tengen toppa gurren lagann

A 2007 original super robot mecha anime series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. Best known for its over-the-top plot, action sequence, along with its ridiculously huge mecha.

Plot summary

In the distant future, people build their homes and raise domestic animals in subterranean caverns. As a result, they live in fear of the occasional earthquake and cave-in, and have been for hundreds of years. Jeeha is one such village.

One day, a boy named Simon happens to find a small, shiny drill while digging to expand the village. At the same time, Kamina, a guy who believes that there is another land above the village, persuades a gangster to break through the ceiling in order to leave the cavern. Suddenly, an earthquake occurs and the ceiling collapses, followed by a big robot breaking through the ceiling.

Kamina is now sure that there is a world above them. Recklessly, he begins to fight against the robot. At that moment, another person appears from the land above. It is a girl by the name of Yoko. With a rifle in hand, she had been tracking the robot. However, all she could do was distract it. Then, Simon shows what he had found to Kamina and Yoko. It's a mysterious robot whose head is also its body.

Main Characters

• Simon
• Kamina
• Yoko Littner
• Nia Teppelin
• Leeron Littner
• Viral
• Rossiu Adai
• Kittan Bachika

Other Characters

• Kinon Bachika
• Kiyal Bachika
• Kiyoh Bachika

Minor Characters

• Giha Village Chief
• Adai Village Chief

Mechas

• Gurren
• Lagann
• Gurren-Lagann
• Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann
• Chou Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann

Movies

• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen

Spin-offs

• Pieces of Sweet Stars
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works

Theme songs

• Minna no Peace
• Sorairo Days

See also

• Giga Drill Break
• Kamina pose
• Kamina shades
• Spiral Power
• TTGL eyecatch

External links

• Wikipedia: Gurren Lagann
• Official site (Japanese)
• Anime News Network