Japan Synopsis
劇場版 天元突破グレンラガン 螺巌篇
Seven years after the defeat of the spiral king, Simon and the Dai-Gurren brigade must set out to the vastness of space to defeat a new threat and save the universe.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedGurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End
★ 7.7 · Japan
4 sharedMazinger Z vs The Great Dark General
★ 6.8 · Japan
4 sharedMobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
★ 6.5 · Japan
3 sharedInazuma Eleven: The Movie
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedMobile Suit Gundam I
★ 6.9 · Japan
Other Titles From GAINAX
Action + Science Fiction in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars itself).
The 2008–2010 Japan Window
Among 386 Japan films we catalog from this window, Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars places #46 — near the top of its class.
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: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars premiered alongside 123 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other Japan films in 2009.
The 2198th 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 72th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- drill · 2
- edited from tv series · 20
- super robot · 11
- anime · 711
- mecha · 68
- based on anime · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #804 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #366 of 1,714 (top 21%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | GAINAX |
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Release Date | April 25, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1422651 |