Gunbuster

Gunbuster
	Official Blu-ray cover from Discotek Media featuring Kazumi Amano (left), Noriko Takaya (middle), and Jung Freud (right)
トップをねらえ!; (Toppu o Nerae!)
Genre	Mecha; Science fiction; Space opera;
Created by	Toshio Okada
Original video animation
Directed by	Hideaki Anno
Produced by	Hiroaki Inoue ; Minoru Takanashi ; Shirō Sasaki
Written by	Hideaki Anno ; Toshio Okada ; Hiroyuki Yamaga
Music by	Kohei Tanaka
Studio	Gainax
Licensed by	EU: Kiseki Films (former); Beez Entertainment (former) ; Anime Limited (current); NA: U.S. Renditions (former); Manga Entertainment (former); Bandai Visual USA (former); Discotek Media (current);
Released	October 7, 1988 – July 7, 1989
Runtime	25–29 minutes
Episodes	6
Anime film
Gunbuster vs. Diebuster
Directed by	Hideaki Anno ; Kazuya Tsurumaki
Written by	Toshio Okada ; Yōji Enokido
Music by	Kohei Tanaka
Studio	Gainax
Licensed by	EU: Beez Entertainment (former); NA: Bandai Visual USA (former); Sentai Filmworks (current);
Released	October 1, 2006
Runtime	195 minutes
Manga
Written by	Kabocha
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Young Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 4, 2010 – June 4, 2013
Volumes	5
Sequel
	Diebuster;

Gunbuster, known in Japan as Top o Nerae! (トップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!, Aim for the Top!), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The title is a combination of the titles of classic tennis manga and anime Aim for the Ace! and hit action drama film Top Gun, whose plots inspired Gunbuster's. To celebrate Gainax's 20th anniversary in 2004, a sequel to Gunbuster, Diebuster (or Gunbuster 2), was released as an OVA. The sequel features new characters and mecha but retains the format and many of the concepts of the original series.

The anime has had several releases to home video since it was first released. It would receive an English dub in 2022. It has also had soundtrack albums, a manga series, and merchandise such as toys, model kits, and video games. It received mostly positive reviews and won the Seiun Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1990.