Gurren Lagann
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | 天元突破 グレンラガン |
| Romaji: | Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Apr 1, 2007 [17 years 9 months ago] |
| Ended: | Sep 30, 2007 [17 years 4 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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In the distant future, people build their homes and raise domestic animals in subterranean caverns called "pits". This way of life has persisted for hundreds of years, and yet, the people are still powerless against the earthquakes and cave-ins which occasionally devastate their villages. Jeeha is one such village... One day, while digging tunnels to expand Jeeha's edges, a boy named Simon happens to find a small, shiny drill. Meanwhile, Kamina — Simon's soon-to-be "bro" — insists that there is another land above the village and tries to break through the ceiling in order to leave the cavern. He fails; however, an earthquake suddenly occurs, the ceiling collapses, and a gigantic robot — a "Ganmen" — crashes to the cave floor! Kamina is now certain that there is a world above their tiny pit-village. Encouraged, he begins to fight recklessly against the robot, until he encounters another person who has arrived from the land above. She is a beautiful girl by the name of Youko, who has come from a neighbouring village with a rifle in hand. She has been hunting the robot, but her shots only seem to irritate it. Desperately trying to escape its attacks, Simon brings Kamina and Youko to what he had previously found: a mysterious robot with a head for a body. And so begins the "epic" adventure...
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Episode 1: Pierce the Heavens with Your Drill!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-04-01
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.
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Episode 2: I Said I'd Ride It
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-04-08
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.
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Episode 3: You Two-Faced Son of a Bitch!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-04-15
Kamina and Simon must work together to defeat a dangerous new Beastman threat.
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Episode 4: Does Having So Many Faces Make You Great?
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-04-22
Team Gurren must work together with the eccentric Black Syblings to take down a Beastman foe on empty stomachs.
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Episode 5: I Don't Understand It at All!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-04-29
Team Gurren must find their way out of a strange underground village where they worship Gunmen as divine beings.
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Episode 6: All of You Bastards Put Us in Hot Water!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-05-06
Continuing to the Gunmen rallying point, Team Gurren finds themselves on a strange hot springs getaway.
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Episode 7: You'll Be the One To Do That!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-05-13
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.
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Episode 8: Farewell Comrades!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-05-20
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.
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Episode 9: Just What Exactly Is a Human?
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-05-27
Team Dai-Gurren is still mourning on Kamina's death. Simon notices a Gunman throw a capsule into a deep valley. He inspects it and is able to open it, and inside is a human girl named Nia, but their introduction is cut short when an enemy Gunman appears.
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Episode 10: Who Really Was Your Big Brother?
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-06-03
Having been temporarily spared by Adiane, another of the Four Divine Generals, Team Dai-Gurren uses the reprieve to reassess their situation. Nia learns of Kamina's significance in Simon's erratic behavior and offers him some stinging, yet honest advice, which draws the ire of an untrusting Yoko. With tension building within the Team, the crew scrambles to stand by Nia's side when Adiane returns to complete her stalled attack.
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Episode 11: Simon, Please Remove Your Hand
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-06-10
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.
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Episode 12: Youko-san, I Have Something to Ask of You
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-06-17
On their way to Teppelin, the Beastmen's capital city, Team Dai-Gurren stumbles upon a vast ocean and must wait for modifications on the Dai-Gurren to be completed before crossing it. While the rest of the group play at the beach, Yoko starts to feel uneasy about Nia and all the attention she gets from them. After preparations are complete, Team Dai-Gurren begins their sea cruise, oblivious to the fact that an ambush is underway by Adiane and Viral.
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Episode 13: Everybody, Eat to Your Heart's Content
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-06-24
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.
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Episode 14: How Are You, Everyone?
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-07-01
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.
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Episode 15: I'll Head Towards Tomorrow
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-07-08
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.
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Episode 16: Summary Episode
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-07-15
A recap of the story's events, as of episode 15.
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Episode 17: You Understand Nothing
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-07-22
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.
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Episode 18: I'll Make You Tell the Truth of the World
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-07-29
After the Anti-Spirals' first attack and Nia's astonishing announcement, Simon looks desperately for her, while Rossiu finally completes his secret project.
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Episode 19: We Must Survive. No Matter What It Takes!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-08-05
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.
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Episode 20: Oh God, To How Far Will You Test Us?
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-08-12
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.
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Episode 21: You Must Survive
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-08-19
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.
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Episode 22: And to Space
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-08-26
The Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Annihilation System.
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Episode 23: Let's Go, The Final Battle
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-09-02
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.
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Episode 24: We Will Never Forget, This Minute and Second
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-09-09
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.
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Episode 25: I Accept Your Dying Wish!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-09-16
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.
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Episode 26: Let's Go, Comrades!
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-09-23
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.
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Episode 27: All the Lights in the Sky are Stars
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-09-30
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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