Diebuster

DieBuster
Official DVD cover from Discotek
トップをねらえ 2!
(Toppu o Nerae TSŪ!)
GenreMecha[1]
Created by
Prequel
Original video animation
Directed byKazuya Tsurumaki
Produced by
Written byYōji Enokido
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioGainax
Licensed by
Released November 26, 2004 August 25, 2006
Runtime27–31 minutes
Episodes6 (List of episodes)
Anime film
GunBuster vs. DieBuster
Directed byHideaki Anno
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Written byToshio Okada
Yoji Enokido[2]
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioGainax
Licensed by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2006
Runtime195 minutes
Manga
Written byKazuya Tsurumaki
Published byFujimi Shobo
MagazineDragon Age Pure
DemographicShōnen
Original run20062007
Volumes1

DieBuster, also known as Aim for the Top 2! (トップをねらえ 2!, Toppu o Nerae Tsū!) and GunBuster 2, is a six-episode original video animation series directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, written by Yōji Enokido and animated by Gainax. It was created to commemorate the studio's 20th anniversary in 2004, and is a sequel to their 1988 OVA GunBuster.

A compilation film, titled Aim for the Top! & Aim for the Top 2! The Gattai Movie!! (トップをねらえ!&トップをねらえ2! 合体劇場版!!, Toppu o Nerae! & Toppu o Nerae 2! Gattai Gekijōban!!), which condenses GunBuster and DieBuster into two feature-length films, was released on October 1, 2006.

It was licensed for American release by Bandai Visual USA as GunBuster 2.[3] Discotek Media has since re-licensed DieBuster as GunBuster 2: DieBuster and was released on May 21, 2013.[4] A manga adaptation of the series is available in Japan.

  1. ^ "THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - GunBuster 2: DieBuster".
  2. ^ GAINAX/TOP2委員会. "トップをねらえ2!". top2.jp. Retrieved 2021-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Bandai Visual USA to release GunBuster 2, The Wings of Rean, Demon Prince Enma". Market Wire. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Discotek Media Adds Gunbuster 2: Diebuster Video Anime Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved 7 January 2013.


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