Is it still the best OVA to this day?

But Diebuster only becomes better if you already saw Gunbuster.

More like Diebuster tried to rip off Gunbuster's emotional resonance with its ending because it had no confidence in its own story

Okay but Diebuster >>> Gunbuster.

Couldn't agree more but too be fair I haven't seen that many OVA's yet

Probably

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Absolute cringe, off yourself

worst macross tbqh

Not while LOGH exists

lol no

Prove it.

Gunbuster: *Intentionally leaves how humanity is in the future up to viewer imagination, presumably because it transcends our perception of the nature of living species*
Diebuster: lol actually they're like us but with bigger robots XD

The part with the love interest dying is a bit too underdeveloped but the ending makes up for any flaws as it’s one of the greatest anime endings ever

That'd be LotGH.

>love interest dying is a bit too underdeveloped
I'll agree with that. I felt more sad hearing Freud's last words and knowing she never got to see them again. Broke my heart desu.

This man was involved so it explains a lot.

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It's tied with LOGTH

And my personal second favourite ova, Giant Robo.

I hate to be that guy, but I think Gunbuster is incredibly overrated. Influential... no doubt. But incredibly overrated.

The OVA has a lot of cool ideas and worldbuilding and at times the cinematography is gorgeous, but it’s too short for its own good. Characters arcs don’t feel natural in the slightest, and the plot moves along way too fast to care much about the stakes.

It’s a fun piece of history but Anno’s later series, Nadia and Evangelion, pretty much utilize everything that worked in Gunbuster and do it way better.

16:9 stretched

oh god

Why does it look like he has saggy granny tits?

true

Gunbuster is only genuinely good for the last 2 episodes.
It deserves all the praise it gets for the beautiful ending but the first couple of episodes are nothing outstanding.

I'd agree about it being short for all the things in it that could have been expanded on. There could have been more development with Jung's rivalry or Noriko's love interest or with Coach. The shift in stakes can be jarring with only six episodes. But I would also be wary about calling something old overrated when we have the benefit of hindsight. It's like you said other works built off of what it did and improved on it. That was possible because the foundation was laid.

I don't think Diebuster heats the peak of Gunbuster but Diebuster is more evenly entertaining throughout.

Diebusters ending while delivering the feels, was poorly written. Gunbuster succeded in both regards, that's why it's better.

No, that title goes to GaoGaiGar Final.

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It's garbage. The only halfway interesting thing about it is the ending.

that and FLCL

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(same dude you responded to)

Believe me, I’m not trying to downplay Gunbuster’s influence and legacy towards Anno’s future work and other animators who were inspired by it. Gunbuster absolutely deserves that praise. It walked so Nadia, Eva, and many other series could run and fly.

I just don’t think it’s story or characters hold up for me personally. Personally, Noriko’s character development feels very unearned in episode 4. TTGL did something very similar with Simon’s character and I feel it worked better there because we had proper time to see him grow past his whiny and quitter attitude into a leader and a hero.