Gurren Lagann Season 1, Ep. 1 "Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!!"

In an attempt to escape their mundane lives, Kamina and Simon bear witness to a monstrous Gunman, as it crashes into the middle of their subterranean home.
  • Directed by: Takami Akai: Yasuhiro Takeda
  • Runtime: 27 minutes
  • Original air date: July 28, 2008
  • Network: Starz
 
 
 
 

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  Episode   Original Air Date
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1. Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!!
  July 28, 2008
In an attempt to escape their mundane lives, Kamina and Simon bear witness to a monstrous Gunman, as it crashes into the middle of their subterranean home.
 
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2. I Said I'd Pilot It!
  July 28, 2008
With the mysterious Lagann in hand, Kamina and Simon take Yoko back to her home village of Ritona. Life on the surface world catches up to Kamina and Simon, as they find themselves assisting in defending against a new Gunman threat and the Beastmen who pilot them.
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3. Who Do You Think You Are, Having Two Faces!
  July 28, 2008
In the aftermath of the previous battle, Kamina, Simon, and Yoko proceed to forage for provisions.
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4. Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great!
  July 28, 2008
In order to take the fight to the Beastmen and their Gunmen, the Gurren Brigade sets out from Ritona Village to strike a possible Gunmen rallying point.
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5. "I Don't Get It, Not One Bit!"
  August 11, 2008
Team Gurren's continuing journey brings them to an underground village, where society mandates a humbling existence and the worship of Gunmen as divine beings. After leaving the village, Team Gurren is joined by Rossiu, son of the village chief, and two children, Gimmy and Darry.
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6. "Sit in the Hot Tub 'Till You're Sick!!"
  August 11, 2008
Having picked up new members in their last adventure, Team Gurren continues onwards to the Gunmen rallying point. However, not everything is as it seems to be at a slight pit stop at a hot springs getaway in the middle of nowhere.
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7. "You're Gonna Do It!!"
  August 18, 2008
More details of the Beastman Empire are revealed as 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. Seizing the opportunity to land a great victory, Kamina and Simon pilot the Gurren-Lagann against seemingly overwhelming odds.
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8. "Later, Buddy"
  August 18, 2008
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. The massive battle violently reaches its conclusion, but Kamina dies in the process.
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9. "What, Exactly, Is A Human?"
  September 8, 2008
Team Dai-Gurren managed to take control of the enemy fortress, but is still mourning on Kamina's death, especially Simon. After falling off a cliff, he notices a Gunman throw a capsule into a deep valley. Simon inspects it and finds he is able to open it with the same drill key he uses to pilot Lagann, and inside is a young human girl named Nia, but their introduction is cut short when an enemy Gunman appears.
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10. "Who Is This Bro?"
  September 8, 2008
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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11. "Simon, Hands Off"
  September 15, 2008
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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12. "Yoko, Will You Do Me A Favor?"
  September 15, 2008
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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13. "Eat Up, Everyone!"
  September 22, 2008
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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14. "Well Met, Everyone"
  September 22, 2008
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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15. "I Will Head Towards Tomorrow"
  September 29, 2008
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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16. "Entire Polysynthesis"
  September 29, 2008
A recap of the story's events, as of episode 15.
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17. "You Don't Know Anything!"
  October 6, 2008
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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18. I`ll Make You Tell the Truth of the World
  October 6, 2008
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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19. We Shall Survive by Whatever We Do
  October 13, 2008
To soothe the public opinion, Rossiu overthrows Simon and puts him under arrest.
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20. Oh God, To How Far Will You Test Us?
  October 13, 2008
Simon ends up stumbling on Viral in prison, while Kittan discovers the shocking truth behind Rossiu's emergency escape plan of the Anti-Spirals' Human Extermination System.
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21. You Must Survive
  October 27, 2008
Yoko's peaceful life during her absence is revealed.
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22. That is My Last Duty
  October 27, 2008
The Gurren Lagann and the Arc Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Extermination System.
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23. Let's Go, The Final Battle
  November 3, 2008
The members of the Great Gurren Brigade make their preparations for the imminent war against the Anti-Spirals, but Rossiu is missing.
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24. We Will Never Forget, This Minute and Second
  November 3, 2008
Guided by Simon and Nia's feelings for each other, the Great Gurren Brigade break through dimensions in search for the Anti-Spirals' homeworld.
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25. I Accept Your Dying Wish!
  November 10, 2008
The Great Gurren Brigade 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 Brigade saves them through self-sacrifice.
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26. Let's Go, Comrades!
  November 10, 2008
After finally converting their flagship into the gigantic Chouginga Gurren Lagann, Simon and his friends successfully fight back against the enemy.
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27. All The Lights In The Sky Are Stars
  November 10, 2008
At last, Simon and Nia are reunited, and by combining the power of its members, the Great Gurren Brigade 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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Episode 1, "Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!!"
Synopsis: In an attempt to escape their mundane lives, Kamina and Simon bear witness to a monstrous Gunman, as it crashes into the middle of their subterranean home.
Original air date: July 28, 2008
Runtime: 27 minutes
ASIN: B002MRTQ2M
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,475 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Gurren Lagann Season 1
Synopsis: In their closed-off underground village, Kamina and Simon chafe at the limits imposed by the village elder. Yet all this will change, when Simon stumbles across a fantastic device - just as the village's peace is broken by a violent intrusion.
Season year: 2008
Network: Starz
ASIN: B001IIR3G2
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