It's damn spicy

These was a whole lot of Noriko and even more Jung but wasn't Kasumi a bit neglected? We didn't even get to see them on full display damn it!

Is there an alternate version of the scene with more Kasumi or maybe another one? Some production material or sketches? Guys is there anything?!

I wonder why the characters call her Chico why not Tycho (Taiho) because Chico is technically a human name so it should be called Chico

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I am new to Gunbuster and started it off by watching the 6 episode anime. They were actually pretty good despite it being very fast paced, it was like I was able to be kept up. I like how they used I guess maybe real world science on how time dilation is which I am guessing that is pretty much how it would work irl unless we invent warp technology that doesnt have time dilation like in the anime which is also theoretically possible. The last episode was really weird because it was black and white despite everything else being in colored. It also almost made me tear up toward the end when I realized 12,000 years had gone by so everyone they knew were dead. And I was wondering how Earth even remembered them toward the end to have that welcome message?? 12,000 years is like ancient history. Even on Earth we don't know or have good records at all about 12,000 years ago lol.

I started watching Gunbuster 2 today as well. And I have many questions. Are Noriko and Amano still alive? I dont know exactly when 2 takes place if its immediately after 1 or generations after 1. Also, what are the topless? I am on ep 3 now and everything is so confusing. Humanity seemed to be able to breach out more than just Earth which is good. And the threat of the space monsters dont seem as high as they were. But why are human weapons ineffective against them now? Why can only topless kill them? And what even are the topless? Its like some weird space magic going on lol. But, everything looks so different, I find it hard to believe they take place in the same universe lol. Even the gunbusters which were just really big and powerful mechs in 1 are now like alive beings it seems like.

So far even with the myriad of questions I am unsure will ever get answered, I am indeed enjoying the show and never would have thought I would like it. And also the animation for Gunbuster 2 seems really good, even for an early 2000s anime. I was amazed by how good the animation is.

Ay yall, so I have this little self imposed challenged where I'm just watching mech anime or at least mech adjacent stuff for the entirety of February. So I ended up just going on random sites and purchasing stuff, I literally only bought Gunbuster The Movie because the cover looked sick as hell to me and I liked the title. I didn't even realize it was made by Anno until I looked it up on the internet a day before it's arrival.

I gotta say even though I get why this movie is maligned by fans for cutting out stuff to fit a 90 minute runtime, I still was able to piece together the relationships of the characters and why they mattered and the ending was heart wrenching yet oddly satisfying at the same time. Obviously I have to go back and watch the OVA to get the full context but is there anyone else who enjoys the movie? Also what else in this series do you guys recommend?

Anyone know where i could possibly find and read Gunbuster Next Generation?
I know it's not in english, but i have a workaround to that.

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Hi Im interested in maybe getting the VHS tapes but I'm not quite sure what i should be spending on them. It seems like the tapes are around 50 USD on their own, but I found one listing for 200 USD for the full set, all plastic cases like i want, seem like good condition and if i get them all at once i pay taxes, shipping and any duties once instead of two from different places.

Would it be worth watching and waiting for individual listings or would that take too long and there wouldn't be a high chance i can get a cheap set anyway if I do wait? I only see volume 1 and 2 pretty much and they are cheaper but some are paper and some are plastic clam cases.

are they worth not eating or sleeping indoors or paying rent or buying gas for half a month is basically what im asking?

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Hey im just wondering if there exists any sort of English patch for the game? it would make it so much more enjoyable if i could read what characters were saying instead of guessing and I haven't seen anything last time I checked which was a little surprising to me. Apparently the game is not just the show again, it's got new stuff so i wanna see what it's like

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Hello,

I wanna get myself a copy of gunbuster 2 but I'm not sure what to look for. I'm thinking DVD would be the easiest option but I was wondering if there are blurays i might not have seen?

also, completely seperate to this, if i wanted to get VHS of gunbuster what would I look for for that? the series comes on three tapes right? 2 episodes per?

Thanks very much

I’m wondering more specifically if it’s a rendition of Gustav Holsts Mars Bringer Of War. As the bass line triplets sound exactly the same as the ones from his composition same with the melody by the horns. I have no clue if anyone here knows the answer to this, so thank you in advance if any of you are able to answer this question. (It seems to be around midway through the episode.)

So while I was browsing eBay, I found some models and when I checked Google I found this!
https://www.hlj.com/gunbuster-mechanic-selection-bef24013

Did nobody here know about these? I remember seeing some teaser images of it a while back on Twitter but I completely forgot about them. Anyway, just sharing what I found!

Is the idea that both the space aliens and humans start to resemble each other over time.

This is a huge theme in “the forever war”, and one that is true to life whenever you have two competing forces.

Even the music reflects this. The first time we see the OG space monster in ep4 it’s using gunbuster’s march. Its laser beam is the buster beam.

On nono’s side, the buster legion resemble the space monsters.

There is so much more if anyone decides to take a deep dive. But yeah, these details in diebuster is confusing for a first time viewer, and was for me, but diebuster demands several rewatches to catch all the little details like this.