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Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens! - Gurren Lagann - Season 1
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Title: Gurren Lagann

Overview: In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and restlessly underground for hundreds of years, subject to earthquakes and cave-ins. Living in one such village are 2 young men: one named Simon who is shy and naïve, and the other named Kamina who believes in the existence of a “surface” world above their heads.

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Average Vote: 8.162 (509 votes)

Cast

  • Simon (voice): Tetsuya Kakihara
  • Kamina (voice): Katsuyuki Konishi
  • Yoko Littner (voice): Marina Inoue
  • Thymilph (voice): Kiyoyuki Yanada
  • Viral (voice): Nobuyuki Hiyama
  • Rossiu Adai (voice): Mitsuki Saiga
  • Nia Teppelin (voice): Yukari Fukui
  • Adiane (voice): Michiko Neya
  • Gimmy Adai (voice): Takako Honda
  • Kidd Coega (voice): Takashi Kondo
  • Anti-Spiral (voice): Takaya Kamikawa
  • Leite Jokin (voice): Takako Honda
  • Darry Adai (voice): Shizuka Itoh
  • Kittan Bachika (voice): Kisho Taniyama
  • Kinon Bachika (voice): Kana Ueda
  • Kiyal Bachika (voice): Kana Asumi
  • Dayakka Littner (voice): Daiki Nakamura
  • Cybela Coutaud (voice): Haruhi Nanao
  • Leeron Littner (voice): Masaya Onosaka
  • Guinble Kite / Tetsukan Littner (voice): Takahiro Mizushima
  • Kiyoh Bachika (voice): Rina Sato
  • Jorgun Bakusa (voice): Go Shinomiya
  • Iraak Coega (voice): Daisuke Kirii
  • Guame (voice): Kiyoshi Kawakubo
  • Zorthy Kanai (voice): Takafumi Kawakami
  • Cytomander (voice): Akio Suyama
  • Gurren Lagann - Bust Through the Heavens With Your Drill!! (Season 1 - Episode 1)

    Living underground in Giha Village, Simon and Kamina dream of a life on the surface. When their home is invaded from above, it is up to them to activate the mysterious mecha Lagann and save their village.

    Gurren Lagann - I Said I'm Gonna Pilot That Thing!! (Season 1 - Episode 2)

    Now that they've made it to the surface, Simon and Kamina must join together with Yoko and her village to defeat the Beastmen pursuing them.

    Gurren Lagann - Who Do You Think You Are, Having Two Faces!! (Season 1 - Episode 3)

    Kamina and Simon must work together to defeat a dangerous new Beastman threat.

    Gurren Lagann - Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great! (Season 1 - Episode 4)

    Team Gurren must work together with the eccentric Black Syblings to take down a Beastman foe on empty stomachs.

    Gurren Lagann - I Don't Get It, Not One Bit! (Season 1 - Episode 5)

    Team Gurren must find their way out of a strange underground village where Gunmen are worshipped as divine beings.

    Gurren Lagann - Sit in the Hot Tub 'Til You're Sick!! (Season 1 - Episode 6)

    Continuing to the Gunmen rallying point, Team Gurren finds themselves on a strange hot springs getaway.

    Gurren Lagann - You're Gonna Do It!! (Season 1 - Episode 7)

    Thymilph, one of the Four Divine Generals of the mysterious Spiral King, arrives to support Viral's Enki, with the massive mobile Gunmen fortress, the Dai-Ganzan. Kamina and Simon pilot the Gurren-Lagann against seemingly overwhelming odds.

    Gurren Lagann - Later, Buddy (Season 1 - Episode 8)

    Having temporarily stalled Viral and Thymilph in the last skirmish, the Team Gurren and their newly arrived allies join forces as "Team Dai-Gurren" and launch a decisive strike against the regrouping Gunmen force.

    Gurren Lagann - What, Exactly, Is A Human? (Season 1 - Episode 9)

    Team Dai-Gurren managed to take control of the enemy fortress, but is still mourning the death of one of their own, especially Simon. After falling off a cliff, he notices a Gunman throw a capsule into a deep valley. Simon inspects it and finds he is able to open it with the same drill key he uses to pilot Lagann, and inside is a young human girl named Nia, but their introduction is cut short when an enemy Gunman appears.

    Gurren Lagann - Who Is This Bro? (Season 1 - Episode 10)

    Nia true identity is revealed, as she flaunts her authority to get rid of another one of the Four Divine Generals, Adiane. The members of the Great Gurren Brigade are now suspicious of Nia and her true intentions, but she is only concerned about the depressed Simon. Adiane later returns to finish them all off, with Lordgenome's blessing.

    Gurren Lagann - Simon, Hands Off (Season 1 - Episode 11)

    Team Dai-Gurren falls into a trap set by the third member of the Four Divine Generals, Guame. The Team is taken captive and stored underground to await execution. While digging an escape path, Simon finally understands Kamina's last words to him and after having a discussion with Guame, Nia finds out the reason why she was thrown away.

    Gurren Lagann - Yoko, Will You Do Me A Favor? (Season 1 - Episode 12)

    Team Dai-Gurren are now on their way to Beastmen's capital city, Teppelin but there's a vast ocean in their way. The only way for them to get across is for the Dai-Gurren to be modified, so while they wait everyone goes to chill out at the beach. Once preparations are complete, the Great Gurren Brigade begins their cruise, but there's an ambush waiting for them.

    Gurren Lagann - Eat Up Everyone! (Season 1 - Episode 13)

    Trying to do her part in Team Dai-Gurren, Nia decides to become a cook, but just before the crew have a taste of her dishes, Cytomander, the fourth member of the Divine Generals, launches an aerial attack on the Dai-Gurren. Simon leads the counter-attack on the Gurren-Lagann, this time accompanied by Yoko, who replaces a sick Rossiu.

    Gurren Lagann - Well Met, Everyone (Season 1 - Episode 14)

    At last, Team Dai-Gurren arrives at the outskirts of Teppelin, but before aiming to the city, they must face a combined full-scale attack of Cytomander and Guame's forces.

    Gurren Lagann - I Will Head Towards Tomorrow (Season 1 - Episode 15)

    The last of the Divine Generals fall, and the city of Teppelin collapses, revealing a Gunman of gigantic proportions. Simon and Nia struggle to pass through it in order to confront her father, the Spiral King himself.

    Gurren Lagann - Compilation Episode (Season 1 - Episode 16)

    A recap of the story's events from the previous episodes.

    Gurren Lagann - You Don't Know Anything! (Season 1 - Episode 17)

    During the following seven years, a new civilization rises and prospers under Simon's leadership. However, these peaceful times come to end when the threat mentioned in Lordgenome's last words starts to reveal itself.

    Gurren Lagann - Tell Me The Secrets of This World (Season 1 - Episode 18)

    After the Anti-Spirals' first attack and Nia's astonishing announcement, Simon looks desperately for her, while Rossiu finally completes his secret project.

    Gurren Lagann - We Will Survive By Any Means Necessary (Season 1 - Episode 19)

    To soothe the public opinion, Rossiu overthrows Simon and puts him under arrest. But when the Anti-Spirals launch a large-scale attack on Kamina City, he is left with no option but to let Simon engage the enemy using the Gurren-Lagann, not before resorting to extremes to put him under his control.

    Gurren Lagann - How Far Will God Test Us? (Season 1 - Episode 20)

    As Simon arrives in prison, he unexpectedly meets Viral, who comments on how far he has fallen. Meanwhile, the truth about Rossiu's emergency plan and the consequences for those left behind on Earth are revealed.

    Gurren Lagann - You Are Someone Who Ought To Survive (Season 1 - Episode 21)

    One year earlier, Yoko starts working as a schoolteacher on an island until she learns of the situation at Teppelin and returns to break Simon free. Once again reunited, Simon and the members of Team Dai-Gurren launch themselves into space to protect the Arc-Gurren from the enemy forces, now accompanied by Viral as co-pilot of the Gurren-Lagann.

    Gurren Lagann - This is My Final Duty! (Season 1 - Episode 22)

    The Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Annihilation System.

    Gurren Lagann - Let's Go, This is the Final Battle (Season 1 - Episode 23)

    The members of Team Dai-Gurren make their preparations for the imminent war against the Anti-Spirals, but Rossiu is missing. However, when Kinon tells Simon about what he really intends to do, both start to look desperately for him.

    Gurren Lagann - I'll Never Forget This Minute, This Second (Season 1 - Episode 24)

    Guided by Simon and Nia's feelings for each other, Team Dai-Gurren break through dimensions in search for the Anti-Spirals' homeworld. But after falling into the enemy's trap, they end up losing some of their most precious members, due to its vicious offensive.

    Gurren Lagann - I Accept Your Last Wish! (Season 1 - Episode 25)

    Team Dai-Gurren struggles to escape from the ocean of despair created by the Anti-Spirals without success, until history repeats itself, as another irreplaceable member of the Team sacrifices himself to save the others.

    Gurren Lagann - Let's Go, Buddy (Season 1 - Episode 26)

    After finally transforming their flagship into the Super Galactic Gurren-Lagann, Simon and his friends successfully fight back against the enemy. When their enemy starts to use their own memories and desires against them, Kamina reappears to help.

    Gurren Lagann - The Lights in The Sky Are Stars (Season 1 - Episode 27)

    At last, Simon and Nia are reunited, and by combining the power of its members, Team Dai-Gurren creates the galaxy-sized Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, and engage the Anti-Spiral threat in a decisive battle to determine the fate of the universe.

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