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| 2 | * BreakthroughHit: ''[=GunBuster=]'' was the first hit that made Creator/HideakiAnno and Creator/StudioGainax into HouseholdNames worldwide, along with Kohei Tanaka. |
| 3 | * ContentLeak: Discotek's English voice cast for ''[=GunBuster=]'' was inadvertently leaked hours before the official announcement on July 30, 2022. |
| 4 | * CreatorBacklash: Not towards the series itself, but [=GunBuster=]'s design. Anno gave it a single eye because he thought it was unique, but he later decided it was a mistake because it didn't keep the robot recognizable when in shadows (''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', in particular, sometimes has to do a bit of "creative" lighting to get around this). This is why EVA-01 was drawn with two glowing, white eyes on a gloomy purple body. |
| 5 | * TheDanza: Noriko Takaya shares the same given name with her voice actress, Creator/NorikoHidaka. |
| 6 | * KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There was a brief period during the TurnOfTheMillennium and throughout TheNewTens where ''[=GunBuster=]'' wasn't available in North America, before Discotek Media released it on Blu-ray in 2023. |
| 7 | * LateExportForYou: [[Creator/DiscotekMedia Discotek's]] 2023 Blu-Ray release includes an English dub by Sound Cadence Studios. |
| 8 | * PlayingAgainstType: Creator/NorioWakamoto hadn't actually ''been'' typecast at this point his career, so it's not surprising that Coach Ohta lacks ''any'' of the villainous LargeHam traits that the actor has since become so famous for. It helps that, naturally, Wakamoto was also a lot younger when he played this role. |
| 9 | * ScienceMarchesOn: In the show, the Solar System has several planets beyond the orbit of Pluto, including one that is called Jupiter 2. Sol is also part of a binary system, with the other star, Nemesis, being half a lightyear away. |
| 10 | * ScrewedByTheLawyers: The OVA series contains a "homage" that sounds extremely similar to Vangelis' ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' theme song. This got to the point where the 5.1 sound remix has it replaced. |
| 11 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hideaki Anno revealed in a 2019 interview that he had tried to get Gainax to sign over the rights to the ''[=GunBuster=]'' IP (as well as the ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' IP) to him and Creator/StudioKhara in exchange for a million-class loan to help the struggling studio away from the edge of bankruptcy. Anno's plans were to let his protégé, Creator/KazuyaTsurumaki, develop new installments for both shows, but much to his outspoken annoyance, Gainax instead straight up duped him and moved the rights to a shell company simply to avoid upholding their end of the bargain. Somewhat hilariously, his first pick ''did'' end up developing ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''. |
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