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Gunbuster
Anime DVD Review
 Finally!!!!
Finally released on DVD, one of the best anime series ever made, and the directorial debut of acclaimed creator Hideaki Anno (Evangelion), the legendary fan-favorite Gunbuster will blow you out of the water with its over-the-top presentation, moving storyline, and epic-quality interstellar naval warfare (as well as some pretty serious sci-fi — we're talking literary quality time-space-continuum-type-stuff). And the soundtrack will bring tears to your eyes. Trust us, it's really that good!
 2015: Earth's first faster-than-light ship, the Luxion, is lost, attacked by unidentified space monsters in the Perseus Arm. Six years later, Noriko Takaya, daughter of the Luxion's commander, enters the Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School, vowing to be a pilot and follow her father's trail to the stars. But is she prepared for the intense training to become a member of the elite Top Squadron? Noriko's fight has just begun and the fate of all humanity depends on her meeting the challenge!
Interestingly, the film is being released in its original form, in Japanese only (rumors abound that the music and effects tracks have been lost to the ravages of time, making an English dub impossible). Newly translated (aka subtitled) and re-mastered in HD 24P format, Gunbuster has never before been available on DVD in North America, and this release is definitely one to have and to hold, forever and ever, 'till death do us part.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, April 2007
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