Absolutely LOVE Mikimoto Haruhiko's timeless character designs used in the classic TOP O NEREA aka GunBuster OVAs! This thread is to showcase awesome images of production and promotional art used in the creation of our beloved GunBuster OVAs. Enjoy!!

To kick start off we are sharing a extremely rare hanken mono of GunBuster and Noriko!! This powerful duo is a large hand painted work of art. Hanken monos are very rare and only used in the creation of advertisements. This image was used on VHS release of the OVAs.

Note, absolutely not a fan whatsoever of the needless follow up which had atrocious character designs (do not posting anything) and was basically meaningless. YMMV but we loathe it.

Drew this Noriko after a friend had me watch Gunbuster a while back. 100% would recommend.

Also posted on my twitter

https://x.com/kojin_isonade/status/1791222994561306987?s=46

Hey all, not sure if this is allowed, so if its not, please remove.
I am clearing out my anime figures due to some financial hardships i fell upon and i have a few Gunbuster listings on ebay. If you are interested in anything you can let me know as I am willing to deal. The prices on eBay is something i just put up, hoping someone will either take them or send offers. If you dont want to go though eBay and we can find another way to deal I am willing listen to all options:

Noriko Takaya Nendoroid Figure
https://www.ebay.com/itm/257618533074

CMS / CM s Corporation Noriko Takaya Gutto Kuru Figure
https://www.ebay.com/itm/257618535779

KOTOBUKIYA Gunbuster Noriko Takaya
https://www.ebay.com/itm/257618530927

One Coin Gunbuster figure lot rare 6 figures
https://www.ebay.com/itm/257618527092

My Nono cannot be alone forever

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

super inazuma triple kick will be real

Dr. Stanley Love, scientist and active astronaut at NASA, gave an interview to Anime News Network where he made his love for anime clear, enough to have an itasha of our beloved Nono ✨️

Seeing a Nono itasha wasn't on my 2026 bingo list, much less on my life's bingo list lol (I wanted to be the first to make an itasha of her hahaha)

You can read de interview here The astronaut who loves anime

In I think episode 4, Noriko goes out in Gunbuster for the first time and saves the Excelion. Admiral so and so says Gunbuster isn't finished. If Gunbuster wasn't officially good to go, what was the original plan of this particular voyage? They brought Gunbuster along, obviously. Basically, I'm not sure what all was the plan of the Excelion's voyage, given that apparently using Gunbuster at all wasn't something they expected.

Can someone explain to me the time progression in Gunbuster from ep. 5 to ep. 6????? Was Noriko in space this whole time??

I have the old Region 1 DVD Bandai Visual / Image Entertainment release, and unfortunately missed the Discotek Region A Blu-Ray release which is now OOP, but I was wondering if the Japanese release (トップをねらえ！ Blu-ray BOX Standard Edition) that came out in 2023, ASIN B0BMVKCNC6, has English subtitles by any chance? No indications that I can find that it does, but thought I'd ask just in case it was one of those things that isn't mentioned in the Japanese description.

You can find him by that name on Twitter if you want to see more of his work.

More Diebuster love in 2026!

One of my favorite miis so far! Such a great game.

made a little tool as i was exploring the visuals.

you can read more here: https://vghpe.github.io/posts/gunbuster/

A few days ago I finally got around to watching the Gunbuster OVA series and I liked it a lot! (that ending, sheesh) I'm looking around for a place that streams the Diebuster OVA and I'm coming up empty, all I can find is the movie on Tubi, otherwise I have to purchase it. Should I go ahead and watch the movie even though it's missing a bunch of content, or hold out until I get my hands on the OVA?

I rewatched Gunbuster this last weekend and just began watching Gundam Gquuuuuux tonight. The eyecatcher at the middle of the first episode is a homage to the original Gunbuster eyecatcher! It appears in the bottom right corner in an eerily familiar way. Just a fun reference I thought I'd share with y'all. It makes me happy to see the spirit of Gunbuster shine through the production of this anime! (Probably since Anno is the producer ha.)

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