Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster

With humanity threatened by vast swarms of creatures from space, Noriko Takaya enters a school for combat-robot pilots, hoping to follow the example of her father, a missing space commander. Her abilities lag behind her determination, yet Coach Ohta selects her to train alongside the accomplished Kazumi Amano.

Grueling practice becomes a war fought at distances where time itself separates the pilots from everyone they love. As Noriko learns to operate the powerful Gunbuster, courage means more than confronting an overwhelming enemy: it also means accepting that each journey may leave years of ordinary life behind on Earth.