The Coke Machine

When I first started watching Gurren Lagann I never expected that I would be so into it! I didn’t even start watching until after episode 6 aired. That being said… this has to be one of my favourites this year. Maybe I just have a thing for GAINAX mecha shows… I mean look at FLCL. I loved it. Mahoromatic (well its not really mecha… )? Not bad. Evangelion? Yes I quite enjoyed that too (although I watched it in Cantonese, so I sat there for 20 minutes doing nothing but being bored during the last episode since I can’t read Chinese).

So what makes Gurren Lagann such a good series? Why did I come home every Monday night, throw off my shoes and check forthe latest Gurren Lagann release? Why was I totally hyped?

Well it got me hooked, fast. I remember being bored one day and after reading good reviews about it on various blogs, I decided to take a look. Before long, I was downloading the other 5 episodes… Aside from the loveable cast and the top notch animation, the story was one emotional roller coaster. It moved along quickly and we don’t see them standing there for 3 episodes doing nothing unlike this other anime that I watch. There were parts that were hilarious (if you haven’t see the DVD version of episode 6, you’re missing out), parts that made me almost want to cry, parts that got me so pumped up I felt like I could do anything, and parts that were so action packed it makes John McClane look like a wuss.

The anime just grew spiraled out into the total win that is Gurren lagann. The cast started with a small number of people, Simon, Kamina, Yoko and Leron. By the end of the series, we have over 20 main and sub characters including Rossiu, Nia, Viral, Lord Genome, Gimmy and of course who could forget Darry =) The story itself spiraled too! From drilling holes underground, to blowing up Lord Genome half way though the series, and ending off with fighting the Anti-spirals by using galaxies as ninja stars and making super big bangs. The final episode cannot be described by mere words or screenshots, its a “must see”.

My only complaints?

Yoko got a sex change.

and Nia dies =(

Quick Ep 27 screenshot recap

Special notes:
Lord Genome dies again
They fight using galaxies!
Simon becomes a hobo (although I can see many reasons why he would wander the earth like a hobo carrying a cool but probably useless spiral staff).
Simon, Rossiu and Yoko become ugly men
Leeron doesnt age? O_o

Thanks Gainax for the great series

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