Japan Synopsis
劇場版 天元突破グレンラガン 紅蓮篇
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedGurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
★ 7.8 · Japan
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★ 6.8 · Japan
3 sharedMazinger Z vs. Devilman
★ 5.6 · Japan
3 sharedUFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger
★ 5.9 · Japan
3 sharedGreat Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter
★ 5.8 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
★ 6.5 · Japan
Other Titles From GAINAX
Action + Comedy in Japan
429 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End itself).
The 2007–2009 Japan Window
Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End holds position #58 of 362 Japan films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End premiered alongside 124 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 124 other Japan films in 2008.
The 2105th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
91 audience reviews — more than 75% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 67th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- drill · 2
- super robot · 11
- anime · 711
- mecha · 68
- based on anime · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #935 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #426 of 1,714 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GAINAX |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | September 6, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1288461 |