
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans(2015)
On a terraformed post-disaster Mars, a group of child security agents rebel against the adults who betrayed them and the oppressive Earth government.


“Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens!”
When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.

Tetsuya Kakihara
Simon (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi
Kamina (voice)

Marina Inoue
Yoko Littner (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada
Thymilph (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama
Viral (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga
Rossiu Adai (voice)

Yukari Fukui
Nia Teppelin (voice)

Michiko Neya
Adiane (voice)

Takako Honda
Gimmy Adai (voice)

Takashi Kondo
Kidd Coega (voice)
Gurren Lagann is a animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2007 exploring themes of space battle, dystopia, romance, travel, mecha, coming of age. Created by Kazuki Nakashima, it stars Tetsuya Kakihara, Katsuyuki Konishi, Marina Inoue. When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.
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