Japan Synopsis
トップをねらえ!劇場版
Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, who died when she was young after an attack by alien forces in deep space. After entering Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she must persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gunbuster: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedGurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
★ 7.8 · Japan
3 sharedGurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End
★ 7.7 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
★ 6.3 · Japan
3 sharedMazinger Z vs The Great Dark General
★ 6.8 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
★ 7.5 · Japan
2 sharedArrival
★ 7.6 · India
Other Titles From Studio Fantasia
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gunbuster: The Movie itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Gunbuster: The Movie holds position #77 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Gunbuster: The Movie. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1873rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 6% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 16th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gunbuster: The Movie, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- edited from ova · 5
- military · 23
- super robot · 11
- mecha · 68
- alien · 51
- based on anime · 35
- space · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,014 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #817 of 2,532 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Fantasia, GAINAX |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | October 1, 2006 |