Which was released first, the animated film A Town Called Panic or the animated series Gurren Lagann?
Gurren Lagann Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (天元突破グレンラガン , Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan , lit. "Pierce the Heavens, Gurren Lagann") , is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on Japan's TV Tokyo between April 1, 2007, and September 30, 2007. It was directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima, and had been in development since the participation of the famed animator in the "Abenobashi" mecha-themed episodes by the same studio. "Gurren Lagann" takes place in a fictional future where Earth is ruled by the Spiral King, Lordgenome, who forces mankind to live in isolated subterranean villages. The plot focuses on two teenagers living in a subterranean village, Simon and Kamina, who wish to go to the surface. Using a mecha known as Lagann, Simon and Kamina reach the surface and start fighting alongside other humans against Lordgenome's forces.
Ciné si Ciné si (] "Cinema If") is a 1989 French silhouette animation television series conceived, written and directed by Michel Ocelot and realised at La Fabrique, consisting of short fairy tale and retro-future stories performed by the same animated "actors." A critical success but commercial failure at the time, no further episodes were commissioned beyond the initial eight but following the success of Ocelot's "Kirikou and the Sorceress" six were edited into the 2000 compilation movie "Princes et princesses" ("Princes and Princesses"), in which form they finally saw wide exposure and acclaim both in France and internationally; a further episode was included in a home release of short works in 2008 but one remains unavailable for public consumption.