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Adiane

Adiane the Elegant is the second of the Spiral King's Four Supreme Generals, and the only female general among their number. She is good friends with her fellow General, Thymi

Anti-Spiral

The Anti-Spiral is the collective form of a population of Spirals who chose to seal their bodies in suspended animation, preventing their own spiral energy from manifesting beyond

Artenborough Cortich

Gunner of the Dai Gurren Brigade. Only knows one tactic: ”FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!”

Boota

Simon's sidekick. Boota is the mascot of Dai-Gurren Brigade, and Simon's pet. He seems to understand the language of humans, but is unable to speak on his own.

Cytomander

Cytomander the Swift is one of the Spiral King's Four Divine Generals and the commander of Teppelin's aerial forces and owner of the flying battleship, the Dai-Gunten. As General A

Darry Adai

Darry is a girl from Adai Village, who used to be cared for by Rossiu. She is Gimmy's twin sister and has a good bond with him. As a young girl, she was shy and quiet and used to c

Dayakka Littner

Dayakka Littner is the former leader of Littner Village, abandoning his post, when most of Littner joined Team Dai-Gurren. His Gunmen is the Dayakkaiser, but after the seizure of D

Gimmy Adai

Guame

Guame the Steady (グァーム, Gwāmu?) is one of the Spiral King's Four Divine Generals, who specialises in ground combat. His appearance is like that of a crocodile and armadillo and he

Kamina

Kamina is a young man from Jiiha village who dreams of leaving the village and going to the surface, which he saw as a kid. He's very passionate about his goals, expressing his wis

Kinon Bachika

Kinon Bachika is the second oldest of Kittan’s younger sisters. After Team Dai-Gurren’s capture of Dai-Gunzan, she takes up a position within its control tower, monitor

Kittan Bachika

The leader of the Black Siblings, Kittan, makes his first appearance in the fourth episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. He joins Kamina and Simon in the Gurren Brigade after acqu

Kiyal Bachika

Kiyoh Bachika

Koko-jii

Seems to appear out of nowhere to save Nia... Also seems to be a master chef, a man of little words but always gets his message across.

Leeron Littner

Leeron, or "Ron," is the flamboyant village mechanic of Littner Village. After taking an interest in Simon's mech they join Simon, Kamina and Yoko in their quest to defea

Leyte Jokin

The chief mechanic of the Dai Gurren Brigade. In post-time skip she is married to Makken.

Lordgenome

Lordgenome is the ominous Spiral King, who rules the planet from his capitol city, Teppelin. An immortal human who lived for more than 1000 years so far, he cares little for people

Magin

The prophet of Adai village Rossiu, Gimmy and Darry came from.

Nia Teppelin

Nia Teppelin is a mysterious young girl found sleeping in a capsule in the middle of a dump site by Simon. She had no prior contact with humans, except her father, who is also the

Rossiu Adai

A boy from Adai village, an underground village where the people worship Gunmen as Gods. When Gimmy and Darry are chosen to leave the village, Rossiu decides to go with them and th

Simon

Simon is the protagonist of the story, a short and un-intimidating fourteen year old boy at the beginning of this tale. He was born in Jiiha Village and was raised by his parents u

Straea

One of Lord Genome's many discarded daughters. She is in charge of one of Guame's villages, preparing women to be sent off to Lord Genome himself. Source: Anime Vice Link to source

Thymilph

Thymilph the Crasher (チミルフ, Chimirufu?) is the first of the Spiral King's Four Divine Generals introduced in the story, representing the classical element of fire. He is Viral's in