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Release Date:
October 1, 2006
Original Title:
トップをねらえ!&トップをねらえ2!合体劇場版!!
Alternate Titles:
Aim for the Top! & Aim for the Top 2! The Gattai Movie!!
Gunbuster vs. Diebuster
Top o Nerae!
Top o Nerae! & Top o Nerae 2! Gattai Gekijōban!!
Top wo Nerae! Gekijouban
Toppu o Nerae! & Toppu o Nerae 2! Gattai Gekijōban!!
トップをねらえ! & トップをねらえ2!合体劇場版!!
トップをねらえ2! & トップをねらえ! 合体劇場版
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Animation | Drama | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
GAINAX
Studio Fantasia
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 195
This double feature comprises of "Gunbuster" and "Diebuster" (aka "Gunbuster 2") condensed into a single theatrical release told in two parts with a musical intermission in between. The 95-minute "Aim for the Top! Gunbuster" movie is a compilation of the original 6-episode Gunbuster OVA, where man first meets the insect aliens and builds fighting robots and huge battleships to combat them. Takaya Noriko and Amano Kazumi lead the fight, doing massive damage to the insect's world. The 100-minute "Aim for the Top 2! Diebuster" movie completes the series, with country girl Nono leading the "Topless" fighters to protect Earth from the invading insects.
Director:
Masahiko Otsuka
Katsuichi Nakayama
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Atsushi Nishigori
Shoichi Masuo
Hideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Director of Photography:
Jiro Tazawa
Naoto Fujikura
Masahide Okino
Hidetoshi Watanabe
Editor:
Aya Hida
Seiji Morita
Masaki Sakamoto
Yuri Tamura
Key Animation:
Sushio
Masayuki
Takahiko Yoshida
Hideaki Anno
Ken Ootsuka
Koichiro Kawano
Hiroaki Tomita
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Yoshimi Itazu
Yoh Yoshinari
Yukihiro Kobayashi
Yu Yamashita
Yuichi Takahashi
Chie Nishizawa
Yukiko Ban
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Tetsuya Takeuchi
Yoshiyuki Ito
Yuka Shibata
Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Yuichi Nakazawa
Yusuke Yoshigaki
Genichiro Kondo
Ryuichi Baba
Shingo Adachi
Shunji Suzuki
Haruko Iizuka
Masashi Ishihama
Original Film Writer:
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Original Music Composer:
Kouhei Tanaka
Original Story:
Toshio Okada
Producer:
Hideaki Anno
Screenplay:
Toshio Okada
Yoji Enokido
Hideaki Anno
Hiroyuki Yamaga
Story:
Toshio Okada
Writer:
Toshio Okada
Yoji Enokido
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