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Gurren Lagann Baseball Manga to Launch in December
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The January issue of Saki Nonoyama (Enma) will draw the art.
The story re-imagines the characters of the anime as baseball players at Dai-Gurren Academy, and they meet a mysterious old man over a bowl of ramen with roast pork.
The Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Otoko Ippiki-hen (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lone Man) manga ended in the same January issue. Like Otoko Doahō!-hen, Nonoyama adapted Otoko Ippiki-hen from a drama CD that was bundled with the anime's DVDs. Hero's and Shogakukan Creative will publish the compiled book volume of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Otokoippiki-hen on December 27.
Otoko Ippiki-hen Gainax's robot anime and puts them in modern-day Japan. It follows the adventures of Kamina and other characters who attend Dai-Gurren Academy.
Manga creator stopped producing and distributing new DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and manga releases in January 2012. MediaWorks shipped the ninth volume of the series in Japan in September.
Previous manga inspired by the anime include the Rasen Shōnen-tan (Spiral Boy) manga that takes place in a parallel world. Both manga were republished as single-volume compiled book releases.
Gainax's Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann television anime premiered in Japan in 2007. includes three previously released drama CDs (including Lone Man) and one all new drama CD created for the release.
