Dengeki Comic Gao!
The "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann" manga, illustrated by Kotaro Mori, started serialization in the June 2007 issue of MediaWorks' magazine "Dengeki Comic Gao!". The manga ended serialization in "Dengeki Comic Gao!" with the April 2008 issue when the magazine was discontinued, but continued serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine "Dengeki Daioh" with the June 2008 issue and continued until the July 2013 issue. Ten "tankōbon" volumes were published between September 27, 2007 and June 27, 2013 in Japan under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comics imprint. Bandai Entertainment licensed the manga and released an English translation of the first six volumes in North America. The manga follows the same basic story as the anime, although there are some changes to the order of events, and the addition of character backstories that had been cut from the anime, such as the relationship between Dayakka and Kiyoh.