It's shit, right? It's shit.

Wait for the movie

it's a retelling of the story

but Nia still dies HA HA HA

You've got to be trolling. Most overhyped anime of all time.

Fun, but not the end all of anime. Generic as you could possibly get, which was half its charm. Had good designs and was well animated though. 2nd half didn't have much as an impact as the 1st, but overall, an above average anime. Still in my top 5 as 5th.

>>22459314
>inb4 slowpoke
Watching anime that has already finished doesn't =slowpoke.jpg.

>>22459387
I completely agree. It's still good, but it's ridiculously overhyped.

>>22459387

No, not trolling. I tend to take stuff fully and totally subjective. And so for me, it was simply amazing. Anyway, what is so overhyped about it?

I didn't watch it because of hype (I just watched it now) but because I've seen enough mentions of it and threads about it over past few months to warrant watching it when I get some more free time.

>It forced me to watch download bars in Vuze

Next time download the whole thing before starting to marathon a series

ttgl reminded me of naruto

Loved it, loved the second movie even more.

>>22459490

Well, I tend to check first few eps before I commit myself to d/ling whole series... and as you can guess, by then it was too late.

>>22459514

Naruto done right, RIGHT?

>>22459514
You haven't watched many classic SR shows, have you?

>>22459545
I know what you mean. I finish the whole thing in 2 session, and in 24 hours

I don't find it to be overhyped at all.

I think for a certain sort of person who likes a bit of thought to their manly-man shonen and enjoys super robots... it IS the best show ever.

I love it, especially the end. The last few episodes are a perfect culmination of what came before.

>>22459568

You mean Nabari no Ou?

>>22459573
>/a/
>watch the mecha shows that came before Evangelion

hahahaha, oh wow

>>22459426
It always makes me laugh when faggots who think that K-ON is good, call another anime generic. lol

So, any chance for that motivational poster? My google-fu failed me horribly.

>>22459314

1-9: Pretty good
10-15: Very good
15-27: Not so good

GL is everything good about the super robot genre condensed in 27 episodes and two movies.
If you don't think it's awesome, you probably never watched a SR show in your life and are currently bawwing because you don't have more K-ON.

>>22459688

You have my thanks, fellow Anon.

Also, what was up with the art shift in, I think that was 3rd episode?

>>22459573

SR shows are shonen shit. Don't let the presence of giant robots fool you into thinking you're not watching naruto or fist of the moralfag tripe.

>>22459314
>The part that does not like one character being repeatedly kicked just when some hope appears
That was the whole point, even the plot is shaped like a spiral.

>>22459760

What makes shounen shit be shit is that it is endless and has terrible animation. Super Robot shows have an ending and awesome mechanic animation; your point is moot.

>>22459760

Not all shounen is shit faggot

>>22459818
Shounen is the soap opera of anime.

>>22459792

Super Robot shows create the illusion of being endless because they're so dull and shitty. And awesome Norio Matsumoto fights in Naruto > stock footage bullshit in your gay robot cartoons.

>>22459760
So you are saying Mazinger and Getter are the absolute best SR shows? Cool, but not true.

Anyway, SR is to normal shounen as to high quality Belgian chocolate is to shitty Mexican Easter eggs that give you diarrhea. Except stuff like HnK and JJBA, obviously.

if this post sends in 5 i will not go to sleep.

>>22459673
You do realize that GL was purposefully filled in with a shitload of generic cliches and homages, right? Please say you do.

>>22459831

The best pile of shit is still shit.

And no, I'm saying that Mazinger is old, dated moralfag trash and Getter is for people who enjoy cocks in their ass.

>>22459828
Can't hear you over the sound of hotblood screaming

>>22459826
Shonen is a demographic, soap opera is a genre. Your comparison doesn't work.

>>22459828

Norio Matusmoto did animation for Gurren-Lagann, bro.

>>22459756
4th .

It was "artistic dirction" . Still , the director got fired afterwards.

>>22459874
I lol'd.

I'm not raging because I know you love the SR genre dearly.

>>22459906
He didn't get fired. GL used different directors each episode.
The guy who did the 4th episode is really good, but most jackasses are too stupid to see anything past regular animation styles.

>>22459906
>the director got fired afterwards
Not true, he was guesting.

>>22459784

I was reffering to Yoko and Kamina... then that stuff with Kittan made me pop a vein. They could've left that out, it was just a sucker punch right in the weak point for me

Gurren-Lagann is the closest to Religious Experience i'll ever get.

NUMINOSITY OF GAR

>>22459909

Wrong. I hate having my /m/ threads posted in by the mech equivalent of Narutards.

>>22459946
I had no problems with it on the whole, I just think he took too many liberties with the character designs. Yoko lost about 2 cup sizes, for example.

Dear OP, I just want you to know when I finished the show three months ago I came on in the evening to profess loving TTGL, and feeling guilty about how much I loved it... and everyone said they understood, and it was awesome, and the bestest end evar, blah, blah, blah.

So, ITT... summertime and internet trolls.

>>22459760
Ideon says your full of shit

>>22459949
>Gurren-Lagann is the closest to Religious Experience i'll ever get.

It was good.

>>22460008
/thread

TTGL is good. The fanbase is not.

>>22459974
I just re-read my own post, and couldn't help laugh at the irony of a pedo complaining that a female character's breasts had shrunk...

>>22459949
You're right. GL is a lot like religion. A lot of faggots trying to shove their beliefs down the throats of others and causing shitstorms.

>>22460008

It was a lot better than Gainax previous SR shows Gunbuster and Diebuster; at least this had proper planning. Gunbuster is a writing mess and Diebuster suffered from trying to suck Gunbuster's cock a little bit too much. Excellent ending, though.

Just wait for the second movie to be released in a format you can all watch before making new threads about Gurren, you idiots.

>>22459708
That's weird. I thought nearly every episode from 9 to 16 was complete and utter shit. I actually stopped watching around episode 11-13 or so, only to pick it up again a year later. Nia and Emo-Simon, ugh.

It is a good series overall, even if it doesn't quite live up to the hype.

I don't get it...

It was an alright anime. I don't think it's bad, but it's certainly not good enough to be list in top10 anime or anything.

I don't get people who like it that much at all. Oh well, it's the matter of opinion I guess.

And I know a kid who said TTGL changed his life. What the fuck

>>22460030
In what ways is Gunbuster a writing mess? It just seemed to me that we were seeing things from Norika's relativity-fucked vewpoint.

>>22459632

Nabari no Ou is Naruto with more gay

Maybe I'm just not getting it, but what's the main appeal? Don't get me wrong, I like watching it but all it seems to me is: Problem > inspirational messages > giant robot transformation > defeat enemy

Am I simplifying it too much? I like Simon (even if his powers are broke), but the plot seems so...shallow?

>>22460064

Did you watch it while it aired or not?

>>22460092

I meant in terms of planning and overall structure. It's obvious they were aiming for a longer kind of show.

>>22460064
It's that some people see value in hotblood.

GL didn't change my life, but that was only because I had seen other hotblooded SR shows before.

>>22460051
GL the OVA series stands on its own without the movies. They don't complete it, they complement it.

>>22460104
>Plot
>super robot show
What?
I think you watched GL for the wrong reasons.

>>22460107

Yes, does it make any difference?

>>22460120

I like hotblood, but still, I don't really see anything that special about it.

>>22460113
Perhaps Anno is a method director (resists temptation to use smiley)

>>22460104

Mushishi:

Problem with random person > Ginko arrives > IT'S MUSHI

Repeat for 24 episodes.

FLCL

Naota has some kind of sexual problem > Robots come out of his head > Canti turns red

Repeat for 6 episodes.

Cowboy Bebop

Spike is hungry > bounty appears on TV > Spike blows it

Repeat for 26 episodes

whilst there is a gurren lagann thread about, i just got through watching it myself, whats the deal with the very start of the first episode? it doesnt seem to fit in.

>>22459831

It's sad that people think JoJo and HnK are actually good.

>>22460064

I understand what they are trying to say but they are using the wrong word here. They probably just finish watching the show

>>22460173

You can't judge it when you simplified it like that, retard

>>22460173
Yes, those are episodic animus, what's your point?

>>22460158

I love the rythmical and crqazy animation, quirky characters and great writing/planning.

>>22460126

I mean: DON'T BURN THE TOPIC, WE WILL HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT WHEN THE MOVIE COMES OUT.

>>22459760
I'll just enjoy my hotblooded awesome over on /m/ while you continue to watch whatever EDGY/MOE shite you possibly watch
Pic related, it's your probable boring arse taste in anime

>>22460222

My point is that you love oversimplification.

>>22460213
I think that is his point.

its sad people think Ichigo Mashimaro and Lucky Star are good.

>>22460224
>crazy

Derp.

ITT: overrated shows.

>>22460252

But they are good

>>22460238
I liked both Death Note and TTGL

>>22460144
Eva and some Gundams have a general plot. Well, okay, there's a back plot at least.

>>22460173
Well using FLCL is a bad example. Everyone knows that shit has no plot, but we all like it for the animation and the pillows. Actually, fuck, I'll give you Bebop too. Fuck, I'll shut up now.

>>22460194

Does it make any difference?

>>22460030
It's just a preference of mine, don't read too much into it.

>>22460104
>Problem > inspirational messages > giant robot transformation > defeat enemy

First off, let's be clear that this is something that obviously appeals on some everlasting level. There WILL be giant robot shows until the end of time.

We start TTGL with wimpy kid and crazy "brother-figure". This is fun. It moves quickly, good animation, it sucks you in. Then you get the literal "space flight" launch at the end of the first episode. Strong start. Second episode covers a lot of the typical concepts of giant robot shows and combining in a great parody fashion. Few episodes to bring in additional character, and then we have Kamina's death. It's over the top and GAR wonderful. Nia's addition afterwards is interesting in that you are meant to hate her compassion and eventually broken down by it. Episode 11, Simon's coming out party, is badass. Episode 15 is an interesting finale. At this point, we've had a very good, if not generic, show.

Where I think TTGL shines, and changes peoples lives, and all of that wonderful shit is part 2. First off, we get to see a time skip done right. The characters all have a progression that makes some sense, but the WORLD has a progression that is perfect. From the ineffective government, to the people forgetting what the world was like a few short years before-- pitch perfect. The final "GARlock" saga takes a lot of classical ideas to new heights. The idea of warriors without a war, and then the idea of a "second" war. The "you could be the villain" concept is pretty sweet as well. Finally, the fact that we go from digging tunnels underground to GALAXY CHUCKING is pretty fucking swell.

>this thread

I liked the parody aspect of it, how it didn't take itself too seriously, and how over the top it was. Unfortunately it lost a lot of that with Kamina's death and the following episodes. It did pick some of it back toward the end again though.

>>22460173
K-ON: Nothing happens at all > repeated for every episode

>>22460238
>over on /m/
Where the cool guys hang out?

>>22460238

Not Death Note, but I suppose Code Geass was a good show. Better than any hyperactive manchild cartoon anyway.

>>22460299
Gundam is a real robot show. Having an actual plot and a proper setting is what made them so different from Mazinger-style super robot shows.
Evangelion was pretty much monster of the week until episode 20 or so. And the plot was there just to show that "SUPER ROBOTS - HOTBLOOD = BAD".