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Shouji Saeki is a Japanese director, storyboard artist and writer whose work for Gainax and Shaft included a directing and writing role on Gurren Lagann.

Masahiko Otsuka is a Japanese director and writer who served as an episode director and storyboard artist on Gurren Lagann at Studio Gainax before co-founding Studio Trigger.

Hiroyuki Imaishi is a Japanese anime director and animator who directed Gurren Lagann while at Studio Gainax, later co-founding Studio Trigger.

Hiroshi Kurimoto is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Katsuichi Nakayama is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist who directed and storyboarded multiple episodes of Gurren Lagann, part of a long career built largely around collaborations with Gainax.

Ayumu Kotake is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Hiroyuki Yamaga co-founded the animation studio Gainax and has spent his career directing anime there, including one episode of Gurren Lagann when it debuted in 2007.

Osamu Kobayashi (1964-2021) was a Japanese animation director best known for BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Paradise Kiss, who guest-directed episode 4 of Gurren Lagann.

Shin Itagaki is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Akemi Hayashi is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Akira Amemiya is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Akitoshi Yokoyama is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Eiichi Kamagata is a producer who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Gekidan Inu Curry is a Japanese animation duo credited in a directorial capacity in connection with Gurren Lagann, though the team is far better known for its design work on Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Hiroaki Tomita is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Hirokazu Kojima is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Ikehata Hiroshi is a Japanese director who served as episode director on Gurren Lagann's 22nd episode, the installment in which Gurren Lagann combines with Arc-Gurren to form Arc-Gurren-Lagann.

Keisuke Watanabe is a Japanese animator and director who worked as an in-between and key animator on Gurren Lagann and later directed a Parallel Works short tied to the series.

Naoki Sasada is one of the producers credited on Gurren Lagann.

Norio Yamakawa is one of the producers credited on Gurren Lagann.

Ryōji Masuyama is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Ryūichi Kimura is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Satoshi Yamaguchi is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Shingo Abe is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Shintarō Dōge is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Shōko Nishigaki is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

Son Seung-heui is a director who worked on Gurren Lagann.

SUEZEN is the professional name of Fumio Iida, a longtime Gainax animator who has moved between key animation and directing across the studio's projects. Under that name he directed and animated a segment of Gurren Lagann Parallel Works, the franchise's original video anthology.

Sushio is an animator who cut his teeth at Gainax before becoming one of Studio Trigger's defining artists. On Gurren Lagann he served as animation director for the fan-favorite episode 15 and contributed key animation across several other episodes.

Takayoshi Morimiya is an anime director whose credits stretch from episode direction on Gurren Lagann to later work on Sword Art Online.

Tarō Iwasaki is a prolific Japanese episode director whose long resume includes Fullmetal Alchemist and Pokémon; on Gurren Lagann he directed episode 9 of the original 2007 television run.

Toshiya Shinohara is a Japanese anime director who has helmed series including Black Butler and A Lull in the Sea; on Gurren Lagann he served as episode director for episode 18.

Tōru Yoshida is a Japanese mecha animator whose action-focused key animation work stretches back to the 1980s at the Osaka studio AnimeR; on Gurren Lagann he directed episode 25 and contributed key animation to episode 18.

Yasuhiro Geshi is a Japanese episode director with a resume spanning hundreds of TV anime, from Rurouni Kenshin to Attack on Titan; on Gurren Lagann he directed episode 20.

Yoh Yoshinari is a Japanese animator, mechanical designer, and director who provided mechanical design and key animation for Gurren Lagann before co-founding Studio Trigger and directing Little Witch Academia.

Yorifusa Yamaguchi was a Japanese anime director whose episode-direction career spanned decades of television anime, from Urusei Yatsura and Cardcaptor Sakura to Gurren Lagann, where he directed episode 19.