Anti-Gurren Lagann

Exclusive to the strategy title Super Robot Wars Z2: Saisei-hen, Anti-Gurren Lagann is a dark counterpart to Gurren Lagann conjured by the Anti-Spiral. In silhouette the two are nearly the same, yet this version trades the familiar palette for black, white, and red. The torso face wears a crueler look and goes without Gurren's signature sunglasses, while a plate reminiscent of Enki shields its upper visage. The Team Dai-Gurren crest that would normally mark the pauldrons is absent here. Bandai Tamashii Nations later turned the design into a collectible figure.

Because it takes after Gurren Lagann, the mech commands a comparable arsenal of moves. Its drills, however, run longer and thinner than the standard model, though they stop short of the exaggerated slenderness seen on Lazengann, and four of them are tinted purple rather than the usual grey or green. Within the game it exists to give the Anti-Spiral assault on Earth a proper final duel, and it echoes Granzeboma as an enemy-made duplicate of the protagonist's machine meant to keep humanity from its rescue, its drills even calling to mind that boss's lashing tentacles.

Nia Teppelin sits at the controls as the Anti-Spiral's Messenger, using the copy to defend Cathedral Lazengann. Once she and the machine are beaten, Simon reaches through to her the same way he does in the animated series.