It's the story that drives LoGH. It's immense, vast, epic. It's the type of show you go into without knowing much backstory, but it explains a lot as it goes along, sometimes with full episode devoted to history. It's absolutely not a show that you just sit down to watch light-heartedly. It does take a little effort to get going, but by around episode 14, the first really big battle takes places for nearly the entire thing, and you get a glimpse of the real scope of the conflict between the Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. From there it just keeps going and going. I mean hell, I watched like the first 9 episodes and bored to tears, but then a few months later I picked it back up and didn't stop after that. The other thing that drives it is the characters and their amibitions. They're not all deeply explored (usually just a few of the very main characters), but want they want to achieve surely is. In all, it's a show that sits in the very core of the word epic. I hate seeing that word getting tossed around aimlessly, like "oh man did you see that hayate episode, so epic!!!!" The word has been defiled by the internet, but it still classically applies here.
Although I should just troll you and say it's old, long, and boring unless you like 19th century naval strategies, and axe-wielding space marines.
But yeah, if you can get past the Battle of Amlitzer (episodes 14 and 15), you should be pretty hooked. 110 might seem daunting at the beginning, but it's really no trouble at all, watching the show turns into a treat, but again, you might need to have the right attitude and mindset. If you want Gurren Lagann, don't bother, turn around, only death awaits ye. I'd say LoGH is the perfect anime for historians and history majors, it mirrors a lot of conflicts and personalities. If that stuff immediately bores you, again, it might not be the best for you. But then again, what other anime is going to give you 100,000 spaceships duking it out in front of a blackhole to Dvorak? None.
Actually, one of my only complaints about LoGH was that some parts felt rushed. It could have easily been another 20-30 episodes in my opinion, but then again I don't know how close they were with the original novels. Anyway, if you do choose to continue, don't feel like you need to marathon it, do like maybe two episodes a night. And don't expect the most amazing animation, this is one show where it barely matters, they do kick it up in places where it counts though. |