Anime·Catalogue
Cover art for Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
8.01Community score
from 18,335 ratings

AExcellent · #631

AniList ↗MAL ↗

天元突破グレンラガン 紅蓮篇

Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End

This is the story of a man who has yet to realize what destiny holds in store for him…. In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and restlessly underground for hundreds of years, subject to earthquakes and cave-ins. Living in one such village are 2 young men: one named Simon who is shy and naïve, and the other named Kamina who believes in the existence of a “surface” world above their heads. The destiny of these two starts moving drastically when the ceiling of their village falls in, and a gigantic “Gunmen” and a beautiful girl named Yoko, wielding a superconductive rifle, come from the surface. Together, Kamina, Simon and Yoko ride the mecha “Lagann” that Simon digs out of the ground, and fly up to the surface! However, the surface is not the dreamland that Kamina envisioned. This world is ruled by the Spiral King and his army of beastmen. Kamina and Simon, along with their comrades, challenge the Spiral King in an attempt to change a desperate world to one full of hope for the future with Gurren Lagann!

Names

Original天元突破グレンラガン 紅蓮篇 (japanese)
RomajiTengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen
EnglishGurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End
Also known asGekijouban Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen · Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann the Movie

Facts

FormatFeature film · 1 ep · 112 min · 2h total
Aired2008-09-06 (Autumn 2008)
StatusFINISHED
StudioGainax
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresActionComedyDramaMechaRomanceSci-Fi
ThemesComing of AgeRobotsDesertDystopianSuper RobotMale ProtagonistPost-ApocalypticHeterosexualSwordplayEnsemble CastFemale Protagonist

Reception

Community score8.01 / 10
Bayesian score7.98 / 10
Composite63.9
On lists43,373
Favourited597 (1.4%)
Completion95.6%
Drop rate0.7%
In backlog29.1%
Score spread σ1.50

Score distribution

19224031064194559961,20973,42185,53794,218102,919

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
StudioGainaxA4 of 37
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2008A5 of 77
Year2008A14 of 231
GenreMechaA20 of 484
EraLate 2000sA58 of 1,149
Source materialOriginal workA98 of 1,732
GenreSci-FiA106 of 1,409
FormatFeature filmB130 of 997
LengthMovieB130 of 997
Season (all years)AutumnA168 of 1,921
GenreRomanceB170 of 1,687
GenreComedyA255 of 3,488
GenreActionB280 of 2,765
GenreDramaB360 of 1,917
OriginJapanA611 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorHiroyuki Imaishi, Masahiko Ootsuka, Toyotoku Yamada
Character designAtsushi Nishigori
MusicTaku Iwasaki
Original creatorKazuki Nakashima

Franchise — 天元突破グレンラガン

S
天元突破グレンラガン
Gurren Lagann
2007TV series77.5
D
天元突破 グレンラガン 俺のグレンはピッカピカ!!
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Ore no Gurren wa Pikka-Pika!!
2007OVA (home video)45.7
D
グレンラガン パラレルワークス
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works
2008Special46.0
S
天元突破グレンラガン 螺巌篇
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
2009Feature film72.6
D
天元突破グレンラガン 劇場版前夜祭 映像特典 「ヴィラルの甘い夢」
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie: Lagann-hen Special - Viral no Amai Yume
2009Special46.0
D
グレンラガン パラレルワークス 2
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works 2
2010Special45.9

Related

RelationYearTitle
sequel2009Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
alternative2007Gurren Lagann

AniList id 4107 · MAL id 4107 · record updated 2026-08-26