Both films are shown in 4D and 4K formats, both subtitled and dubbed
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Studio Trigger and Aniplex USA revealed at a panel at Anime NYC on Saturday that the revival screening of Gainax’s Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood’s End-– and Gurren Lagann the Movie – The Lights in the Sky Are Stars– will hits theaters in North America in January.
The film Gurren Lagann –Childhood’s End-– will open on January 16 and 17, and Gurren Lagann the Movie – The Lights in the Sky Are Stars– will screen on January 23 and 24. The film will be available in 4K and in 4D format and will be available in both subtitled and dubbed formats (the dubbed format will be the first time the film has been dubbed). Tickets go on sale December 8 on Fathom Events.
Studio Trigger previously screened both films in 2D and 4D in Japan from August to October, and screened the films in Taiwan in both 2D and 4D in October. 15th Anniversary Screening movie premiere.
Studio Trigger also released the two films on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc on September 27.
Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood’s End-– originally opened in September 2008, and Gurren Lagann the Movie – The Lights in the Sky Are Stars– opened in April 2009.
Studio Trigger has many former Gainax animators.
Source: Kill la Kill and Gurren Lagann commemorative plaque at Anime NYC (Marion Peña)
