The Best Episodes Written By Kurasumi Sunayama

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Future Engine

   S4:E254/2/2026

   Senku and Dr. Xeno team up to gather the materials needed to make a rocket engine.

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   9.3/10(6 votes)

   #2 - Scientist, All Alone

   S4:E239/18/2025

   Suika gathers the team's statues, sets up camp and gets to work doing science.

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Our Dr. Stone

   S4:E219/4/2025

   With the revival team captured, it's up to Luna and Chelsea to revive everyone when the time comes.

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   9.0/10(4 votes)

   #4 - I'll Never Forget This Minute, This Second

   S1:E249/9/2007

   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.

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - In the Still of the Moonlit Night, the Dawn Sky

   S1:E75/20/2014

   Rentaro gets hurt trying to protect Seitenshi from the sniper. The security plan that Seitenshi's bodyguards had set up were leaked to the sniper. Enju had gone after the sniper and falls into a coma.

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Crisis Point

   S1:E126/24/2014

   Rentaro is condemned for a decision he made in battle, and is told that there is another Gastrea named Pleiades that is protecting the already supposedly immortal Aldebaran. Rentaro is forced to face the enemy alone, and is helped by someone rather unexpected: his enemy from the past.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #7 - RYUSUI VS. SENKU

   S4:E11/9/2025

   Senku and his companions finally set off for America in search of corn. However, a dispute arises between Ryusui and Senku shortly after they depart.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #8 - The Crimson Black Assassin

   S1:E55/6/2014

   The Tendo Civil Security Agency gets a job from Seitenshi. The job is to act as her bodyguard. Rentaro isn't very fond of the idea, but notices odd activity when it's revealed that Seitenshi will be meeting with the head of the Osaka Area while Kikunojo is gone.

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   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #9 - SCIENCE JOURNEY

   S4:E21/16/2025

   Maintaining morale will be critical on the long journey to the Americas. Knowing where on the ocean you are is pretty important, too. The crew of the Perseus discuss.

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10. 

    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - I Will Head Towards Tomorrow

    S1:E157/8/2007

    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.

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11. 

    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Heart of Taurus, the Spear of Light

    S1:E116/17/2014

    The outdoor classroom is completely destroyed because of the bombing. Hope is starting to be destroyed along with the Monolith as the JASDF and Gastrea face off. However, the ones to show up at the civil officers' base were JASDF who had been turned into Gastrea themselves.

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    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Dr. X

    S4:E41/30/2025

    The search party narrowly escaped enemy machine gun fire. Unfortunately, the respite was short-lived.

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13. 

    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Reunion

    S4:E123/27/2025

    Xeno's army attacks and when all seems lost, Chrome and his friends finish the tunnel and capture Xeno.

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14. 

    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Eat Up Everyone!

    S1:E136/24/2007

    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.

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15. 

    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - SCIENCE IS ELEGANT

    S4:E62/13/2025

    Stanley orders Luna to infiltrate the Perseus and identify Doctor Taiju. Things go sideways when it turns out to be a little too easy.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - EARTH RACE

    S4:E147/17/2025

    Senku and company must flee from Stanley's ship, but they have to make stops to refuel.

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17. 

    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #17 - LOCK ON

    S4:E82/27/2025

    NASA scientist Dr. Xeno attempts to pick off the leader of the Kingdom of Science.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Dirty Roads

    S4:E103/13/2025

    With Senku still confined to the bed, Chrome's team begins work on the tunnel to Xeno's base.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Yoko, Will You Do Me a Favor?

    S1:E126/17/2007

    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.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Medusa Mechanism

    S4:E167/31/2025

    The team is going to need a weapon for when Stanley inevitably catches up to them.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Diamond Heart

    S4:E188/14/2025

    The team discovers a giant pile of petrification devices. They take them apart to see what makes them tick.

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22. 

    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Left Behind

    S1:E147/7/2004

    Inspector Lunge investigates the murder of a prostitute and suspects a senator named Dr. Boltzmann of involvement. His dedication to his work however takes a toll on his family life. Meanwhile, the vindictive Eva continues to press Lunge to catch Tenma. She also has a new lover, her gardener.

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23. 

    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (1)

    S1:E177/27/2007

    Hei meets Sakurai Kenji of the Nakazawa Group, a clumsy yet ambitious young man. New characters are introduced who live in Hei's apartment building. Later, Kenji is given the assignment of taking care of a doll by his boss. Hei, Mao, Yin, and Huang try to find the doll, who is conveniently in the hands of Kenji.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (2)

    S1:E188/3/2007

    Kenji falls for the doll, and they try to run away together with Hei's help. While out shopping, Hei is nearly identified by Kirihara Misaki as BK201, but Misaki doesn't see the relation between Li Shunsheng and BK201. Later, Kenji is caught and nearly killed by the boss, his brother, when Hei saves him. Kenji and the doll successfully run away.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Meteor Shower...

    S1:E249/21/2007

    Hei's team, on the orders of Eric Nishijima, has been kicked out of the syndicate and contracts taken on all their lives. Misaki discovers that the "syndicate" is really a collaboration between intelligence agencies of multiple countries and that she herself has been an unknowing member. Hei, Yin, and Mao infilitrate Hell's Gate while Huang detonates a suicide bomb for distraction. Mao is disconnected from the Syndicate's network and his feral cat behavior takes over and runs away. The EPR's contractors attack the gate, leaving the focus open for Hei and Yin. The syndicate takes out the EPR's doll system, leaving Hei with only Yin for guidance as they head towards the conclusion of the story.

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