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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 04/22/2009CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better85%17.5 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Gainax's Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars opens in Japanese theaters, the second of two compilation films recapping and continuing the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann TV series with new footage covering its back half.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Gurren Lagann Premieres

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 04/01/2007CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better86%27 episodes19.5 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Gainax's original mecha series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann begins airing, following underground-village boys Simon and Kamina after they unearth a mysterious mech and fight their way to the surface world.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  FLCL Premieres

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 04/26/2000CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better79%6 episodes26.4 years agoRelease date of the first episode confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  The six-episode OVA FLCL begins release, a hyperkinetic coming-of-age comedy from Gainax and Production I.G about a middle schooler whose ordinary town turns upside down after being run over by a scooter-riding, guitar-wielding alien.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion Releases in Japanese Theaters

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 07/19/1997CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better85%29.2 years agoTheatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Gainax's The End of Evangelion opens in Japan, a theatrical film providing an alternate, more conclusive ending to the TV series as NERV comes under full assault from SEELE while Shinji, Asuka, and the rest confront the Human Instrumentality Project.

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• Anime09/15/2026@AnimeDesk

  Neon Genesis Evangelion Premieres

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 10/03/1995CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better84%26 episodes31.0 years agoBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion begins airing, a mecha series following teenage pilot Shinji Ikari as NERV's Evangelion units battle mysterious beings called Angels threatening Tokyo-3.

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• Anime09/16/2026@AnimeDesk

  Gunbuster Premieres

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 10/07/1988CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better77%6 episodes38.0 years agoRelease date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  Gainax's Gunbuster (Top wo Nerae!), the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, follows aspiring pilot Noriko Takaya as she trains to crew a giant robot defending Earth from an advancing alien species.

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• Anime09/16/2026@AnimeDesk

  Daicon III and IV Opening Animations Premieres

  Musashino, Tokyo, JapanGainax

  

  Starts 08/22/1981CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better72%45.1 years agoScreening date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.

  The Daicon III Opening Animation screens at the Nihon SF Taikai convention in Osaka, the first of two self-funded fan short films that a young Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Takami Akai made under the amateur group Daicon Film before founding Gainax.

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