S01E01 Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!!
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...
Gurren Lagann
Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens!
S01E04: Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great!
Team Gurren must work together with the eccentric Black Syblings to take down a Beastman foe on empty stomachs.
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.
Episodes
S01E02 I Said I'm Gonna Pilot That Thing!!
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.
S01E03 Who Do You Think You Are, Having Two Faces!!
Kamina and Simon must work together to defeat a dangerous new Beastman threat.
S01E04 Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great!
Team Gurren must work together with the eccentric Black Syblings to take down a Beastman foe on empty stomachs.
S01E05 I Don't Get It, Not One Bit!
Team Gurren must find their way out of a strange underground village where Gunmen are worshipped as divine beings.
S01E06 Sit in the Hot Tub 'Til You're Sick!!
Continuing to the Gunmen rallying point, Team Gurren finds themselves on a strange hot springs getaway.
S01E07 You're Gonna Do It!!
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.
S01E08 Later, Buddy
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.
S01E09 What, Exactly, Is a Human?
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...
S01E10 Who Is This Bro?
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...
S01E11 Simon, Hands Off
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...
S01E12 Yoko, Will You Do Me a Favor?
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,...
S01E13 Eat Up Everyone!
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...
S01E14 Well Met, Everyone
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.
S01E15 I Will Head Towards Tomorrow
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...
S01E17 You Don't Know Anything!
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.
S01E18 Tell Me the Secrets of This World
After the Anti-Spirals' first attack and Nia's astonishing announcement, Simon looks desperately for her, while Rossiu finally completes his secret project.
S01E19 We Will Survive By Any Means Necessary
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...
S01E20 How Far Will God Test Us?
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.
S01E21 You Are Someone Who Ought to Survive
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...
S01E22 This Is My Final Duty!
The Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Annihilation System.
S01E23 Let's Go, This Is the Final Battle
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...
S01E24 I'll Never Forget This Minute, This Second
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...
S01E25 I Accept Your Last Wish!
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.
S01E26 Let's Go, Buddy
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...
S01E27 The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
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...
Cast
Tetsuya Kakihara
Simon (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Kamina (voice)
Marina Inoue
Yoko Littner (voice)
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Thymilph (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Viral (voice)
Mitsuki Saiga
Rossiu Adai (voice)
Yukari Fukui
Nia Teppelin (voice)
Michiko Neya
Adiane (voice)
Takako Honda
Gimmy Adai (voice)
Takashi Kondo
Kidd Coega (voice)
Takaya Kamikawa
Anti-Spiral (voice)
Takako Honda
Leite Jokin (voice)
