Gunbuster

Japanese original video animation series
Movie original_video_animation_series Q1196284
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Gunbuster

Summary

Gunbuster is an original video animation series[1]. Gunbuster ranks in the top 4% of original_video_animation_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,252 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gunbuster's instance of is recorded as original video animation series[3].
  • Gunbuster was directed by Hideaki Anno[4].
  • Gunbuster's composer is recorded as Kōhei Tanaka[5].
  • Gunbuster's genre is adventure anime and manga[6].
  • Gunbuster's genre is mecha[7].
  • Gunbuster's genre is science fiction anime and manga[8].
  • Gunbuster was followed by Diebuster[9].
  • Gunbuster's production company is recorded as Gainax[10].
  • Gunbuster's designed by is recorded as Kazutaka Miyatake[11].
  • Gunbuster's discography is recorded as music of Gunbuster[12].
  • The original language of Gunbuster was Japanese[13].
  • Gunbuster's Commons category is recorded as Gunbuster[14].
  • Gunbuster was distributed by direct-to-video[15].
  • Gunbuster's country of origin is recorded as Japan[16].
  • Gunbuster began on October 7, 1988[17].
  • Gunbuster ended on July 7, 1989[18].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Noriko Hidaka[19].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Rei Sakuma[20].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Norio Wakamoto[21].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Maria Kawamura[22].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Yuriko Fuchizaki[23].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Kazuki Yao[24].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Tamio Ōki[25].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Sakurako Kishiro[26].
  • Gunbuster's voice actor is recorded as Kazuo Oka[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1989-06-07[30]

  • Community tags: anime[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f81bb87a-f941-3467-8593-0748786096c2[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Gunbuster was directed by Hideaki Anno[4].

Publication

The original language of Gunbuster was Japanese[13]. Genres include adventure anime and manga[6], mecha[7], and science fiction anime and manga[8]. Gunbuster was distributed by direct-to-video[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Gunbuster was followed by Diebuster[9].

Why It Matters

Gunbuster ranks in the top 4% of original_video_animation_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,252 views/month).[2] Gunbuster has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Gunbuster is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . anidb.net. anidb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . AniList. Retrieved . anilist.co. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . AniList. Retrieved . anilist.co. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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