Maybe, but it isn't zero. As far as I'm concerned, that makes it the same as a 100% chance.
It's still a while before Simon sez the quotable above, but we're one tankou closer with Level Comics's premiere of buxom babes, beastmen, and giant mechs
Gurren Lagann.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann © by Mori Kotaro/MediaWorks [Dengeki Comics]
Published in Indonesia as Gurren Lagann by Elex Media/Level Comics
Simon the Digger and the Giha villagers only know an underground cavern as their world and believe that one day, they will all perish in a landslide triggered by an earthquake. Into this hope-deprived hole bursts Kamina who coaxes Simon to break through to a surface world beyond their dreams.
And before Simon knows it, the “sky” above literally crashes on his and Kamina's heads, bringing with it a monster that only a glowing drill-bit and the man-sized mech it activates
can overcome. [Additions from Bandai Entertainment's Gurren Lagann Manga Volume 1 summary]
Of course, you already know that the Gurren Lagann manga is based on the award-winning Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann anime by GAINAX. I think you can even find Gurren Lagann under the proverbial rock, because that's just how (early) Simon works, LOL.
Now for DO WANT! #1 and 2...
GTO 3 of 25 by Fujisawa Toru
Onizuka lands a teaching stint at Tokyo Kissho, but not at the senior high. He is appointed homeroom teacher of class 3-4, notorious for its punk students. Class 3-4's trouble-making is gonna test Onizuka's confidence to the limits!
Perfect Girl Evolution 24 of 28+ by Hayakawa Tomoko
Not having given up on his perfect mate, Grimmel's dark, cadaverous prince tracks Sunako all the way to Japan. But for some strange reason, Sunako is acting weird(er) than usual and is channeling a cat! Kyohei realizes something's up, but his resistance is mistaken for jealousy over Sunako and the prince.
Perfect Girl Evolution 24 compiles chapters 96 through 99: I Want To See You (Parts 1 and 2),
Burn!! Sebastian!
and The Great Bond.
[*NOT Level's chapter titles]
Level Comics manga (2011.06.08)
- Dolls of God (Kamisama Dolls) 3 of 9+ by Yamamura Hajime
- Giant Killing 4 of 20+ by Tsunamoto Masaya & Tsujitomo
- GTO 3 of 25 by Fujisawa Toru
- [Series Premiere] Gurren Lagann (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) 1 of 7+ by Mori Kotaro
- Perfect Girl Evolution (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge) 24 of 28+ by Hayakawa Tomoko
Giant Killing 「GIANT KILLING」 |
Awards
34th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga
Adaptations
Studio DEEN's 26-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Seki Tomokazu (Tatsumi Takeshi), Okiayu Ryotaro (Murakoshi Shigeyuki), Mizushima Takahiro (Tsubaki Daisuke) and Ono Daisuke (Yoshida Luigi) aired between April and September 2010 on NHK.
GTO 「GTO」 by Fujisawa Toru |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 1998 Kodansha Manga Awards
Other languages
Bilingual Japanese/English (Kodansha International, three volumes per 1999.12), English GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TOKYOPOP: 25 volumes), French (PIKA Édition: 25 volumes), Italian (Dynamic Italia), German (EMA), Polish (Waneko), Swedish (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB; serialized in Manga Mania), traditional Chinese (Tong Li)
Related series
Prequels: Shounan Junaigumi! AKA GTO: The Early Years (31 of 31 volumes) and Bad Company (1 of 1 volume) and GTO Shonan 14 Days (sequel, six volumes as at 2011.02, ongoing)
Adaptations
A live-action GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka TV series, starring Sorimachi Takashi (Onizuka Eikichi) and Matsushima Nanako (Fuyutsuki Azusa) telecast from July to September 1998 on Fuji TV and Kansai TV (followed by GTO Drama Special; 1999.08.28 and GTO: The Movie; 1991) and Studio Pierrot's 43-episode Great Teacher Onizuka anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Takagi Wataru as Onizuka, that aired between June 1999 and September 2000.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann |
Related series
Based on the GAINAX anime that aired between April to September 2007 in Japan, starring seiyuu Kakihara Tetsuya (Simon), Konishi Katsuyuki (Kamina), Inoue Marina (Yoko), Fukui Yukari (Nia Teppelin) and Hiyama Nobuyuki (Viral).
Alternate stories: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren Gakuenhen (one volume; 2009.03), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Yoko no Obeso-hen (one volume, 4-koma; 2008) and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Rasen Shounentan (one volume; 2010.02).
Other languages
English Gurren Lagann (Bandai Entertainment: six volumes per 2010.10 • volume 7 street date: 2011.07.12), French (Glénat: tome 4 ships 2011.06.08)
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge |
Other languages
English The Wallflower (Del Rey: volumes 22/23/24 per 2010.10; Kodansha Comics volume 25 street date: 2011.06.21 and Chuang Yi (as My Fair Lady; volume 26 per 2011.02), French (Pika Édition: Yamato Nadeshiko tome 14 per 2011.04), German (EMA/Egmont Manga & Anime from volume 21 onwards)
Adaptations
Anime by Nippon Animation featuring seiyuu Takaguchi Yukiko (Nakahara Sunako), Morikubo Showtaro (Takano Kyohei), Yamauchi Yuuya (Toyama Yukinojo), Sugita Tomokazu (Oda Takenaga) and Nojima Hirofumi (Mori Ranmaru) aired from October 2006 to March 2007 on Japan's TV Aichi. A live-action renzoku starring Kamenashi Kazuya (Kyohei), Oomasa Aya (Sunako), Tegoshi Yuya (Yukinojo), Uchi Hiroki (Takenaga) and Miyao Shuntaro (Ranmaru) was telecast on TBS from January to March 2010.
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European comics/BDs (2011.06.08)
- Johan & Pirlouit - Serangan Pasukan Gagak (Johan et Pirlouit, tome 14: La horde du corbeau) by Alain Maury, Yvan Delporte, Thierry Culliford
- Smurf - Dokter Smurf (Une histoires des Schtroumpfs - Le Docteur Schtroumpf, tome 18) by Peyo
Kamisama Dolls 「神様ドォルズ」
by Yamamura Hajime
Shogakukan Sunday GX, seinen
Volume 3 (chapters 13-18) first published in Japan 2008.09
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Ching Win Publishing Taiwan: 神樣DOLLS 7 per 2010.11 • volume 8 street date: 2011.06.13)
Adaptations
The Kamisama Dolls anime premieres this 7 July 2011 in Japan. The TV series animated by Brains Base casts seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Kuga Kyōhei, Fukuen Misato as Kuga Utao and Kayano Ai as Shiba Hibino.