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Name: Why Gainax’s ‘Gunbuster’ Pose Is More Than Anime Rule of Cool Reference Fodder
Uploaded: 2025-11-07T00:45:09+00:00
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Description: Anime of the late ’80s has an undeniable impact that extends beyond the medium into movies, TV shows, and video games. Many of the homages are to 1988’s Akira, which existed before Western culture had a grasp of what anime really was or could be. The “Akira slide”—an iconic shot of Kaneda sliding sideways on his

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Why Gainax’s ‘Gunbuster’ Pose Is More Than Anime Rule of Cool Reference Fodder

November 7, 2025

Anime of the late ’80s has an undeniable impact that extends beyond the medium into movies, TV shows, and video games. Many of the homages are to 1988’s Akira, which existed before Western culture had a grasp of what anime really was or could be. The “Akira slide”—an iconic shot of Kaneda sliding sideways on his […]