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Gurren Lagann is Perfect
What Have I Watched? So it’s been around a year since I’ve made a post for the site. Something like that. A blog that was largely just…
Gurren Lagann
A bold and saturated experience of strong creative expression fueled with raw Saturday Morning chutzpah. Ridiculous and charming, it defies all expectations.
Gurren Lagann Review
AKA: Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan, 天元突破グレンラガン Genre: Adventure, Mecha, Comedy Drama Studio: Gainax Episodes: 27 Seasons: 1 Available On: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu This was a show included in…
Episode 70 - Gurren Lagann
In this episode; Shaun drills us with one of his favorite shows from his adolescence, one that hundreds of thousands of anime fans have consistently voted as one…
What Inspired Gurren Lagann
It was never just a love letter to Super Robot anime. 00:00 Intro 02:24 Part I 21:33 Part II 43:47 Part III 1:02:52 Part IV 1:23:29 Part V 1:53:23 Outro SAUCES: Ken Ishikawa fan illustration: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/1205898 Imaishi Forbes…
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 26
My thoughts on this episode are so colored by my feelings about what happens in the next one that it's hard to discuss the one without bringing in…
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 25
"Blaze of glory" doesn't even begin to cover it. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 17
Transitioning from revolutionary to government is historically difficult to say the least, and history is littered with tragic examples. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 24
When you feel like a writer has no guardrails, anything seems possible. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 08
Yeah, there was no way this was going to be a double-post. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 23
Simon is really too nice a person for his own good. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 18
I can't help but be struck once again, all these years later, by how gutsy it was to take the series in this direction. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 11
Simon's brand of GAR is a lot more interesting than Kamina's because it comes a lot less easily to him. Read more
The Wonder of Gurren Lagann
This week on The Wonder of Anime, voice actor Zeno Robinson is in the expert seat. Zeno is known for his roles as Hawks in My Hero Academia,…
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 20
In most respects this amounts to a bit of a setup episode - really the last one of the series. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 03
"Don't believe in yourself. Believe in the me that believes in you". Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 09-10
Grief and rage are apparently not suitable fuel for a machine that runs on male martial spirit. Read more
5 Reasons To Watch: Gurren Lagann
Gurren Lagann is a constant barrage of delicious action scenes, full of amazing moments and hilarity. This was Gainax at its peak.
Why Gurren Lagann Will Never Die
This is a video going over the anime made by the anime studio Trigger and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, called Gurren Lagann. Its a video analyzing the narrative…
Should we Respect Tradition? | Gurren Lagann
Culture and tradition are beautiful things, but there’s no guarantee that they’re positive. So today, with Gurren Lagann and Kamina in mind, let’s discuss it in this anime…
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 04-05
There are certain moments you forever remember as an anime fan as if they happened yesterday. Read more
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 14-15
If it's anything, Gurren Lagann is a masterpiece of plot twists. Read more
PODCAST: The Wonder of Gurren Lagann
This week on The Wonder of Anime, voice actor Zeno Robinson is in the expert seat to discuss the anime Gurren Lagann.
OSMcast: Gurren Lagann 9-8-2008
Finally our current tagline will now make sense as the OSM cast_!_ tackles Gainax’s Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! OSMnotes Image of the hottie whiskey bottle © Go Nagai/Dynamic Planning, Honey…
Gurren Lagann – Beauty in the Breakdown
I finished Gurren Lagann last night and it broke my heart in that delicate and pretty way only the right show at the right time can do.
Blue Lock is Not Anti-Teamwork | Video Essay
Blue Lock is a great new shonen sports series which many said stood out due to its apparent opposition to common tropes of "the power of friendship/teamwork." Many…
Personal Growth in Evangelion and Gurren Lagann
Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann feel like they should be opposites, but in this epic video essay I try to argue that they are actually…
Terran Toppa Gurren Lagann Collab W/Ashleycapes:)
Scott: Hello one and all. Welcome to another collab event with a great blogger of some great and not so great older anime, Ashleycapes. We’ve been planning to…
The Gurren Lagann Of Ice Skating: Medalist
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/spirit_chaser Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Contreras2992 Anilist: https://anilist.co/user/SpiritChaser 0:00 Bow and Arrow (intro) 0:25 The Gurrel Lagann of Ice Skating 0:52 THE MASTER 3:30 The Power of Sports Anime 4:13 No Hope for Studio Engi and…
First Reflections – Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 01-02
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Does Gurren Lagann Survive the Test of Time?
At this point, between the essay on Evangelion that inspired this series, and the initial installment about Code Geass, that this series has only focused on mecha anime.…
What is our real life power system?
Connor talks about what he thinks life's power system is.
Environmental Storytelling - An Arcane Video Essay
Arcane is one of the most beautiful, well-crafted and thought-provoking series I've seen in a while. Not just in animation. But as a series in and of itself.…
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This Took 15 Years: RIOBOT “Henkei Gattai” Gurren Lagann
It’s been 15 years since Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann made its television debut, and I am surprised it took that long for someone to make a functionally combining…
Gurren Lagann – An Animation Analysis | GITM Podcast Ep. 82
I’ve always found Gurren Lagann quite an attractive anime. From its inspiring message to its varied cast, it simply had so many things I like in a single…
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – 27 (End) and Series Reflections
More than anything Gurren Lagann, like so many successful epic series, is personal. Read more
Is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann still one of my favourite anime of all time
Gurren Lagann was the goddamn best shit back when it aired. A supposedly dying Gainax out of nowhere dropped the single best super robot anime of all time,…
Severance and the Eternal Recurrence | Video Essay
I don't have a full analysis of everything in Severance. If anything I started to feel in season 2 that many elements weren't written in with the intent…
Spiral
Some anime skimp out on the plot, characters, and themes and try to get away with just spending all their money on top notch animation and beautiful artwork.…
The Secret to Kamina’s Confidence from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #kamina #gurrenlagann
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Who The Hell Do You Think I Am? – Gurren Lagann Spoiler Review
Now, here’s a show I’ve alluded to before – the whirlwind of illogical, enjoyable energy known as Gurren Lagann. Part of me wants to just jump right in,…
The Secret to Kamina’s Confidence from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #kamina #gurrenlagann
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THE MEANINGFUL LIFE OF NARUTO UZUMAKI (Anime Video Essay)
"My Dream is to become the greatest Hokage, Believe it!" -Naruto Uzumaki In the is Video I analyze Naruto Life thought the lens of characters that had a massive…
Uzumaki Analysis: What is the Spiral?
Happy Halloween! For this year's spooky season I re-read the horror classic Uzumaki and came up with a general theory of what the spiral curse represents at its…
Reaching for the Stars in TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!! ( Original Work, Studio Gainax)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (“TTGL”) is a loud and flamboyant story that swirls and spins to the tune of outerworldly robotic battles. It is a tale of rebellion…
Reaching for the Stars in TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!! ( Original Work, Studio Gainax)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (“TTGL”), like its title entails, is a loud, boisterous and flamboyant story of equally colourful characters and towering robots. It is the story of…
Spiral Alive
Spiral Alive is a prequel to Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning. However, Spiral Alive spoils quite a lot of The Bonds of Reasoning, going so far as to…
Are Video Game Experiences “Real” Experiences?
Flashes of magical energy engulfed my cohealer, and an explosion rocked the top of the tower. The creature–a disembodied head and hands the size of a house–smacked the…
Because “Henkei Gattai” Isn’t Enough! The Gattai “Mugen Gattai/Infinite Combining” Gurren Dan Lagann
As part of its 15th anniversary, Sen-Ti-Nel announced a fully transforming and combining Gurren Lagann figure, the RIOBOT “Henkei Gattai” Gurren Lagann. As if going with the spirit…