Gurren Lagann, not so good.

I personally love TTGl, but beware the incoming shitstorm.

>>59005844
This.
Babby's first getter robo.

It's my favorite anime, but expect people to get angry at your opinion.

>>59005844
I don't think we watched the same show, then. Because what I watched was easily the most entertaining and well-paced anime I've ever seen.

>>59005821
Now watch the parallel works and the movies.

It is pretty mediocre, it has a ton of loop holes. A lot of the characters feel superficial. The battles are not very well thought out.

The main premise though, as simple as it is, is brilliant. And it only gets better.

I hate how the show tried to force you to believe that Simon was a Kamina replacement. Also Yoko does not look 14

NOW GO WATCH SOME GAOGAIGAR GODDAMMIT

>>59005910
This.

Just finished it aswell. Downloaded the movies while watching the parallel works. The movies are basically the same thing but better animation and fights.

Gurren Lagann was one of my most enjoyed anime of all time.

And, true to the series' theme, I couldn't give a pig-mole's arse if it was actually good or not.

>>59005943

It's implied that Yoko is actually older. Having lived underground, the definition of 'year' is completely open to interperetation.

>>59005986
This

>>59005943
The more "superficial" characters come off as parody/comic relief anyway. The main cast (Kamina, Yoko, Simon, Viral, Rossiou, Nia, etc.) all had a great amount of development, and the show was short enough that it never really dwelled on character development too much.

Plus, the whole point of the latter half was that no one could replace Kamina, and that Simon had to become his own man. He was never supposed to be a Kamina replacement.

>>59006047
Whatever helps you sleep at night.

>>59006116
Fapping to Yoko helps me sleep yes

>>59005821
It's my favorite show, and has been since I first watched it while it was airing in 2007. Glad you loved it as much as I did OP. Check out the movies, they're mostly recap, but they both have some redone/improved scenes (especially the second movie. You HAVE to watch the redone final battle).

Like others already said though, this thread is probably going to turn into a shitshow, so beware.

>>59006116

Did your mom try to drown you when you were a kid?

>>59006161
So quotable.

>>59006161
No larger version?

>>59006047
Didn't the artbooks give an actual age of the characters? I could have sworeI read that Simon and Nia were 14, Yoko was 17 and Kamina was 19.

I've only ever read the manga, and I thought it was pretty boring.

I should watch the anime, shouldn't I?

The Plot is shit
The characters are laughably poor.
Every single part of the show is unbelievably stupid.

But you know what? You can feel the passion the creators had for this, it's easy to get caught up in the over the top antics of this show. It's entertaining.

It's Gainax's best since FLCL.

>>59006262
I have one.

>>59006346
Glorious

I love this show. Now go read the High School AU manga, OP.

>>59005821
Babbys first lolrandum trying too hard to be over the top anime.

Get some taste, OP.

Or keep on watching shit, I don't care, just don't make threads about it.

>>59006262
I've never been able to find one. Wish I could though, I'd love it as a desktop wallpaper.

Also, OP check out Double K. It's an ongoing fancomic which places the characters into a buddy-cop movie type setting.

http://doublek.thewebcomic.com/comics/1385346/merry-christmas-from-double-k/

It's wonderful.

>>59006300
>human beings single-handedly overcoming oppression through the sheer power of the human spirit eventually overthrowing an equivalent of God not once, but twice
>poor

You just don't have any FIGHTING SPIRIT!

But seriously man, it's refreshing to watch an anime that's not ridiculously convoluted and overly complex in its plot for once. The story was simple and it had the characters and action to back it up, it was great.

>>59006434

It's popcorn anime at it's finest.

>>59006161
Here.

I love you, >>59006346

I don't know much about Mecha but TTGL to me felt like a big fat homage to the genre and just dumb as shit fun fun in general. It looked pretty to boot. I had a stupid grin on my face during that series. Good times.

>>59006486
Fucking this.

You can't fault it for not being deep, that's not what it was trying to do.

Ten out of ten, 5 star anime. Best super robot anime of the 00s and one of the best tv anime of the 00s.

It's my favorite anime OP, and don't listen to the haters, they either didn't watch it in 2007 or didn't watch it at all.

>>59005821
/a/ has mixed emotions about it. When it was airing, the entire board was in love with it. Now, years later, /a/ is full of hipsters who try to write it off as something bad since it got popular.

Lets be honest, if this aired for the first time next season, it would be AOTYFAY. You know it to be true

>>59005969
I watched GaoGaiGar before TTGL and still love TTGL more.

At least TTGL didn't have a repeat of content in the early episodes like GGG.

Though GGG easily has the better voice actors and opening.

>>59006507
No problem, I just ran a reverse image search with Google

>>59006432
THIS.

EVERYONE READ DOUBLE K.

This comic deserves as much fan support as it can get.

watch the movies

It made me feel really, really good. Still makes when i think about the show. If only all entertainment was as good as this one was. Also go watch the second movie, it's a 2.5 hour long version of the second part of the series where the last half an hour they take shit up even one notch more.

Pic fucking related.

>>59006617
Shit nigga! Spoilah that shit!

It's my favorite anime. Most people like it. There is a vocal minority who hate it and must make sure you know that.

OP here, only complaint I sort of have is that the episodes directly following Kamina's death until Simon gets a hold of himself were pretty boring. Plus Nia started out super annoying. That was only like 3 episodes though, after that it picked back up and was back to being fucking awesome non-stop.

>>59006615
Take this shit to somewhere else, kid.

How many anime have you watched op? 3?

When i watched gurren lagann i didn't feel anything, overrated shit only children would like.

I enjoyed it. I would rewatch it but you know how scary backlogs are.

>>59006161
>>59006346

Those quotes look like they're from the dub...

>Watching dubbed anime
>ISHYGDDT

>>59006711
I personally never liked Nia, bitch felt emotionless to the very end.

>>59006755

You probably expected something deep.

>>59006711
I can agree with that. Those episodes were necessary though I thought, since it wouldn't have made much sense for Simon to be okay instantly after his bro died.

>>59006571
This is what TTGL fans actually believe.
No wonder people hate on this show.

For me it was just an average show just like there are 100 others, nothing special at all.

>>59006776
OP here, one of the reasons I started watching this in the first place was because I wanted a new anime and found that it actually had a pretty good dub. Kamina's voice initially seemed a little odd, but it really worked once I adjusted to it, and it sounds like the voice actors were all good at acting. Definitely one of the better dubs I've seen, the whole reason I started watching it was because I was sick of reading anime.

>>59006755

You're so cool and mature, I bet you think EVA is deep

>>59006814
True, it's just the show reached such a huge climax with Kamina's death and then it kind of hung there in sadness and character development for a while before getting back on its feet. It was necessary, just a big contrast.

>>59006836
It's fine to be a hater. Without you, the balance of non-haters and haters would be thrown off.

>>59006846
>Watching it dubbed
Remembering all those scenes, all those quotes, those DURILLU moments in the original japanese voices, i can't imagine them sounding as good in english.

>>59006873
Maybe you should go back to your show based around a guy yelling stupid oneliners.
Simon saving every episode with bullshit power, and then still proclaim it's good and your favorite anime.
Seriously sometimes the taste on /a/ is so shit it's unbelieveable.

>>59006935
As expected TTGLfags hate the only good character in their show.

>>59006935
Oh but i'm not a hater as i said just an average show, it isn't noteworthy enough to be even hating on, i'm neutral.

>>59006990
As expected of TTGL haters to be exactly like the worst character in the show.

OMG /mu/ I JUST LISTENED TO ITAOTS
OMG /lit/ I JUST READ ULYSSES
OMG /tv/ I JUST WATCHED LOST
OMG /jp/ I JUST PLAYED FATE STAY NIGHT
OMG /a/ I JUST WATCHED A GAINAX ANIME
OMG /v/ I JUST PLAYED LEGEND OF ZELDA
OMG /co/ I JUST SAW A DISNEY MOVIE

>>59006962
I watched the first four or so episodes in Japanese a few months back since my ex was really into it, then I got bored and downloaded it again and tried the English out. I was really pleasantly surprised, it's on par with the Japanese acting if I remember correctly. The voice actors don't sound like they were pulled off the street.

>>59007069
...Yes?

How is that wrong?

>>59007069
>/v/
>Legend of Zelda

You never go to /v/, do you?

>>59007065
Indeed, I hate being a dead virgin faggot.

>>59007178
He should've went with uncharted.

>>59006846

The dub isn't bad, it's just not good. Sme of the line readings are really irksome. Simon saying "This drill is the drill that creates the heavens" instead of "pierces the heavens", the antispiral loses his badass vocal effect, the stupid "EAT THIS!!!" "NEVERRRR!" line...Actually, the dub is pretty bad...

I thought it was pretty good, but like everybody else in this thread has said "mixed opinions."

>>59007178
why would I?

>>59007267
Eh, I guess I didn't notice because I don't know what the original Jap lines say. They seemed to fit with the situations, though, and the characters always sounded like they were displaying the right emotions. That's more than I can say for most dubs I've seen.

>>59006976

Maybe you should go jerk off to your pseudo-intelectual bullshit anime that does nothing but use names from judeo-christian mythology and have a bunch of whiny emo characters and horrible pacing and call it the best and most deep piece of media known to man because the world explodes and the end and so sad lik dis if u cry evrytime

Meanwhile I'll be watching an actual FUN and inspiring anime, the kind that actually gives you a positive reaction and makes you feel like you can take on the world just by the sheer emotion it has.

>>59007266
He shouldn't have went with a video game at all, it should be

OMG /v/ I JUST WENT TO GAMESTOP
or
OMG /v/ I HATE WOMEN FOR NOT HAVING SEX WITH ME ;_;

>>59007387
'fun' is just a buzzword so people can say somthing about their favorite anime that doesn't have any redeeming factors.

Also what is that anime you are describing, sounds good i would like to watch it.

>>59007523
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>/v/

I didn't like it. I just found it really fucking dumb. And not the brand of dumb of something like FLCL which actually has a surprising amount of substance to it despite what was on the surface. TTGL was just plain dumb and boring. The characters weren't interesting, the fights weren't clever, the pacing was poor. The only things I liked about the show were some particularly well done scenes (scattered throughout 26 episodes of mediocrity), the design of the King Kittan, and Rossiu who I loved as a character. The fact that TTGL's fanbase has such a deep hatred for Rossiu just alienates me from their way of thinking even more.

I consider this show no better than Naruto. But that's just, like, my opinion man.

God I love this show

>>59007604

>the design of the King Kittan

Really?

It's just like... a star man

It's probably the worst and most boring design in the show

>>59007604
>dumb

But... that was the point.

"Kick logic out the window and blah blah blah I can't remember the quote"

That's the whole point, it's not supposed to be deep or make sense, it's just supposed to feel good when you watch it.

And Rossiou was a complete and total faggot but at least he redeems himself when he goes off to commit suicide. That somehow made everything right again.

>>59007604
And i admire you for that honest and critically opinion.
If i could i'd become your friend but sadly i don't leave my house.

>>59007761
So it's shit but knows it's shit?

>>59007761

>"Kick logic out the window and blah blah blah I can't remember the quote"

IGNORING COMMON SENSE TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE

THAT'S THE TEAM LAGANN WAY

>>59007828
Kind of...

More like it's ridiculous and it knows it's ridiculous so it doesn't take itself too seriously, and instead of avoiding cliches it embraces them and is able to laugh and make fun of itself. Which is definitely refreshing.

>>59007828

More like it's awesome and it knows that it's awesome.

>>59007604
Rossiu was a good character because it was the "realistically thinking" guy in the show which main theme was "we are capable of more than we can rationally imagine." There was just no way his type was gonna win when the moral of the story was that.

>>59007761
How can a boring show make you feel good though? I don't understand that logic.
If you are saying the Kamina yelling bullshit is supposed to make me feel good i wonder what kind of underage monkey wrote that post.
A well thought out show would make me feel good, but not this crap that is called TTGL.

>>59007732
I liked it, I thought it was pretty unique. Also I couldn't help but see it as a banana, which made me happy inside.

>>59007761
>But... that was the point.
I can kind of understand this, but I don't think it excuses everything about the show. In particular the pacing. A show to switch your brain off to should still have good pacing. TTGL did not.

>>59007920
Rossiou was just a more intolerable Leron.

>Dat feel when you will be never able to watch it for the first time again

I thought TTGL was boring.

>>59008000
Everytime I rewatch it I like it just like the first time. Maybe even more.

>>59005821
shit, and you all know it. honestly I cant believe I sat through it all. when it was all over I got so depressed because I thought to myself "how the hell can anyone think this is good?"

>>59007961
>boring
How was a show with so much action and fun characters and dialogue boring? I don't see the logic in that.

And it's not Kamina yelling things that make you feel good, it's watching all the crazy shit that goes down and the way the characters all grow over the course of the show to live up to their potential. While it wasn't as well-thought out as other shows, it was still pretty well done.

>>59007961

>everyone who likes TTGL is an underaged monkey

>>59007856

;_;

>>59007980
The series was pretty clearly divided into 3 distinct arcs, and the pacing within each of those arcs was consistent. It has breaks when you're marathoning it but that's the way the story itself is divided.

>>59008102
The dialogue stank.
The characters were all shallow.
I don't like the way action is directed and executed in this show.

It's fucking boring.

Haters gonna hate

>>59008186
>opinion
>objectively wrong
>opinion

How do people become people like you? Like, how can people just not enjoy enjoyable things? I don't understand it.

>>59008113
No he's right. TTGL was big in 2007, when newfag summer hit and about 400 million 12 year olds discovered 4chan simultaneously. Right now those kids are 16/17 and still underage monkeys who love TTGL.

>>59008102
I would like to see anime that was more well thought than TTGL. I want some fucking names, of anime that was more "well thought" than TTGL. Anime in it's bare essence is a simple form of entertainment, and TTGL was simple fun. Not to mention it had some of the best animation in anime ever.

>>59008248
>how can people just not enjoy enjoyable things?
not him, but the concept of enjoyability is more subjective than anything he posted.
Something you find enjoyable=/=what everyone finds enjoyable.

>>59008252
Summer 2010 and 2011 were WAY fucking worse, 4chan at this point is practically dead. I'd give anything to have the 07 days back.

>>59008248
>how come people don't like what I like
fucks sake.

>>59008256
Bebop.

>>59005821
>laughed your ass off
I hope you were laughing at just how shit this was.

>>59008248
Maybe he just has some emotional trauma that makes him miss everything with life force on this earth. Wouldn't be the craziest mental disorder. And remember, crazy people never think they are crazy themselfs.

>>59008256
>some of the best animation in anime ever.
Let's not get carried away.

why can't this board fucking agree on anything

been lurking for months and every single thread you guys just go "This is the best" and "this is the worst piece of shit ever" back and forth forever

its like you are incapable of judging a shows actual quality and can only sit here and bitch about people liking what you don't like

>>59008349
It's not that it's what I like, because I'm sure as hell not the only person who liked this show or found it fun to watch. In fact it's almost like it's popularity is deterring people from seeing the positive qualities in it. /v/ and /mu/ do the exact same thing.

I guess people always have a need to feel different, even when there is literally no reason to. The only reasons I've heard about why this show is "shit" so far is shallow statements like "it's boring" or "the characters are flat" or "the dialogue stinks" or "babby's first ___" with no explanation. I mean seriously, stop trying so hard.

>>59008463
>Different people have different opinions.
Gasp.

>>59008353
Well yeah at least in Bepop the main characters persona was really three-dimensional, but the show's philosophy was not more complex than that of TTGL.

The only thing this thread has taught me is that everyone who wants to talk about liking TTGL is ridiculously new.

>>59008465
>accuse other people of trying hard
>YOU CAN'T NOT ENJOY WHAT I ENJOY
seriously kid, just leave.

>>59008497
That wasn't the point of my post.

I guess what I mean is, why can't you people leave eachother alone, why can't you see a thread for a show you don't like and just leave it be instead of going in and inserting your opinion that nobody cares about?

>>59008534
By "well thought-out" I meant the way all the separate stories came together at the end and influenced the way the characters interacted with each other.

>>59008463
because opinions

>>59008465
I don't understand people like you, how can you be so stupid?
They are giving you arguements like solid arguements why they dislike the show.
And u write it off as them being a hipster, they look for faults because it's popular.
You're on /a/ has it ever crossed your mind for 2seconds that there are many people here who just have way higher standars then naruto and TTGL?

>>59008549

How new?

>>59007920
Yeah I really don't understand the hate he gets. He was a good leader and made wise decisions to very tough problems (note:the wisest choice is not always the best choice). And the drawbacks haunted him. His only 'problem' was that he was unaware of exactly the type of show he was in. Which, actually, isn't his fault at all.

>>59008102
See I personally found the characters and dialogue obnoxious, and the action didn't appeal to me. There are two types of fighting in shonen. One type involves the use of intelligence and tactics. Examples are Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Hunter x Hunter. The other is powerlevel based fighting that is either 'who can punch the hardest' or involves a fighting system so lacking in limits that the protagonist can be bailed out whenever it's appropriate to the plot (Spiral Power). Examples are TTGL and DBZ. I personally prefer the former.

>>59008608
Nobody cares about your opinion either.
Does that mean you shouldn't post in this thread too?

>>59008416
Just by the amount of frames being used by episodes it goes to top list on animation in anime. Of course i am not talking about overall quality (dat fourth episode) but some of the scenes are just technically on the top list so to speak.