Gurren Lagann Movie announced

[Chowwow]

www.moetron.com/2008/03/03/tengen-toppa-gurren-lagann-the-movie/

Mi Dios, what is going on? I hope L and Veleon like this.

Like what many suspect, I'm thinking that this is gonna be a recap movie ala Evangelion: Death and Rebirth. Because watching this series, I'm not sure how this can be translated into a movie, animated or not.

[cyberlink420]

**** YES! Thankfully, it looks like we won't have to wait long for details...

Personally, I'd like if it was an alternate universe take on the series, i.e. what would happen if certain events never occurred. ...Yeah, you know what I mean.

[cyberlink420]

Lots of new details have emerged thanks to a few contacts of mine at GameFAQs. Copied word for word...

Part A: Information from Megami Magazine, as translated by CSakuraS

-It will be a reconstruction of the TV series with a lot of new cuts.

-There's going to be more than one movie, but it will NOT be organized simply like Part 1: Simon as a boy and Part 2: Simon as a man. They won't make it like a straight summary either. "If we're going to tell a story, it will be told in battle. While throwing in new cuts, we plan on making it a work that has the surging hotness that you felt watching the TV version at the forefront."

-Because the dialog won't match up if they're doing a reconstruction, all of the dialogs will be newly recorded.

-They would like to create more new works after the movie. They have many stories from the seven years after Lord Genome was defeated. If the movie is a hit, the possibility of them making more will become higher.

-They're creating several new animated works, a little of which will be shown at the Anime Fair. The staff will differ for each one. Each one will be short, but have the staff's hot feelings packed in. They're still unsure when they'll be able to get these to the fans.

-The short animated works will have music as its theme?

-It seems implied that Nia is the main heroine of the movie, because when asked about the female characters, he replies that it's sad that Yoko and the three sisters might end up in the background.

Part B: Information from the event:

-Early Reports-

Movie:

-Formal name is "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Crimson Volume"
-This movie is Part 1
-The dubbing will all be newly recorded
-There will be new scenes
-It will open in theaters on September 6, 2008
-The theme song will be by Shouko Nakagawa again

"Secret project":

The promo for the new Gurren Lagann production is 3/4-minute anime shorts similar to AniKuri
Right now, 8 different ones by Imaishi, Ootsuka, Tsurumaki, Sushio, Yoshinari, and Saeki are in production, and there are plans to make more.

-Later Reports-


The new animation project was labeled as Gurren Lagann Music Clips.
Set to Iwasaki Taku's soundtrack, it looks like each animator is doing what he or her wants with his or her own individual styles in the open.
This is the initial line-up, but there are more planned:

-Teaser-

I'm a tad disappointed that it's just a recap movie, meaning that it's VERY unlikely you-know-who will survive, but still, it's freaking Gurren Lagann; therefore, I have no choice but to be seriously pumped up for the release. Just six months to go...

[Chowwow]

Here's a YouTube video of the Tokyo International Anime Fair of what looks to be some clips of the Gurren Laggan music videos and possibly some of the movie. The quality is poor, but this is hot off the line:

youtube.com/watch?v=hmj7n5ZErG8

[cyberlink420]

Uh...isn't that the same video I just posted?

[Chowwow]

Huh, what do you know, it was! I didn't even see your teaser until a second ago. Small world.