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. These villages have no contact with the surface world or other villages, and are under constant threat of earthquakes.

Set in 2032-2033, the original cyberpunk anime classic focuses on a team of four women known as the Knight Sabers, who take it upon themselves to protect Mega Tokyo from rogue boomers (robots), thereby making themselves targets of the sinister Genom Corporation, the boomers' manufacturer. 1987-1991.

By its eleventh expansion pack, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Elder Tale has become a global success, having a following of millions of players. However, during the release of its twelfth expansion pack: Novasphere Pioneers, thirty thousand Japanese gamers who are all logged on at the time of the update, suddenly find themselves transported inside the game world and donning their in-game avatars.