Aim for the Top! GunBuster VHS Video Hideaki Anno "Aim for the Top! GunBuster" is a science fiction robot anime produced and sold by Gainax as a 6-episode OVA, with each episode being 30 minutes long, from 1988 to 1989. It won the 21st Seiun Award (1990) in the media category. The catchphrase is "Fiery, passionate friendship, hard SF, space science, courage, guts, effort, sexy, invincible robot spectacle, epic romance!!!!!". Original Work: Toshio Okada Director: Hideaki Anno Screenplay: Toshio Okada (Hiroyuki Yamaga) Hideaki Anno Character Design: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Haruhiko Mikimoto (Character Draft) Mechanical Design: Kazutaka Miyatake Music: Kohei Tanaka Animation Production: GAINAX Production: Bandai, Victor Musical Industries Release Period: October 7, 1988 - July 7, 1989 Episodes: 6