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Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End

Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End

Part of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Collection

2008•1h 52m•7.6/10
ActionComedyAnimation

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7.6/10(119)

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.

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Production

GAINAX, Aniplex, Konami, KADOKAWA Shoten, TV Tokyo, dentsu

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara

Simon (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi

Kamina (voice)

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Yoko Littner (voice)

Yukari Fukui

Yukari Fukui

Nia Teppelin (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Viral (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga

Mitsuki Saiga

Rossiu Adai (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Leeron Littner (voice)

Michiko Neya

Michiko Neya

Adiane (voice)

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Guame (voice)

Akio Suyama

Akio Suyama

Cytomander (voice)

Shizuka Itoh

Shizuka Itoh

Boota (voice) / Darry Adai (voice)

Takako Honda

Takako Honda

Gimmy Adai (voice) / Leite Jokin (voice)

Kisho Taniyama

Kisho Taniyama

Kittan Bachika (voice)

Rina Sato

Rina Sato

Kiyoh Bachika (voice)

Kana Ueda

Kana Ueda

Kinon Bachika (voice)

Kana Asumi

Kana Asumi

Kiyal Bachika (voice)

Daiki Nakamura

Daiki Nakamura

Dayakka Littner (voice)

Narushi Ikeda

Narushi Ikeda

Lordgenome (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Old Coco (voice)

Daisuke Kirii

Daisuke Kirii

Attenborough Cortich (voice) / Iraak Coega (voice)

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