Directed by Hideaki Anno and character design by Haruhiko Mikimoto ("Macross"), Gunbuster is one of the most popular OVA SF series and the first success of Gainax! Plot: In 2015, Noriko Takaya's dream is to become a space pilot like her father, Admiral Yuzo Takaya, who died after being attacked by alien forces in deep space. She enters Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School where she is handpicked by coach Oda as someone with great potential. She must then persuade everyone, especially herself, that she can indeed fulfill her goal and become an accomplished pilot despite being just an ordinary girl. Includes the complete six episodes. Contains a 100-page booklet featuring setting guides, image board, and more. Also contains a special disc with untrimmed original version of the sixth episode, the rough telecine transfer version of the fifth episode that was made for the episode's dialogue recording, footage from the video magazine Denei Teikoku, footage from the VHD magazine "Anime Vision," a collection of production materials (displayed as still frames), and the video footage from the earlier Gunbuster Perfect release's bonus extras disc such as video comments from the staff and cast..