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.

h4. 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 (ttgl)|]] happens to find a small, shiny drill while digging to expand the village. At the same time, [[Kamina (ttgl)|]], 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 Littner|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.

h4. Main Characters

* [[Simon (ttgl)|]]
* [[Kamina (ttgl)|]]
* [[Yoko Littner]]
* [[Nia Teppelin]]
* [[Leeron Littner]]
* [[Viral (ttgl)|]]
* [[Rossiu Adai]]
* [[Kittan Bachika]]

h4. Other Characters

* [[Kinon Bachika]]
* [[Kiyal Bachika]]
* [[Kiyoh Bachika]]

h4. Minor Characters

* [[Giha Village Chief]]
* [[Adai Village Chief]]

h4. Mechas
* [[Gurren]]
* [[Lagann]]
* [[Gurren-Lagann]]
* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (mecha)|]]
* [[Chou Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann]]

h4. Movies

* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen]]
* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen]]


h4. Spin-offs

* [[Pieces of Sweet Stars]]
* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works]]

h4. Theme songs

* [[Minna no Peace]]
* [[Sorairo Days]]

h4. See also

* [[Giga Drill Break]]
* [[Kamina pose]]
* [[Kamina shades]]
* [[Spiral Power]]
* [[TTGL eyecatch]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Gurren Lagann":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurren_Lagann
* "Official site (Japanese)":http://www.gurren-lagann.net/
* "Anime News Network":http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6698
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