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Diebuster, known in Japan as
Aim for the Top 2! (トップをねらえ 2!, Toppu o
Nerae Tsū!
?) is a six episode anime Original Video
Animation (OVA) series created by Gainax in 2004.
The first episode was aired on October 3, 2004, while the final
episode was released on August 14, 2005. A movie, officially titled
Top o Nerae 2! & Top o Nerae! Gattai Gekijouban,
retells and recaps the end of the first Gunbuster OVA and the finale of Diebuster.
It was scheduled to air on October 1, 2006 at the Tokyo Anime
Center's 3D Akiba theatre.
Also called Gunbuster 2, it is the
direct sequel to Gunbuster, but is animated in a 16:9 widescreen aspect
ratio, rather than the 4:3 aspect ratio used in the majority of
Gunbuster. It has been licensed for American release by Bandai Visual USA
as Gunbuster 2. Additionally a manga adaptation of the series is available in
Japan.
Story
Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster follows the story of Nono, a
country girl who dreams of becoming a space pilot (or to be more
precise, 'like Nonoriri,' the meaning of which is revealed as the
series progresses) who, due to a chance encounter with an
actual space pilot finds herself becoming part of the
elite Fraternity. Made up of teenage pilots called
Topless, and armed with quasi-humanoid weapons called Buster
Machines, the Fraternity's mission is to protect the people of the
Solar System from attack by swarms of space monsters.
The series revolves around Nono's quest to become like Nonoriri,
her relationship with Lal'C Melk Mark, the first Topless she meets
whom she immediately idolizes (to the point of calling her
onee-sama, or big sister), and the hard work she believes
she has to do to be 'worthy' of Lal'C's attention. It also explores
her interactions with the rest of the Idols, her efforts to fit in
and, ultimately, the truth to her forgotten past.
After dealing with swarms of space monsters, and the personal
conflicts of the Topless themselves. The empire discovers a threat
of a Real space monster and the fact that the monsters they've been
battling up to this point were merely first generation
alternate Buster Machines used to protect the human race
in earlier generations. During these events, Nono's potent powers
as Buster Machine no. 7 awakens, she and the
Topless do battle with the real space monster and is victorious.
Nearing the end of the story, they encounter the last of the space
monsters carrying a black hole and utilizing it as an energy source
to warp from system to system. The empire plans to use Nono's
Buster Machine powers and the artificial Buster Machines to destroy
the final Space Monster. However, Lal'C and the Fraternity find
themselves useless during this time, and one of the Topless is
permanently put out of commission when he has finally reached his
age. With Nono's love and encouragement, Lal'C and the remaining
Topless battle the Space Monster.
This was all in vain, as the Space Monster moves closer to
earth, Nono departs with the alternate Buster Machines and
seemingly vanishes from the system. The empire decides to use Earth
as a weapon to destroy the final Space Monster to ensure their
survival. Meanwhile, Lal'C for the first time, delves into Nono's
past, How she learned to idolize "Nonoriri" and the man who found
her in the depths of Space. She and the remainder of the Topless
prepare for the Space Monster's arrival and the timely intervention
of Nono, who now becomes the mega android
DieBuster. However, frustrated with Nono's
departure, she batters her new form "DieBuster" in a fit of rage.
Only to find that she was stopping the empire from using earth as a
weapon against the Space Monster. With the two girl's resolve, and
Dix-Neuf's new Powers, they defeat the final Space Monster.
However, at the wake of their battle, the Black hole tears open
due to the Space Monster's death. Nono and Lal'C share one last
moment together as sisters, their hopes, dreams and futures if they
survived, and finally gives Lal'C a piece of her generator or
singularity, in the form of an Origami crane, before using the
remnants of the Alternate Buster Machines to warp the black hole
and herself away from earth. Dix-Neuf saves Lal'C, and brings her
back to civilization, she weeps at the death of Nono.
10 years later, Lal'C becomes an environmentalist and her
Topless comrades have moved on from their previous life. She stays
on a hill top in the Okinawan coast line, musing about Nono before
the city's lights shuts off. She stares in the starry sky, and it
is revealed all along that Nono and Lal'C's time line is the
setting of the last episode of the first GunBuster OVA, as
explicitly said by Lal'C when she first muses about Nono. Its two
pilots, Noriko and Kazumi descend from the remnants of the first
ever Buster Machine, and Lal'C vowing to tell Noriko about Nono's
life and her sacrifice.
Characters
Nono (Seiyū: Yukari Fukui)
- Hailing from a rural community in the Martian countryside, Nono
is a simple and clumsy girl with a big dream: she wants to be a
space pilot. And not just any space pilot, but one to rival
'Nonoriri'. Of course, dreaming of being a pilot and
actually becoming one are two entirely different things,
as she soon finds out upon reaching the city. Even after landing a
somewhat dead-end job as a waitress in one of the city's bars, Nono
stubbornly holds on to her ideals, despite the chiding of her boss
and the bar's regular patrons. Her persistence pays off, however,
when she encounters a real space pilot in the person of
Lal'C Melk Mark, member of the elite Fraternity and current pilot
of Buster Machine Dix-Neuf. It is through Lal'C (whom she
impulsively dubs her onee-sama, or big sister) that Nono
finally finds the means to make her dreams a reality.
- Possessing a bubbly personality and a near-endless supply of
optimism, Nono seems to be a normal, if clumsy, country girl.
However, Nono is anything but normal; in fact, she isn't
even human, but an android, who can't quite remember the reason why
she was built (though much of her past is revealed later in the
series). She idolizes Lal'C, despite the fact that the latter seems
to regard her with mild annoyance, and will do anything to please
her.
- Nono has trace recorded history of Takaya Noriko and Amano
Kazumi (The pilots of Buster Machines 1 and 2) in her memory. The
very person she Idolizes and wants to become is Takaya Noriko. Due
to her damaged memory, Nono cannot remember Noriko's actual name
and thus pronounces it Nonoriri. Nono's memory of Amano Kazumi is
referenced when she calls Lal'C Onee-sama and when Nono makes
origami cranes. The final reference to "Top o Nerae!" from Nono's
memory is the catch phrase that she has memorized. "With guts, and
effort," spoken in Japanese. Nono sacrifices her life in the last
episode by using her generator and the remaining artificial buster
machines to seemingly warp a fatal black hole left in the wake of
her climactic battle with Lal'C and the final Space Monster,
leaving her legacy in a form of a badly done Origami crane.
Lal'C Mellk Mal (Seiyū: Maaya Sakamoto)
- The current holder of the top kill score among Topless pilots,
Lal'C, along with fellow pilots Nicola and Tycho, is part of the
so-called 'Idol' group (pilots with exceptionally high kill rates).
She is also the current pilot of Buster Machine Dix-Neuf, the
oldest buster machine still in operation. Nicknamed 'princess' by
her teammates, Lal'C is outwardly cool and self-confident—traits
that draw Nono's admiration for her, much to her initial annoyance.
It is Lal'C who helps induct Nono (with some indirect assistance
from Nicola) into the Fraternity as an 'auxiliary member', despite
the fact that Nono manifests none of the traits associated with
being a Topless.
- While initially bothered by Nono's hero-worship of her, Lal'C
gradually gets used to her company, to the point where she can talk
about things she wouldn't normally tell anyone. She senses some
potential in Nono, and admires the girl's never-give-up attitude a
little (though she might act otherwise), but doubts if guts and
perseverance alone can make the girl's dreams come true.
- In the epilogue, she is one of the many inhabitants of earth to
welcome Noriko Takaya and Kazumi Amano and presumably passes Nono's
legacy and gift to Noriko.
Nicola Vacheron (Seiyū: Mitsuo Iwata)
- The only male Topless on the 'Idol' team, Nicola is the pilot
of Buster Machine Vingt-Sept and, before Lal'C's inclusion into the
ranks of the Topless, was considered one of the most powerful
Topless of his generation. He is Lal'C's inspiration (in as much as
Lal'C is Nono's inspiration), and seems to have a relationship with
her, though it is debatable whether it is of a romantic nature or
not. He is interested in Nono and sees potential in her to be a
Buster Machine pilot, despite the fact that Nono has never
manifested any kind of Topless reaction (something that, according
to their minder Casio, may not be possible in artificial beings),
and secretly helps Nono join the Fraternity under the premise of
being an 'auxiliary' member.
- Considered 'old' among the current Topless (as he is nearing
late adolescence), Nicola is already having a hard time manifesting
the Exotic Maneuvers needed to power his machine. As such, he seems
to secretly be seeking a way to extend his 'tenure' as a Topless,
to the point of joining the Serpentine Twin's inner circle and
acting as their watcher over Nono's activities.
- He ultimately loses his ability to pilot the Buster machine and
becomes a lieutenant in the empire. His fate in the final episode
is unknown.
Tycho Science (Seiyū: Miyuki Sawashiro)
- The final member of the 'Idol' team, Tycho is brash, impulsive,
and utterly determined (at least in the beginning) to best Lal'C's
longstanding kill record, seeing it as a chance to wipe the
normally smug look off the face of the teacher's
pet(another of Lal'C's nicknames among the members of the
Fraternity). She has a low opinion of Topless in general (despite
the fact that she's a Topless herself) due to an event in her
childhood where—in spite of her powers—she was unable to cure the
illness of a close friend, and is annoyed by Nono's constant
attempts to prove herself worthy to become a Buster Machine pilot.
Ironically, it is Nono who later helps her change her way of
thinking for the better. While it isn't outwardly implied, the two
become friends, though not on the same level as Nono and
Lal'C.
- Initially Tycho pilots the Buster Machine No.66: Soixante-Six,
but it is destroyed when (against her initial orders) she uses it
to impulsively attack the Jupiter Express (a massive swarm of space
monsters that roamed the space between Jupiter and Saturn). After a
period of self-doubt, she is able to awaken Buster Machine
Quatre-Vingt-Dix, and it remains her machine for the rest of the
series.
- In the epilogue, Tycho becomes an emissary of earth and travels
to various systems with the corps. She wasn't present during the
homecoming of Noriko and Kazumi.
Casio Takashiro (Seiyū: Takumi Yamazaki)
- The only adult member of the 'Idol' team, Casio is their
guardian, technician, and confidant rolled into one. A former
Topless himself (he was a pilot of Dix-Neuf before Lal'C joined the
Fraternity), Casio possesses an intimate understanding of the
workings of the Buster Machines, as well as the people forced to
pilot them. That is part of why he was one of the first to express
his doubts on Nicola's assertion that Nono had the potential to
become a pilot. Despite his initial misgivings, however, he joins
Lal'C in welcoming Nono into their 'team'.
- Despite being a lech and a joker, Casio can be surprisingly
serious when the situation merits it. He secretly yearns to pilot a
Buster Machine again, but is resigned to the fact that he can only
be near them, due to his advanced age. He is aware of the shady
activities of the Serpentine Twins, but not the exact details of
their little 'project.' Casio's fate at the end of the series is
unknown, but presumably remains an engineer in the empire.
Buster
Machines
Unlike the mechs seen in Gunbuster, the Buster Machines in Diebuster
appear to be sentient biomechanical mecha built by some unspecified Buster Machine
corporation, which are actually later generations of the first two
Buster Machines from the first OVA. According to Casio, the oldest
functioning Buster Machine, Dix-Neuf, is more than several thousand
years old. The process of constructing the Buster Machines seems to
be extremely complex, to the point that only fifty percent of the
machines built ever “awaken”. This explains why, at the time of
Episode 2, only 32 Buster Machines were still in operation, from a
total of 90. The mechs all have spherical cockpits which resemble a
baseball, and the control mechanisms resemble bicycle and
automotive parts such as bike handles, seats, brakes, and so on.
The Buster Machine names are derived from the French Vigesimal numeric
system.
Listed below are a few of the more prominent Buster Machines
featured in the series.
Buster Machine No. 19: Dix-Neuf
- The oldest Buster Machine still in active service, its name
literally means "nineteen" in French. It is piloted by Lal'C. Its
appearance resembles a stereotypical Japanese bike gangster (bosozoku;
sporting a long dark trenchcoat covering its muscular-looking body
with baggy matching "pants". It has a huge red scar running through
its chest and abdomen, and an artificial metal left arm. Dix-Neuf
has a cruise mode wherein it resembles a huge space rocket. Its
wide array of weaponry includes finger-mounted machineguns, the
Buster Gator (a hand-held chainsaw/knuckle weapon augmented by the
right forearm rockets), Buster Beam, Buster Might (missiles located
in its left forearm), and Burning Wall (micro-missiles stored in
the inner layer of its coat) to name a few. When its coat is
removed, a huge bronze oni (Japanese demon) face with red eyes and
flaming horns is revealed on its back which is capable of offense
using eyebeams. When detached, its coat can also transform into a
large laser cannon. It also has the ability to teleport to where
Lal'C summons it to be when the Topless seal on her forehead is
removed.
- While capable of battling opponents without a pilot (due to its
accumulative AI), Dix-Neuf's true potential is unleashed when a
Topless pilots it: its mobility increases exponentially, its
otherwise rigid trench coat is able to flex and move almost as if
it weighed little more than a piece of clothing, and it can use
weaponry powered by its Topless pilot's Exotic Maneuvers.
- Dix-Neuf had its Degeneracy generator removed and replaced with
a cockpit in the chest. This may have been done to bury the
technology to keep humans in the solar system, or simply because of
the horn going through its right eye, blocking access to the
original cockpit located in its head. In its true form, after Lal'C
and Dix-Neuf violently installed a Degeneracy generator from one of
the fallen Buster Corps "space monster" into itself, the entire
machine turns red, with the heavy overcoat turned into pure energy.
The large mouthpiece is removed, exposing a human face.
- Dix-Neuf saves Lal'C one last time when Nono warps the black
hole away from earth, its presumably sealed off with the other
buster machines as there are no more threats from Space
Monsters.
Buster Machine No. 27: Vingt-Sept
- The Buster Machine that Nicola pilots, Vingt-Sept is a somewhat
gangly-looking machine sporting outstretched wings which can be
used as a secondary pair of arms at its shoulders that house a
multitude of speaker-like openings on its surface, which likely
help magnify the range and effect of the reality-bending Exotic
Maneuvers Nicola uses. It has the ability to create reality
distortions which it can use to manipulate objects around it and
use them as offensive weapons, other than that it has two swords
for slicing through the enemy. Designed primarily for quick
movement and melee combat, Vingt-Sept is light on ranged attacks,
relying instead on remote-detonated 'mines,' as evidenced in the
battle against the Jupiter Express. Its name means "twenty-seven"
in French.
- Vingt-Sept was sealed away with the other buster machines in
the final episode as there are no more threats of Space
Monsters.
Buster Machine No. 90: Quatre-Vingt-Dix
- Tycho's final Buster Machine, Quatre-Vingt-Dix is the newest
model to be rolled out of the factories in more than a decade. Slim
and feminine in appearance (even sporting a pink and white paint
job), Quatre-Vingt-Dix seems to be designed as a long-ranged
support unit, as most of the attacks it displays in the series
seemed to be ranged (as well as affecting wide areas) in nature. It
is famous for its Buster Smash, a tennis-inspired wide-area attack
capable of freezing large numbers of opponents instantaneously. Its
name means "ninety" in French.
- Quatre-Vingt-Dix was sealed away with the other buster machines
in the final episode as there are no more threats of Space
Monsters.
Buster Machine No. 7
- Though alluded to throughout the series, in the fourth episode,
it is revealed that Nono is in fact a buster machine. Hints to this
included Nono's Inazuma Kick in the 1st episode, and her connection
with Buster Machines highlighted by Dix-Neuf's power up in the 2nd,
Quatre-Vingt-Dix awakening in the 3rd, as well as the ominous
feeling of the true Space Monster Fraternity mistook as an alien
Buster Machine, and the Serpentine Sisters thought was an alien
Topless (which it actually is, since Topless are an evolution to
bring humanity closer to Space Monsters making them the new 'white
cells' for the galaxy.) Nono herself is formidable, with the
ability to warp almost instantaneously using the singularity built
into her. Using three special lenses on the back of her hands and
her chest, she can absorb energy blasts. Upon her legs are six
banks of lasers similar to the ones used on the old Exelion, as
well as additional thrusters. Finally, she can fire off a Buster
Beam, or her rendition of a slicing maneuver, where she has the
power to cut a moon in half. Not to mention the ability to create
multitudes of micro-black holes. However, her greatest ability is
to control what is referred to in this series as 'Space Monsters',
which are actually the Buster Corps support unit built to protect
the solar system from the true Space Monsters. The greatest show of
this is when the entirety of the collective Buster Corps patrolling
and encircling the Solar System is assembled, creating the largest
Buster Machine combination to date, 'Diebuster'. It's a gigantic
red-colored rendition of Nono, though the outfit bears a close
resemblance to the legacy Top Squadron uniforms from Gunbuster. Assembled, it is
comparable in size to Earth. In this form, Nono resides in the
large crest upon the machine's forehead, which resembles the
insignia of the space fleet from Gunbuster. She dies at the final
episode when she uses her Singularity (or Generator) to warp the
Black Hole left in her battle with Lal'C's Dix-Neuf and the Final
Space Monster.
Space
Monsters
Gigantic life-forms of unknown origin that travel the spaceways
in massive swarms (termed 'Expresses') composed of tens of
thousands of creatures each, space monsters are considered a threat
for the sheer amount of damage they can cause to human settlements.
Only the Buster Machines seem to have the ability to battle them,
but the sheer numbers of some swarms can overwhelm even the best
Topless pilot.
Coming in an assortment of shapes and sizes, the space monsters
possess natural weaponry on par with the Buster Machines. Some
forms can generate blasts of energy, while others spawn smaller
versions of themselves that then proceed to impale their opponents.
A few forms seem to eschew ranged attacks completely, and primarily
use ramming attacks to overwhelm their foes.
It is not known precisely where the space monsters come from, or
why they are attacking humanity, but it is generally believed that
a 'mother swarm' encircles the Solar System outside of the planet
Pluto (which resembles a nebulous cloud of red material when viewed
from afar), preventing humanity from travelling further into
space.
In fact, the 'space monsters' that the Fraternity have been
battling for so long are actually an autonomous and self-evolving
defense system left behind by the Imperial Space Navy to guard the
solar system in the aftermath of the Galaxy Center Throw mission
(The end of Gunbuster 1). The irony of the situation is the fact
that, after centuries of auto-evolution, the 'guardians' adapted
forms similar to their programmed enemies (the real space
monsters from the first Gunbuster OVA) as they were more efficient.
Humanity is besieged by their former protectors because of their
own evolution. The similarity of Topless' psionic powers resembles
the powers of the variable gravity wells, the true space monsters
humanity once fought. It's almost as if humanity will one day
replace the space monsters that acted like the galaxy's immune
system.
There are two forms of Space Monsters. The Space Monsters under
the command of Buster Machine No. 7 are Man made and serve as
alternative Buster Machine. A real Space Monster is never
encountered until episode 4 of "Top o Nerae 2!" The first actual
Space Monster was discovered in the process of researching
sub-light speed. Space Monsters move from one solar system to
another consuming stars and multiplying. In episode 5, a Space
monster attaches itself and feeds on a Black Hole (created in
Gunbuster 1 by the humans). Once It saw the humanity and the earth
as a threat, it was decided that humanity would have to sacrifice
the earth to defend themselves. Only with the sacrifice of Nono and
the artificial alternative Buster Machines, did they ultimately
defeat the final Space monster.
Episodes
- Please Let Me Call You Big Sister! (お姉さまと呼ばせてください!)
- Don't call me Big Sis! (お姉さまなんかになりたくない)
- I hate Topless! (トップレスなんて大嫌い)
- Resurrection! The Legendary Buster Machine! (復活!!
伝説のバスターマシン!)
- They who move the Stars (星を動かすもの)
- The Story of Your Life (あなたの人生の物語)
Style
The art style of the show is drastically different from the 1988
original Gunbuster. Director Kazuya Tsurumaki, scriptwriter Yoji
Enokido, producer Hironori Sato, and character designer Yoshiyuki
Sadamoto all previously worked together on the anime FLCL. This is reflected in both the
artistic style and in thematic elements. They also appear to be set
in a similar universe. The Fraternity, mentioned in FLCL, is one of
the chief entities in Diebuster.
Regarding the show's influences, Tsurumaki said, “Since I’m
directing the show, you know there’s going to be some FLCL-ishness…
[We] all have differing opinions on how this new series should go.
Sato likes hot-blooded sports shows, while Enokido wants to do a
story about an average boy coming to realize his own weaknesses and
fighting to make a better life for himself, like in Evangelion and
Nadia. What I want to do is combine a bunch of technical sci-fi
concepts with an indescribably weird mood.”[1]
Music and
theme songs
Many music in Diebuster is recomposed based on the
music used in Gunbuster. A famous example would be the
'Buster Machine March' which played in Gunbuster during
the Gunbuster's first combat sortie, it plays in episodes 1, 4, and
6 of Diebuster.
The music was composed and conducted by Kōhei
Tanaka, the composer of Gunbuster.
Opening Theme
Ending Theme
- "Hoshikuzu Namida" (Stardust Tears), by ACKO
Allusions to other anime
- The name of the flagship Lalacharn featured in episode two is a
combination of the names Lalah and Char; an homage to the original Gundam
series.
- Nono's assertion that anything could be achieved through
willpower and effort is the same idea that Koichiro "Coach" Ota
seems to constantly remind Noriko of.
- Nono's lightning kick in the first episode is a homage
to the lightning kick from the original Gunbuster OVA.
Similarly, Dix-Neuf finishes off the attacking space monster with a
Buster Beam, named after one of the Gunbuster's
attacks.
- In episode 2, Nicola calls Nono's lightning kick a Rider Kick. The Rider
Kick is the traditional finisher of the superhero Kamen Rider of tokusatsu fame, as well as
his many successors.
- In the third episode, the 'planet' Jupiter featured is a ship
of similar design to the Exelion.
- In episode three, while preparing for the arrival of the
Jupiter Express, Tycho attacks Nono in an EVO III mechanical suit
and demands that she "turn off her marker" (in order to duel). This
mirrors a scene between Jung and Amanoh in episode 2 of the
original OVA.
- In episode four, Nono hums a melody from 'Active Heart'; the
opening song of the original Gunbuster OVA.
- In episode four, the music that is played when Lal'C shows Nono
the skylarks (named 'Skylark' in the OST) is the recomposition of
the song 'Active Heart', sharing the same melody.
- In the fourth episode, the "Variable Gravity Well" that the
Serpentine Twins unearth and revive is revealed to be none other
than a cruiser-type Uchuu Kaiju (Space Monster) - the same
type that the Gunbuster defeats on its first sortie. In the same
episode, there is a scene where Nono is accepted into Dix-Neuf's
palm, which mirrors a similar scene in the first OVA (where
Kazumi's RX-7 Machine Weapon is accepted into the Gunbuster's
palm).
- In episode 4 there is a sequence in which multiple space
monsters impale a buster machine before it can activate its exotic
technique. This mirrors a scene in The End of Evangelion in which
Asuka's Unit 2 is impaled many times in almost the exact same
manner.
- In the beginning of episode five, the "Nonoriri" that Nono
frequently mentions is revealed to be none other than Noriko Takaya
of the original OVA.
- In episode five, Lal'C is shown kicking her Vespa scooter to
the ground in way similar to FLCL's character Haruko in the ending.
- In episode five, the Space Navy travels beyond Pluto to the Sol
system's twelfth 'planet' - the Black Hole, Exelio. It
was the black hole created when the Exelion's (the warship that
initially carried the Gunbuster) Degenerancy Drive was detonated to
destroy the solar system's space monster hive.
- In episode five, the evacuation of the flagship mirrors a scene
in the opening of episode 2 of the original OVA, where Koichiro Ota
was supposed to board one of the lifeboats of the damaged
Luxion.
- In episode six, the ending scene parallels the last scene of
Gunbuster. This concludes that the events that occur in Diebuster
take place around twelve thousand years after, or ten years before
the end of, Gunbuster's timeline.
- In episode six, after Lal'C is given the 'key' to Douze-Mille
(~4:10), the image of a 'legendary hidden ruins' strongly
resembles, if not actually is, the Eltreum from the original
OVA.
- In episode six, the head crest of Diebuster is the insignia of
the space fleet in the original OVA.
- In episode six, Lal'C dons a uniform resembling the uniform
worn by the female pilots of Gunbuster, which was in a knapsack
found in Dix-Neuf's original cockpit. Interestingly, the blue
knapsack has the insignia of the space fleet of the original
OVA.
- When placing the Degenerancy reactor into Dix-Neuf in episode
six, Lal'C's actions mirror Noriko's when she removed Gunbuster's
reactor to activate the Black Hole Bomb in the original OVA.
- At the end of episode six when Nono pulls Lal'C's hand into her
body it strongly resembles a scene from another Gainax production,
The
End of Evangelion when Gendou's hand enters into Rei Ayanami's
body via her breast. The fallen Diebuster may have also paid
tribute to the fallen Lilith/Rei from End of Evangelion.
- The "Gunbuster pose" (the "arms-crossed on chest" stance) has
been referenced in other GAINAX productions such as Tengen Toppa
Gurren Lagann.
- The smiley-face hairpiece that Nono wears bears a strong
resemblance to a similar badge worn on Captain Tylor's trenchcoat
in Irresponsible Captain Tylor.
References
- ^ Aim for the Top 2, aka
Gunbuster 2, aka Die Buster
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