Gurren Lagann
天元突破グレンラガン
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!
Gurren Lagann is a tv with 27 episodes, from Spring 2007, produced by Gainax, rated 8.5/10 on AniList.
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!
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Tags
- Super Robot — Prominently features large robots often piloted by hot-blooded protagonists.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Found Family — Features a group of characters with no biological relations that are united in a group providing social support.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Post-Apocalyptic — Partly or completely set in a world or civilization after a global disaster.
- Dystopian — Partly or completely set in a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression.
- Space Opera — Centers around space warfare, advanced technology, chivalric romance and adventure.
- Philosophy — Relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Travel — Centers around character(s) moving between places a significant distance apart.
- War — Partly or completely set during wartime.
- Space — Partly or completely set in outer space.