Simon "The Digger"

Simon

Animeography
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Mitee Mono wa Miteen da!!
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie 1: Gurren-hen
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie 2: Lagann-hen
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie Zenyasai: Viral no Amai Yume
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Kirameki★Yoko Box - Pieces of Sweet Stars
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works 2
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Ore no Gurren wa Pikka-Pika!!
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Mangaography
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren Gakuen-hen
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Rasen Shounentan
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Simon (シモン)

Age: 14
Height: 156 cm (5'1")
Weight: 40 kg

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 until the age of seven, when his parents were killed in an underground avalanche caused by an earthquake. Their deaths traumatized Simon to the point of both hating and fearing life underground, and likely played a role in developing his relationship with Kamina. Ironically, Simon's role in his community was to dig more tunnels and caverns to expand Jiiha Village deeper underground.

Though valued as a skilled digger, Simon was ignored by the adults of his village and snubbed by the girls, who considered him disgusting. Along with his fear of earthquakes, Simon developed low self-esteem and had many cowardly tendencies. His only friend and role model growing up was Kamina, a brash and eccentric older boy who had an obsession with escaping the underground world for the surface, which he visited as a child with his father. Simon was slowly "recruited" into Team Gurren along with several other boys, and lead by Kamina made several attempts to reach the surface over several years. During one attempt, a sudden earthquake trapped Team Gurren within a chamber and cut off the supply of oxygen. Simon began to panic, but after inspiration from Kamina he managed to dig all of the Team Gurren members out of danger. Yoko would later recall that Kamina himself was terrified during this incident, but he hid his fear from Simon knowing Simon was the only one capable of rescuing his gang.

One day during the digging of a new tunnel, Simon discovers a small drill-shaped object that periodically glows. Later that day, he unearths a large "face" in the ground, which he shows to Yoko and Kamina after Jiiha Village is attacked by a large Gunmen. The face is revealed to be a miniature Gunmen, and the object Simon dug up the key to starting it up. With the aid of this mech, which Kamina names "Lagann." Simon destroys the large Gunmen attacking Jiiha and rises to the surface world.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Voice Actors
Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese
Lowenthal, Yuri
English
Oliver, Tony
English
Rigotti, Alessandro
Italian
Hollwitz, Fabian
German
McKinney, David Lee
English
Jeong, Jae Heon
Korean
Patriarca, Gabriele
Italian
Martret, Olivier
French
Puig, Enric
Spanish
Prando, Francesco
Italian
Sugou, Takayuki
Japanese


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