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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0669198804007
Format: Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Bandai Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bandai Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Bandai Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Running Time: 225 minutes
Sales Rank: 32428
Studio: Bandai Entertainment
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In his sky-less cavern of a village Simon toils daily, drilling holes to expand his stifling little world until one day he makes an extraordinary discovery: a small glowing drill-bit and the man-sized mech it activates. Before he can give it a second thought Simon s dragged into a plot to break through to the surface by the local gang leader Kamina, only to have the ceiling come crashing down on top of them under the weight of a giant monster! It somehow falls onto the boisterous Kamina and cowardly Simon to defend their village but once they defeat the monster what awaits the duo on the surface world? Get ready for buxom babes, beastmen and giant mechs as only Gainax can provide them!
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The fantasy-adventure Gurren Lagann (2007) bursts onto the screen in an explosion of color, action, and energy. Quiet, resigned Simon works as a driller, expanding the claustrophibic cavern that houses his subterranean village. One day, he finds a glowing drill bit that serves as the ignition key for a large humanoid robot. At the urging of his best friend, hyperactive gang leader Kamina, Simon fires up the mecha and the two misfits head for the forgotten realm of the Earth's surface. Humanity retreated below ground centuries earlier, to escape the Beast Men who pilot mecha called 'Gunmen.' While Kamina yells about what a man's gotta do, he and Simon beat the enemy Gunmen into scrap metal. Travelling through an endless desert, they pick up various allies, including Yoko, a buxom red-head who's a crack shot, effete technical wizard Leeron, and the mismatched Black Siblings. The result is thenuttiest mecha action since Gekigangar III in Martian Successor Nadesico. Although Gurren Lagann has been dubbed into English twice, this release is only in Japanese with subtitles. A Gurren Lagann feature is slated to debut in Japan in fall, 2008.(Rated 13 and older: violence, nudity, risqué humor, alcohol use, stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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Rating:  - Awesome robot-fighting action
"Gurren Lagann" may have a simpler story than, say, "Neon Genesis Evangelion." However, it still is excellent, for its hilarious robot transformations and its cool look.
"Gurren Lagann" begins in a future in which humans have been forced to live underground in subterranean cities. Simon is an orphan digger who lives in Giha Village. He befriends a fellow orphan teenager, Kamina, who has dreams of reaching to surface world to see his father.
Eventually, the two find a drill bit and a small robot with a brain. Just when Simon and Kamina were caught and about to be punished, a robot slams through the surface into the village. They meet Yoko, who is fighting the robots on the surface. After Simon inserts the drill into their small robot's keyhole, the robot activates, and Simon and Kamina take down the robot.
Simon and Kamina soon join Yoko in fighting the enemy robots on the surface of the earth, known as Gunmen. They also spend time transforming their robot, Lagann, in all sorts of hilarious forms. Lagann gets to combine with Gurren to form Gurren Lagann, and the robot also gets a helmet from their rival, Viral. And of course, no one can forget Kamina's trademark shades on the Gurren Lagann.
Okay, this series is absolutely goofy. However, it is definitely the best robot anime for people who love feel-good movies. It's not really a war epic, but an entertaining series where robots fight other robots with special super moves. Most of all, this is a ... Read More
Rating: - Not buying this series is a huge mistake.
I don't anything else really to add because the other reviews said it all. This series is insanely awesome and well worth your money. I also give huge props to Bandai for releasing 9 episodes per volume. Most series do 4 or 5 episodes per volume and it ends up costing a ton of money. For someone who watches fansubs while the series is still happening in Japan I don't often buy series on dvd unless they are really awesome, like this show. It also helps that it wont cost me a fortune to own the whole series. I was a little disappointed that it wasn't in English just because I like to have the option but the Japanese voice actors are amazing anyway. Also the special edition is a rip-off. Fifteen more dollars for a cd with 4 songs on it is the stupidest thing ever. Explaining why I like the series would take too long. I think it has something for everyone and anyone could get into it. BUY THIS SERIES!
Rating: - It's released! Finally!
For those that don't know, ADV originally licensed Gurren Lagann and was set to release it this past February. Unfortunately that didn't happen, and the fate of Gurren Lagann was in limbo as far as a US release date was concerned. Luckily, ADV sold (or dropped..not quite sure on the specifics) the license to Gurren, and Bandai entertainment picked it up. This is good for two reasons, the first being that Bandai upped the amount of episodes from the Japanese standard 3 per release, to a more palatable 9 episodes per disc (For a 27 episode series, it should be 3 sets total, which is great news) for an even cheaper price than the 3 episode releases go for in Japan. The second is that Bandai has recently aquired Bandai Visual, and hopefully, their knack for putting things out on Blu-Ray. Gurren Lagann was aired in HD in Japan, so a Blu-Ray release seems like a no brainer. Unfortunately, at this time, there doesn't seem to be any planned Blu-Ray release, but if the DVD sales are good, it should spur them on to announce something (hopefully).
This DVD set includes episodes 1 through 9 in Japanese only (with subtitles). The English voice over release is supposed to come out later in the summer, or in the early fall. If dubs are your thing, this isn't the release for you.
I'll leave others to give a synopsis of the story, because I don't trust myself to leave out spoilers, and this is truly one of those anime where there are megaton spoilers that can be dropped if you are unsuspecting. ... Read More
Rating: - Who the HELL do you think I am?!?
It's a phrase that you will hear quite often in Gainax's latest television series. You probably remember them as the creators of Nadia, Otaku No Video, Gunbuster, FLCL, and Evangelion. Their new series is all about kicking reason to the curb....literally. Take everything that you loved about giant robot shows like Getter Robo, Voltron, Gundam, or Macross and multiply it by a thousand.....no make it a million. The cast of characters are instantly memorable after a few episode and animation is spectacular throughout the entire series. The story keeps progressing forward at a quick pace with action in nearly EVERY episode. It doesn't take itself too seriously and after watching it you'll know why it's one of the greatest anime series' of this decade.
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