Thoughts on Gurren-Lagann 22
I’ll have to admit one of my prediction’s didn’t come true at all. I felt certain that despite all of Simon’s efforts the moon would still hit the earth. All the spoilers talked about “absolute despair” and “heroic failure.” If anything, Simon’s efforts were an astounding victory with no important casulties. Teach me to have more faith in hot blood against all odds. This was a great ending to this arc, but not exactly epic. The giant mugan were hardly a fitting enemy. But now that we’re in the Garlock arc, I’m expecting all kinds of epic.
Oh shi-! They broke space!
Not to say that Arc Gurren-Lagann wasn’t all kinds of badass here. It f**king punched a whole through space! Not even Ideon did that. Blew space up maybe, but not punch through it. And the idea of a super robot piloting an even more super robot actually makes sense when you think about it. It’s also incredibly awesome. The way the parting with Nia was handled was very nice, showing that she was trying to help Simon the entire time even if she didn’t know it. I also forgot how moe her voice is. And I couldn’t help thinking when Simon said he would make close to zero into 100% of that favorite line “1% becomes 100% through courage!”
Jack Skeleton, why are you on the moon?
Garlock has arrived.
Couple other notes: I was getting some awesome vibes from Leeron this episode, like there’s something to him we just don’t know yet, or the writers intend for something big for him. Or maybe I’m thinking that little soliloquy in the beginning was just nice. And I’m not quite sure where Rossiu is supposed to go from here. If there was any “heroic failure” in this arc, then it was Rossiu, not Simon, who felt it. Betrayed his friends for what he felt was right only to see it all be wrong in the end. Next episode looks to be some kind of redemption for him, or at least explain his actions. That, or Simon will punch his lights out. Finally, following a few anonymous’s suggestions, I now dub the insanely huge and awesome Cathedral Terra the Garcadia. Because one can’t help think how stupid cathedral terra sounds. Doesn’t even have a “G” in its name.
yeah i channeled gainax all right. JEEZ. I cannot recall even GaoGaiGar evoking such a response from me as what had been done in this anime. Well maybe except the last few episodes of the GGG OAV and very much the last couple episodes of Gunbuster. But man… words can hardly describe what i feel when i watched this.
It was like…… like…. well…. unlike anything expressed so far in words. Even shakespeare would be at a loss for words to describe this anime. And the totally cool gunbuster-eque landing of the arc-gurren was very nicely done.
Gods i don’t think there was any episodes that Gainax scrimpped on this one. OAVs and movies had these kinds of budget. But to do so on a tv series. Gods. Gainax is win win win.
I dunno about all the NIA haters but i love nia and i think that one of the most pivotal points here is what simon will do to get her back. And man will i want to see these last 5 episodes all the more becuase of it.
Ladies and gentlemen… we are now at the final arc. Hot blood and manliness abound. Nothing can defeat the spiral race. not when we’ve got hot blood and manliness overflowing like an exploding supernova.
God. Even if this is an anime.. one cannot help but wonder… if the human spirit and really truly defy all odds. Gainax made me believe in it. Do you??
Comment on August 27, 2007 @ 2:46 am
Pfft, I thought Cathedral Terra was an awesome name.
Comment on August 27, 2007 @ 7:55 am
Yeah, what’s wrong with Cathedral Terra, too cool for you? =p
Heh, this episode have a few..weird animations, but really, it’s pretty well done for something before 40%, though I don’t like how sometimes AGL have bigger/longer arms than legs.
Comment on August 30, 2007 @ 2:07 pm