The overall tone is a semiserious one that never quite forgets its lighter side. Such a work must be ambitious, highly produced, realistic, relateable, emotional. Although never used in the show, an official card game showed gunbuster using the choudenji yoyo and choudenji spin from combattler v. Hope through overwhelming firepower wormdiebuster thread 2. December 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message. Both series focus on two girls one, a hyperactive girl with natural talent but no actual skill. At first, the connections seem rather tenous for example, the series exact place in the gunbuster timeline.
Its not hard to make reasonable estimates on given the 12,000 year gap between gunbuster and diebuster. This is a wiki about the 1988 anime series gunbuster and its sequel, diebuster. After kimiko and takaya land, they meet a certain someone whom they diddnt expect, which leads them to the eventual discovery of their oldest friend. Gunbuster season 3 2020 anime evangelion precursor youtube. Thus, we have diebuster also known as gunbuster 2 or aim for the top. I like viewing gunbuster and diebuster together as one saga. Its not worth it, especially if the price of this title could easily go towards a real movie. I would expand further on the similarities between gunbuster and evangelion but i simply dont want to post spoilers and have it ruin it for all those newbies out there.
This demonstrates that the events that occur in diebuster take place around twelve thousand years after, or ten years before the end of, gunbuster s timeline. Many of the games you see were based on older operating platforms, such as windows 95. Gunbuster is one of my favorite series, and i remember learning of a sequel series called diebuster, or gunbuster 2. The parallels between gunbuster and diebuster are readily apparent. August 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message.
But richter put an awful lot of asimovstyle software blocks in dragon. Bandai tamashii nations soul of chogokin gx34r gunbuster. The sequel features new characters and mecha, but retains the format. In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards journeying into the far. Gunbuster is amongst the first anime that managed to find the perfect balance between a good story and an entertaining presentation.
This genrebreaking space mechaactionepic by legendary anime studio gainax that follows a smalltown. Though, im just throwing this out there, it is a condensed 90 some minutes of the gunbuster 2 original video animation nerd abbrv. Story okay, so anyway gunbuster 2 diebuster takes place many many many years after gunbuster and is the story of nono and how she becomes a space pilot. How come gunbuster s last ep is in black and white. Here is a thread made in 2004 which describes a lot of the points ive already made.
Welcome to the 19th episode of the should you watch. Story is whats always most important no matter how visuallyimpressive something isbut by condensing diebuster gunbuster 2 the way they did for this edition, they not only ripped out the story, but the soul and originality that represents it. This concludes that the events that occur in diebuster take place around twelve thousand years after, or ten years before the end of, gunbusters timeline. The story starts out pretty light and fun, but quickly begins to undergo more serious tones by the middle. Its pretty simple to just construct a timeline like. Because of that i assumed that dixneuf and gunbuster are the same. I did like how it finally came together with the timeline of the original gunbuster story at the end, and all the bits and pieces started falling into place. It has been said that when gunbuster was first written, gainax studios had originally planned for it to be a parody rather than a. Gunbuster gunbuster on myanimelist, the internets largest anime database.
Diebuster, also known as aim for the top 2 and gunbuster 2, is a sixepisode original video. Gunbuster was more grounded in reality and explored time dilation in a very interesting way. Both of them show that even the strangest or meekest of us all can turn out to be the heroes we need in the end, whether its an unconfident nerd like noriko, or a clumsy android like nonon. Spoilers gunbuster and diebuster i have a question that i cant ask in the title. Its also much easier to come by in hard copy, so if you want to own a version of gunbuster. Top gun buster top wo nerae taizen the collection of gunbuster diebuster. A few of them are still playable if you have the required hardware necessary to do so. Upon doing so they discover a huge race of insectoid aliens known as space monsters. So when i say gunbuster is great, it comes from the bottom of my heart. Gunbuster, is damn near my holy grail of mecha shows, and everything hit me even harder this time than it did the first time i watched it, to the point that for several minutes i just could. Its the best anime ive watched, and even beats almost all movies ive seen. In episode six, the ending scene parallels the last scene of gunbuster. Dec 05, 2017 analyzing what makes sequels work, using gunbuster and diebuster as examples of how good sequels can be made.
Aug 11, 2012 while the original gunbuster used its fan service without irony, i dont think that its a coincidence that diebuster puts us into the shoes of the voyeur. I dont know what diebuster is all about, but taylor has some serious firepower over there. The problem is we dont know how richter programmed. Also this movie has a sequel known as diebuster aka top wo neare 2 or gunbuster 2. Every time nonos legs kick in the air and the martians watch with glee, we do too. Jan 19, 2010 diebuster is the oav sequel based on hideaki annos original gunbuster series. Gunbuster, known in japan as aim for the top is a japanese ova anime series produced by. Which may have been how coil set the whole apocalypse timeline off. The series really put studio gainax on the map, and is fondly remembered by old school otaku. In terms of age range, adolescence is usually considered to be the time between the ages of and 19. While gunbusters final mission destroyed the space monsters star system, the intergalactic war still continues. To celebrate gainaxs 20th anniversary in 2004, an official sequel to gunbuster, diebuster or gunbuster 2, was released as an ova. There are many things in gunbuster that are not clear to western audience members, and there are portions of the gunbuster timeline which are not currently available in english. Instead, this is gunbusterdiebuster humanity with everything they ever get in gunbuster or deibuster, in their version of the sol system.
A sixvolume ova that serves as a sequel to gunbuster, released as a 20th anniversary project for studio gainax. While not necessarily required to understand the plot, several key moments in diebuster lose their emotional impact if one hasnt seen gunbuster. Then in diebuster timeline you eventually figure out that dixneuf, a buster machine with a number in the teens, has been slowly upgraded and rebuilt over a long period of time and is missing its own degeneracy generator. Nono is a sweet young country bumpkin who runs away to the big city to chase her dream of becoming a space pilot, only to have her dream temporarily crushed when she finds out that people have to go to school to become space pilots, and to go to school you have to have money. Here are items from gainax, arguably my favorite anime studio, and ichigo mashimaro strawberry marshmallow, one of my favorite anime series. Episode 7 part one of warui deshous look at gunbuster and diebuster.
Its just a basic image based screensaver with a generic background, and it will fit monitor resolutions from 800 x 600 to 1600 x 1200. Top gun buster top wo nerae taizen the collection of. Hideaki anno gave gunbuster a single eye because he thought it was unique. Gunbuster and diebuster are definitely the kind of shows that you never forget after finishing them for the first time. In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards. Its also much easier to come by in hard copy, so if you want to own a version of gunbuster, this is the cheapest and highest quality option in the west. Gunbuster is short enough that its not particularly difficult to find time to watch all the way through, but this offers a good alternative to marathoning the entire thing. Diebuster is a worthwhile watch for fans of the original gunbuster series. The first two episodes are something of a bounceheavy parody gunbuster may actually deserve credit for the premiere of the gainax bounce of the classic tennis drama aim for the ace. On this page you will find computer software based upon gunbuster s universe. Despite their very different styles and tones, they share the same thematic heart of hard work and guts. A sixvolume ova that serves as a sequel to gunbuster, released as a 20th anniversary project for studio. The title is a combination of the titles of classic tennis anime aim for the ace. Gunbuster timeline gunbuster wikia wiki fandom powered.
Dec 30, 20 someone hurry up and get dragon in here to tutor taylor oneonone. Gunbuster the movie is the only hd version released in north america. Interrupting the twelve posts of christmas to bring you the final sale of 2012. If your budget can handle the price, it is a set worth owning. Gunbuster, diebuster, and the nature of sequels youtube. Read 33 galleries with parody gunbuster on nhentai, a hentai doujinshi and manga reader. These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of mankind as they near closer and. Gunbuster events reallife events may 22, 1960 hideaki anno is born. A parallel timeline sequel that adds more utterly nonsensical flesh to the original gunbuster story. Spoilers gunbuster and diebuster i have a question.
In episode six, after lalc is given the key to douze. I recently rewatched gunbuster, and watched diebuster for the first time. I really liked gunbuster, but i actually think diebuster is the better show. Fanart for diebuster gunbuster 2 aim for the top 2. In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards journeying into the far reaches of the galaxy. While its source material is very storycentric, diebuster maintains a strong overarching story while including more action and style that. Taizen the collection of gunbuster diebuster and more. Then in diebuster timeline you eventually figure out that dixneuf, a buster machine with a number in the teens, has been slowly upgraded and.
Diebuster feels really different to gunbuster, especially if you watch them back to back. With director kazuya tsurumaki at the helm, who also directed flcl, this series could easily be described as the lovechild of the two series. I just finished watching gunbuster and diebuster in two days. Gunbuster is an anime created in 1988 by gainax, also known as aim for the top. The first part, gunbuster the movie, condenses the six episodes of the original ova into a 95minute moviefeaturing a new 5. Gunbuster is also shown launching missileslasers from all over its body in an identical fashion to ideon. Diebuster licensed by bandai visual usa may 26, 2007 new youre under arrest television anime in production may 25, 2007 anime expo, toei announces 2 anime directors as guests. That space monster was one that crashed there during the invasion of the solar system in the original gunbuster. It was created to commemorate the studios 20th anniversary in 2004, and it is a sequel to their 1988 ova. It was the directorial debut of hideaki anno, best known as the creator and director of neon genesis evangelion. Among gunbuster s oddest features, and probably one reason its not better known, is how hugely inconsistent it is. They feel so different, that i might even recommend a day or two or a week to let gunbuster really sink in your brainmeats before moving on to diebuster. Hope through overwhelming firepower wormdiebuster page. Card games editorial featured for grown ups forums giveaways illustration interviews liveaction memes podcast press releases social software videos.
The sequel features new characters and mecha, but retains the. Nono is a sweet young country bumpkin who runs away to the big city to chase her dream of becoming a space pilot, only to have her dream temporarily crushed when she. Anyone who can translate this content is encouraged to post it here so that western fans can more fully understand the. Gunbuster is a sixvolume oav from 1988 directed by hideaki anno. Nov 17, 2009 diebuster ost inazuma double kick tanaka kouhei. Gunbuster was one such anime, and diebuster would be another if it wasnt for the sting in the tail. Apart from being one of the nicest people in the setting, and the absolute smartest only possible competition is the simurgh, shes actually purposebuilt to raise ais.
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