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First Trailer of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie

A moment most have been waiting for. The first full trailer of the epic Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann movie.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann the Movie: Crimson Chapter will open in Japan on September 6. The trailer itself doesn’t have any new cut-scenes from the movie. Is Gainax doing this to create a bigger hype? or maybe the movie itself will just be a repeat of the anime series?

Here’s the trailer!

The official site of the trailer can be viewed here.

Source:
ANN

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Gurren Lagann 3rd Parallel Work

The 3rd instalment of Gurren Lagann’s parallel work is one that focus less on ‘fighting the powah’ and more on artistic side of things. If you’re a fan of fine art then you will most definitely appreciate this video. As Japanator said, it does sort of remind me of Samurai Champloo.

This one is directed by Hirokazu Kojima (Coyote Ragtime Show). Impressive video, that’s as much as I can say.

Here it is:

Source:
Japanator

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5 Minute Trailer of Japanese-Animated Batman

Marking a significant milestone is Batman: Gotham Knight, a Japanese animated anime/cartoon (which ever you prefer) of a great American comic book hero.

Batman: Gotham Knight is set between the live-action Batman Begins and The Dark Knight films. From looking at this 5 minute segment, you can all tell that this six episode series will be dark and violent. Overall, it will be more targeted towards the older generation of comic book fans and even otakus.

This series will most certainly receive great reception on both sides of the pacific ocean.

Here’s the 5 minute trailer:



The series is also supported with awesome animators and writers including the co-write of Batman begins, David Goyer. You can also visit the official site here.

Source:
mtv via ANN
Picture courtesy of DCuniverse and warnervideo

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Gurren Lagann Parallel Works 2

Here’s the second parallel works video on Gurren Lagann.

This time, the Gurren Lagann crew uses their spiral power for a cause much lesser than saving the universe - to play Pachinko. For those that aren’t aware of what Pachinko is; it’s a Japanese pin ball-like game mixed with a video slot machine basically.

Anyway, this time, you get to see Kamina, Viral, Yoko and Simon put their skills to the ultimate test by playing a Pachinko Gunman using their own Gunman.

Here you have it:

Source:
Japanator

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First Gurren Lagann Music Video

Gainax is currently doing a Gurren Lagann Music Clip Project (or Gurren Lagann Parallel Works) from June 16 to June 22. This first video is places the gurren lagann crew in a medieval fantasy setting where Viral, Shimon and Kamina are going to infiltrate a castle to rescue a princess. The video is directed by Keisuke Watanabe. I won’t spoil too much, so go watch the video already!


Here it is:

You can visit the official site for the videos here. Also, the next video is expected to be out on June 23.

Source:
ANN

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20th Century Boys Live Action Movie Teaser

As the count down continues for definitely one of the most anticipated anime adapted Live-Action movies in the otaku-sphere, 20th Century Boys has just got a new teaser to keep up the hype and to leave the fans ecstatic. Of course you can learn more about the film here, but the main purpose of this post is right below!

Teaser:

The music featured in the teaser if you are curious to find out is called 20th Century Boy by the rock band named T.Rex. And if you didn’t know already, it was this song that inspired Naoki Urasawa to make 20th Century Boys.

You can visit the official site where the teaser was posted here.

Source:
ANN

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Gurren Lagann Movie Draws Ever So Closer

You all should know by now that a Gurren Lagann movie will be steamrolling its way on to the silver screen. Yes, the adrenaline rush, the manliness and the epicness is imminent.

The movie will be released in Japan this September. The much otaku-loved Shoko Nakagawa will also be singing the theme song for the movie (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: Guren-hen). After her performance for Sorairo Days, you can’t have any complaints about her, but the only thing I don’t want her meaninglessly holding on to a guitar again.

Not wanting to keep you guys waiting, here’s a trailer for the movie. The quality is not that good, but it’ll keep you entertained with its memorable Gurren Lagann soundtracks.

Here it is!

You can visit the official Gurren Lagann movie site here.

Source:
ANN
Picture Courtesy of Da

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