 After seeing the finished episode, the station said that it could not be aired, and a revised version of the episode was produced.Produced by the animation studio Gainax and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, "Gurren Lagann" aired in Japan on TXN stations between April 1 and September 30, 2007.The anime has 27 episodes plus two specials, the first being the uncensored version of the sixth episode, and the second is episode 5.5, a bonus that came with the Nintendo DS game.