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The Worst Episodes of Gurren Lagann

Every episode of Gurren Lagann ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Gurren Lagann!

Worst episode
S1E16 Compilation Episode
5.1657 votes
Best episode
S1E27 The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
9.51,942 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.1avg
Binge time
10h 48m
27 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 16 - Compilation Episode
    5.1/10(657 votes)

    S1:E16

    A recap of the story's events from the previous episodes.

    Director:Hiroyuki Yamaga
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 4 - Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great!
    6.4/10(1075 votes)

    S1:E4

    Team Gurren must work together with the eccentric Black Syblings to take down a Beastman foe on empty stomachs.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Hiroshi Yamaguchi

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  3. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 6 - Sit in the Hot Tub 'Til You're Sick!!
    6.9/10(1021 votes)

    S1:E6

    Continuing to the Gunmen rallying point, Team Gurren finds themselves on a strange hot springs getaway.

    Director:Shin Itagaki
    Writers:Masahiko Otsuka, Kazuki Nakashima

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  4. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 5 - I Don't Get It, Not One Bit!
    7.4/10(1017 votes)

    S1:E5

    Team Gurren must find their way out of a strange underground village where Gunmen are worshipped as divine beings.

    Director:Hiroaki Tomita
    Writer:Shouji Saeki

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  5. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 12 - Yoko, Will You Do Me a Favor?
    7.4/10(890 votes)

    S1:E12

    Team Dai-Gurren are now on their way to Beastmen's capital city, Teppelin but there's a vast ocean in their way. The only way for them to get across is for the Dai-Gurren to be modified, so while they wait everyone goes to chill out at the beach. Once preparations are complete, the Great Gurren Brigade begins their cruise, but there's an ambush waiting for them.

    Director:Hiroshi Kurimoto
    Writer:Kurasumi Sunayama

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  6. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 2 - I Said I'm Gonna Pilot That Thing!!
    7.7/10(1126 votes)

    S1:E2

    Now that they've made it to the surface, Simon and Kamina must join together with Yoko and her village to defeat the Beastmen pursuing them.

    Director:Shouji Saeki
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  7. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 10 - Who Is This Bro?
    7.7/10(915 votes)

    S1:E10

    Nia true identity is revealed, as she flaunts her authority to get rid of another one of the Four Divine Generals, Adiane. The members of the Great Gurren Brigade are now suspicious of Nia and her true intentions, but she is only concerned about the depressed Simon. Adiane later returns to finish them all off, with Lordgenome's blessing.

    Director:Hiroshi Kurimoto
    Writer:Shouji Saeki

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  8. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 1 - Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!!
    7.8/10(1301 votes)

    S1:E1

    Living underground in Giha Village, Simon and Kamina dream of a life on the surface. When their home is invaded from above, it is up to them to activate the mysterious mecha Lagann and save their village.

    Director:Masahiko Otsuka
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  9. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 7 - You're Gonna Do It!!
    7.9/10(982 votes)

    S1:E7

    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. Kamina and Simon pilot the Gurren-Lagann against seemingly overwhelming odds.

    Director:Katsuichi Nakayama
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  10. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 13 - Eat Up Everyone!
    7.9/10(878 votes)

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Akitoshi Yokoyama
    Writer:Kurasumi Sunayama

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  11. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 9 - What, Exactly, Is a Human?
    8.0/10(956 votes)

    S1:E9

    Team Dai-Gurren managed to take control of the enemy fortress, but is still mourning the death of one of their own, 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.

    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  12. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 20 - How Far Will God Test Us?
    8.0/10(841 votes)

    S1:E20

    As Simon arrives in prison, he unexpectedly meets Viral, who comments on how far he has fallen. Meanwhile, the truth about Rossiu's emergency plan and the consequences for those left behind on Earth are revealed.

    Director:Yasuhiro Geshi
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  13. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 19 - We Will Survive By Any Means Necessary
    8.1/10(855 votes)

    S1:E19

    To soothe the public opinion, Rossiu overthrows Simon and puts him under arrest. But when the Anti-Spirals launch a large-scale attack on Kamina City, he is left with no option but to let Simon engage the enemy using the Gurren-Lagann, not before resorting to extremes to put him under his control.

    Director:Yorifusa Yamaguchi
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  14. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 23 - Let's Go, This Is the Final Battle
    8.1/10(878 votes)

    S1:E23

    The members of Team Dai-Gurren make their preparations for the imminent war against the Anti-Spirals, but Rossiu is missing. However, when Kinon tells Simon about what he really intends to do, both start to look desperately for him.

    Director:Ryuichi Kimura
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  15. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 3 - Who Do You Think You Are, Having Two Faces!!
    8.1/10(1111 votes)

    S1:E3

    Kamina and Simon must work together to defeat a dangerous new Beastman threat.

    Director:Son Seung-hui
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  16. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 18 - Tell Me the Secrets of This World
    8.2/10(868 votes)

    S1:E18

    After the Anti-Spirals' first attack and Nia's astonishing announcement, Simon looks desperately for her, while Rossiu finally completes his secret project.

    Director:Toshiya Shinohara
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  17. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 21 - You Are Someone Who Ought to Survive
    8.2/10(871 votes)

    S1:E21

    One year earlier, Yoko starts working as a schoolteacher on an island until she learns of the situation at Teppelin and returns to break Simon free. Once again reunited, Simon and the members of Team Dai-Gurren launch themselves into space to protect the Arc-Gurren from the enemy forces, now accompanied by Viral as co-pilot of the Gurren-Lagann.

    Director:Shouji Saeki
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  18. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 17 - You Don't Know Anything!
    8.2/10(915 votes)

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Masahiko Otsuka
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  19. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 14 - Well Met, Everyone
    8.2/10(923 votes)

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Katsuichi Nakayama
    Writer:Hiroshi Yamaguchi

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  20. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 24 - I'll Never Forget This Minute, This Second
    8.5/10(978 votes)

    S1:E24

    Guided by Simon and Nia's feelings for each other, Team Dai-Gurren break through dimensions in search for the Anti-Spirals' homeworld. But after falling into the enemy's trap, they end up losing some of their most precious members, due to its vicious offensive.

    Director:Katsuichi Nakayama
    Writer:Kurasumi Sunayama

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  21. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 22 - This Is My Final Duty!
    8.7/10(966 votes)

    S1:E22

    The Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Annihilation System.

    Director:Hiroshi Ikehata
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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  22. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 11 - Simon, Hands Off
    8.7/10(1151 votes)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Takayoshi Morimiya
    Writer:Shouji Saeki

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  23. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 25 - I Accept Your Last Wish!
    9.0/10(1195 votes)

    S1:E25

    Team Dai-Gurren 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 Team sacrifices himself to save the others.

    Director:Tooru Yoshida
    Writers:Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuki Nakashima

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  24. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 15 - I Will Head Towards Tomorrow
    9.1/10(1260 votes)

    S1:E15

    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.

    Directors:Masahiko Otsuka, Ayumu Kotake
    Writer:Kurasumi Sunayama

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  25. Gurren Lagann Season 1 Episode 26 - Let's Go, Buddy
    9.2/10(1300 votes)

    S1:E26

    After finally transforming their flagship into the Super Galactic Gurren-Lagann, Simon and his friends successfully fight back against the enemy. When their enemy starts to use their own memories and desires against them, Kamina reappears to help.

    Director:Masahiko Otsuka
    Writer:Kazuki Nakashima

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Compilation Episode" is the worst rated episode of Gurren Lagann. It scored 5.1/10 from 657 votes. Directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga and written by Unknown, it aired on July 15, 2007. This episode scored 1.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great!".

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