Question: Which was released first, the animated film A Town Called Panic or the animated series Gurren Lagann?
Context: A Town Called Panic (in French, Panique au village) is a French-language Belgian-produced stop motion animated puppetoon children's television series distributed by Aardman Animations and produced in Belgium by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier for La Parti & Pic Pic André.  It follows the everyday events of Cowboy, Indian and Horse in a small rural town as they go about their lives.  Each episode is roughly 5 minutes long and is crudely animated: the characters are meant to resemble cheap toy figurines.  Some stations broadcast several episodes in a 15 or 30-minute block. This is a list of primary characters from the anime series "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann".  Most of them are people who became the first members of Kamina's Team Gurren.  The plot of "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann" is divided into two main story arcs, separated by a seven-year timeskip.  After the timeskip, most characters pass through important changes in their appearances and/or personalities, and some of them have their own unique roles in the overall story. A Town Called Panic (French: Panique au village ) is a 2009 internationally co-produced stop-motion animated adventure fantasy comedy family film, starring Stéphane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, François De Brigode, Véronique Dumont, Bruce Ellison, Christine Grulois, Frédéric Jannin, Bouli Lanners, Christelle Mahy, Éric Muller, François Neyken, Vincent Patar, Pipou, Franco Piscopo, Benoît Poelvoorde, David Ricci, Ben Tesseur and Alexandre von Sivers, co-produced in Belgium, Luxembourg and France, produced by Adriana Piasek-Wanski, Philippe Kauffmann, Xavier Diskeuve, Stéphan Roelants, Arlette Zylberberg and Vincent Tavier and distributed by Gébéka Films.  It was written and directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar and is based on the TV series of the same name. Stéphane Aubier (born October 8, 1964) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.  In 2009, he wrote and directed the animated film "A Town Called Panic" along with Vincent Patar.  It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first stop-motion film to be screened at the festival.  In 2013, he co-directed with Patar and Benjamin Renner the film "Ernest & Celestine", which received widespread critical acclaim.  The film received three Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Aubier and Patar.  It also received a nomination at the 86th Academy Awards, in the category of Best Animated Feature. 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. Princess Maker 5 is the fifth game from the main "Princess Maker" series originally released for the Windows in 2007.  A PlayStation 2 (PS2) versions of the game followed in 2008.  That version includes various Gainax references, such as the use of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "Gurren Lagann" costumes.  A PlayStation Portable version was also released in 2008. Vincent Patar (born 2 September 1965) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.  In 2009 he wrote and directed the animated film "A Town Called Panic" along with Stéphane Aubier.  It premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was the first stop-motion film to be screened at the festival.  In 2013 he co-directed with Aubier and Benjamin Renner the film "Ernest & Celestine", which received widespread critical acclaim.  The film received three Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Patar and Aubier.  It also received a nomination at the 86th Academy Awards, in the category of Best Animated Feature, to be held on 2 March 2014. Kyle Henry Hebert ( ; born June 14, 1969) is an American voice actor and podcaster who works for anime and video game series, such as the teenage and adult Gohan and the narrator in the Funimation dub of the "Dragon Ball series", Sōsuke Aizen in "Bleach", Ryu in the "Street Fighter" video game series, Kiba Inuzuka in "Naruto", Kamina in "Gurren Lagann", and Ryuji Suguro in "Blue Exorcist". Kazuki Nakashima (中島 かずき , Nakashima Kazuki , born August 19, 1959) is a Japanese playwright, novelist and anime screenwriter.  He was born in Fukuoka, Japan.  He has written scripts for "", "Gurren Lagann" and "Oh!  Edo Rocket".  He was also responsible for the series composition of "Gurren Lagann" and he wrote the play that was the basis for the anime "Oh!  Edo Rocket".  In addition to being in charge of compiling "Getter Robo" Saga in his own words, "Right now, I'm producing the book for Japan's #1, Ishikawa-sensei." , he's a big fan of Ken Ishikawa's works.  Naturally, he takes pride in being a "Getter Person".  This was the very same Kazuki Nakashima, Futabasha's chief producer and production representative who works with anime and movie productions.  He was head writer for the tokusatsu "Kamen Rider Fourze" and is the head writer for Trigger's first animated series, "Kill la Kill". Yuri Lowenthal (born March 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter known chiefly for his voice-over work in anime, cartoons and video games.  Some of his prominent roles in anime and cartoons include teenage Ben Tennyson in "Ben 10", Sasuke Uchiha in "Naruto", Jinnosuke in "Afro Samurai", Suzaku Kururugi in "Code Geass", and Simon in "Gurren Lagann".  In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's "Prince of Persia", Alucard in "Castlevania", Hayate/Ein in "Dead or Alive", Matt Miller in "Saints Row", and Yosuke Hanamura in "Persona 4".  He has a production company Monkey Kingdom Productions with his wife, Tara Platt, where they have produced several feature films and a live-action web series called "Shelf Life".  He co-authored the book "Voice-Over Voice Actor" which gives career tips.
Answer: Gurren Lagann