Hiroyuki IMAISHI - Anime News Network He's the creator of GURREN LAGAAN. His work is noted for being fast and flashy. But what an utterly random thing to do. I can't even tell what his influence was on the film.
Optimus: "Ora, ora, ora, ora! Just who the hell do you think I am?!! My energon sword will pierce the heavens!!!" DOTM also had Shockwave's pet Driller, so I guess that fits the Gurren Lagaan theme well.
Where is the dedication in the movie? Like at what point in the credits? You misread the entire first post explaining who he is and what he did?
I've never seen this dedication. and I don't see Imaishi as a source of inspiration for the movies. If anything it was Transformers: Animated it sort of inspired. too bad there were no VA's from the English or Japanese versions of Gurren Lagann in DOTM.
To be honest, I read the title thinking I saw 'dedicated to a' and then went straight to the link, and didn't even read what was on it.