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SaiyanMexican's Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann Tv Review

Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann

Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann tv Review

Story & Characters

First Review Ever! Hopefully I don't dissapoint.

Gurren Lagann takes place in a fictional future in which human beings have been forced under Earth's surface and live in isolated subterranean civilizations. These "villages" have no contact with the surface world or other villages. Because frequent earthquakes damage infrastructure, the villages must constantly extend deeper into the earth � individuals relegated to this task are known as "diggers".

Giha Village is the home of Simon, a fourteen-year-old digger who was orphaned when his parents were killed in an earthquake. Although Simon is respected by the village elders as the best of the diggers, he is ostracized by his peers. Simon discovers a special drill key deep in the ground and is soon recruited by an eccentric fellow orphan named Kamina into his group "Team Gurren". Kamina dreams of the surface world, which he once visited as a child, though he had to return home as he was too weak to survive there.

After a failed attempt at reaching the surface, Kamina is jailed by the village elder. Simon resumes digging, only to discover "a big face" deep in his tunnel. As he excitedly fetches Kamina to show him the discovery, Simon is also caught by the village elder. Fortuitously, Kamina's punishment is interrupted by the collapse of the ceiling over Giha Village, as an enormous robot falls into the cavern. A girl named Yoko appears and tries to defeat the machine with a large rifle, but to no avail. Simon takes Kamina and Yoko to the "big face" he found earlier and discovers that the small drill key can be used to activate a small robot, named "Lagann", which he uses to destroy the invading robot and effectively break through to the surface.

& thus the story begins, I won't explain more than what I've provided, which is about the first episode, because its just too good to spoil any of the small little details that make this anime so great. Its composed of 27 Episodes (2 Seasons), 1 Ova (A 10 minute mini episode promoted with the NDS game), & a Movie that came out in September that just covers the first season/arc. Speaking of, its like you get 2 anime's with this show because the seasons are kinda set so differently. Wanna know what I mean? Watch the series, I gurantee to you that you will LOVE this anime. No bull. Watch the first 8 episodes & stop if you don't like it by then. Trust.

Rating: 10

Art

Art Wise I'd have to say is fairly well done. Episode 4 however had a guest artist that was... questionable. All in all it has a wide variety of characters introduced throughout the series that are original. Scenery is really detailed & usually when things start to get tense or emotional the climate may depict this.

The manga was created after the anime & within it is some small tidbits that connect some minor things within the series. Its still on-going & has so far stayed true to its anime counterpart.

Rating: 8

Sound

Great! Has a great selection of Audio & Sound effects. So much so that the BGM was made into 8 AMV's by the anime company called "Parallel Works". One of the hit tracks produced by the anime is a popular one you may have heard quoted as "Row! Row! Fight Da Powah!" but its name is "Rap is a Man's Soul"

Rating: 10

Presentation

Excellent. It hooks you pretty fast & is Dubbed by a great & familiar Voice Actor cast. Its easy to understand & follow, has many dramatic moments, very humorous & has a heavily fan serviced episode which some might enjoy.

Rating: 10

Final Verdict

9.6667 (excellent)

Reviewed by SaiyanMexican, Oct 07, 2008

Comments

  1. ling2010 Banned Member Oct 25, 2008

    That's right, it's one of the greatest anime series in my opinion.
    I've seen all 27 of the episodes and never got bored of it. It only got better and better. It is definitely numero uno! ^_^

  2. NFFly Nov 06, 2008

    I agree with you in most pats, although the scoring may be a bit too high, it is a very good anime.
    You should have pointed the freak sizes of the battles, which, as far as i know, are unique to this anime and helps with it's greatness.

  3. Davo Nov 12, 2008

    yes is one of my favorites animes, and chars have much charm, battles are veryyyy epic *yay* simply fantastic

    when i see the this anime i want see more and more chapters ( is very adictive)

  4. moncada Nov 24, 2008

    my favorite mecha anime by far

  5. tsuyoshi7171 Feb 21, 2009

    q viva kamina

  6. Kaji666 May 03, 2009

    Gurren Lagann was the first newer anime in a while that actually caught my attention the way shows from the 80s and 90s did.

  7. pigmypuff Jun 05, 2009

    luv that

  8. pmgbapm Jun 23, 2009

    what is the favorite character in this anime?

  9. ResonantSoul Jul 23, 2009

    best anime ever! XD

  10. Fanatik007 Jul 30, 2009

    This was a good anime. Nice review!

  11. SchRita Aug 23, 2009

    Thanks for the review!

  12. Rodrigo0010 Sep 03, 2009

    good job! nice review

  13. nainoi Sep 11, 2009

    Graphics 10 for me. - -a

  14. SchRita Oct 31, 2009

    Thanks for the review!

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