Gurren Lagann

Overview

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007)

Gurren Lagann series was originally titled as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in Japan. It's an action-adventure anime series set on a devastated world controlled by beastmen. The series was produced by GAINAX, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by Kazuki Nakashima, and the music composed by Taku Iwasaki. The character design by designed by Atsushi Nishigori and Kazuki Nakashima. The first episode aired on April 1, 2007 on TV Tokyo and BS Japan. The series ran for twenty-seven episodes, the last airing on Sept 30, 2007.

The production of Gurren Lagann would be shaken after only five episodes when series producer and GAINAX co-founder Takami Akai made disparaging remarks on the Japanese forum site 2channel with another Gainax employee, Keiko Mimori. This was in regard to the animation of the fourth episode's animation direction. After fans became aware of his comments, he announced he was leaving GAINAX.

ADV held the original licensing rights for Gurren Lagann in both the US and UK, but for unexplained reasons the rights were dropped after producing only five episodes. The rights were then claimed by Bandai Entertainment for the United States and Beez Entertainment for the UK. Manga Entertainment would later host the entire series on both HULU and YouTube,

Plot

Simon finds the Core Drill

In their closed-off underground village, Kamina and Simon chafe at the limits imposed by the village elder. Yet all this will change, when Simon stumbles across a fantastic device - just as the village's peace is broken by a violent intrusion. What follows is a grand adventure that will shake the earth, heavens, and the very galaxy to its core.

Characters

Simon

Kamina

Yoko Littner

Nia Tepplin

Merchandise

Soundtracks

Disc 1:

1 Sorairo Days (Sky Colored Days)／中川翔子

2 UNDERGROUND／HIGH VOLTAGE

3 Minna no Peace (Everyone's Peace)／AFROMANIA

4 happily ever after／中川翔子

5 BREAK THROUGH THE DREAM／Simon（柿原徹也）＆Kamina（小西克幸）

6 Trust／Yoko（井上満里奈）

Disc 2:

1 Rap is the Soul of Man! Overcome the Impossible and Kick Away Reason! Dig Open Your Ears and Listen Well to the Theme of Us Daigurrendan

2 A Mole should stay being a Mole?

3 Boin VS Boin (Yoko's Theme)

4 An Elegy for Kamina's Father who turned to Bones

5 The Wolf is Coming!!

6 BafBau！To be burning to such extent... you like that?

7 Nikopol

8 The Moon and the Stars and ME

9 The Daiggurendan is passing through the Desert Wilderness

10 Rap is the Soul of Man! Dig open Your Ears and Listen Well to the Great Kamina, The Man of Raging (Waves?) that Believes in Himself Aiming for the Sky

11 What Exactly is [MOE]？

12 I'll burn you all！！！

13 Gattai is so screwed

14 Round and Round and Round and Round

15 Love Conservative

16 Rap is the Soul of Man...isn't...it...

17 The YOSHINARI

18 How is it My Trumpet is Awesome Right!

19 Libera me from hell

20 With Your XXX...

21 Pierce the Sky with Your XXX！

Disc 3:

1 《DVD》 Opening and Ending Theme No Credit Sequence