Top wo Nerae (Gunbuster) OVA BD-BOX 2/24 (トップをねらえ!)
Anime News / 2011/08/02 10:18
*UPDATE: screenshots/package pics - link
*update: Cover art
Top wo Nerae! (Gunbuster) OVA Blu-ray BOX will be released on 2/24 (2012). It will include all 6 episodes.
First Press Limited Edition (15540yen): amazon link
Regular Edition (13440yen): amazon link
Specs: New telecine remaster (under Anno's(AV Watch mistake) Gainax's supervision), Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Original stereo LPCM. No mention of English subtitles.
Special features/Bonus:
- Special features disc (LE only): ep6 no trimming original version, ep5 AR(after recording?) usage telecine clip, Video magazine "Denei Teigoku" (電影帝国), VHD magazine "Animation vision", Production notes, Gunbuster Perfect Disc special features (staff commentaries)
- (LE only) 100p encyclopedia booklet including production notes, image boards
- (RE&LE) new short movie, new audio commentary, and a 16-page booklet. (The specifications do not indicate if the short movie is live-action or animated.) Both will also have the video shorts "Harumi & Yumiko's Good Morning, Oki-Jo!", "AD 2032.7.23 Sentō Chūiki cosmic battle space orbit of Halley's comet," all five "Science Lessons," "Sizzler Project," a promotional video collection with the July 1988 and November 1988 video previews, and the 1989 in-store preview.
Via ANN
In addition, both the complete and regular editions of the box will add a new short movie, new audio commentary, and a 16-page booklet. (The specifications do not indicate if the short movie is live-action or animated.) Both will also have the video shorts "Harumi & Yumiko's Good Morning, Oki-Jo!", "AD 2032.7.23 Sentō Chūiki cosmic battle space orbit of Halley's comet," all five "Science Lessons," "Sizzler Project," a promotional video collection with the July 1988 and November 1988 video previews, and the 1989 in-store preview.
The complete edition will add a 115-minute bonus extras disc with an uncut 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 Teigoku, 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. The complete edition includes an exclusive 100-page booklet with an encyclopedia of production materials, the early image boards, and other items. The cover of the box itself will feature a new illustration.
*note: Video quality should be similar to that of the movie box set (ep1-4 and ep5-6 have distinctive PQ difference, probably from 16mm vs 35mm). Asianblurayguide.com has screenshots up: link
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