There truly are no words. Anything I say will not do this show justice, but I will try my best.
Gurren Lagann is a very personal experience. It is about emotion, drive, and passion. It elevates itself to the point that certain moments in the show are nothing more than pure unadultered emotion flowing out of your television or computer screens. But Gurren Lagann is more than just a damn fine super robot show. It is way more.
What attracted me to Gurren Lagann, more than anything, was the premise, and the true love between the characters. A small digger, underground, is inspired by his "spiritual brother", an outspoken and radical man who follows his passion, however insane it is. The rest is an amazing coming of age story, filled with moments to laugh about, moments to jump out of your seats, and moments that fill your heart up with a bittersweet feeling. You can shed tears over a moment and remember it two years later (which I have).
You can notice the subtle things in the show that let you know that it was more than just a money grub. Things like how the track that plays while Simon is first digging is left unfinished at around the 2:10 minute mark, and is then continued and completed in the 26th episode, in the culmination of Simon's character development, in a very deep and reflective scene. There are many, many, many, other things like this.
I could tell you that the art is absolutely spectacular (especially when it reverts to comic-book style art at the most powerful moments), how the main theme is in my opinion the greatest and most inspiring song ever created, how all of the characters are awesome as hell, and how the story has twists and turns that you won't believe- but I won't. I'd rather tell you that Gurren Lagann, personally, for me, showed me the meaning of life. The search of heart, the search to be free- the search of inspiration. Gurren Lagann is about going above the impossible, forgetting statistics, and following that stupid voice in your heart, no matter how helpless things get. And if things get worse, you keep going. If they get worse after, you still keep going. And even if after all that you're sitting in a jail cell while the earth leaves without you, you're damn sure you keep going after that.
This is the greatest show I have ever seen, and it has changed the way I see the world. Don't believe me?
Just who the hell do you think I am?
