Fixed. :lol

SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!

Oh Gentarou...

Yeah, that got spoiled for me yesterday. So I was expecting it. I do agree that it was stupid, he even went back to normal after, so what was the point?

Sorry. :o

You got me there.

Anyway episode 28:

This. Is. INSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, uhm...yeah. So, I'm not really a fan of how crazy it got. About 90% was that insane fight. It was nice to see Lordgenome become good. The ending was also kind of touching, if bittersweet. What bothers me is that Simon was like "Yeah, I know we've all been through some serious stuff together, but I'm just going to abandon you all and go off on adventures". I did like the tag at the end, since it showed how far everyone had come since the beginning of the show. Oh, and the animation was amazing these last two episodes.

My thoughts on the series as a whole? I quite enjoyed it, but I don't think it's "TEH GREATEST ANIME EVAR!!!!!11!!!!11!1!!11111!" that a lot of people make it out to be. It's not the deepest story ever. It doesn't take itself too seriously (most of the time, I'll get to that later), though I feel that with a show like this, you can't. Now, when I said most of the time...the arc after the time skip. It just really slowed the show down. Bringing things in like "The human condition" and stuff doesn't suit Gurren Lagann. I think the show is at it's best when it isn't trying to be serious. The characters, for the most part are fantastic. Simon, for example, starts off as a whiny little coward, but at the end of the show he grows into a strong leader (and at the tag, a very wise man). Yoko...yes she had giant boobs, and is the shows primary source of fanservice. However, she is not only that. at the very beginning of the show. She doesn't have a Gunman, yet she seems to be the only one who can hold off the enemy Gunman without on of her own. I did like some of the character development she went through. The little part where it showed her as a teacher was nice. Now for Kamina...a lot of his character development came after he had died. When he was alive, all we saw him be was the crazy, bombastic guy. It was then after he died that we found out more about him, and he became a deeper character. I suppose I was ok with it, but I could see how some people might have a problem with it.

Lastly. Some people (me included) are turned off by the series due to hearing how crazy it gets (throwing galaxies and stuff). However...NONE of that happens until the very last episode. Yes, episode 26 was crazy, but not THAT crazy. I feel like that was the wisest decision the writers made, because having more than one episode of that would be just ridiculous. So yeah, Gurren Lagann. Not perfect, but still pretty good.

Watched the newest episode of SAO, so murder mystery?

Exactly my thoughts, they could have used any other thing to wake up the characters, but no it had to be Boota.
And he then reappeared in the prologue for some reason...

It's ok. It's more of a precaution than an obligation.


Yeah the show is over-hyped, it is a great show and an excellent love letter to the Super Robot genre, but it isn't and was never meant to be the greatest anime ever.

Yeah everybody keeps mentioning that it's super epic, but the start isn't that crazy and the series would have never worked if it started like that.

Overall, glad you enjoyed it. :)

Agreed!

Gotcha.

Agreed!

Agreed!

Thank you. :) Now Sentinel just needs to reissue their Riobot Gurren Lagann...

Personally TTGL is my favourite anime, and I don't really think it's over-hyped at all. Yeah it's ridiculous and at times very shallow, but it's one of the very few animes where I felt truly invested in the story and the characters that populated it.

Kamina's death may have been in reality just a cheap novelty, like many similar devices that crop up in the second half, but you have to remember I was watching this alongside like Bleach where Ichigo would lose one thousand pints of blood an episode and always walk away so TTGL's pull no punches approach blew my world and although I will admit my reaction to the series has never reached that initial 'WHOA!' reaction I had the first time around, it's still an anime I am happy to watch over and over and writing this, I feel like it's been way too long.

So much agreement :lol

You are going for the Riobot huh, it looks great but man that thing is expensive, hopefully they reissue it soon so you can get it.

I wanted bandai to release a Robot Damashii version, it would have been affordable, accurate and super posable. I understand why they made him a SRC, but I would have prefered the damashii.

Thanks. :D

Because collectors love die-cast. :p

That's part of the charm. Isn't it? :)

I'm from the era of plastic toys so I never cared much about Die-Cast, I like my figures plastic. :p
My father Diecast planes are pretty cool though, they have a nice weight to them.

HOTD OVA Dubbed is finally out.