Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (TTGL) is not your typical mech series where scientists create mechs, have some add-ons and there you go a stronger mech, LOL. Honestly, the series is pretty weird, the way it tackles with the mech genre, things like hunger can affect your mechs performance or you can literally just combine two crappy mechs to a more powerful one, but it's that weirdness that makes it AWESOME. The series is also filled with extreme manliness, it separates the men from the boys (and the gays) LOL. The story of the anime is pretty much complete: there's a major character death, a plot twist, a time skip and a great ending.
Art - 10/10
TTGL artstyle is probably the most of unique in all of anime. It's probably this aspect that will introduce you to this series. Animation is also over the top in their designs that adds to the excitement of the series. The reason why TTGL is called the 'father of over the top animes.'
Sound - 8/10
TTGL opening, in my personal opinion is the best opening of all time. The song gives you the mood for the upcoming episode everytime it plays and I'm just grateful that the series did not follow the 2 opening format for a 27 episode anime, instead they changed the visuals three times just to indicate present situation of the story and sticked with the same song. Because the song defined Gurren Lagann itself. While the rest of the OST, I was not a big fan of it the reason for the 8/10 score.
Character - 10/10
For me, TTGL has 4 main characters - Simon, Yoko Littner, Nia, and Kamina and also supporting characters such as Rossiu, Kittan, and Viral. While Kamina is the most popular because he's the most badass character not just in the series but all time, because of his fearlessness, he kind of reminds me of Sinbad from the Magi series. But my favorite of the series will be Simon because he is the most developed in the whole series. Yoko is also a great female character, knows how to fight and defend for herself and her team. Nia, on the other hand, is the opposite of Yoko, but her influence gave a great impact to Simon, making her a good character in some aspects. Kittan, one of my favorite supporting characters in anime, is like a rival to Kamina in terms of bravery and badassness, indeed fitting of the title 'Space King Kittan.' The series also gives great antagonists, the best among them being the Anti Spiral King.
Enjoyment - 10/10
You can just check my top favorite anime list in my profile for you to see how much I love this series. The reason for my love of this series is the lesson of true bravery from the characters Simon and Kamina. It also give the greatest speeches out there, and also delivered in the best way the Japanese dub can. Overall, I give the series a perfect 10/10, for my personal pick as the best anime of all time.
