Ep 0004 - Gunbuster: Aim for the Top! (1988)
9/19/23
Our episode this time is on Gunbuster (1988), the debilitatingly heartwarming and also direly perverse debut of the man behind Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Content warnings for this episode: YA nudity, inappropriate marriages (nothing explicit), giant bugs, child soldiers, space travel.
Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio.
Mechs Discussed
Buster Machines 1 & 2
Sizzler (Mass Production)
Jung Freud's RX7
Exelion (Ship)
Eltreum (Ship)
Space Monsters
Cool Factor(tm) Score
Alice |
Brian |
Niko |
|---|---|---|
8 |
7 |
5 |
Other Images of Things Discussed
rip dad
cheerleader bots
robot school
metal shoes
robot school assembly
BUSTER KICK
Oota (Sunglass Emoji)
The Top Gun Volleyball Scene
find the russian spy
the corpse
classic space onsen
RIDE THAT WHIP
gaiter space masks
space sushi, or, ssushi
this is an actual main character
girls niiight
test of courage
cleaning the lasers
oops
sad bois
an actual tatami mat room on a space ship
THE RETURN OF THE MVP WATCH
time dialation
graduation
her friend grew up, did she??
door in the hand
YURI
YURIIIIIII
YURIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
tadaima!
GAME TIME!
Our game this time was guessing which Top Gun character each Gunbuster represented
 Top Gun Characters |
 Gunbuster Characters |