Gurren Lagann (2007; anime)

Gurren Lagann (2007; anime)

a.k.a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann/Tengen Toppa gurren lagann/Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan/Heaven-Piercing Gurren Lagann

Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi

Plot Synopsis

Two friends, Simon and Kamina (Tetsuya Kakihara/Josh Grelle/Yuri Lowenthal and Katsuyuki Konishi/Brett Weaver/Kyle Hebert), become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King (Narushi Ikeda/Jamieson Price), who forced mankind into subterranean villages.

Male Deaths

• Jason Douglas [Kittan Bachika] (English Dub) [A.D. Vison Dub]
• Kouzou Douzaka [Balinbow Bakusa] (Japanese Voice)
• Doug Erholtz [Iraak Coega] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Kyle Hebert [Kamina] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Narushi Ikeda [Lordgenome/The Spiral King] (Japanese Voice)
• Takuya Kamikawa [The Anti-Spiral] (Japanese Voice)
• Takafumi Kawakami [Zorthy Kanai] (Japanese Voice)
• Kiyoshi Kawakubo [Guame the Immoveable] (Japanese Voice)
• Daisuke Kirii [Iraak Coega] (Japanese Voice)
• Takashi Kondō [Kidd Coega] (Japanese Voice)
• Katsuyuki Konishi [Kamina & Makken Jokin] (Japanese Voice)
• Dave Mallow [The Anti-Spiral] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Cutter Mitchell [Kidd Coega] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Tony Oliver [Balinbow Bakusa] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Paul St. Peter [Thymilph the Crasher & Jorgun Bakusa] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Jamieson Price [Lordgenome/The Spiral King] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Go Shinomiya [Jorgun Bakusa] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Keith Silverstein [Makken Jokin] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Christopher Corey Smith [Kittan Bachika] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Steve Staley [Cytomander the Swift] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Doug Stone [Guame the Immoveable] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Akio Suyama [Cytomander the Swift] (Japanese Voice)
• Kishō Taniyama [Kittan Bachika] (Japanese Voice)
• Brett Weaver [Kamina] (English Dub) [A.D. Vision Dub]
• Dan Woren [Zorthy Kanai] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Kiyoyuki Yanada [Thymilph the Crasher] (Japanese Voice)

Female Deaths

• Luci Christian [Nia Teppelin] (English Dub) [A.D. Vision Dub]
• Yukari Fukui [Nia Teppelin] (Japanese Voice)
• Bridget Hoffman [Nia Teppelin] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Megan Hollingshead [Adiane the Elegant] (English Dub) [Bang Zoom! Dub]
• Michiko Neya [Adiane the Elegant] (Japanese Voice)

Trivia

1. Lord Genome's four generals are named after the four nucleotide bases found in DNA: Cytosine (Cytomander), Guanine (Guame), Adenine (Adiane), and Thymine (Thymilph).
2. About 40% of the shows budget was reserved for the last few episodes so as not to run into the same problems Gainax had with Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
3. The titular Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann mecha is, as of mid-2008, the largest robot in anime history, standing ten million light-years tall. Our galaxy is one hundred thousand light-years across and the biggest known galaxies are estimated to have diameters of roughly six million light-years.
4. Though they both look much different in age, both Simon and Yoko are actually 14 years old in the first half of the anime.
5. This is one of very rare anime where it is not actually based on a manga, in fact, a manga was based off of it.
6. When Cytomander drops large bombs on the Dai-Gurren, they bear a striking resemblance to the Bullet Bills from the Super Mario franchise.
7. ADV Films had the license at one point. A script had been written and voice actors had been casted. Then ADV dropped the title and it went over to Bandai.