Episode 173 - Hard Work... (Aim for the Top! Gunbuster 1 of 2)

Vintage Anime Club Podcast

On this episode, join Diana, Sam, Kate, Dennis, Karen, & Ed as they discusss the 1988 OVA series Aim for the Top! Gunbuster, one of Gainax's earliest releases. How many parodies is too many parodies? Do the mechs have to take a fitness test too? And are those really regulation space suits? You'll have to mostly ignore some of the pseudo-science included in the show, even if the post episode science lessons are fun, but we'll get through this series thanks to hard work and guts!

0:00:00 - Introduction & The Watchlist 0:14:31 - Some Anime News 0:41:00 - Gunbuster Production Notes & Our History 0:54:15 - EP1 - Shock! Big-Sister and I are Going to be Pilots Together?! 1:20:23 - EP2 - Daring! The Girl Genius Challenger!! 1:43:46 - EP3 - First Love☆First Sortie 2:12:06 - Voices 2:25:06 - Final Thoughts & Kanpai

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