: Ender’s Game? Synopsis: I mean, Ender’s Game came out in 1985. Gunbuster came out in 1988. BUT, the Japanese translation arrived in 1987, so Gunbuster was probably…
Gunbuster
Gunbuster is Gainax's first hit anime. In this review of the series, I discuss my favorite sci-fi concepts it uses.
Gunbuster, Gurren Lagann, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gunbuster Renewal EX
Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing Redux
With Gunbuster now returning to the UK & US on Blu-ray, I decided to revisit the Bandai Visual USA & Honneamise Blu-ray Disc Box release for Gunbuster vs…
Gunbuster (mecha)
General Information Unit type: buster machinePowerplant: degeneracy generator x 2Pilot(s): Noriko Takaya, Kazumi Amano, Jung FreudOriginal mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake Lineart Cockpit Head Pilot seat Rear view
Diebuster: An Unpredictable Reality
Remember last year when I did Anno August and I reviewed Gunbuster: The Movie? After such a long time, I’m taking a dip back into that universe to…
Gunbuster: Smith Toren
By Jonathan Clements. Noriko Takaya, the leading lady in Gainax’s Gunbuster, gets her first unwelcome taste of battle in the episode “First Love, First Sortie.” But as the…
Gunbuster Blu-ray
Gunbuster is a true classic in every sense of the word: historically important, influential, and a fantastic series decades after it came out. With this gorgeous release, it…
Gunbuster for Beginners
By Andrew Osmond. Many decades before Gunbuster, French director Jean-Luc Godard declared, “All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” In the 1980s a…
Supply Ship (Gunbuster)
General Information Unit type: supply ship Lineart N/A
Gunbuster 2: Over the Top!!! || V-Day Special Review
Nono gambles everything on following Lal’C to the very top of the world–and whatever lies beyond.
Gunbuster Files: Shattered Jewels
By Jonathan Clements. The title of the fifth episode of Gunbuster derives directly from Robert Heinlein’s 1973 novel Time Enough for Love, which ironically had very little to…
The Music of Gunbuster
By Jonathan Clements. Even though Gunbuster was released across three video cassettes, two episodes a time, its format preserved the two-part structure of TV anime, with a little…
A review of Gunbuster
The Earth is threatened by space insects, and the only ones who can save humanity are a set of students piloting giant robots. That’s a tale as old…
Gunbuster Files: Black & White
By Jonathan Clements. In a bold move that you could only get away with in the days of video, the final episode of Gunbuster is shot in stark…
November 2020 Review (Gunbuster)
Well, last month we touched upon the debut of Studio Gainax, with The Wings of Honneamise kicking off their first decade of excellent scifi anime, going forward to…
Does Gunbuster Hold Up Today?
Now available on Blu-ray from Discotek, AJ dives into Hideaki Anno's anime directorial debut to see if the show stands on its own beyond its historical status.
Gunbuster Files: The Easter Eggs
By Jonathan Clements. The writer and producer Toshio Okada wrote in his memoirs about the experience of announcing Gunbuster: Aim for the Top at a press conference, in…
Does Gunbuster Hold Up Today?
Now available on Blu-ray from Discotek, AJ dives into Hideaki Anno's anime directorial debut to see if the show stands on its own beyond its historical status.
Gunbuster Files: Strike a Pose
By Jonathan Clements. There’s a moment in Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle (2021), early in the film, where his heroine is standing on a giant floating whale loaded with huge…
Gunbuster (The OVA): Timeline Peril
Thank You Discotek!!! For the longest time, Gunbuster the movie was the only portion of Gunbuster that was legally available for anyone to watch. I say legally because…
Anime Herald Guest article: Gunbuster
If you're a Patreon supporter of Anime Herald , you might have noticed that I recently wrote an article for them about how shojo was a maj...
Episode 716: Gunbuster Will Be Dispatched
This week on Anime Pulse we got one less reason to visit Japan, invaders attempting to take over an Isekai, and super hype for future FGO events. Up…
Gunbuster: Aim for the Top!!! || Review
Two girls bravely dare to cross the blank abysses of space and time to save the ones they love.
Gunbuster (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The classic mecha OVA series Gunbuster has returned to the UK on Blu-ray and uncut, with a collector’s package by Anime Limited.
Diebuster – A Sequel to a Finished Story Done Right
In 1988-1989, Studio Gainax released Gunbuster, which was the directorial debut of a certain key animator named Hideaki Anno. Gunbuster was a new, inventive sci-fi OVA which broke…
Spinning Another Destiny: SMP Alternative Destiny Gunbuster
First revealed during the SMP [Shokugan Modeling Project] rebranding launch, Bandai Candy/Shokugan has finally opened solicitations for the first kit in the SMP Alternative Destiny line. To recall,…
More Than A Coincidence: Notes on Xardion and Gunbuster
Stephen revisits Xardion to talk a bit about its similarities with an earlier Gainax project, Aim for the Top! Gunbuster.
![Featured image for Gunbuster Review [Collaboration with Ashley from The Review Heap]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20210411/1618104832.9498.33635.jpg)
Gunbuster Review [Collaboration with Ashley from The Review Heap]
Reblogged on WordPress.com
Twelve Days of Anime 2015 Part 9: The Two Stories of Diebuster
I absolutely cannot believe I waited this long to watch Diebuster. I have never been more annoyed with past-me accepting the views of other critics as gospel truth,…
12 Moments In Anime 2023, #6: A Decade of GunBuster
Hey kids! Remember when Discotek announced that they licensed the original GunBuster OVA for a Blu-Ray release in North America, complete with a brand new English dub? It…
Why Gunbuster has one of the best anime endings ever
Here be spoilers. I’m not doing a deep dive into the whole show here, because better minds than mine (I’m looking at you, Jonathan Clements, and I recommend anyone…
#3 - "I'm Gonna Bust a Gun" - A Discussion of GunBuster (1988)
[This episode was recorded on April 2nd 2017] In this episode of Borderline Podcasts, Austin, Ryan, Sully, and Bill discuss the 1988 OVA from Gainax and Hideaki Anno, GunBuster!…
Weekly Round-Up, 13-19 April 2022: Gunbuster Influences, Marriage Equality Film Festival, and Nintendo Labor Complaint
AniFem Round-Up 2022 Spring Premiere Digest All of this season’s premieres, listed with content warnings. Chatty AF 160: Dear Brother Watchalong – Episodes 16-23 The classic shoujo retrospective…
2×2=Shinobuden
2×2=Shinobuden is a 2004 ufotable anime based off of a Koga Ryoichi manga. Yes, the studio behind the Fate anime, Kara no Kyoukai and Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight…
Beastars Season 2 Episode 2
Visit the post for more.
Re:Zero 2 episode 2 – Re:Gallery
Hi guys! This isn’t the “real” post. The REAL post that discusses this episode is over on Crow’s site. I know you guys all know Crow by now…
Re:ZERO Season 2 Part 2
I don't think the second half of Re:ZERO Season 2 was as good as the first. But I do think it's important for the story.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Bookshelf Briefs 2/2/24
Bakemonogatari, Vol. 20 | By NISIOISIN and Oh!Great | Kodansha Manga - This continues to take all the remaining arcs that Oh!Great wasn't going to have time to…
Tsurune 2 Episode 2 – Rivals!
Kyoani continues it's comeback with the second season the archery sports anime: Tsurune. I had forgotten how pretty this show is.
Bookshelf Briefs 2/2/21
All Sean, all the time. The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Vol. 13 | By Kore Yamazaki | Seven Seas – The series is still striking a good balance between,…
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Episode 2: Hidden Inventory Part 2
In Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 episode 2, Toji and Shiu Kong discuss his plans for dealing with Gojo.
Shadows House 2 episode 2 – Christopher
The second season of Shadows House is coming on strong. I love how it's moved from a moody atmospheric mystery to a tense action... mystery.
Episode 392, "2 Fast 2 Furryous"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we have special guest Miles Thomas from Crunchyroll, translator of One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump Stephen Paul, One Piece Podcast editor-in-chief Jammer, and…
Vinland Saga 2 – Episode 2 Review
So we continue right from the point where we left off – Einar is introduced to Thorfinn, and both of them are offered a piece of land. Their…
Japan Diary: August 2022 {2/2}
Two days after visiting the Ofuna Kannon, I went to collect my last two stamps from my favourite temples in Yokohama.
