Gurren Lagann (天元突破グレンラガン)

Screening shield, class 8!

Mirror armor plating is detaching!

Hit taken in block 3865!

Damage?

Minimal. But our thruster flame sticks out like a sore thumb now!

Stand fast, men. Let's teach them something.

Teach them exactly who they are facing.

Enemy fleet size is off the charts!

So, all the lights in the heavens are our enemy, eh?

They're worthy opponents.

I'll take the fabric of space-time itself and wring them out of existence!

Prepare to fire Maelstrom Cannon!

Target the Great Dimensional Waterfall!

Gurren Lagann, spin on!

Who the hell do you think I am?

Gurren Lagann

Episode 1: Bust Through the Heavens With Your Drill!

Digging tunnels. Day after day, that's my job.

The more we dig, the more the village can expand.

When the village chief is happy, he feeds us pig-mole steaks.

Is that why I dig? For the steaks?

No, not exactly.

I also do it so I can dig up treasure.

C'mon, now! Keep on digging!

Hey, why can't you dig like him?!

Don't you want those steaks?!

Ew, it's Simon the Digger.

What's the fun of getting covered in dirt day after day?

He's carrying something weird, too.

He's so gross...

And he smells.

He's looking this way!

If we're not careful, he might drill a hole in us, too!

Walk with your head held high, Simon.

Kamina?

Don't call me Kamina, call me "Bro"!

Um, I don't have any siblings, so that's kind of...

It's not about blood! We're soul brothers, siblings of the spirit!

Don't worry about what those fugly chicks say.

This looks good on you, kid.

Drills are your soul! Come with me.

Gentlemen! Sorry for the delay! Is everything ready?!

Yeah!

What are you doing?

Listen up, Simon. That drill doesn't belong to the chief.

That drill is who you are!

Yours is the drill that will break through the vault of heaven!

Why?

I have it all figured out! Don't ask for a reason!

Meaning that you can't explain.

Okay, you bozos! Are we ready?!

Yeah!

We're the invincible Team Gurren! Nobody can stand in our way!

Y-Yeah!

We're sick of being cooped up in this little town!

It's the youth who are gonna break out!

Youth of this town, aim for the surface!

Yahoo!

Step aside! Make way! Team Gurren is coming through!

W-What now?!

Listen up, Simon! We're gonna use your drill to bust through the ceiling!

Bust through that, and the next stop is the surface!

We're gonna make a break for the surface!

This is insane!

You can do it!

When did you...

Charge! Keep going straight ahead!

Fly, piggies!

Kamina! You again!

Step aside, Chief!

You little moron!

Would you people PLEASE come to your senses?

This "surface" of yours doesn't exist!

Like hell it doesn't! I've seen it!

Up on the surface, there's no walls! No ceiling!

Instead, all you see around you is a bright, blue sky!

A liar's son is a liar, too, I see.

What?!

Your old man did nothing but spout crap like that, too.

And what did it get him? Dead! Buried under a pile of rocks somewhere!

You're wrong! My dad made it to the surface! I was there with him!

Then what are you doing down here, smart guy?

Um, well...

Get this through your thick skulls!

This village is all we have!

For untold generations, we've been warned to never unseal the canopy.

People who don't understand that rule don't get to eat!

Into the stockade with you! Without food!

We're so sorry, sir!

You weasels!

Sorry about that, Bro!

But no dinner is a high price to pay...

C'mon, Bro, swallow your pride and apologize, too.

You don't get to call me Bro.

I don't ever wanna be called Bro by the likes of you three!

Hmph!

The bonds of loyalty don't run too deep in this Team Gurren of yours, I see.

Simon, you come, too.

I know that Kamina roped you into helping him.

You have an important job here in Jeeha Village...

...digging tunnels to expand the village.

You don't have to stay with that idiot, so come along.

But I...

Go ahead.

Don't sweat it. Go on.

L-lt's an earthquake! Everybody take cover!

Kamina! Let's get out of here! Kamina!

No way.

But...

I don't run from anything!

If we don't run, we're gonna get crushed here!

Oh, right. I forgot what happened to you.

Don't worry, it's already settling down.

Are you people gonna keep living in fear of earthquakes day after day?!

Up on the surface, there ain't no ceiling!

Would you give it a rest?!

I didn't look after you orphaned kids out of the goodness of my heart!

It's because I'm the chief!

I have a duty to look out for the welfare of this village and its citizens!

But if you can't do as I tell you, there's no place for you here!

What are you doing in here, too?

That's a good boy.

I guess I have myself some emergency rations now.

My parents died in an earthquake. It happened when I was seven.

No matter how many holes I dig,

...the ceiling is eventually gonna fall in and crush me, the chief,

...and everybody in the village, and we're all gonna die.

That's a given. That's a fact of life.

Or is it?

Lights out! Lights out!

Put out the lights! It's now nighttime hours!

Go to sleep, everyone! Don't waste precious electricity!

Grow up big and plump... Grow up big and plump...

Grow into a big, juicy steak for me...

What the hell?

Kamina!

Simon? What's up?

Come with me! There's something you've got to see!

Hurry!

Uh, that would be a jailbreak.

If the chief finds out, there'll be hell to pay, Simon.

I was so preoccupied that didn't even occur to me.

Well, if we get back by morning, he'll be none the wiser.

So, what's so important that I have to bust out of jail to see it?

It's a face! It's this awesome, humungous face!

You've got some nerve, Kamina, breaking out of jail!

Simon, is this the humongous face you were talkin' about?

Don't you underestimate me, youngster!

I'm the chief, so that means I also stand guard!

Simon, that goes for you, too!

I know all about those extra tunnels you've been digging in secret!

Leave him alone. He hasn't done anything. I'm the guilty party here.

Oh, I'm perfectly aware of how guilty you are!

So, Simon. This thing you wanted to show me...

Is THIS it?

Gurren Lagann

Gurren Lagann

Look up! That's the surface!

What did I tell you? There's a surface, all right!

This big mug fell from the surface! It fell from above!