Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann - Q & A

[xris]

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[quina]

Same person??


Kiyoh



Girl in promotional poster, Expected to be important

[Shinndou]

Originally Posted by quina

Same person??


Kiyoh



Girl in promotional poster, Expected to be important

Spoiler:

I am not totally sure, but the answer should be no. The girl that you see in the promo poster should be a character that still hasn't been introduced yet, according to what Imaishi and his staff said in their blog quite some time ago, that 7th mentioned in the general discussion thread:

Women play a very small role in the show. Yoko is the only major female character until late in the story, when a girl named Nia shows up. Imaish sez, "I hate to say it, but this show is full-on, balls-to-the-wall, guy-oriented drama... It's pretty tough to find an effective dramatic hook when you bias the storytelling in one direction like [this]..." but he's confident the story will turn out well.

[quina]

Originally Posted by Shinndou

Spoiler:

I am not totally sure, but the answer should be no. The girl that you see in the promo poster should be a character that still hasn't been introduced yet, according to what Imaishi and his staff said in their blog quite some time ago, that 7th mentioned in the general discussion thread:

Spoiler:

if that pink hair girl in the pic is indeed Nia, she sure doesn't look like the girl in the poster at all... different hair style, age and may be hair color too

Off topic: Another thing I notice from the pic above, Yoko wears no panty. hoho

[Vexx]

Considering the amount of screen time females have gotten in the first four episodes ... I just find that director's quote in the spoiler endlessly amusing. Sure the center of the show is the "coming of age / buddy" dynamic but that "ranged sniper" is definitely an important part of the team and repeatedly a story catalyst in what we've seen so far.

[Lost]

Actually, it's true that she hasn't been in the spotlight thus far. Fittingly for a sniper; in not only combat action, but I think that her contribution to plot, while major, has mostly been from the background (motivating Simon, unknowingly setting up the meeting with Viral, being last to join the team as they left, and in episode 5, literally bringing down the Ganmen); except in the first episode, when she was really at the forefront (soon eclipsed by Kamina, tho).

[Vexx]

That's why I used the term catalyst -- not much is required to send the other ingredients spinning in new directions or combinations

[wpninja]

I was just wondering which torrents don't have that annoying time displayer. Does anyone here happen to know?

[7Th]

Originally Posted by wpninja

I was just wondering which torrents don't have that annoying time displayer. Does anyone here happen to know?

Most of them say "clock-less". Also, TV Japan's.

[wpninja]

Originally Posted by 7Th

Most of them say "clock-less". Also, TV Japan's.

Thanks 7Th. Also one more question, I heard that the scripts for all the episodes have already been made. My question is how many episodes long is this series supposed to be?

[Takeo]

Originally Posted by wpninja

Also one more question, I heard that the scripts for all the episodes have already been made. My question is how many episodes long is this series supposed to be?

26 episodes

[Nightengale]

I've been wanting to ask this for a while now, but keeps slipping my mind.

We all know the Kobayashi/GL 4 fiasco, and that due to the negative response to the change, there wasn't going to be anymore experimenting and all episodes post-4 retained a similar sense of direction and style.

Whether or not people like GL4 and Kobayashi's style/direction is something for somewhere else, but I would like to know if we knew any other "styles" or guest animation directors/stuff they were planning to bring into GL before it was canned?... I dunno, like Yuasa?

[7Th]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

I've been wanting to ask this for a while now, but keeps slipping my mind.

We all know the Kobayashi/GL 4 fiasco, and that due to the negative response to the change, there wasn't going to be anymore experimenting and all episodes post-4 retained a similar sense of direction and style.

Whether or not people like GL4 and Kobayashi's style/direction is something for somewhere else, but I would like to know if we knew any other "styles" or guest animation directors/stuff they were planning to bring into GL before it was canned?... I dunno, like Yuasa?

That information was never revealed and I'm pretty sure the episodes aired up to this point were aired how they were originally supposed to be aired. Nevertheless, Yuasa wouldn't be as experimental as Kobayashi to be honest, at least he wouldn't use an slide-show animation in the eyes of the public.

[Biswa]

I watched only the first episode of this show. It has a very FLCL feel to it, does anyone agree? Is there any connection between the shows i.e. producers, animators, etc.

[quina]

Originally Posted by Biswa

I watched only the first episode of this show. It has a very FLCL feel to it, does anyone agree? Is there any connection between the shows i.e. producers, animators, etc.

Its by Gainax;
Animate team changes every week.

[gvozden]

Are they gonna decipher Rossiu's book anytime soon?

[Tokkan]

http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/gurren-lagann/chara.html

According to Gainax's website, every character except for Simon, Yoko, Viral and Old Coco now have surnames. Though, their surnames are just the names of the villages (or in Nia's case, the beastman's former capital). Though this isn't that bad, as we learned that the Black Brethren came from a village called "Bachika".

[Onceknown]

What's the difference between Nia and Hanrasen Nia?

[7Th]

Originally Posted by Onceknown

What's the difference between Nia and Hanrasen Nia?

They're pretty much the same person... to certain degree. Hanrasen Nia is Nia after her Anti-Spiral genetic code activated and closed-off her human feelings. Think of it as Darker than Black's contractors but with a purpose.

[quina]

Originally Posted by Onceknown

What's the difference between Nia and Hanrasen Nia?

the main different is Dark Nia is about 10x hotter and billion times stronger. I hope she start beam spamming soon, may be its coming up in ep 22.