I'd like to watch more anime, but it's pretty low on the priority list so I never get to it. About a year ago I did watch the first season of an anime called Space Battleship Yamato 2199. It's a remake of an old anime I used to watch as a kid called Star Blazers.
Only thing I know about Gurren Lagann is that Kirby: Planet Robobot may have been inspired by it.
A few of my brothers like to watch an anime called Hero Academy or something like that.
Last year I was watching an anime movie with some of my brothers. I forget what it was called, but it was about futuristic racing. My brother was trying to describe it to me and his wife, and told us it was like Wacky Races. So I asked "Where's Penelope PItstop?" Just then, on the screen a typical pink haired bouncy anime girl popped up, so we said that was Penelope Pitstop. Now every time I watch an anime, I have to find a "Penelope Pitstop." I'm guessing that Yoko lady would be the Pitstop of Gurren Lagann?