History Trivia / TengenToppaGurrenLagann

* DuelingWorks: Oddly, with ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' - Gainax got a strongly worded letter from Toei when a manga was posted with one scene depicting Yoko shooting WeaselMascot Coco. Apparently, magical girls were a threat to the high-octane action this anime became.

** [[MsFanservice.AnimeAndManga Ms. Fanservice.Anime and Manga]]

* QuoteSource: For RejectedMarriageProposal

** [[MsFanservice.{{Anime}} Ms. Fanservice.Anime]]

** A bit of a subversion. In the original TV series, there just wasn't enough time or money for the animation team to put in everything they wanted, which is why so many of the cast were killed off. Thankfully, the series was successful enough to warrant film adaptations, and the second film includes all of the content they originally wanted to add in.

* TheOtherDarrin: The reason Creator/BridgetHoffman took over the role post-TimeSkip was that Creator/HyndenWalch had personal matters to sort out and had to drop out of the show. It works better than most examples since Nia is a slightly different character now that she aged.
** Dai-Gurren's helmsman, Gabal Docker, was voiced by Steve Schatzberg for volume 3 but was replaced by Joe Ochman in subsequent volumes due to Schatzberg's death in mid-2008. It was Schatzberg's final voiceover role. By some stroke of bad luck, Ochman was for whatever reason unavailable to record Gabal's sole line for the final episode, so Creator/KeithSilverstein (Makken) filled in for him.

** Dai-Gurren's helmsman, Gabal Docker, was voiced by Steve Schatzberg for volume 3 but was replaced by Joe Ochman in subsequent volumes due to Schatzberg's death in mid-2008. It was Schatzberg's final voiceover role. By some stroke of bad luck, Ochman was for whatever reason unavailable to record Gabal's sole line for the final episode, so Creator/Keith Silverstein (Makken) filled in for him.

** Dai-Gurren's helmsman, Gabal Docker, was voiced by Steve Schatzberg for volume 3 but was replaced by Joe Ochman in subsequent volumes due to Schatzberg's death in mid-2008. It was Schatzberg's final voiceover role.

* TheOtherDarrin: The reason Creator/BridgetHoffman took over the role post-TimeSkip was because Creator/HyndenWalch had personal matters to sort out and had to drop out of the show. It works better than most examples, since Nia is a slightly different character now that she aged.

* DearNegativeReader: Osamu Kobayashi was the guest director for episode 4. His look for the characters and animation style received some criticism from [=2ch=] when it first aired. Producer Takami Akai made a disparaging comment about said criticisms (he said it was like putting your face next to an anus and breathing deeply) and ended up resigning his post as a result of the fan backlash.

* TheOtherMarty: Before Creator/ADVFilms lost the license, several episodes of the dub had already been recorded.

*** Likewise the PettingZooPerson assistant standing next to him is referred to as Bootaide. [[spoiler: An uplifted Boota shows up in the later episodes as well.]]

* DuelingDubs: In Russian. Reanimedia's highly praised (even on ThisVeryWiki) dub has been around since 2009, yet Fan, a newly established satellite network, chose to air a different one (distributed by Wakanim) in 2018.

** Creator/SteveBlum also intended to voice Kamina until saw a picture of Leeron. The producers were unsure about having Blum voice Leeron, but let him auditioned and were blown away by his performance.

** And [[Anime/EurekaSeven yet]] [[Manga/TenjhoTenge again]], Bosch's character is in love with the character played by Creator/StephanieSheh - and it's mutual!

** If ADV had finished the dub, Simon would've been voiced by Creator/JoshGrelle and Viral would've been voiced by Creator/VicMignogna!!

** In the Bandai dub, Creator/CrispinFreeman was going to play Kamina before Creator/KyleHebert took that role.
** Creator/SteveBlum also intended to play Kamina. Then he saw a picture of Leeron. The producers were unsure about having Blum cast for Leeron, but let him auditioned for him and were blown away at how great of a fit Blum was for the role.

* ActorAllusion:
** [[Creator/JojiNakata Father Magin]] of Adai village has played a stoic false priest with questionable morality and surprisingly good combat skills [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight before]].
** Creator/HyndenWalch plays a highly intelligent princess, that is however utterly unaware of basic facets of human society, that acts as TheHeart and The Chick to the team. [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Where we have seen that before?]]
** [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Rossiu]] has had [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers experience]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo piloting]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo giant robots]].
* AnimeFirst

** And [[Anime/EurekaSeven yet]] [[Manga/TenjhoTenge again]], Bosch's character is in love with the character played by StephanieSheh - and it's mutual!

** If ADV had finished the dub, Simon would've been voiced by JoshGrelle and Viral would've been voiced by Creator/VicMignogna!!

* NoExportForYou: The movies. Aniplex has [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-16/aniplex-america-sells-gurren-lagann-movie-dvds-in-july stated that while they are releasing the movies in the United States, they aren't going to dub them because they don't see a need to spend the money unless someone desires to show them on TV.]] They have a point as the movies are essentially abridged recaps of the TV series with some slight (if not fan preferred) changes and new animations.

** Creator/HyndenWalch plays a highly intelligent BadassPrincess, that is however utterly unaware of basic facets of human society, that acts as TheHeart and The Chick to the team. [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Where we have seen that before?]]

* [[NoExportForYou No Dub For You]]: The movies. Aniplex has [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-16/aniplex-america-sells-gurren-lagann-movie-dvds-in-july stated that while they are releasing the movies in the United States, they aren't going to dub them because they don't see a need to spend the money unless someone desires to show them on TV.]] They have a point as the movies are essentially abridged recaps of the TV series with some slight (if not fan preferred) changes and new animations.

** Bosch is [[CodeGeass yet again]] the Blue Oni to Yuri Lowenthal's Red Oni.

** [[Anime/CodeGeass Lulussiu and Spinsimon]]: Rossiu and Simon, respectively after the Time Skip, because the same English voice actors voice [[YuriLowenthal both]] [[JohnnyYongBosch pairs]], and because of both pairs' similar actions and relationships. Also note the oddness that each voices the generally like main character in one series, and TheScrappy in the other.

** Two, both involving JohnnyYongBosch