17. "RE: The Power of the Lensmen?"
In response to message #16
>May I suggest rewatching? Gunbuster literally at least three greatest >moments in anime that I know of. The combining in fifth episode, the >final battle in sixth (being made in stop motion of paper sketches add >greatness, I feel), and return to Earth.
A fortunate accident, in that it represents one of the first examples of Gainax's infamous tendency to run out of budget before the end of the show/story. But no, just filming the storyboards is artistic! Yeah!