Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: A lesson in union and burning justice

Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: A lesson in union and burning justice (Read 897 times)

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Klean

#21 October 04, 2007, 10:53:33 am

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TTGL is fun and exciting to watch and that is what I look for in my anime. I tried and failed to articulate how I feel about it a few times so that is about all I will say.

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Lord Kamina

#22 October 07, 2007, 12:11:11 am

MAZIIIIIN GO!! PILEDER ON!!!
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Quote from: LORd on October 04, 2007, 07:08:49 am

It is hilarious how EPIC Gurren-Lagann became during these last few episodes. Looks like Gainax really wanted to show everyone up with the MECHA SHOW TO TOP ALL MECHA SHOWS EVER. Looks like the Spiral Nemesis really is something to worry about!

The ending was very enjoyable, but I do have quite a few milor slighs with the plot resolution. For instance, I'm a bit disappointed about Nia and Viral as well. I was expecting the whole final quarter of the series for Viral and the other beastmen to develop Spiral power so we could see his dream in episode 26 realized in the epilogue. LOOKS LIKE NOT. Even Boota reverted back to his Mole-Pig form (though his human form did look really stupid.) And in spite of everything they did, they couldn't save Nia -- but I suppose the point here was that even Spiral power cannot change who you are and you better roll with it.

Not that I'm entirely comfortable with the series's aesop, either. No matter how I try, it always comes off as "the less thought and more blind faith you put into your actions, the better everything will go!" I am tempted to illustrate this notion with an unwanted teenage pregnancy.

Also everyone looked pretty ugly in that 20 years later epilogue . Did they really age that much? Except for Leeron, who seems to be just as immortal as Viral.

The only way I could have found the ending better would have been if Simon and Viral had swapped roles. Viral was made immortal to be the "storyteller that would pass on this story to future generations." And Simon really should have been the captain of the fleet. Then again, It's all good because they basically did a "back to your roots ending."
Additionally, there's a moment during the battle where Nia and Simon are talking to each other and they don't say it, but you can tell Nia is basically telling Simon she is gonna die very soon.

Quote from: 2Beers on May 11, 2007, 06:38:02 pm

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Skie Fortress

#23 October 07, 2007, 06:57:46 am

Working slower than frozen mollasses going up a 90' angle in january...
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Wow, I can't believe I've ignored this show for so long. I decided to see just what all the hype was about on a whim today... and I'm amazed. Now I just have to watch the rest. Lots of catching up to do~

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ObviousDelirium

#24 October 07, 2007, 07:16:52 am

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That was quite a great way to end it! I hope they'll eventually do something about the prologue in episode 1, as that never actually happened and the Boota in there seemed much older then in 26, I'm pretty sure they're going to make at least one OVA at some point.

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Duckhugger

#25 December 16, 2007, 09:32:56 am

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I was horribly sick during the week long Thanksgiving break we get at the college I'm attending now. Spent all my time either in bed or on the computer... in that period of time I wound up watching the entire series via YouTube... part of me wishes I would have spent the time downloading the actual episodes... but still, even at YouTube quality it was pretty damn enjoyable to watch. I loved the character designs and the whole thing had a kind of feel as if it were a clever parody... yet at the same time completely sincere and serious in it's jest.

I didn't really notice the lower quality of the 4th episode until I read about it in reviews later. Maybe watching it on YouTube laid out sick had some kind of effect on my critical skills though. I notice the difference in that episode now... but still, it wasn't THAT bad, eh.

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