Synopsis
In a far away future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars.
In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a firey sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist.
The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day.
The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!
Episodes
Episode 1 - Bust Through the Heavens With Your Drill
on Crunchyroll
Characters & Cast
Simon
MAINTetsuya Kakihara
Japanese VA
Youko Littner
MAINMarina Inoue
Japanese VA
Kamina
MAINKatsuyuki Konishi
Japanese VA
Nia Teppelin
MAINYukari Fukui
Japanese VA
Leeron Littner
SUPPORTINGMasaya Onosaka
Japanese VA
Rossiu Adai
SUPPORTINGJouji Nakata
Japanese VAProduction Staff
DirectorHiroyuki Imaishi
Assistant DirectorMasahiko Ootsuka
SupervisorEiji Matsuo
Series CompositionKazuki Nakashima
Character DesignAtsushi Nishigori
Mechanical DesignYou Yoshinari
Design WorksShigeto Koyama
Art DirectorYuka Hirama
