Gunbuster 2 Volume 1 by Tsurumaki Kazuya (2003)
9 June 2007I have always been a huge fan of GAINAX, and loved the original GUNBUSTER when I saw it. It had a true science fiction story, mixed in with some serious fan service, and finally Gainax has come back to this seminal title, and set another story in this universe. So far I have enjoyed it, though there is not as much science as of yet this time around. And I must say the price is beyond ridiculous. $30 for a 54 minute DVD is really a total rip off. They banking on people buying it because of their love for Gainax’s EVENGELION, and I am sure it will do well because of that, but they should be doing 4-6 episodes per disc instead of 1. Still I did enjoy it.
This is the story of Nono (Yukari Fukai) a young girl from the Martian Countryside. She has big dreams, but she also has the amazing ability to break anything in half, which causes some major issues. Her dream though is to become a space pilot, and she runs away from home, and takes a job as a waitress at a bar next to the spaceport. Her dreams become a little closer to reality, when she is being bothered by some of the robot operators at the bar, and she is helped by Lal’C Melk Mark (Maaya Sakamoto), probably the top Topless pilot, one of those who defends humans from Space Monsters by flying Giant Robotic Buster Machines, using their own internal powers.
REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS…
Nono chases down Lal’C to tell her how much she likes her and wants to be one with her, and calls her onee-sama or big sister, and then ends up being around when a space monster attacks the Earth, which is why Lal’C is there. Nono wants to become a topless, but she is in fact not even human, but an android, and doesn’t really have a memory fo why she was created or that she is a robot, and she actually helps Lal’C defeat the space monster and goes to the space station where the Topless pilots are stationed.
At the station there is also Nicola Vacheron (Mitsuo Iwata) who seems to be Lal’C’s boyfrined and another top pilot. And there is also Tycho Science (Miyuki Sawashiro) who doesn’t do much in these episodes,and there is the adult technician who helps them Casio Takashiro (Takumi Yamazaki).
An admiral comes and takes Lal’C into custody, mainly it seems because he is pissed off because he could not become a topless pilot, but when a space monster attacks, his fleet is almost destroyed, until Nicola comes out in the Buster Machine Vingt-Sept, and Lal’C calls out her buster Dix Neuf, not knowing that Nono is in it, and Nono does help her. In fact the Admirals ship is going to crash into Mars, but Nono convinces Lal’C to help it, and it is only with her strength that they manage to save the ship and keep it from burning up. And Nono is made a member of the team.
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Enjoyable so far.
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