Ah, just at the sound of the title “Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann” (Literally translates to Heaven-Piercing Gurren Lagann) I begin to melt a little. This anime has just about every theme, twist and genre in the business included within its primary-colored presence. By that I mean, the artists consciously gave certain things certain colors giving the anime the color schemes based on the relationships of the color wheel. It appears to be that the “primary” or main characters are designed with the primary colors in mind.
Other characters such as Nia are not in a set pattern of the wheel (i.e secondary, intermediate) but can be found along the same path resulting in fantastic character designs and art style. Apparently, colors are directly related to personalities.
*Side by Side*
Nia
Yoko
Gainex and co-producers Aniplex and Konami are the companies we should thank for the creation of this spectacle. It is approximately twenty-seven episodes long, which may seem a bit long to unseasoned TV watchers in general, but the show never ever skips a beat. There isn’t a second where it drags on or a relationship seems created to fill episode time. I found it a miracle they managed to fit everything they did into just twenty-seven episodes. The Lagann series goes as far as to have a shippuden-like second half where the characters have grown well over five years older and things very much change compared to their nomad like existence in the first half.
“…Fight the Pow-ah.”
A young boy who is practically an orphan is doing his daily duties in his underground village. He drill and drill at the cave walls to further expand his colony’s space. On a previous day,before the anime starts apparently, he finds a strange little drill. Then later, on one of those tedious daily drilling routines he find a robo-face…just staring back at him. He tells his “bffl” Kamina and from there things pretty much explode. The events of Gurren Lagann can most closely be described the human’s existence in our universe. Adrenaline-wise I would call it a super-charged volcano that has a gas truck being driven into it while the driver grabs fistfuls of firecrackers from the passenger seat and screams his nuts off until finally the biggest explosion ever occurs, followed by an amazing silence with the viewer’s own personal explosion whether it be in pants or mind. Three thumbs up. As always, I have to let my homies in on a link to get them started. With that, I bid you peace out and stay tuned for the fan art segment of Gurren Lagann
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