Gunbuster
| Episode: 1 |
Title:
Unbelievable! Amano and I Are Pilots?!
Summary: Eight years after her father`s fatal run-in with an insectoid alien race bent on destroying Earth, Noriko Takaya enlists at the Space High School for Girls mecha pilot academy. When Coach Ota awards the less-than-adept Noriko a coveted spot in the elite Earth Space Force program, the other students - especially bully Ryoko - put her to the test.
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| Episode: 2 |
Title:
The Challenge of the Fearless Girl Genius
Summary: Neophytes Noriko and Kazumi have barely arrived at the Silver Star space station when Kazumi strikes up a rivalry with flame-haired Soviet pilot prodigy Jung-Freud, inadvertantly leading to a wrenching discovery that proves minimal compared to the emotional complications of a near-light-speed recon mission to track down an unidentified object.
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| Episode: 3 |
Title:
First Love, First Sortie
Summary: The Exelion crew encounters the enemy fleet, and the prospect of actual battle forces Kazumi to dump her still-unprepared partner. Noriko teams up with her new infatuation, male pilot Smith Toren, until the heartless caprice of war delivers a blow that no amount of training could have forestalled.
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| Episode: 4 |
Title:
Launch! The Uncompleted Final Weapon
Summary: Only Coach remains confident in Noriko`s ability to one day pilot the still-incomplete Gunbuster robot. That day proves sooner than expected, however, when a space monster onslaught decimates the Exelion fleet, and the Captain decides that crashing the Exelion into the alien mother ship may be the only way to save Earth.
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| Episode: 5 |
Title:
Please! Save Some Time for Love
Summary: Ten Earth years have passed during Noriko and Kazumi`s four months in space. While coping with lost time, they are called upon to destroy the massive alien fleet nearing Earth`s final line of defense. Noriko must convince Kazumi to fight, even if it means never again seeing Coach, her dying true love.
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