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Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood's End-

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Alternative title:
Gurren Lagann: El fin de la infancia (Spanish)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen (Japanese)
Гуррен-Лаганн - На прорыв: Фильм (Russian)
劇場版 天元突破紅蓮螺巖 紅蓮編 (Chinese (Taiwan))
天元突破グレンラガン 紅蓮篇 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Simon and Kamina live in an underground city monitored by the village chief. When Simon stumbles upon an artifact and beastmen invade from the surface, Simon and Kamina rebel against them.
User Ratings: 565 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 101 votes (sub:83, dub:8, raw:1, others:9
4 Spanish subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 124 votes (sub:110, dub:6, ?:1, raw:1, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 163 votes (sub:148, dub:7, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 109 votes (sub:95, dub:6, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 38 votes (sub:35, dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:8, dub:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:4, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, ?:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 1131 users, rank: #1096 (of 10152)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.002 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6397, rank: #613 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 7.931 (Very good), rank: #710 (of 10321) (seen all: 7.94 / seen some: 6.95 / won't finish: 0.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.921 (Very good), rank: #489 (of 7760)
Running time: 112 minutes
Vintage: 2008-07-01
Premiere date:
2008-09-06 (Japan)
2008-09-12 (Germany, Connichi 2008)
2016-12-01 (AniFest Argentina)
2016-12-01 (AniFest Paraguay)
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Tsuzuku Sekai" by Shoko Nakagawa
Review:
Gurren Lagann: The Movie ~Childhood's End~ (Jun 25, 2010)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Gurren Lagann - Complete Box Set [+ CDs] [Import] (Blu-ray) 2013-06-26 (from $513.12)
    Gurren Lagann - Complete Blu-ray Disc Box (Blu-ray) 2017-08-08 (from $193.00)
    Gurren Lagann The Movie: Double Feature - [4K] (Blu-ray) 2024-07-02
    Gurren Lagann The Movie: Double Feature (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-07-15
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Gurren Lagann - Complete Series [UK] [Ultimate Edition] (Blu-ray) 2014-10-20
    Gurren Lagann - Complete Series [UK] [Collector's Edition] (Blu-ray) 2017-02-13
    Gurren Lagann - Movie Collection [UK] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2017-02-20 (from $446.00)
DVD (Region 2)
    Gurren Lagann - Complete Series [UK] [Collector's Edition] (DVD) 2014-12-15 (from $130.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Gurren Lagann the Movie ~Childhood's End~ [Limited Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2010-07-01
    Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End (Sub.DVD) 2010-07-13 (from $150.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
Series Composition: Kazuki Nakashima
Screenplay: Kazuki Nakashima
Storyboard:
Atsushi Nishigori
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Unit Director: Masahiko Otsuka
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Original creator: Kazuki Nakashima
Character Design: Atsushi Nishigori
Art Director: Yuka Hirama (Studio Bihou)
Animation Director:
Atsushi Nishigori (Characters)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (Mecha)
Mechanical design: Yoh Yoshinari
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography: Toyonori Yamada

2nd Key Animation:
Hiroaki Tomita
Masahito Onoda
Nozomi Goto
Shinobu Ōkōchi
Tomoko Ito
Assistant Director: Masahiko Otsuka
Background Art:
Aya Kuginuki (Bihou)
Binh Vo (Bihou)
Dao Nguyen (Bihou)
Duong Quyen (Bihou)
Mai Thao (Bihou)
Masanobu Nomura (Bihou)
Minh Le (Bihou)
Nguyen Trang (Bihou)
Phuoc Bui (Bihou)
Surok Chong (Bihou)
Thuy Truong (Bihou)
Vu Diep (Bihou)
Vui Huynh (Bihou)
Yoshio Tanioka (Bihou)
Yuka Hirama (Bihou)
Yumiko Narita (Bihou)
CG: Tomohiko Komiya
Color Coordination: Harumi Takahoshi
Color design: Harumi Takahoshi
Ending Animation: Tadashi Hiramatsu
Eyecatch Illustration:
Akira Amemiya
Atsushi Nishigori
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Finish Check: Harumi Takahoshi
In-Between Animation:
Kana Shundo
Keiko Mori
Megumi Kouno
Naoko Koyama
Natsuki Yokoyama
Shōta Iwasaki
Shōta Sannomiya
In-Between Check: Yasuhito Murata
Key Animation:
Akemi Hayashi
Akira Amemiya
Atsushi Nishigori
Hiroki Mutaguchi
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Ikuo Kuwana
Keisuke Watabe
Ken Ōtsuka
Ryouji Masuyama
Ryouta Hayatsu
Shōko Nakamura
Sushio
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Takashi Mukouda
Yoh Yoshinari
Yūsuke Tanaka
Photography:
Daisuke Okumura
Yoshiko Kumagawa
Production Committee:
Keiko Nobuoka
Yuu Takahashi
Production Desk: Kazuya Masumoto
Setting Production: Hiromi Wakabayashi
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Sound Box)
Theatre Sales: Satoshi Negami
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kamina
Marina Inoue as Yoko
Tetsuya Kakihara as Simon
Yukari Fukui as Nia Teppelin

Daiki Nakamura as Dayakka
Kana Asumi as Kiyal
Kana Ueda as Kinon
Kishō Taniyama as Kittan
Masaya Onosaka as Leeron
Mitsuki Saiga as Rossiu
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Viral
Rina Satō as Kiyoh
Shizuka Itō as Darry
Takako Honda as Gimmy

Akio Suyama as Cytomander
Daisuke Kirii as
Aretenborough
Iraak
Gō Shinomiya as
Gabal
Jorgun
Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Guame
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Thymilph
Kouzou Douzaka as Balinbow
Michiko Neya as Adiane
Narushi Ikeda as Lordgenome
Reo Kaminaga as Makken
Sayuri Yahagi as Girl
Shizuka Itō as Boota
Takafumi Kawakami as Zorthy
Takahiro Mizushima as Tetukan
Takako Honda as Leyte
Takashi Kondō as Kid
Takaya Kamikawa as Anti-Spiral
Tesshō Genda as Village chief
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Translation: David Fleming
Executive producer: Yosuke Kodaka (Aniplex of America)
Producer:
Akiko Izumitani (Aniplex of America)
Eric P. Sherman

ADR Writer: Tony Oliver
Associate producer: Lia Sato (Aniplex of America)
Audio Operations Supervisor: Ismael Yanez
Casting Director: Mami Okada
Co-Producer:
Mami Okada
Mio Moroe
Dialogue Editing:
Heidi Hoffmann
Keeley Pierson
Kenneth Thompson
Engineering Assistant: Mara Westgaard
Licensing:
Edward Ireton (Aniplex of America)
Hitomi Rhode (Aniplex of America)
Takashi Kimura (Aniplex of America)
Marketing:
Aiko Makino (Aniplex of America)
Anthony Foronda (Aniplex of America)
Shelby Tozier (Aniplex of America)
Siobhan Aamoth (Aniplex of America)
Packaging Design: Biff Butler
Production Assistant:
Alexandria Hill (Aniplex of America)
Ben Soonthornwacharin (Aniplex of America)
Production Coordination:
April Nicole Garner
Bryan Rainstein
Project Manager: Jessica Peace
Re-Recording Mixing: Patrick Rodman
Recording engineer:
John Shieh
Keeley Pierson
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita
Video Technical Director: Kevin Ross
Video Technician: Megumi M. Tsuji
Voice Direction:
Michelle Ruff
Tony Oliver
Website:
Karen Kamimura (Aniplex of America)
Shinji Yamasaki (Aniplex of America)
Bridget Hoffman as Nia Teppelin
Kyle Hebert as Kamina
Michelle Ruff as Yoko Littner
Yuri Lowenthal as Simon

Brianne Brozey as Gimmy
Christopher Smith as Kittan
Doug Stone as Dayakka Littner
G.K. Bowes as Kiyal
Johnny Yong Bosch as Rossiu
Karen Strassman as Kiyoh Bachika
Mela Lee as Darry
Sam Regal as Viral
Stephanie Sheh as Kinon
Steven Jay Blum as Leeron

Brianne Brozey as Guinble Kite (young)
Crispin Freeman as Anti-Spiral
Cutter Garcia as Kidd Coega
Dan Woren as Zorthy
David Lodge as
Chasing Heron
Miuma Operator
Derek Stephen Prince as
Aretenborough Cortitch
Flying Racoon
Doug Erholtz as Iraak
Doug Stone as Guame
Jamieson K. Price as Lordgenome
Joe Ochman as Gabal
Julie Ann Taylor as
Boota
Leyte
Keith Silverstein as Makken
Kirk Thornton as Komori Operator
Megan Hollingshead as Adiane
Paul St. Peter as
Guzack
Jorgun
Mayor
Thymilph
Richard Cansino as Gozu Operator
Steve Staley as Cytomander
Tony Oliver as
Balinbow
Donay Operator
Grandpa
Tetukan

David Lodge
Kirk Thornton
Richard Cansino
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring: Nightjar, LLC
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Aniplex of America
Subtitles: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Translation: Paco Galindo (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

ADR Engineer: Jorge García Bastidas (Spain dub)
Mix Engineer: Antonio Castillejo López (Spain dub)
Dario Torrent as Kamina (Spain dub)
Enric Puig as Simon (Spain dub)
Eva Andrés as Nia Teppelin (Spain dub)
Nina Romero as Yoko Littner (Spain dub)

Benja Figueres as Leeron Littner (Spain dub)
Carles Caparrós as
Cytomander (Spain dub)
Kittan Bachika (Spain dub)
Eva Bau as
Darry Adai (Spain dub)
Kiyoh Bachika (Spain dub)
Jorge Tejedor as Viral (Spain dub)
José Garcia Tos as
Dayakka Littner (Spain dub)
Rossiu Adai (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as
Guame (Spain dub)
Thymilph (Spain dub)
Rosa López as
Adiane (Spain dub)
Kinon Bachika (Spain dub)
Silvia Cabrera as
Gimmy Adai (Spain dub)
Kiyal Bachika (Spain dub)

Benja Figueres as Kidd Coega (Spain dub)
Jorge Tejedor as Zorthy Kanai (Spain dub)
José Garcia Tos as Anti-Spiral (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as
Attenborough Cortitch (Spain dub)
Balinbow Bakusa (Spain dub)
Iraak Coega (Spain dub)
Jorgun Bakusa (Spain dub)
Lordgenome (Spain dub)
Silvia Cabrera as Leite Jokin (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor:
Madness Entertainment (AniFest Argentina 2016; AniFest Paraguay 2016)
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
Netflix (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Art Director: Paolo Torchetti

Assistant Director: Chiara Berti
Editing: Alex Corazza
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
General Manager: Mandy Mometti
Graphic Design:
Alessio Torricelli
Dionisia Lo Cascio
Francesco Avolio
Luana Alessi
Graphic Project: Alex Corazza (DVD)
Post Production: Luca Franciosi
Product Manager:
Alex Corazza
Michele Stagni
Project Manager: Valentina Marini
Quality Control: Riccardo Ajello
Subtitling: Alessandra Poggio (Ad Libitum)
Gabriele Patriarca as Simon
Letizia Ciampa as Nia Teppelin
Valentina Favazza as Yoko
Vittorio Guerrieri as Kamina

Davide Lepore as Viral
Davide Perino as Rossiu Adai
Fabio Boccanera as Kittan Bachika

Barbara Sacchelli as
Boota
Gimmy Adai
Edoardo Stoppacciaro as Leeron Littner
Eva Padoan as Kiyal Bachika
Fabiola Bittarello as Darry Adai
Flavio Aquilone as Cytomander
Gianluca Crisafi as Attenborough Cortitch
Laura Boccanera as Adiane
Mario Bombardieri as Guame
Melissa Maccari as Kinon Bachika
Micaela Incitti as Kiyoh Bachika
Nino Prester as Lordgenome
Paolo Marchese as Thymilph
Stefano Billi as Dayakka Littner
Italian companies
Adaptation: Ad Libitum
Distributor: Dynit
Dubbing: Cine Dubbing International
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Post Production: Vegas Multimedia S.r.l.
Translation: Ad Libitum
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Subtitle Translation: Carla Sá (Netflix; Portugal)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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