 The film is a compilation of the events of the first arc of the series (episodes one through fifteen) with around 20 minutes of newly animated scenes.In conjunction with the release of the film, Gainax released a series of music videos entitled "Gurren Lagann Parallel Works", which contains alternative stories of "Gurren Lagann" set to songs from the original soundtrack.The film had a limited theatrical release on 11 screens, and grossed () at the Japanese box office.