Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann/Trivia: Difference between revisions

** In the dub, [[Yuri Lowenthal|Simon is Keigo]], [[Michelle Ruff|Yoko is Rukia]], and [[Kyle Hebert|Kamina is Aizen]]. All from ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''.

*** However Aizen doesn't sound much like Kamina. A better comparison would be Simon is Teen Ben from ''[[Ben 10 Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', and Kamina is Teen Gohan: or to be more precise Saiyaman from ''[[Dragonball]] Z''

*** Dub!Simon is also [[Legion of Super Heroes (TV)|Superman]].

*** Speaking of ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', he's also Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and Vilgax.

*** In English [[Johnny Yong Bosch|Rossiu is Vash, too]] (as well as [[Code Geass (Anime)|Lelouch]] and [[Bleach|Ichigo]])! Meanwhile, Leeron in English is Spike from [[Cowboy Bebop]], [[The Big O (Anime)|Rodger Smith]] and... [[Wolverine and The X Men|Wolverine]]!!!

*** Also Volfogg from [[Gao Gai Gar]], where he practiced his badassery by being a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|stealth police car transforming robot ninja]].

** Not to mention, he also does Siegfried in the [[Soul Series]]. And said Link of ''Ocarina of Time''. And Hiei of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''. And Demitri from the [[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]] series. And Madarame, from ''Bleach''. And Madarame, from ''[[Genshiken]]''. Thus making him {{spoiler|an immortal badass}}, the wielder of a sword made of pure good ([[Knight Templar|which isn't necessarily a good thing]]), and.. [[Name's the Same|two epic guys named Madarame]].

** And [[Gao Gai Gar|Guy Shishioh]]. No-one knows more about hot blooded shouting than him. His is the voice that has destroyed both a sun ''and'' a moon.

*** How on earth did we not mention that Japanese Viral also voices '''''[[Tales of Rebirth (Video Game)|KUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!]]'''''?

*** [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures (Video Game)|Did you notice Viral has Four Swords on his mech right at the end of the first arc?]]

** Dub!Nia is voiced by [[Hynden Walch]] (Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'') and boy does she ever put it to good use. The world figures for diabetes were painted red when she described Adine as a "Pissing off person".

** Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon) and Marina Inoue (Yoko) also play the leads, Shing Meteoryte and Kohak Hearts, in [[Tales of Hearts (Video Game)|Tales of Hearts]].

** Dub!Simon sounds kinda similar to [[Wild Arms 5 (Video Game)|another blue haired kid from a remote village who starts off wielding digging tools.]]

** In her spare time, [[Rina Satou|Kiyoh]] is [[Mahou Sensei Negima|the English teacher at an all-girls school]] and [[To Aru Majutsu no Index|a living,]] [[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|breathing railgun]], amongst other roles.

** Adinae's voice will remind a few viewers of [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Mai Valentine]].

** In ''[[Kid Icarus Uprising]]'', there's a weapon called the Drill Arm. It looks exactly like an arm sized Core Drill.

** When {{spoiler|Yoko}} becomes a teacher during the [[Time Skip]], she takes the name (Yomako) and outfit of [[Read or Die (Anime)|another]] [[Action Girl]] teacher (if only substitute).

** [[Gun Buster]]'s shortlived comic sequel, ''[[Next]] GENERATION'', was full of epic concepts even for Gainax. Among them were {{spoiler|the heroes traveling to a space between dimensions to battle [[God Is Evil|God]] using a [[Humongous Mecha|giant robot]] of [[Up to Eleven|infinite power]]}}. It looks like Gainax waited til it was financially stable and the [[Super Robot|trends]] regained freshness to bring back those ideas. They finally got to animate some of them for [[Diebuster]] and Gurren Lagann.

** In episode 11 of ''[[Gao Gai Gar]]'', take a look at what a particular robot's wielding as part of its [http://i46.tinypic.com/s5i5j9.png signature attack]. Coincidence? I think NOT.

*** Arc Gurren Lagann's power up sequence and head design are drawn from [[Gao Gai Gar|GGG's titular mecha.]]

** Similarily to Arc GL above, Great Galaxy/Chouginga Gurren Lagann's visual design is based off <s>Mazinger</s> [[Mazinkaiser]] mixed with [[Diebuster]]. It does the [[Gun Buster]]/[[Fan Nickname|Gainax pose]] upon emerging on the screen.

** [[Spongebob SquarePants]]... In my Gurren Lagann? [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/Squidward.png It's more likely than you think...] (seriously, that can't be coincidental...)

*** Coincidentally enough, the one that Simon equips to Gurren-Lagann to let it fly bears a certain similarity to [[Stealth Gao]] I from [[Gao Gai Gar]]...

** Speaking of [[Super Robot Wars]] shoutouts, a large part of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBG3CCew7Q Parallel Works 8] (which isn't really "parallel" at all and serves as Lordgenome's [[Start of Darkness]]) seems to shout out to the concept of SRW, as a lot of the Spiral Army mechs look like GL-ized versions of various famous mecha - a ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'', several [[Gundam|Gundams]], a [[Gaiking]], an [[Full Metal Panic|Arbalest]] and many others are clearly visible in the big "pan-back" around 1:00 and you can spot other shoutouts when Genome [[Tragic Mistake|slaughters his teammates]]. The "aliens attack, various robots team up to fight invaders" plot is even boilerplate SRW. So the implication is that Lordgenome lead a Super Robot War and then became ''the villain'' of such... ''[[The Bad Guy Wins|and then won]]''.

** The bombs that Cytomander's minions drop on the Dai-Gurren in episode 13 are [[Super Mario Bros|Bullet Bills.]]

** The attack of the giant missiles in episode 25 is a reference to the battle in Sector Z in [[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox 64]].

** Judging by the length of Kamina's katana in episode 3, during his on-foot fight with Viral, one can argue that the sword may be a homage to Sephiroth from ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', one of the most famous villains in Final Fantasy history, known for wielding a 3-4 meters long katana. Sometimes even in one hand. The rest of the time, Kamina's katana is only regular length.

** The design of the Grapearl looks like a mix between the [[Full Metal Panic|Arbalest]], the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|GM]] and the [[Mobile Suit Gundam Seed|Strike Dagger]]. Then again, it isn't surprising that it's similar in design to several Mass-Produced Real Robots, considering its own status in the series.

*** The "shield" Viral uses that just unfolds on Enki's arm may be intended to be an upgraded ''Genesic Protect Shade'', or maybe just an upgraded, physical version of the ''Protect Wall'', both from [[Gao Gai Gar]] FINAL.

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' production staff drew inspiration from ''Gurren Lagann'' for plot material. There are two noteworthy references to Lagann- a villian named the Headmaster who pilots a [[Mini-Mecha]] that screws into the top of a robot to take control of it that can also transform into a functional robot on its own, and Dirt Boss, a forklift that transforms into a pudgy robot head with stumpy limbs, much like Lagann's proportions. In the case of Dirt Boss, the show was going to lead up to a plot line where the Decepticon would create Devastator, using Scrapper, Mixmaster, and the other four Construction namesakes of G1 as the body components, but this has been carried over to the comics after a [[Screwed By the Network|sudden cancellation]]. It's almost obvious that Dirt Boss will be the head component, once again a shout-out to the combination used to form the Gurren Lagann.

* ''[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' pays tribute to the moment Simon slams a punch into Rossiu's cheek in Episode 23, with Nozomu being the victim. It even copies the exact same frame-by-frame animations... until Nozomu unexpectedly crashes into a fence headfirst. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]- ''CLAMP'', the studio collective who produced this anime, did much of the cleanup animation work on Gurren Lagann.