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Gunbuster is a 1988 anime OVA directed by Hideaki Anno and animated by Gainax.

It premiered between October 7, 1988 to July 7, 1989.

Although the series has been released on home media in America several times, all of it's releases were sub-only. On January 31, 2023, Discotek Media announced that an English dub of the series by Sound Cadence Studios would be included on the Blu-Ray release which was released on May 30, 2023.

Synopsis

When the space aliens killed Noriko Takaya’s father, she swore she’d go into space to have her revenge. Yet being accepted into the prestigious Okinawa Girls’ Space Pilot High School doesn’t solve every problem. Looked down upon as the daughter of the admiral who lost, and having a stark lack of talent that prevents her from piloting a machine, Noriko’s hopes for the future don’t seem bright. But then, when the two candidates going into space are announced, Noriko’s surprised to find her name right next to the star of the school (and Noriko’s own idol), Kazumi Amano. Has Noriko’s hard work paid off? Or is there more to Coach Ohta’s reasons for selecting her? Most of all, is Noriko really ready for the horrors of space?


Cast[]

Character Seiyū Dub Actor
Noriko Takaya Noriko Hidaka Kiane Chula King
Kazumi Amano Rei Sakuma Melissa Sternenberg
Koichiro Ohta Norio Wakamoto Bradley Gareth
Jung Freud Maria Kawamura Alexandra Yastishock
Tatsumi Tashiro Tamio Ohki Bill Jenkins
Reiko Kashiwara Masako Katsuki Krystal LaPorte
Smith Toren Kazuki Yao Jason Liebrecht
Takami Akai Yuriko Fuchizaki Cristina Vee

Episodic Characters[]

Character Seiyū Dub Actor Episode
Kimiko Higuchi Yuriko Fuchizaki Lisa Ortiz 1
Schoolgirl Alpha Junko Asami Suzie Yeung
Schoolgirl Beta Miharu Yokota Alexis Tipton
Schoolgirl Gamma Ayumi Hashimoro Lindsay Sheppard
Hiroaki Inoue Takkou Ishimori Jim Foronda 1, 5
Seaman Nobuyuki Furuta Alex Mai 2
Engineer Kazuo Oka Mark Allen Jr.
Yuzo Takaya Masashi Hirose Brett Weaver
Woman #A Ayako Shiraishi Laura Post
Man #B Kyosei Tsukui Phillip Sacramento
Male Operator #A Masayuki Omoro Justin Briner 3
Male Operator #B Kōji Tsujitani Spike Spencer
Car Announcer Sakurako Kishiro Marissa Lenti
Female Operator #A Ayako Shiraishi Hayden Daviau
Female Operator #B Kyoko Minami Sandra Espinoza
Operator Kōji Tsujitani Richard C. Barcenas 3-4
Female Top #A Ayumi Hashimoro Sandra Espinoza
Linda Yamamoto Ayako Shiraishi Nola Klop 4
Masanori Kikuchi Masayuki Omoro Kai Kennedy
Girl Top Alpha Ayumi Hashimoro Elsie Lovelock
Girl Top Beta Sakurako Kishiro Allanah Fitzgerald
Kimiko Akai Masako Katsuki Lisa Ortiz 5-6

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

  • The reason why all prior video releases of the show were sub-only was because Gainax had lost the original dubbing track, meaning that the only way to have dubbed the series would've been to split the voice and audio tracks.

Video Releases[]

Distributor Year Format Region Country
Discotek Media logo 2023 Bluray fontlogo 3 A
DVB-T
United States United States

External Links[]

  • Gunbuster at the Internet Movie Database
  • Gunbuster (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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