Anno Hideaki Initial directorial work 'Hit top'! Is the first master BD-BOX in the new master specification

"Neon Genesis Evangelion" broadcasted from 1995 to 1996 caused a boom to become a news as a social phenomenon, and from 2007 on, the opening of a new movie quartz is progressing. This director of Eva Hideaki Anno directed him for the first time, "Wonder the top!"

Initially, the same DVD which made VHS, Betamax, LD, VHD, video CD and five types of software released at the same time is made into a DVD, and the theater version is also being made into a DVD, but this time, 5.1 Ch audio and 2ch original audio, and using the remaster original plate, the first Blu - ray conversion will be done with the highest image quality. New telecine, new master specification from original film by GAINAX who was in charge of animation production.

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The main volume is about 170 minutes in total of 6 episodes. Besides recording new short movies and new audio commentary as image benefits, "Harumi & Yumiko's Good Morning Oki woman!" "AD.2032.7.23 Combat space area cosmic battle space orbit of Halley's comet", all 5 Includes "Top Screaming Science Course", "Sizzler Project", video preview of July 1988 production, video announcement of November production, preview for shop front production of 1989 production.

For "Limited Edition" Complete Edition, 1 bonus disc (about 115 minutes for video benefits) will be added. This disc includes a no-trimmed original version of episode 6, a simple telecine image for 5th episode AR, a video magazine containing "Magazine Empire", a video collection containing VHD magazine "Anime Vision", a collection of setting materials (including still images) GUNBUSTER PERFECT Benefit DISC video (video comment by staff cast) is recorded.

The main character Takaya Noriko (right, CV: Noriko Hida) is a girl who goes to the Okinawa women's universe high school and aims at the universe. Although guts and physical abilities are beatable to anyone, machine control skill is not very important. His best friend Higuchi Kimiko (CV: Yuriko Fuzizaki) on the left.


"Elder sister" Amano Kazumi (CV: Sakuma Rei). It has been loved by Norico and others with talent, but the technique is based on her own discipline.


Noriko who was falling over caught Ota Coach (CV: Norio Wakamoto) who came to school anew, and will refine his skills with its guts.



Noriko and Kazumi are chosen as "elite" troops, "Top", but Katsumi stops at Ota with why he chose Noriko.


Kakihara Reiko (CV: Masako Matsuaki) who was believed to be the top by Noriko who was supposed to be falling was chosen as the top was intensely jealous.


Noriko and Kashihara will make a duel at the machine ... ....


Noriko and Kazumi, who went up to the space station, meet Jung Freud (CV: Mariaga Kawamura), a genius pilot from Russia.



The pilots who decided to ride the Space Battleship Excellion. Noriko fell into his first love with Smith Tolen (CV: Kazuki Yao) there.


However, Exelión enters the battle with the space monster, and Noriko gets into the machine race RX - 7 and fights the battle.


A fight that continues to intensify. Eventually Noriko will decide to board the final weapon, Gunbuster.



Buster machines No. 1 and No. 2 sailing alongside Excelli (center).


Continuing harsh battle.



Can humankind reject the monsters of the universe? In the sixth episode, the image is monochrome for the production, but the effect can be realized at the end.





"Blu - ray Box Complete Edition" is 15,540 yen, "Touch of the Top Blu - ray Box" is 13,440 yen, released on February 24, 2012.

Wrinkle at the top! Blu-ray Box Complete Edition Limited Edition

Wrinkle at the top! Blu-ray Box

◆ Staff
Planning · Original: Takao Okada
Screenplay: Toshio Okada, Hideaki Amano
Director: Hideaki Amano
Storyboard / Setting: Shigeru Higuchi, Hideaki Anno
Animation character · drawing director: Toshiyuki Kuboka
Drawing director: Yuji Moriyama, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Character draft: Miki Homoto
Mechanic design: Kazuki Miyatake
Robot design: Koichi Ohata
Music: Kohei Tanaka
Production: GAINAX others

Distributor: Bandai Visual

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