Gurren Lagann: Guren-hen MOVIE!

[/win]

about the first piece of info, when did viral ever kill kamina and vice-versa?

[Nite]

Isn't it obvious it's referring to Thymilph? =\

[Haohmaru]

Movie leaflet

[Kraker2k]

Would make a great wall scroll.

[Nite]

PV for Tsuzuku Sekai

[Haohmaru]

It does have that beat and speed that really goes well with Gurren Lagann. Love Sorairo Days though.

[Nite]

Translation from Megami Magazine:

• The TV series' second arc will be almost an entirely new story.
• Nakashima barely did any screenplay writing for the TV series' second arc so he was happy being able to write a screenplay for the new second arc this time.
• Though Simon's revival in the TV series was carefully drawn with a psychological depiction, in the theater, they will make Simon recover as a result of events from the outside.
• The Yoko VS Adiane hand-to-hand battle will be worth seeing.
• By making her confront Adiane directly, they were able to do a theatrical climax and the drama of Yoko's recovery from Kamina's death at the same time.
• In the movie, Yoko, Nia, and Simon's three dramas will advance simultaneously and will be the peak of the movie.
• You can enjoy Yoko and Adiane's showdown as a sexy catfight too.
• Because animation director Nishigori will be putting in his efforts too, there will be sexy scenes worth seeing
• From around the part where Nia appears, in terms of art, there will be new animation. We want you to see Nia's loveliness.
• Regarding the new parts, starting with Nia, the situations with Yoko and Adiane will change and they are drawn to be even more appealing than in the TV series.
• The number one point of the Gurren Chapter is Simon's revival after losing Kamina.
• In the final battle, there will be Yoko and Nia's drama, and that will converge with the drama of Simon's revival. The situation around them and Simon's recovery will become the theatrical catharsis.
• Kamina will die even quicker than in the TV series, so they were careful with how much of an impact he could make in about two hours.
• Spiral Chapter (Rasen-hen) will open in Spring 2009 and will be Simon and Nia's story. Spiral Chapter will have newly animated parts too, maybe even more than Gurren Chapter.
• As for developments other than the movies, they want to make Viral's story during the seven years after Lord Genome was defeated.

[Kraker2k]

So Viral OVA confirmed? Awesome.

I'm assuming the Gurren Chapter be the second movie that deals with the timeskip?

[hi its me]

Awesome, thanks Nite!

Yoko vs. Adiane... Is this going to be a Ganmen battle? And sweet, a Viral OVA.

[/win]

viral OVA FTW!

kamina dies earlier than he did in the TV series? WTF?!

[Seta]

Originally Posted by hi its me

Awesome, thanks Nite!

Yoko vs. Adiane... Is this going to be a Ganmen battle?

I doubt it since it's supposed to be a se-ku-se battul and all.Must be great since they're talking alot about it.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by Kraker2k

So Viral OVA confirmed? Awesome.

I'm assuming the Gurren Chapter be the second movie that deals with the timeskip?

Gurren-hen is this movie. Rasen-hen is the next one.

Originally Posted by /win

viral OVA FTW!

kamina dies earlier than he did in the TV series? WTF?!

Thymilph is still supposed to kill him. So he'll probably get killed after that surprise attack and won't get a chance to give that last speech to Simon + GIGA DRILL BREAKER.

[Planeswalker]

Originally Posted by Nite

Thymilph is still supposed to kill him. So he'll probably get killed after that surprise attack and won't get a chance to give that last speech to Simon + GIGA DRILL BREAKER.

Fuck...that would/will change so much if he doesnt get his last speech.

[Nite]

Supposedly from 2ch of someone who saw the screening:

• The opening scene has become Lord Genome's past story. Kid Lord Genome indeed looks like Nia
• The Chouginga Razengan that appears in the past story
• The first half is basically the same as the TV version. Certain places were skipped.
• Episodes 4-6 are shown as sort of a reminiscence of meeting the Black Siblings, Rossiu, Gimmy, and Darry
• Yoko has original scenes added into places such as staying up all night studying, and a scene taking from the footage of the early OP
  
• To make up for there not being much of episodes 9-10, Simon's broken state is given a stronger impression and Nia’s loveliness is completely reanimated to make her look wiser, more innocent, more kind, and more… well, lovely
• Nia introduces herself to the Dai-Gurren-dan on her own as the "Helix King's First Princess Nia"
• After which Simon gives Nia a horrible glare (Nia goes to apologizes to him, and asks him to kill her if he truly hates her that much, he ends up crying on her chest)
  
• Adiane, Guame, and Cytomander all attack together
• Nia's strength is emphasized, not only when dealing with Simon and Yoko but also she stands against the entire army all by herself and demands an audience with Guame
• Viral rides a new mecha called "Daiganzandu". It's a Enkidu-like Daiganzan.
• Simon climbs up Shuzack to rescue Nia
• Starting with King Kittan DX, all of the second string Gunmen pilots are given a stronger impression
• Yoko VS Adiane
• The Four Generals' battleships combine. Viral takes Thymilph's place.
• To fight against them, Simon and Nia use, with the help of the entire Dai-Gurren-Dan, "Giga Drill Break Special" and crush the Four Generals
• Yoko rides a Gunmen named Yoko M Tank for a little while. It's a pink Dayakkaiser.
• Nia stands in front of Kamina's grave, talks to him about Simon. It’s probably the best new scene of the movie, the 2channer that wrote this review was crying.
• Movie ends with Teppelin being revealed as a giant Ganmen

EDIT: This scan pretty much confirms it.

[Atemesk]

thats the most horrific thing ive ever seen
its like a ganmen with makeup on
bad color choice imo

[Kraker2k]

Wow thats a very big mish mash of random robots =\.

[Planeswalker]

Originally Posted by Kraker2k

Wow thats a very big mish mash of random robots =\.

Isnt that exactly what its supposed to be considering they all "combine" ?

I dont tend to judge mecha designs in this series at first glance anymore. I hated the lagann at first...and the king kittan and probably everything that wasnt chouginga dai gurren or the TTGL

[Raug]

gurren_lagann: Gainax in Germany
Gainax controversial stance on the industry and fansubs. - Forum - Anime News Network

Here's some stuff from a person who saw it at Connichi and some comments about the panel. The stuff about the movie might be old, but I guess the panel stuff is news that's more recent.

The Panel:
- They don't yet know what to do exactly in the second movie, but if I understood them right it should hit theatres in april 2009.
- Some dork asked whether they're planning to release a new OST with LESS "Row Row Fight the Powah" during the songs, which was followed by loud catcalls from the audience. Takeda just answered "no".
- Gainax themselves asked the audience what they want to see in the second movie, the same dork as before asked for "more Getter beams". They just shrugged that idea of by saying GL is fighting with drills, not with beams.
- No plans about working together with Jam Project.
- A girl was pointing out that you could see Jeeg and Getter heads in the intro movie and was asking in how far that was intentional. Yoshinari sounded like he felt caught, pointed out that the girl has good eyes but there was no deep intention behind that, they just look alike.
- I think Yoshinari said he wasn't looking forward to designing mecha, but Imaishi plead with him and so he did it.
- Usually Imaishi gives a really rough sketch of a character for the character designer who then refines it. That wasn't the case with Attenborough though, he is just like the sketch.
- They asked the audience for their favorite scene, but the reactions were very mixed and they said it's just like the japanese audience.
- The term Giga Drill Breaker came from the writer, but the final product was a teamwork of the writer, Imaishi and Yoshinari.
- Someone asked what they felt was the main difference between working on the TV series and the movie. The Character designer said "drawing bigger tits for Yoko".
- Someone compared the beginning of the series to a work of Plato (no joke). Something about them being in the cave and shut off from the outer world being alike to people shutting themselves off from the outside or something. Gainax just answered that they just wanted to show the path of a character from "the bottom to the top".

And apparently Yamaga said something very interesting, imo.

About fansubs: Yamaga said he really can't blame fansubbing or the internet, because japanese animation wouldn't be as successfull as it is now without those. Additionally he compared fansubs to watching the stuff for free on TV. However he said that most people who like the series will buy the DVDs and it would be sad if they didn't.

[Kraker2k]

- Some dork asked whether they're planning to release a new OST with LESS "Row Row Fight the Powah" during the songs, which was followed by loud catcalls from the audience. Takeda just answered "no".
- Gainax themselves asked the audience what they want to see in the second movie, the same dork as before asked for "more Getter beams". They just shrugged that idea of by saying GL is fighting with drills, not with beams.

This is why we can't have nice things