
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.


Seven years have passed after the battle of Teppelin... Humans have since reclaimed the surface of the earth and enjoy an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. However, humanity's increasing population growth triggers the sudden emergence of an unknown, powerful enemy. The fearsome, manipulative power of the mysterious Anti-Spiral proves too overwhelming for humans to even fight back. When everyone becomes desperate and loses hope, Team Dai-Gurren members reunite to stand up once again!

Tetsuya Kakihara
Simon (voice)

Yukari Fukui
Nia Teppelin (voice)

Marina Inoue
Yoko Littner (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi
Kamina (voice)

Masaya Onosaka
Leeron Littner (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga
Rossiu Adai (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama
Viral (voice)

Shizuka Itoh
Boota (voice) / Darry Adai (voice)

Takako Honda
Darry Adai (voice) / Leite Jokin (voice)

Kisho Taniyama
Kittan Bachika (voice)
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars is a action, science fiction, animation, adventure film released in 2009 exploring themes of dystopia, mecha, giant robot, super power, edited from tv series, anime. Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, it stars Tetsuya Kakihara, Yukari Fukui, Marina Inoue. Seven years have passed after the battle of Teppelin... Humans have since reclaimed the surface of the earth and enjoy an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. However, humanity's increasing population growth triggers the sudden emergence of an unknown, powerful enemy. The fearsome, manipulative power of the mysterious Anti-Spiral proves too overwhelming for humans to even fight back. When everyone becomes desperate and loses hope, Team Dai-Gurren members reunite to stand up once again!
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