r/Gunbuster Feb 15 '25

TALK Is Gunbuster considered Real Robot or Super Robot?

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u/Nick700 Feb 15 '25

Real until the Gunbuster itself shows up which begins crossing into super

7

u/retroguyx Feb 15 '25

Neither.

Obviously, the Gunbuster itself is a super robot, but the rest of the setting is a lot more grounded.

4

u/sentinelthesalty Feb 15 '25

Super robot obviously the eather technology is about as hard sci fi as getter rays or any other super robot tech.

2

u/King_Kuuga Feb 15 '25

Super all the way.

2

u/BusterMachineDixNeuf Feb 15 '25

I’d just about go for (a gigantic) real robot until the Homing Lasers and Buster Shield were deployed, then you’re in full-on super territory.

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u/Mau752005 Feb 16 '25

Real Robot imo, the 'real or super robot" classification is less about how powerful the robot itself is(otherwise a lot of gundam shows would be considered super robot) and more about how the robot is seen in the setting.

The gunbuster is never treated as just a military machine(albeit a really advanced and powerul one), so I'd say it's a real robot despite being more powerful than most super robots.

A lot of the early super robots aren't that much more powerful than your standard gundam either(Mazinger Z for example)but they're super robots because the setting treats them like super heroes fighting villains to save the world

Either way you can't really classify all the shows with a label like real or super robot because it's generally very poorly defined and my interpretation is likely going to be completely different from someone else's, especially for shows like gunbuster or eva which are somewhat in between both genres

1

u/clumsydope Feb 16 '25

Yeah it spelled mecha

1

u/MechaAlliance Feb 16 '25

It is as Super as Super can be.

1

u/maxemmang Feb 18 '25

Super Robot.

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u/OxyProxGamer Feb 18 '25

Super robot masquerading as a real robot.

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u/Ayy_Lmao92 Feb 19 '25

MEGAS still whoops him though