Why is gurren lagann so good

My favorite side character was Leeron, the gay but not blatant as you may think mechanic of the team who almost always keeps his cool no matter the situation. Even when the show becomes much darker later on, he's level-headed and intelligent throughout. One thing that really helps Gurren Lagann shine is that the series does eventually explain everything that is happening, and throws in quite a few plot twists in as well.

There's also a seven year time skip following the events of episode 15, with episode 17 being the start of an arc that lasts for the rest of the series. Episode 16 is a clip show, and a fairly good one at that. Friends are betrayed, loved ones torn apart, and some of the pilots even die. The final battle is a little cheesy and over the top, but in the context of the series it works well, though the end result for Simon isn't exactly the happiest of moments for the guy.

So with all my praise towards this series, it sounds like a five star anime, right? Unfortunately, no. For one, I didn't care for Nia. She just shows up from nowhere in a box in episode 9 and automatically becomes Simon's love interest faster than you can say "Connect Four".

It doesn't help that her debut comes right after a major event in the story line. It makes her introduction awkward, to say the least. And of course Yoko is annoyed by her presence, which results in an obligatory bonding episode of the two whose first half doubles as a beach episode.

This is where we find out that Yoko wears more clothes on the beach than she does normally, which is fairly amusing in itself. I also don't care for Nia because she clashes so horribly with all the other characters at first. She looks like a dating sim character, not a heroine of a mecha series.

I also can't stand her voice, which is performed by the questionably on helium actress of hers, Yukari Fukui. Not surprisingly, a lot of the Gurren Lagann staff worked on that OAV series before this, which is no doubt the reason she voices Nia here. The end of episode 8 threw me for a loop the first time I saw it, mainly a certain scene at the end of the episode that caused quite an uproar when it first aired. Even people who've never watched the series know what happened in this episode!

I'm not going to tell you what, but for the curious there's the Internet to look up that information. And lastly there's the fact that Yoko, the intelligent, headstrong female fatale of the group, leaves after the time skip until the last five episodes of the series, which results in a flashback that clashes quite badly with the events going on in the series at the time.

But that's just something I only have a beef with, probably. The flashy, action-packed series proved to be an instant hit in the community, and here are 10 reasons why that is.

This specific aspect of the anime series is particularly impressive since this is an anime back from April of ; almost 13 years ago. It truly is a testament to how skillful studio Gainax was, and currently is, in crafting a masterful, sleek and smooth-looking art and animation style. The art style is incredibly appealing to the eye, and the actual animation and movement of everything that is on the screen transitions in a smooth, clean manner.

This is vastly important for an anime like Gurren Lagann that relies heavily on exciting and very fast-paced action sequences. As previously touched upon in the last entry, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is primarily a fast-paced science fiction action anime series. Therefore, how well the action plays out is a big part of the appeal of the anime series itself.

All of the action throughout the series is exhilarating and an absolute joy to watch. One can't help but smile whenever there is any fight of any scale going on on-screen. That is also the beauty of the action in the series—which will be further explored down this list—that is the action starts small and by the end goes on galactic proportions. While on the topic of the series overall being an action one and how the action itself is so fun to watch, the natural next step would be to talk about the literal machinations that drive forward the action in the anime.

That would naturally be the mechs throughout the series Gurren Lagann. While there is a little bit of action in the series without the use of the actual mechs, they are primarily the main source of the action. After all, while Gurren Lagann is an action anime, it also fits in under the mech sub-genre of anime. The actual designs of the mechs are also fun to look at as they are all unique and inventive by nature.

The action and the mechs of Gurren Lagann are all crucial, of course, but any piece of fiction is nothing without a well-rounded cast of characters whether they be just a main cast or including side characters. Thankfully, all of the characters of the anime are endearing and fun to get invested in. While some more casual viewers might think that, on a surface level, at least, that because the series is one about a bunch of giant robot mechs punching and shooting each other that the characters are merely bystanders.

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