[Anime] Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

I was skeptical about this show at first, but decided to watch it after seeing some screenshots and reading favorable reviews...

Turns out to be one of the most fast-paced and content-packed shows I've seen in a while... I also appreciate the growth of Simon throughout the series (though the first episode kinda gives it away).

I'm curious though, when did Gurren Lagann's helmet lose one of the 'horns' (or the curved samurai helmet decorations, whatever they are called)? It shows it damaged in the picture provided above, and never in the anime do I remember a part being lopped off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If the idea of this ending was about self-restraint, it did it in the most heartbreaking way

Spoiler:

So that first episode was about what'd happen if Simon abused his powers? Or rather if he just kept on as leader? Didn't he say he'd see to it himself that the Spiral Nemesis would not occur? Why did he resign himself from the world and seemingly abandon all responsibilities?

Throughout the series they were just emphasizing how if you believe in yourself and try hard, you can achieve anything, even the impossible.. Yet here is Simon giving up and becoming a wandering "nobody" at the end... Is it right to show this kind of ending, of somebody breaking and giving up in life, after such high spirits throughout the series? It was all about overcoming life's obstacles, and it seems that it ended with Simon unable to come to terms with this last one...

It just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to think that somebody like Simon became so resigned and insignificant after all that he had done for the world. If it was to show he was sacrificing himself to prevent the Spiral Nemesis, it did so in the most sad and discouraging way I can imagine.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

I suppose, in the end, that's all that really matters.

I mean, ending aside, it was a really enjoyable show and was completely worth it to watch. This is really all I expect out of an anime, or any television show, period: is it entertaining to watch?

Also, I don't even know why I downloaded the soundtrack. I'm only spoiling it for myself. (My lossless rip will also be superior, if only for the fact that I won't use the faggy APE+CUE format, and I'll actually provide scans.)

Haha, if you're sharing that, I'll be looking forward to it then :P

I never disputed that it was an amazing anime right up to the ending - every episode had been pure pleasure to watch... which is why the ending was so sad for myself.

Spoiler:

Like all good stories, there could be multiple interpretations to the ending. My view was that Simon had been fighting to go to the heavens all his life - "fighting his destiny", as it were, fighting from being trapped underground. It was all about non-stop progress, going higher and higher - piercing not only the heavens but space time and beyond... unstoppable progress like evolution itself, the basis of Spiral Power. And he did achieve what he set out to do, sundering the heavens and dimensions and all to create a new future for everybody. But in the end he returned to what he started as... a nameless driller. Kind of sad and ironic, no? It went against the entire image of him displayed before - a drill that pierces the heavens, not one content to remain a nobody underground.

Thus my theory was that he became like he was to prevent the Spiral Nemesis.... Because if he had kept going the way he had, using spiral power recklessly, it would lead to destruction of the universe. That's my interpretation of his actions, and I'm still a bit sad - but it makes sense if I think about it that way.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah, just found out about that today too... probably the most memorable internet event I've seen in a long time. To commemorate, I'm creating this: The Nation of GARUK

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Hey, for the guys who haven't heard yet... Looks like there's going to be a GURREN LAGANN MOVIE coming out.

Theatrical Version of Gurren Lagann Pre-Announced (Updated) - Anime News Network

Which really makes me curious how they are going to tackle it... If it would be a continuation/addentum to the anime (ie what happens between timeskips, etc.), or a completely different plot with same characters (so similar to the RahXephon and Vision of Escaflowne movies)?

I was speaking idiomatically.