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“ | Of course you can. The lights in the sky are stars. The stars where our Spiral cousins await us. | „ |
~ Simon |
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'''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Massively Hypersonic''' ([http://web.archive.org/web/20160504180649/http://www.narutoforums.com/xfa-blog-entry/the-speed-of-dai-gurrens-bullets-ttgl.19191/ Can react to Dai-Gurren's bullets]) | '''Immeasruable''' (Can react to Ashtangas who can move through time and naturally exist in a plane between the 10th and 11th dimension) | '''Immeasurable''' | '''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Massively Hypersonic''' ([http://web.archive.org/web/20160504180649/http://www.narutoforums.com/xfa-blog-entry/the-speed-of-dai-gurrens-bullets-ttgl.19191/ Can react to Dai-Gurren's bullets]) | '''Immeasruable''' (Can react to Ashtangas who can move through time and naturally exist in a plane between the 10th and 11th dimension) | '''Immeasurable''' | ||
'''[[Lifting Strength]]:''' '''Unknown''' physically, '''Class T''' with Lagann and Gurren Lagann (Comparable to [[Viral|Enkidu]] who could flip Dai-Gurren, reversed Teppelin's hammer's swing) '''Class M''' with Dai-Gurren (Via sheer size) | '''Unknown''' physically, at least '''Class T''' with Gurren Lagann, at least '''Class P''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWnrU3LREPQ&t=12m54s Stopped a Gunman with the same mass of the moon from moving]) to '''Immeasurable''' with Arc-Gurren Lagann (Can push Muganns away into other dimensions, [https://imgur.com/a/KTC0CUz these ones come from higher dimensions]), at least '''Pre-Stellar''' (Superior to Ashtangas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IVHCry8LZ4&t=3m7s which can casually throw planets at high speeds]) '''Immeasurable''' with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | '''Immeasurable''' | '''[[Lifting Strength]]:''' '''Unknown''' physically, '''Class T''' with Lagann and Gurren Lagann (Comparable to [[Viral|Enkidu]] who could flip Dai-Gurren, reversed Teppelin's hammer's swing) '''Class M''' with Dai-Gurren (Via sheer size) | '''Unknown''' physically, at least '''Class T''' with Gurren Lagann, at least '''Class P''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWnrU3LREPQ&t=12m54s Stopped a Gunman with the same mass of the moon from moving]) to '''Immeasurable''' with Arc-Gurren Lagann (Can push Muganns away into other dimensions, [https://imgur.com/a/KTC0CUz these ones come from higher dimensions]), at least '''Pre-Stellar''' (Superior to Ashtangas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IVHCry8LZ4&t=3m7s which can casually throw planets at high speeds]) to '''Immeasurable''' with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann (Superior to Arc-Gurren Lagann) | '''Immeasurable''' | ||
'''[[Striking Strength]]:''' '''Unknown''' physically, '''Varies''' from '''City Class''' to '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Lagann, '''Varies''' from '''City Class''' to '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Gurren Lagann, '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Dai-Gurren | '''Wall Class''' physically, at least '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Gurren Lagann, at least '''Large Planet Class''', possibly '''High Macrocosmic''' to '''High Complex Macroversal''' with Arc-Gurren Lagann, at least '''Multi-Galactic''', possibly '''High Macrocosmic''' to '''High Complex Macroversal''' with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' physically, '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' with Tengen Toppa Lagann, '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | '''[[Striking Strength]]:''' '''Unknown''' physically, '''Varies''' from '''City Class''' to '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Lagann, '''Varies''' from '''City Class''' to '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Gurren Lagann, '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Dai-Gurren | '''Wall Class''' physically, at least '''Multi-Continent Class''' with Gurren Lagann, at least '''Large Planet Class''', possibly '''High Macrocosmic''' to '''High Complex Macroversal''' with Arc-Gurren Lagann, at least '''Multi-Galactic''', possibly '''High Macrocosmic''' to '''High Complex Macroversal''' with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' physically, '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' with Tengen Toppa Lagann, '''High Complex Macroversal''' to '''Low Transversal''' with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann |
“ | Of course you can. The lights in the sky are stars. The stars where our Spiral cousins await us. | „ |
~ Simon |
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“ | We evolve beyond the person we were a minute before. We advance a little further with each turn. That’s how a drill works! | „ |
~ Simon |
Simon (シモン Shimon?) (pronounced like "Simone" or "sea-moan" in English, and "Shimon" in Japanese), also known as Simon the Digger (Anahori Shimon in Japanese), is the central protagonist of the anime and manga series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. He begins the story as a short, unassuming and lonely young boy, but grows up into a commanding and well-loved man. Hailed for being like a drill (a dynamic he explains at the top of this article), he became known as a legendary hero who overcame impossible odds both personal and universal and now stands eternally as a beacon for the good of all man and Spiral kind.
Lagann is a Gunman found by Simon in the first episode while digging tunnels in his village. It received its name, Lagann (羅顔), meaning "enveloping face", from Kamina and draws power from the Core Drill, a small golden drill Simon uses similar to an ignition key. In Gurren Lagann Parallel Works episode 8, it's revealed that the first Laganns were found by Lordgenome as a child during the Anti-Spirals' initial assault on Earth long before the series' story begins and as such were used as a basis in the creation of all Gunmen that appear in the show to use against their enemies. However, after Lordgenome's betrayal he seemingly destroyed all of them except for the one that was placed deep underground until Simon finds it.
Gurren Lagann (グレンラガン, Guren Ragan?) is the primary Gunmen of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The head, Lagann, has always been piloted by Simon, while the body, Gurren, was originally piloted by Kamina, who was then succeeded by Rossiu, and eventually Viral in the second story arc.
Dai-Gurren (ダイグレン, Daiguren), originally called the Dai-Gunzan (ダイガンザン, Daiganzan) while under the command of Thymilph, one of Lordgenome's four generals, it is essentially a walking battleship hundreds of times larger than conventional Gunmen, with numerous heavy artillery gun turrets and heavy armor. The arms attached to the control tower serves as the hangar bay launchers for its housed Gunmen. After its infiltration and acquisition by Simon, it is renamed the "Dai-Gurren" and remodeled to accommodate the Brigade members.
The Arc-Gurren (アークグレン, Aku-Guren?), named by Rossiu Adai, is one of Lordgenome's Gunmen battleships, a Dai-Gun, which his armies used when he was a Spiral Warrior during events prior to the series. It is enormous in size and comparable to the Dekabutsu. It is initially used to gather hundreds of thousands of animals and people onto it to escape world-destroying events later in the series. It uses Spiral Power to run and only recognizes Lordgenome as its operator. It is capable of going into space for at least a year, and contains an array of large-scale defensive systems and weaponry.
Arc-Gurren Lagann (アークグレン, Āku-Guren-Ragan), taken from the name Arc-Gurren given by Rossiu Adai, is the combination of one of Lordgenome's Gunmen battleships with Simon's Gurren-Lagann. It is formed when Simon combines the two mechs in order to save the former from destruction at the hands of the Anti-Spirals' attack force, the Mugann. It is later used as the Ultra Spiral Powerplant that powers Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann.
The Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren (超銀河ダイグレン, Chōginga Daiguren), christened by Simon, is a colossal battleship-type Gunmen akin to the Arc-Gurren which first appeared in the prologue of the first episode before being formally introduced near the end of the third part of the series.
The Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann is under half the size of Earth. It is piloted by a cascading control interface. The system goes as such: Simon pilots the Gurren Lagann, which is in turn pilots the Arc-Gurren Lagann, mimicking his moves, which controls the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann. Because it is too massive to be controlled by a single Gunmen, it contains the bridge originally seen on the Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren, in order to alleviate some of the stress in piloting such a powerful mecha (although Lordgenome displayed the ability to single-handedly control it during his reign, as he either killed or ejected anyone else on board during his takeover). One possible explanation is in the fact that while Lordgenome fought the Anti-Spirals where they were, Simon relied on his consistent focus on one single being in the entire universe to compass his way to the Anti-Spiral home.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (天元突破グレンラガン Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan?, "Heaven-Piercing Gurren Lagann"), also known as TTGL is the titular mecha of the anime. Its design is based on the smaller Gurren Lagann and is the strongest mecha in the anime, but the movies give that title to its succeeding form, Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (超天元突破グレンラガン Chō Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan?, literally "Super Heaven-Piercing Gurren Lagann"), informally known as STTGL, is a large, mecha-like mass of energy formed during the final battle with the Anti-Spirals in the second movie adaptation of the series, The Lights in the Sky are Stars.
Tier: Unknown physically, High 6-A with the Core Drill, Varies from 7-B to High 6-A with Lagann, Varies from 7-B to High 6-A with Gurren Lagann, High 6-A with Dai-Gurren | 9-B physically, at least High 6-A with Gurren Lagann, at least 5-A, possibly High 3-A to High 1-C with Arc-Gurren Lagann, at least 3-B, possibly High 3-A to High 1-C with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | High 1-C to Low 1-B physically, High 1-C to Low 1-B with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, High 1-C to Low 1-B with Tengen Toppa Lagann, High 1-C to Low 1-B with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Name: Simon, Simon the Digger
Origin: Gurren Lagann
Gender: Male
Age: 14 pre-timeskip, 21 post-timeskip, 41 by the end of the series
Classification: Human, Spiral, Digger, Former Commander-in-Chief of Kamina City, Leader of Team Dai-Gurren, Pilot of Gurren Lagann, Supreme Commander of Earth
Attack Potency: Unknown physically, Multi-Continent level with the Core Drill (Dug a hole in Lordgenome's chest and one shotted him, this one was able to tank hits from Lagann), Varies (Lagann's power varies depending on Simon's will) from City level (Staggered Enki who was stomping Gurren Lagann and tanked multiple shots from Yoko's sniper rifle) to Multi-Continent level with Lagann (Broke Lazengann's drill, which is stronger than Teppelin's hammer), Varies (Gurren Lagann's power varies depending on the pilot's will) from City level (Punched the floor making a huge hole) to Multi-Continent level with Gurren Lagann (Destroyed Teppelin's hammer which was calculated at this level), Multi-Continent level with Dai-Gurren (Stronger than Gurren Lagann, aided in destroying Teppelin's hammer) | Wall level physically (Fought with Viral who punched a birdman through a wall), at least Multi-Continent level with Gurren Lagann (Much stronger than before), at least Large Planet level (Has this amount of mass energy), possibly High Macrocosmic level to High Complex Macroverse level with Arc-Gurren Lagann (Teared a hole through space-time, Simon sent the Mugann to the far end of the space-time continuum which contains a plane between the 10th and 11th dimension), at least Multi-Galaxy level (It was stated that a galaxy could be born out of the spiral power from SGGL and its power rivals that of a micro cosmos, absorbed the mass energy of the Spiral Death Field's compressed space-time and attacked at every single point in all of space-time generating this much energy), possibly High Macrocosmic level to High Complex Macroverse level with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann (Massively superior to Arc-Gurren Lagann, it's dimensional anchors can penetrate through imaginary space and reach the Anti-Spiral's world) | High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level physically (Could physically beat The Anti-Spiral), High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Contains a Super Spiral Space within itself which is a plane between the 10th and 11th dimension, his feelings for Nia transcend space-time and dimensions, these ones can change reality and have power to transfer beings through dimensional coordinates, thoughts are given form and become reality in a Super Spiral Universe), High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level with Tengen Toppa Lagann (Comparable to, albeit slightly weaker than TTGL, could fight with Granzeboma), High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Massively stronger than before)
Dimensionality: 3-D | 3-D, possibly 11-D in Arc-Gurren Lagann and Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | Likely 11-D to 12-D
Travel Speed: Unknown physically, Massively Hypersonic with Lagann, Gurren Lagann and Dai-Gurren (Moved at these speeds) | Unknown physically, at least Massively Hypersonic with Gurren Lagann, Immeasurable via warp (Drilled through a plane between the 10th and 11th dimension), Immeasurable with Arc-Gurren and Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann (Sent a Mugann outside the space-time continuum, can pierce to other dimensions and can move in the Anti-Spiral's world) | Immeasurable
Combat Speed: Unknown physically, | Subsonic+ physically (Fought on par with Viral), Massively Hypersonic+ with Gurren Lagann (Scales to the Kyo Mugann's lasers), Immeasurable with Arc-Gurren and Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann (Punched a Mugann outside of the space-time continuum, could fight the Cathedral Lazengann, can attack at every point in all of space-time, can fight Ashtangas) | Immeasurable
Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can react to Dai-Gurren's bullets) | Immeasruable (Can react to Ashtangas who can move through time and naturally exist in a plane between the 10th and 11th dimension) | Immeasurable
Lifting Strength: Unknown physically, Class T with Lagann and Gurren Lagann (Comparable to Enkidu who could flip Dai-Gurren, reversed Teppelin's hammer's swing) Class M with Dai-Gurren (Via sheer size) | Unknown physically, at least Class T with Gurren Lagann, at least Class P (Stopped a Gunman with the same mass of the moon from moving) to Immeasurable with Arc-Gurren Lagann (Can push Muganns away into other dimensions, these ones come from higher dimensions), at least Pre-Stellar (Superior to Ashtangas which can casually throw planets at high speeds) to Immeasurable with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann (Superior to Arc-Gurren Lagann) | Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Unknown physically, Varies from City Class to Multi-Continent Class with Lagann, Varies from City Class to Multi-Continent Class with Gurren Lagann, Multi-Continent Class with Dai-Gurren | Wall Class physically, at least Multi-Continent Class with Gurren Lagann, at least Large Planet Class, possibly High Macrocosmic to High Complex Macroversal with Arc-Gurren Lagann, at least Multi-Galactic, possibly High Macrocosmic to High Complex Macroversal with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | High Complex Macroversal to Low Transversal physically, High Complex Macroversal to Low Transversal with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, High Complex Macroversal to Low Transversal with Tengen Toppa Lagann, High Complex Macroversal to Low Transversal with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Durability: Wall level physically (Tanked a punch from Kamina, who fought equally with Viral who punched a birdman through a wall), Varies from City level to Multi-Continent level with Lagann, Varies from City level to Multi-Continent level with Gurren Lagann, Multi-Continent level with Dai-Gurren | Wall level physically, at least Multi-Continent level with Gurren Lagann, at least Large Planet level, possibly High Macrocosmic level to High Complex Macroverse level with Arc-Gurren Lagann, at least Multi-Galaxy level, possibly High Macrocosmic level to High Complex Macroverse level with Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann | High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level physically, High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level with Tengen Toppa Lagann, High Complex Macroverse level to Low Transverse level with Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced, Superhuman Physical Characteristics,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
All previous abilities but enhanced,
Intelligence: Above Average (He's a skilled leader) | Above Average | Possibly Nigh-Omniscient (Surpassed the Anti-Spirals via rapid evolution)
Weaknesses:
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Lagann Impact: Lagann impacts the opponent with its drills which is usually incorporated with its signature assimilating abilities.
Giga Drill Break
Giga Drill Maximum
Fingertip Drills
Super Galaxy Mega Cutter
Spatio-Temporal Axis Simultaneous Shooting
Super Galaxy Giga Drill Break
*Weapon Manifestation: Manifests a giant sniper rifle which is aesthetically identical to Yoko Littner's that was used to shoot the Anti-Spiral, striking its home planet, and later manifesting a pair of swords similar to Viral's.
Key: Pre-Timeskip | Post-Timeskip | Post-Apotheosis
Simon
Simon finding the Core Drill
The drill is my soul!
My drill will pierce the heavens!
Simon manipulating reality and absorbing the Labyrinth of Infinite Possibilities
Mechas
Lagann
Gurren Lagann
Dai-Gurren
Arc-Gurren Lagann
Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren
Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Close-up of STTGL
Super Tengen Toppa Giga Drill
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches: