Aim for the Ace!/YMMV
- Ear Worm: "Esu, esu, esu! Ace wo nerae!"
- Les Yay: Unintentionally. Boy, Hiromi really admires Reika.
- Narm Charm: Yeah, it's fucking cheesy. Even for shoujo. But if it wasn't cheesy, it wouldn't be half as awesome.
- Periphery Demographic: A sizeable chunk of Japanese fans are male. Hideaki Anno is a Big Name Fan in the industry, and he created Gunbuster which is an affectionate riff on Ace themes and character tropes for the first two-thirds.
- Tear Jerker: Coach Munakata's death.