Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 whilst 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...

Series details

• Title: Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2007-04-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-09-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 5421
• IMDb ID: tt0948103
• TVDB ID: 80096

Cast and credited roles

• Tetsuya Kakihara — Simon
• Marina Inoue — Yoko Littner
• Yukari Fukui — Nia Teppelin
• Katsuyuki Konishi — Kamina

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-04-01; final listed air date 2007-09-30; episode order: 27.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.