Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (General Discussion thread)

[SinsI]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Maybe the One Piece-ness of this is what's making it not-that-hyped, compared to some really anticipated series.

To me, I thought this was another one of those Kiba-like shounen kids shows I've seen thousands of time, with a stupid story synopsis to boot - until I saw the actual crazy goodness that reminded me of all the previous Gainax masterpieces.

[Shiroth]

I wonder if 7Th has been able to find high-res scans of the May Newtype images --- that Yoko image is so going to be my avatar. :3

[Maids! Maids! Maids!]

As if there was ever a worksafe picture of Yoko.

Spoiler for a little ecchi-er than usual:

[Shiroth]

Seriously Maidsx3 --- you spoil me so much with all these Yoko images. ^__^

& the front page Gainax image has been posted before, though nothing wrong with seeing it again.

Originally Posted by Maids! Maids! Maids!

As if there was ever a worksafe picture of Yoko.

I have so many stories in my head for them two, its shocking.

[Shinndou]

So, while we're waiting for episode three, I started making a Gurren wallpaper, which should be done for the end of the week. On a side note, I still can't find that groundwork sketches artbook that 7th mentioned and showed some pages of. Tough luck.

[Maids! Maids! Maids!]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Seriously Maidsx3 --- you spoil me so much with all these Yoko images. ^__^

& the front page Gainax image has been posted before, though nothing wrong with seeing it again.

Thanks for pointing that out. I hate reposts.

[Dandruff]

I'm really enjoying the high energy of the show, bring on episode 3! Lawl. I'm quite curious about the other three girls, Kiyoh, Kinon, Kiyal, they all seem to have matching outifts, I wonder if they're a faction of some sort, that'd be interesting if they turned out to be some sort of antagonists, lawl. I personally find Kinon to be the cutest appearance-wise, I just love cute meganekkos :3

[7Th]

Originally Posted by Maids! Maids! Maids!

That one is really cool and stylish, very energetic. Who did it?

[7Th]

Heh, 2ch and Manuloz did it. Higher quality scans from last day scans.





A bigger higher quality quality scan from the old You Yoshinari Mechabi magazine:

Spoiler:

[Shiroth]

7Th, you're so my hero.

The official GAINAX site has changed there front image (which used to be Gurren Lagann). Pop on over for a quick Eva' laugh.

[Shiroth]

Sorry for double post --- The Lagann blog has been updated with a few sexy Yoko sketches. Not something you should miss out on.

[7Th]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Sorry for double post --- The Lagann blog has been updated with a few sexy Yoko sketches. Not something you should miss out on.

HEY! THAT'S DIX NEUF!

[Yashiro]

Second episode's out subbed, and nobody mentioned it yet?

Anyway, great second episode. Kept up the humor, action and Yoko-awesomeness of the first episode. I love every character except Simon so far. He's tolerable, but by far the worst of the bunch.

Spoiler for Episode 2:

I loved Kamina in this episode. He finally got his own mech, and the little battle scene at the end with him using Simon as a weapon was great. Ending was great too, with Kamina discovering the skull bracelet.

I love this series. It's probably my favorite of the season so far, and I wait impatiently for each new episode. If it keeps up this quality, it will secure a spot on my favorites list.

[7Th]

Originally Posted by Yashiro

Second episode's out subbed, and nobody mentioned it yet?

Anyway, great second episode. Kept up the humor, action and Yoko-awesomeness of the first episode. I love every character except Simon so far. He's tolerable, but by far the worst of the bunch.

Spoiler for Episode 2:

I loved Kamina in this episode. He finally got his own mech, and the little battle scene at the end with him using Simon as a weapon was great. Ending was great too, with Kamina discovering the skull bracelet.

I love this series. It's probably my favorite of the season so far, and I wait impatiently for each new episode. If it keeps up this quality, it will secure a spot on my favorites list.

I didn't wanted to DP again. :P

Still, it's amazing how much more entertaining Gurren-Lagann gets when you understand the dialogs... and that's saying a lot as even raw it is the series to provide the most fun in a very long time.

[bicyclerace]

I actually kinda wished this to be even more frantic and spastic like Dead Leaves.
Watched ep 1 and 2 and I´m enjoying it still, hoping there´s not too much focus on the mecha part, or rather, I´d like a new perspective at it.

A lot of the same things that we´ve seen in FLCL I´d say.

[Junpei]

Originally Posted by Yashiro

Second episode's out subbed, and nobody mentioned it yet?

Nyoro~n's subtitles are unreadable for me in VLC. -_- The text is huge and overlaps itself. I had to watch the ADTRW release of episode 1 because of this.

[7Th]

Originally Posted by Junpei

Nyoro~n's subtitles are unreadable for me in VLC. -_- The text is huge and overlaps itself. I had to watch the ADTRW release of episode 1 because of this.

A guy has made them more watchable... look in the usual place.

Also: the amount of plot they reveal through the seemingly unimportant dialogs is simple amazing... this is really presented in the same style DieBuster and FLCL were. There quite the big premise behind the adrenaline... and I mean it.

[Kaioshin Sama]

So after episode 2 I've come to some conclusions

Number 1:

Of the trio Kamina is just the dumbest hot-blooded idiot I've ever seen in an anime and his policy of "HAHA, Screw Thinking, Be MANLY And Figure It All Out Later" seems to backfire just as often as it suceeds. Also Simon probably shouldn't be listening to much to a guy who throws his mecha as a baseball in complete reckless abandon and doesn't seem to have a clue. Yoko seems to be the most useful one and is apparently quite intelligent as well as a good shot with her huge gun. I love these guys, especially Kamina. Oh and the frigging mole with the sunglasses is the most hot-blooded mascot character I've ever seen.

Number 2:

Spoiler:

The manly man who taught Kamina how to be hot-blooded cannot possibly be dead. He was too awesome and has to be alive somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he's alive later on and in disguise. If Super Robot Shows have taught me anything, the cooler you are, the more likely you are to survive.

Regarding the Yoko pictures. That's almost too much to handle at any one time. She has an innocent looking face and friendly personality (Specifically with Simon who she's already acting like a protective older sister to), but dresses very provactively. The "Loli Face and Huge Bust" so to speak.

Oh and I take a bit of issue with the amount of interpretation of the dialogue as cursing done by Nyoron. I don't think there is an equivalent for the F-Word in Japanese and I'm not sure its entirely necessary to include that much cursing in an episode of what is clearly not an M-Rated series. Just thought I'd mention that little nitpick. If the Nyoron folks are reading, maybe try to keep it a wee bit cleaner on the next episode if possible.

[Lolfang]

Originally Posted by Junpei

Nyoro~n's subtitles are unreadable for me in VLC. -_- The text is huge and overlaps itself. I had to watch the ADTRW release of episode 1 because of this.

A lot of people using outdated players have this problem with our releases, download the Combined Community Codec Pack, and you should be good to go. Best played in Zoom Player or Media Player Classic.

[Junpei]

Originally Posted by Lolfang

A lot of people using outdated players have this problem with our releases

VLC is hardly an outdated player. It's pretty inconvenient to have to boot into Windows (I've got an Intel Mac) and install a codec pack just for one release (but I'm not here to argue).