| Gurren Lagann | |
 Key visual, featuring (foreground, left to right) Kamina, Simon (with Boota on his shoulder), Yoko Littner, and (background) the titular mecha, Gurren Lagann | |
| 天元突破グレンラガン (Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan) | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Gainax |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Kazuki Nakashima |
| Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
| Studio | Gainax |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 1, 2007 – September 30, 2007 |
| Episodes | 27 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuki Nakashima |
| Illustrated by | Kotaro Mori |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | June 2007 – July 2013 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Kurasumi Sunayama |
| Illustrated by | Hiroki Shinagawa |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Gagaga Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | August 17, 2007 – December 19, 2008 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Video game | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Platform | Nintendo DS |
| Released | October 25, 2007 |
| Manga | |
| Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren Gakuen-hen | |
| Written by | Ashi Zaitsu |
| Illustrated by | Kabao Kikkawa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | August 26, 2008 – January 26, 2009 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime film | |
| Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Studio | Gainax |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 6, 2008 |
| Runtime | 112 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Studio | Gainax |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | April 25, 2009 |
| Runtime | 126 minutes |
Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Japanese: 天元突破グレンラガン, Hepburn: Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan, lit. "Heaven-Piercing Gurren Lagann"), is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on TV Tokyo between April and September 2007. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima. Gurren Lagann takes place in a fictional future where the Spiral King, Lordgenome, rules Earth and forces mankind to live in isolated subterranean villages. The plot focuses on two teenagers, Simon and Kamina, who live in a subterranean village and wish to go to the surface. Using a mecha known as Lagann, they reach the surface and start fighting alongside other humans against Lordgenome's forces before fighting the forces of their true enemy.
In North America, although initially announced to be licensed by ADV Films in 2007, the license was transferred to Bandai Entertainment in 2008 and then to Aniplex of America in 2013. In the United Kingdom, it was licensed by Manga Entertainment in 2007, then transferred to Beez Entertainment in 2008, and then to Anime Limited in 2013. The Sci Fi Channel acquired the broadcasting rights of Gurren Lagann and began airing it in July 2008, as part of Sci Fi's Ani-Monday anime block. A manga adaptation was published by ASCII Media Works between 2007 and 2013, which Bandai Entertainment licensed and released in English in North America. A series of four light novels was published by Shogakukan between 2007 and 2008. A Nintendo DS video game was released in October 2007, bundled with a special episode of the anime series. Two animated film versions were produced; the first premiered in Japanese theaters in September 2008, and the second premiered in April 2009.
Gurren Lagann has received several awards, including the 7th Tokyo Anime Awards, the 12th Animation Kobe and the Excellence Prize at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival.
As of 2021, alongside Imaishi's other works during his time in Gainax, the rights to the series are owned by Studio Trigger, which was formed by Imaishi in 2011.
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- ^ "Gurren Lagann Manga to End This Year". Anime News Network. January 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ "#GurrenLagann To Air On Toonami!". Toonami Faithful. July 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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