Hideaki Anno's first film "Aim for the Top! was a smash hit, with a full house for all three days of its release!

Aim for the Top," which has been showing since Friday, November 27, 2020. OVA Part 1 / OVA Part 2, which is currently being screened from November 27, 2020 (Friday), has been found to be off to a blockbuster start.

Aim for the Top! is a groundbreaking animation that combines the completely different elements of a beautiful girl, a giant robot, and a sports fanatic all in one work, and was produced and released as an OVA (original video animation sold as video software) of six episodes from 1988 to 1989. The animation was produced by GAINAX, an up-and-coming company at the time. It was the first commercial work directed by Anno Hideaki, who later became known for his "Evangelion" series.

⇒ Anno Hideaki's legendary robot anime "Aim for the Top! The entire OVA will be released in theaters on November 27th (Fri.)!

⇒Click here for the screening schedule of the anime film.

The film was a particularly big hit at TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro, the only theater in Tokyo to screen the film, with a total of 10 screenings of both the first and second parts sold out the day before the screening date from 11/27 (Fri.) to 11/29 (Sun.). In addition, many theaters in Osaka and Nagoya were also full.

The total number of viewers for the first two films from 11/27 (Fri.) to 11/29 (Sun.) was 4,513, and the box-office revenue was 5,089,300 yen. The film was also highly satisfactory, with sobbing heard during each scene and spontaneous applause after the screening (TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro).

The following are the special offers for visitors (common to both Part 1 and Part 2).
Raw frame film

Special offers are subject to change without notice.
One raw frame film is included in each bag.
*The film is distributed at random, so you cannot choose the pattern. The picture cannot be selected at random and cannot be exchanged.
*Because the number of films is limited, the distribution will end as soon as the films are gone.

Theatrical Screening Announcement PV

Film Information
Aim for the Top! OVA Part 1 / "Aim for the Top! OVA Part 2
Release Date: In theaters from November 27, 2020
Running Time: Part 1 (Episodes 1-4) 104 min / Part 2 (Episodes 5-6) 56 min *Sound 5.1ch
Distributor: Namco Bandai Arts Inc.
Screening Theaters: TOHO CINEMAS Ikebukuro / TOHO CINEMAS Umeda / Midland Square Cinema / T-Joy Hakata / Sapporo Cinema Frontier
⇒ Aim for the Top! Screening Information Page

<Staff> Planning/Original Story: Toshio Okada
Planning/Original Story : Toshio Okada
Director : Hideaki Anno
Setting : Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno
Animation Character : Toshiyuki Kubooka / Character Planning : Haruhiko Mikimoto
Mechanical Design: Kazutaka Miyatake (Studio Nue) / Robot Design: Koichi Ohata
Art Director: Masanori Kikuchi, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yoji Takeshige, Tatsuya Kushida
Director of Photography: Masahide Okino, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Naoto Fujikura
Sound Director: Etsushi Yamada (original version), Toru Nakano (5.1ch version) / Music: Kohei Tanaka
Production: GAINAX

<Cast
Noriko Takaya: Noriko Hidaka / Kazumi Amano: Rei Sakuma / Kouichiro Ota: Norio Wakamoto / Kimiko Higuchi: Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kashihara Reiko: Masako Katsusei / Jung Freud: Maria Kawamura / Smith Toren: Kazuki Yao / Tashiro Tatsumi: Tamio Ohki, etc.

<Synopsis>.
The year is 2015. The Lucumon fleet, navigating in the Cygnus constellation, is annihilated when a mysterious space monster attacks.
Fifteen years later, a space pilot training school "Okinawa Girls Space High School" was established in Okinawa to prepare for the attack of the space monster.
Among the students was Takaya Noriko, daughter of the captain of the "Rukusuon".
One day, I will become a space pilot and go to space where my father was!
Noriko is training hard under a strict coach, and her talents are rapidly being displayed!
Now, the curtain rises on a hard and steep battle to become the top pilot and to protect the earth...!