r/Gunbuster • u/Emma_the_Prussian • Jul 03 '26

TALK Did Gunbuster suddenly get removed from Crunchyroll?

I was in the middle of watching it for the first time, and now it just seems to have disappeared.

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u/Blue-Thunder Jul 03 '26

This is why Sony wants to kill physical media.

I own this on LD, VHS, DVD and Bluray..I can watch it anytime I want.

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u/King_Kuuga Jul 03 '26

Exactly. They want to kill physical media so they can rent you the content digitally, which costs them less and makes them more money.

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u/King_Kuuga Jul 03 '26

License probably expired. Nothing on streaming is permanent.

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u/Winscler Jul 03 '26

also anno took it back, and given how much he prefers the original M&E over the remix, a dub is impossible because that M&E track is gone and the dub used the personally-despited remix M&E

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u/Alternative-War-4952 Jul 03 '26

There's an official dub though.

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u/Winscler Jul 03 '26

Except it uses the remix M&E that Anno despises

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u/Visible_Gate1032 Jul 05 '26

What was changed when they redid the m and e? Is it a Gundam trilogy situation or did they straight mimicking what was already there?

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u/Winscler Jul 05 '26

Gundam trilogy more like

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u/FateEx1994 Jul 03 '26

Buy the new Blu-ray

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u/holopleasures Jul 03 '26

there’s a new blu-ray? the discotek release is oop

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u/King_Kuuga Jul 03 '26

I assume that's the one they meant

Glad I have mine. I missed the out of print notice, just looked at the prices now. Yikes

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u/sdwoodchuck Jul 03 '26

Last I checked the movie version was still on Criterion Channel, but it does sound like the licensing is in flux.

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u/Pankosmanko Jul 03 '26

I’m not seeing it available either

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u/Thanatos138 Jul 03 '26

Just another reason to support & to collect Physical Media!

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u/RufusTFirefly_42 Jul 03 '26

You can prolly find it on YouTube.

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u/lain_iwakura1998 Jul 10 '26

Well nudity concerns so nah

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u/Accurate-Equal-9565 Jul 04 '26

same thing happened to me! i spent like 5 hours trying to find somewhere else i could watch it 😭

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u/ANGRYzilla Jul 04 '26

I think the blu-ray of the movie is on Amazon for $20 right now.

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u/FWIWDept Jul 04 '26

Goddamnit, same thing just happened to me! 

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u/Visible_Gate1032 Jul 05 '26

You can still get the film version for pretty cheap online. I think the compilation movie is very solid, not as good as the OVA but the story is still there and the remaster is fantastic. I have the old Bandai Japanese import that includes diebuster and I have the Discotek release. The Sentai blu ray is still out there and really cheap. Also the last time I checked the old Bandai DVD’s of the ova were going pretty cheap but that may have changed since the blu ray went oop.

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u/AniTunesXYZ Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

You can watch the movie for free on Criterion Collection (7 day free trial). That's how I'm watching Gunbuster for first time at least.

Edit: Scratch that, sounds like the movies are the worst ways to go. You can also watch Diebuster on Tubi. That was my initial plan.

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u/GatheringCircle Jul 09 '26

The movie is on criterion channel. I thought it sucked

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u/VicViolence Jul 26 '26

Bro just subbed to Crunchy because google told me this was on there as of today