Despite all the show’s accomplishments, it’s not without its flaws. The first fifteen episodes is an amazing display of creative storytelling that has become my personal standard that I expect all future anime to follow. In fact, the first part is so good that much of the final twelve episodes look like a fanfic in comparison. No, the show never stops being cool. In a sense, the show continually grows even more ambitious with each passing episode, but actually accepting the story of the second part requires near brain death (not that this is hard considering how jaw-dropping epic the final episodes turn out to be).
Gurren Lagann requires a heavy dose of tolerance for the absurd. This cup of tea is supersaturated five times over with pure caffeine, so fasten your seatbelts and push your suspension of disbelief as high as it can go. If you are the type of person willing to scream “hell yeah” as the protagonist gives a bombastic speech about self-confidence in a massive, sunglass totting robot, then be sure to check out this anime.
