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| This show was almost too epic for words. I think Gurren Lagann might just be the strongest fictional thing ever created. Well I laughed, I cried, I got my mind blown watching this masterpiece. |
| i think everyone is forgetting someone.....boota honestly the longest living mole ever since everyone else is whining about this i will too... is it a rule that all heroes die virgins? |
| Hide behind the mighty wall of internet, i shall |
| So just finished this, first of all, yes I thought it was a great anime 9/10. Not really gonna go into why I think that, this is a 26 page thread and I'm pretty sure it's already been covered pretty well. Ok, now, can't say I'm a huge fan of bitter-sweet endings, actually I kinda hate them, and it's what's keeping me from giving this a 10/10. Also it kinda bugged me how Yoko was pretty much given the shaft, she basically died when Kamina died. After that she fell into a minor roll, and we started seeing less, and less of her. She was one of my favorite characters in this series and I thought it was actually kinda cruel what they did to her, almost cynical. Nia vanishing at the end was pretty good, I thought it was only fair after they forced Yoko to suffer not one, but two losses, and in the same way. Poor girl is scarred , and ends up all alone at the end. I was actually really hoping Simon and Yoko ended up together in the end, I knew it wouldn't happen, but damn that would of been great. Great anime, kinda of a weak ending though. Def worth the watch. This was the first anime I've watched in quite a while, maybe like 5-6 months, and I think I'll be going back on hiatus, the ending really ruined it for me. PS - During the 7 year time lapse, was Yoko gone for 6 years? |
WizooJul 21, 2011 10:46 PM
 The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die. And the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. |
| epic, epic, EPIIIIC!!!!!!!!! XDXDXDXDDXD |
| Holy hell... They had a battle ON THE BORDERS OF THE GODDAMN UNIVERSE... ...USING GALAXIES AS PROJECTILE WEAPONS... ...WHILE CREATING QUASARS WITH EVERY BLOW THEY EXCHANGE. If this anime taught me anything, it's that anything can be solved with force, and that force is limitless as long as you have fighting spirit. I still can't believe that after all the trouble Simon went through, Nia had to go... A lot of people hoped that Simon and Yoko would get together, but I don't think they clicked too well (romantically, at least) throughout the series. And he decides to keep digging after saving the whole universe from total annihilation? Geez, man, have some ambition... I swear, Kamina would throw his fist from his grave and it'd circle the Earth ten thousand times to gather momentum and sock him a third time... Oh well, if he's happy, then I can't really complain. Good anime. Thanks for the explosions. 9/10 |
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| God. Finally get to watch it. EPIC is not enough to describe this. I'll give it 9.6/10 (rounded to 9). -0.2 for the fucked up episode 4 -0.2 for the way Nia disappeared and other elements that I personally dislike Anyway, awesome. This anime tops my Mecha genre list. Some parts of it doesn't make sense. But I don't really mind. When things get to this level of EPIC, it doesn't need any sense anymore. But I love Nia. She's one of the two pillars in Simon's spirit. (Another is obviously Kamina) I personally think the writer want Nia to go just for the sake of unnecessary bittersweet. She can live and go see the world with Simon. That would be sufficient. For Yoko, I feel sorry for her for you-know-what-I-mean. |
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| I was so excited while I was watching this anime. I hated the ending. Someone told me to watch tengen over code geass.... and i regret it now. There was nothing unique about it. Only the first episode was original. |
| ~In this world there are no heroes, only monsters that we create ourselves~ ~Heroes always show up late~  |
-Nico-Robin- said: didnt like the end too and the 1st episode was just ok for me.I was so excited while I was watching this anime. I hated the ending. Someone told me to watch tengen over code geass.... and i regret it now. There was nothing unique about it. Only the first episode was original. BUT Code Geass vs Tengen Toppa is like 10-1 :S |
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HKenji said: BUT Code Geass vs Tengen Toppa is like 10-1 :S AGREED. Finally, somebody understands! I have to admit that Tengen really knows how to keep the action going, but sometimes, mindless explosions and random power-ups of Simon can get boring pretty quickly. Maybe I would've appreciated this more if I watched it back when I started Dragon Ball Z... (actually no! DBZ was much epicer!!!!!) oh well, it's not like it was horrible, but it could've been better! I was hoping for some time traveling... Did anybody else notice Old man Coco had the same goggles as Simon???? Talk about giving the audience the wrong impression -____-" |
| ~In this world there are no heroes, only monsters that we create ourselves~ ~Heroes always show up late~ |
hellsascendant said: i think everyone is forgetting someone.....boota honestly the longest living mole ever since everyone else is whining about this i will too... is it a rule that all heroes die virgins? i think u pretty much expressed my feelings LOL! i know right i don't get why Nia had to disappear and the man who saves the universe ends up alone... FUCKING WORST ENDING EVER!!! and why the hell did gimmy get the core drill, THAT'S STUPID! T_T it was going soooo well till the end >:O THEY ALWAYS FUCK UP THE ENDING!!! |
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Hidd3NNiN said: For those who thought the ending was 'bad' because Simon became a hobo at the end didn't really get the message that Simon was giving after the wedding. He basically gave up the core drill because his job was done. In the end, Simon was a pretty simple, down to earth guy. He doesn't have grand ideals or ambition like Kamina had. He travelled the galaxy not on some grand quest for glory or power but to save Nia and he did it in the end. He didn't become the Commander-in-Chief of Kamina City because he desired a place of power but was put into the role because of his role in the Gurren Brigade. I bet if Simon had the choice, he would probably have walked away from all his duties after the battle of Teppelin as well (Like Yoko) and lived out his life in solitude with Nia. This is exactly it. I don't hate that Simon gave up on everything. Just like you said, that's who he is. But as you also said at the last line, he deserved Nia at least. I believe that rigging some plot to have Nia survived in the end won't hurt much. That's why I personally think that having Nia died for the sake of bittersweet was uncalled for. |
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| sooo...the beginning is now considered irrelevant now? Im pretty sure that was Boota in human form and Simon. so they just forgot about the beginning and ended it differently? |
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| You know, I never believed in manly tears. I always thought those were just an over-exaggeration or just pure bullshit. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann proved me very, very wrong the last few episodes. |
| I sniffd. |
| In total, this series deserves a rating of "spiral power"/10... if there's something you can't express with words it's gurren lagann, just watch it... |
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| before i watched this anime, i thought that nothing could top FMA:Brotherhood but i was proven wrong. this anime blew my mind and moved me in a way i thought an anime would ever do. when i first saw the last episode i was angry. i thought that after all the shit that Simon went through in his life, he atleast deserved the woman he loved. i thought that Gainax was trying to fuck me over. my outlook changed after i saw it again and noticed that Simon had accepted the fate of Nia and come to terms with it. instead of sulking over her fate he persevered through and decided live his life with no regrets. im not gonna lie, i had tears in my eyes at the end of this episode just like i had wen Kamina died. i have never had such an emotional response from anime or any other media outlet. Thank you Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann for changing my outlook on life. |
| "Throw away your logic and kick reason to the curb! Beautifully following the golden road! If there’s a wall, we knock it down! It’s a road built with these hands! The Magma of the Heart’s Final Ignition! Perfect Unification Gurren-Lagann!" |
Gurreninja said: before i watched this anime, i thought that nothing could top FMA:Brotherhood but i was proven wrong. this anime blew my mind and moved me in a way i thought an anime would ever do. when i first saw the last episode i was angry. i thought that after all the shit that Simon went through in his life, he atleast deserved the woman he loved. i thought that Gainax was trying to fuck me over. my outlook changed after i saw it again and noticed that Simon had accepted the fate of Nia and come to terms with it. instead of sulking over her fate he persevered through and decided live his life with no regrets. im not gonna lie, i had tears in my eyes at the end of this episode just like i had wen Kamina died. i have never had such an emotional response from anime or any other media outlet. Thank you Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann for changing my outlook on life. I feel this man, I feel this... |
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| I dont know english so well, so I can't express my feelings good i think, but I'll try.. I don't like mech anime at all, I dropped this anime a year ago. But now, since 2nd episode, I began to like this series, more and more, from one to another fight. The last fight, memories of died staff of mega-gurren-dan appeared at my eyes, and mega drill crushed the enemy. And I cried like a baby. I cried more when princess dissappeared, and than cried when saw grow old legendary mega gurrendan staff.. But this tears became tears of hope fr me... It's 10/10, my god, 10/10... |
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| probably one of the best anime i've ever watched. 11/10 |
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| Oh man. So awesome. I dropped this anime after 6 episodes about 6 months ago because it just wasn't doing it for me, but I am so God damn glad I picked it back up. I don't really know how to describe it, apart from just downright amazing. |
SergioSource said: Watched this in 3 days. There are no words to describe it. It was an amazing journey, with exponential epicness. Whoever wrote the series, thank you. I completely agree with you and I watched this in exactly 3 days as well. I initially thought Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann was a pretty goofy Anime with all the wacky 'gundam' machines battling out when I saw a preview of the Anime on a Darker Than Black DVD. I eventually came across an AMV and it motivated me to give it a go, so I did. And holy shit was I blown away. Felt so many emotions from this Anime that I had never even thought I would. Kamina dying, the legendary man lives on. This Anime is seriously one of my favourites now, sucks how I didn't pick this up earlier. Deserves my time and giving it a 10/10. TTGL4lyfe. |
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| TBH not that fussed with the whole anime. I kind of lost the plot half way through. Gave this a 3/5 Who knows? Maybe a rewatch in the future will change my mind?! |
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TweeDec 27, 2011 2:11 PM
| Wow, what a great anime it was, i really enjoyed it :D i must say that the author was very inspired by dragon ball no? i mean, anyone would say: In Dragon Ball, Ki is to super sayains, AS In Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan, Drill Power is to drillers :P |
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| Finished this in two days.. overall I must say very good.. epic even.. but the ending was still dissapointing for me, i know theres two sides of the coin here but I was hoping for a more happier ending then seeing everyone old and ragged, and in some cases unhappy. |
Seta19 said: Finished this in two days.. i finished it in 1 day .... 6.02 am right now .... its just the epicness |
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| This anime....AWEWSOME!!! The second meccha anime I see(first was Code Geass), and I have to say this anime is EPIC!!! The ending was bittersweet, but the whole series was amazing!!! Great anime,and definately I'm going to re-watch this some day... 9/10!!!! |
thompininja said: I agree. I loved the show, but still, I would have liked if Yoko and Simon would get together. Afterall it's drama but, it's never bad with a happy ending imo :D I also would have liked a happier ending, even though I like to see despair and hard times to see the characters get some depth But this is one of the anime where I actually would have loved a happy ending with Nia and Simon. And the intro from #1 should have been used ^^ |
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Mantiz said: the ending was perfect leave the happy endings for disney movies. Yeah, seriously. The ending was bittersweet, just the way I like it. Mashing together a pair at the very end would just seem really messy (for all you Yoko x Simon shippers). |
| Well, I was hoping a "happy" ending. I feel sad for Nia, Simon and Yoko. Anyway, the series and the ending were great. |
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| I'm not a big fan of mecha animes but this anime was realy awesome ,the ending was realy bittersweet but it seem fitting although I feel sad for Yoko because she ended up all alone and the teacher image doesn't seem fitting for her personality. |
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| Finished watching it on netflix on my xbox Epi 27 was so epic it almost made me shed a tear :,) As great as it was I really do hope they don't continue this series. |
| Possibly the best mecha series I've watched last year. |
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