Yōko Rittonā

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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Character Song
  JP 89 07/25/2007 (2 weeks)

Yōko Rittonā ( Jap. ヨーコ·リットナー ), in English as Yoko Littner designated, one of is character designer Atsushi Nishigori designed in 2007 figure, the first time in the anime - TV series Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann showed up. Due to the success of the series and the numerous publications of fan articles or music albums, the figure achieved widespread awareness and, as an icon of the fan service, is repeatedly used for comparisons with characters from other works, such as B. Theoron Martin in a first reception of Basquash! did.

Classification in the series

In the series Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann , she suddenly appears as a red-haired Amazon who uses a large-caliber sniper rifle to help Simon and Kamina escape from the underground prison. As a resident of the earth's surface and resistance fighter against the Ganmen , large robots controlled by the beastmen , which are borrowed from the Gundam universe and are supposed to be based strongly on Gunbuster 2 , she takes on the role of an instructive colleague. At the same time, her large breasts and her often tight clothing become the subject of numerous fan service scenes in which her breasts involuntarily get in the way or have to squeeze through narrow openings. Simon and Kamina often embarrass them, and Būta, a mole pig and a kind of unofficial mascot in the series, even takes a seat between their breasts.

Voice actor

In her previous roles, the series and two movies, she was voiced by the well-known Seiyū Marina Inoue . Marina also published several music productions as a singer, which were able to place in the top 10 of the Japanese charts and in connection with which Yōko usually graced the covers. In addition, a character single was released, which was also able to place in the Japanese charts and named Yōko along with Simon and Kamina as an interpreter, although it was sung by Marina Inoue. In the English version it was spoken by Michelle Ruff , in the German version by Josephine Schmidt .

Products

As a fan service figure , Yōko was used intensively to provide numerous franchises with their external appearance. The offer ranged from resin figures from various manufacturers to towels, mouse pads, Dakimakura covers and all other imaginable things on which the figure could be depicted.

Role as idol

The makers of Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann announced another single S t a r s for May 27, 2009 , which was offered under the name of the character Yōko Rittonā. Part of the single was a DVD with a music video by character designer Atsushi Nishigori , in which Yōko appears as a singer or as an idol. Seiyū Marina Inoue sang again in her role as Yōko.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b シ モ ン （柿 原 徹 也） ， カ ミ ナ （小 西克 幸） ， ヨ ー コ （井上 麻 里 奈） . (No longer available online.) In: Oricon Style. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 22, 2009 (Japanese).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oricon.co.jp  
  2. ↑ Theoron Martin: The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide. Anime News Network , accessed April 8, 2009 .
  3. ^ Theron Martin: Review Gurren Lagann - Sub.DVD 1 - Special Edition with CD. July 12, 2008, accessed April 22, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Episodes 1–10 of the series. The scene is also used repeatedly in later episodes, but less often.
  5. ↑ 空 色 デ イ ズ / 中 川 翔 子 . (No longer available online.) Oricon Style , archived from the original on April 2, 2009 ; Retrieved April 9, 2009 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  6. ^ Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Character Song. NeoWing, accessed April 22, 2009 .
  7. ↑ 「グ ッ ズ」 に 関 す る 記事 . (No longer available online.) Gainax, archived from the original on March 22, 2009 ; Retrieved April 22, 2009 (Japanese, overview of some fan products sold directly by Gainax.). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gainax.co.jp
  8. ↑ Gurren Lagann DVD Bundled with Yoko's Idol Debut CD. Anime News Network, March 10, 2009, accessed April 22, 2009 .

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