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Gunbuster: The Movie

Gunbuster: The Movie

20067.21h 35m

Overview

Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she must persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl.

Directed by Shoichi Masuo
Written by Toshio Okada, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Hideaki Anno
Produced by Yasuhiro Takeda
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Top Cast

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Takaya (voice)

Rei Sakuma

Rei Sakuma

Kazumi "Onee-sama" Amano (voice)

Kazuki Yao

Kazuki Yao

Smith Toren (voice)

Maria Kawamura

Maria Kawamura

Jung Freud (voice)

Masako Katsuki

Masako Katsuki

Kimiko Akai / Reiko Kashiwara (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

Kouichiro "Coach" Ohta (voice)

Tamio Ohki

Tamio Ohki

Captain Tatsumi Tashiro (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tashiro's Executive Officer (voice)

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Yuriko Fuchizaki

Kimiko Higuchi (voice)

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Ayako Shiraishi

Linda Yamamoto / Operator Woman 1 / Woman 1 / (voice)

Themes & Keywords

alienspacemechamilitaryanimesuper robotbased on animeedited from ova

About Gunbuster: The Movie

Gunbuster: The Movie is a animation, action, adventure, drama, science fiction film released in 2006 exploring themes of alien, space, mecha, military, anime, super robot. Directed by Shoichi Masuo, it stars Noriko Hidaka, Rei Sakuma, Kazuki Yao. Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she must persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl.

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