Searching for a sci-fi mech anime from the early 2000s

garage_greg

Okay, so I'm searching for a specific anime that had an aspect of mecha in it. Needle in a haystack, I know, but I'm beseeching the greater knowledge center of the Internet for this. So all I can really remember about it is that it had 2 people taking turns piloting one mecha in separate cockpits, and to change they said "You have control"/"I have control". And I'm like 90% sure it aired on the sci-fi channel at some point probably between...

Originally asked by AzureNova on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Maybe Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann? The two central characters' mechs (Gurren and Lagann) combine to form the eponymous Gurren Lagann. They stay in their respective cockpits post-combining, but they both retain control of sorts. According to Wikipedia, it aired on the Sci-fi channel, but in 2008. Here's a clip:

Full answer by Tilbs: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/83608 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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