Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann - Spoilers & Speculation

[Steel Guardian]

Just a random thought. Not really important since it covers the start-up scene from Episode 1 again.

Spoiler:

So from what the Anti-Spiral said was true, misusing Spiral Power can destroy the universe. If that's the case, then Prologue "Parallel World" Simon so speak, looks more like a foreboding representation of doom (aka - Bad End) than the REAL Simon we know of now. That Simon looked like he wanted to mess up the whole universe, while our Simon just wants to get his wife-to-be back.

And the title in Episode 27 "The Heavenly Lights Are the Stars" is more positive than from what Second-In-Command Boota was saying- "So... Those Heavenly Lights are our enemy?"

[Midonin]

We've seen the head of whatever Gurren-Lagann formation Ep. 1 Simon was piloting in the opening credits, and the new, giant, gun-wielding Gurren-Lagann doesn't quite look like it. There's gotta be something out there that leads to that final formation of formations.

[Malintex_Terek]

Anyone notice Lazengann's head is sticking out of Tengen Toppa's Gurren mouth?

[aohige]

Originally Posted by Kirarakim

What makes it sadder is I don't see how he can make it come true since Beastman can't reproduce.

If a hog-mole can turn into a humanoid, ANYTHING is possible with enough Spiral Power.

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by aohige

If a hog-mole can turn into a humanoid, ANYTHING is possible with enough Spiral Power.

Very true, and you know I am sort of hoping that in the last episode Viral will do the impossible and show that he is a Beastman with spiral power.

After all doing the impossible is what this show is about.

[v1cious]

Originally Posted by ashlay

gurren lagann site updated pretty quickly

Spoiler for 27:

第27話「天の光は全て星」
これは自分の運命を知らなかった一人の男の人生の物語。
今、男は自分の運命を知り、愛する女と、友と、まだ見ぬ明日のための最期の戦いが今、始まる!

脚本:中島かずき　絵コンテ・演出:今石洋之　作画監督:錦織敦史

looks like we'll see the events in episode 1 after all. also, Hiroyuki Imaishi directing. this should be good.

what does this say exactly?

Originally Posted by Midonin

We've seen the head of whatever Gurren-Lagann formation Ep. 1 Simon was piloting in the opening credits, and the new, giant, gun-wielding Gurren-Lagann doesn't quite look like it. There's gotta be something out there that leads to that final formation of formations.

the mecha from the opening is Chouginga Gurren Lagann. Boota gives the command to fire the Ehlstreim cannon(sp?), the laser weapon it used in 26.

[Midonin]

Originally Posted by v1cious

the mecha from the opening is Chouginga Gurren Lagann. Boota gives the command to fire the Ehlstreim cannon(sp?), the laser weapon it used in 26.

I figured that from watching 26, but then what's the large mecha behind GL in the opening? Arc and CGGL are the first two behind it, but the last one...

[ashlay]

Originally Posted by Midonin

I figured that from watching 26, but then what's the large mecha behind GL in the opening? Arc and CGGL are the first two behind it, but the last one...

Tengen Toppa....Gurren Lagann!

alright, maybe not, but it's not an unlikely name either. anyway, it's the size of a galaxy and apparently powered by everyone's spiral power. also doesn't really seem to be much of a robot as a giant armor connected by flaming spiral energy.

anyway, you can see a bit of it in the episode 27 preview.

edit:

Originally Posted by v1cious

what does this say exactly?

the synopsis isn't particularly interesting, just saying that this is the final battle in a style like the opening narrator's stuff. bottom is just the listing of who's working on this episode.

the big thing of interest is the title "all the heavenly lights are stars", which is a whole lot like alt. boota's line in episode 1 "so all the heavenly lights are enemies?"

[Schmorpheus]

With what we've seen in ep 26 , picture this: Humanoid Boota jumping face first into Yoko's chest.

[quina]

第27話「天の光は全て星」
これは自分の運命を知らなかった一人の男の人生の物語。
今、男は自分の運命を知り、愛する女と、友と、まだ見ぬ明日のための最期の戦いが今、始まる!

Episode 27: All the heavenly light are the stars:
This is the story about a man who did not know about his own fate.
Now, the man who learned his own fate, along with his lover and his friends, started the final fight for the unforeseeable future.

[Generalgm]

My guess is that the scene where ep 1 starts off in space, is where ep 27 ends.
that or the beginning of ep 27.
SPIN ON!

[7Th]

Just noticed what I'm sure was the KA for the Nono goes away sequence in Diebuster 6 drew a Nia illustration for the Gainax blog as she finished her work in episode 27.

And a lame speculative explanation I came up while browsing 2ch of Nia, Boota and the Anti-Spirals:

Nia is like Boota in that she absorbed enormous quantities of Simon Spiral power due to both her close relationship with and the fact that she, Boota and Simon slept in the same bed for 7 years and Simon's Spiral Power manifests itself unconsciously in the "growing up" cell multiplying process while he sleeps. This is why her "fake incomplete human" personality became a "real creature" and the true Anti-Spiral will was overtaken. Pretty much the reason the Anti-Spirals keep investigating was to understand this, but after discovering how Boota suffered the same process as her they came to an understanding and she turned useless for their analysis.

[musashiken]

Lol, she and Simon slept together for 7 seven years? I suppose I can agree with the absorbing of Spiral energy, but if they were really sleeping together for 7 years... you'd think that Simon would have an easier time proposing to her right? I'm more inclined to think that they lived in the same house but in different rooms, maybe different beds. I think Simon respected her enough not to *cough* bed her in the 7 years. This is where 18+ doujins come in

Anyway, I'm still having some reservations for the last episode. Some of us may have let our guards down with episode 26, but I still don't know what Gainax will do in episode 27.

[pinoy78]

I've heard so many rumors about Gainax wanting to expand GL into a universe simlar to that of Gundam (movies, oavs, tv, etc).

Do YOU think it'd work?

[7Th]

Originally Posted by musashiken

Lol, she and Simon slept together for 7 seven years? I suppose I can agree with the absorbing of Spiral energy, but if they were really sleeping together for 7 years... you'd think that Simon would have an easier time proposing to her right? I'm more inclined to think that they lived in the same house but in different rooms, maybe different beds. I think Simon respected her enough not to *cough* bed her in the 7 years. This is where 18+ doujins come in

Anyway, I'm still having some reservations for the last episode. Some of us may have let our guards down with episode 26, but I still don't know what Gainax will do in episode 27.

Specially as Nia is still half gone in there.

[Dave1988]

Originally Posted by musashiken

Lol, she and Simon slept together for 7 seven years? I suppose I can agree with the absorbing of Spiral energy, but if they were really sleeping together for 7 years... you'd think that Simon would have an easier time proposing to her right? I'm more inclined to think that they lived in the same house but in different rooms, maybe different beds. I think Simon respected her enough not to *cough* bed her in the 7 years. This is where 18+ doujins come in

Anyway, I'm still having some reservations for the last episode. Some of us may have let our guards down with episode 26, but I still don't know what Gainax will do in episode 27.

Kakihara said in a radio interview that Simon and Nia post time skip aren't virgins....You do the math.

[Takeo]

Originally Posted by Dave1988

Kakihara said in a radio interview that Simon and Nia post time skip aren't virgins....You do the math.

How did Nia manage to understand that, yet not understand Simon's proposal?

[musashiken]

Originally Posted by Dave1988

Kakihara said in a radio interview that Simon and Nia post time skip aren't virgins....You do the math.

Lol, I certainly did not know that. So much for it being a kids show. Oh wait, who am I kidding.
Anyway it doesn't matter if Kakihara is joking or not. I'm not surprised if Simon really did do Nia. Ok so where're the doujins?

[Samanosuke]

Originally Posted by Dave1988

Kakihara said in a radio interview that Simon and Nia post time skip aren't virgins....You do the math.

somehow , what you just said had the same effect one me as if someone shot me in the heart with a shotgun .

[Ori]

If Kakihara really said something like that, I am sure we will be seeing a bunch of doujins pretty soon. lol.

Which episode of the radio show did he say that on, any summaries of the episode on the web?