As the bonds between Funimation and Aniplex USA continue to firm up, more anime is making its way onto the Funimation streaming service. The latest addition is the Gurren Lagann series which bring the full run of the TV show to audiences there. Availability for it is set for the US and Canada only and is available now. The full TV series is available in either its English dubbed form or its original Japanese with options for English or Spanish subtitles.
Check out our Ten Years Later retrospective on the series from earlier this year.
Plot concept: 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 two young men: Simon, who is shy and naive; and 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!
