00:05
newspaper: First Human Faster-Than-Light Spaceship Luxion
Launched 11 AM yesterday, announces Chairman Lipton
Captained by Admiral Yuzo Takaya

00:10
newspaper: The Space Force's First Faster-Than-Light Fleet Annihilated!
Luxion destroyed? Fleet missing in Cygnus Constellation, 250 light years away.
Source of destruction being investigated

00:18
newspaper: 536 Lost, 47 Petty Officers Returned Safely
Defeat due to admiral's mistake? Were extraterrestrials encountered?
The survivor list includes Hideaki Anno.

01:15
form: Post-Graduate Questionnaire

Osaka City Third Municipal Junior High School
In three months, graduation season will arrive. You must decide what you will do afterwards.

Choose the most appropriate one:
[X] High school [ ] Professional school [ ] Work [ ] Other (   )

The high school you wish to enter:
Okinawa Space Force's Girls' High School for Astronauts

01:20
envelope: Okinawa Space Force's Girls' High School for Astronauts
1-chome Kanahashira, Kadena City, Okinawa 904-02
Phone: 0808-9157-36182

01:45
GUNBUSTER: AIM FOR THE TOP! (The name is a combination of the movie Top Gun and the anime Aim for the Ace)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Tadatsugu Hayakawa
Toshio Azami

ORIGINAL STORY CONCEPT
Shin Unosawa
Isamu Senda
Toshio Okada

SCREENPLAY
Toshio Okada
PRODUCED BY
Minoru Takanashi
Shiro Sasaki
Hiroaki Inoue

ART DIRECTION
Shinji Higuchi
Hideaki Anno

CHARACTER DESIGN
Haruhiko Mikimoto
ANIMATION CHARACTER DESIGN
Toshiyuki Kubowoka

MUSIC
Kohei Tanaka

THEME SONG
Vocals: Noriko Sakai
Lyrics: Hiromi Mori
Composer: Eiji Nishiki
Arranger: Motoki Funayama

MECHA & ROBOT DESIGN
Kazutaka Miyatake
Koichi Ohata

ART DESIGN
Masanori Kikuchi
Hiroshi Sasaki

DIRECTED BY
Hideaki Anno

A GAINAX PRODUCTION

03:26
Kimiko Higuchi is the maiden name of an animator and writer for Gunbuster. She also drew the ending pictures.
Noriko Tayaka is a staff member for ??? (original says "harmony processing"). Her voice actress is named Noriko Hidaka, and the OP/ED singer is Noriko Sakai.
 
07:46
Noriko's robot is red because she's a first year. Green/red/blue color like this is normal in high schools.

10:44
The music is "From the New World", which is normally used at the end of the day in Japanese schools.
poster: Keep the locker room clean! The ones in a boy's school are cleaner.

10:44
Book titles in Noriko's room, in the order they're panned in:
?
Wozniak tells about the Macintosh
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
Mathematics and Space
Osaka City Third Municipal Junior High School Yearbook (2020)
Physics 1
Mathematics 1
Chemistry 1
Modern Japanese Language
Knowledge Navigation (http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lain.htm#navi)
Dictionary of Degenerated Substances
Fundamentals of Machine Weaponry
Molfore's Spring

10:53
poster:
                 "Announcement"

The two students below are appointed as ensigns for the machine weapon project.
They are to be assigned to the seventh fleet's space battleship Exelion.
They are to leave for Silver Star after the first semester.

         Girl's school 3rd year Amano, Kazumi
         Girl's school 1st year Takaya, Noriko
Kazumi Amano is the maiden name of Gunbuster's producer's wife.

12:58
paper: "You'll die!" "Defeat's daughter!" "Silly girl, go back to Osaka!"

15:42
This scene was an Ultraman Leo parody.

18:20
wall poster: Keep shower room clean

18:25
door pane: Contributed by a graduate at Moon Base

21:04
"TOH!" is a catchphrase from Kamen Rider.

21:16
Inazuma is thunder/lightning, as you can see from the pointless lightning bolt effect.

23:24
The space plane uses seperating booster rockets to escape the atmosphere, much like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster

23:40
"To be continued..."

CAST
Takaya Noriko Noriko Hidaka
Kazumi Amano Rei Sakuma
Coach Norio Wakamoto
Jung-Freud Maria Kawamura

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Hiroshi Sasaki
Mahiro Maeda
Masanori Kikuchi

SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT ANIMATION
Yuji Moriyama
MAIN TITLE DESIGN
Yutaka Murakami (ARTMIC)

CHIEF ANIMATOR
Toshiyuki Kubowoka

ANIMATORS
Katsuhiro Nakayama Takeshi Honda
Kazuya Honda Shinya Yamamoto
Yoko Onoda Tomoaki Kado
Keiji Gotoh Koichi Nakaochi
Naoya Kato Koji Yamada

CHIEF ILLUSTRATORS
Yuji Moriyama
Toshiyuki Kubowoka

LINE PRODUCER
Shoichi Masuo
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Masahide Okino
Hidetoshi Watanabe

SOUND
Ueo Ando (AOI STUDIO)
Nobuyoshi Kamimura
Shizuo Kurahashi
Toyo Onkyo
RECORDED AT
AOI STUDIO

SOUND EFFECTS
Etsuji Yamada
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Yoshiki Okumura

ENDING THEME "Try Again"
VOCALS Noriko Sakai
LYRICS Megumi Ogura
COMPOSER Eiji Nishiki
ARRANGER Motoki Funayama
PRODUCED BY
Victor Music Industry

POST-PRODUCTION
Studio Kuma
Kuroneko Kan
Studio Cats
NUTI
Studio Step

OPENING TITLES
Maki Productions
CLOSING TITLES
Kimiko Akai

PRODUCED BY
GAINAX

COPYRIGHT 1990
VICTOR-GAINAX-B.M.D.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED