Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: Lagann-hen

K.O.Kiki

Did you watch Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann?

If [YES] -- go watch this, it will blow your mind with fanservice to the power of infinity.

If [NO] -- what the hell is wrong with you?
Watch it!

Zeouterlimits

It's certainly great if you're a fan of TTGL anyway.
Superb additions to the ending, I quite enjoyed it. Heard nothing about either movie being licensed though, which slight saddens me, I wonder if the Western licensors thought Gurren Lagann would perform better.

Cy_Revenant

I felt Gurren-Han ruined the first half of Gurren Lagann, I feel this ruins the second half.

There. I said it.

robby^5

Aren't these basically feature length clip shows? To hell with that

Zeouterlimits

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

I felt Gurren-Han ruined the first half of Gurren Lagann, I feel this ruins the second half.
There. I said it.

I'll agree on Gurren-han bungling a fair bit of the first half, but why do you say it ruins the second half?

K.O.Kiki

50-50.
Half the movie(s) is compressing 10-odd episodes into 75mins.
The rest are brand new fight sequences.
And Lagann-hen just KINDA ups the GAR of the final battle.
KIIIINDAAAAAAAA :pac:

Mindkiller

Found it pointless and dull.

Cy_Revenant

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

I'll agree on Gurren-han bungling a fair bit of the first half, but why do you say it ruins the second half?

No no, you have it all wrong. I like the first half of Gurren-han. It summerises the first arc of the show beautifully. Seeing how episodes 4,5 and 6 are the weakest of the entire series, this is a good thing.

It was the second half that annoyed me. That big bombastic over the top fight, combining the second half of the series into one outrageous battle that I didn't like.

"Oh hey, here's a good idea, lets take out all the build-up, suspense and the gradual growth of Simon and replace it all with more explosions and a pink DayakKaiser!"

Zeouterlimits

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

No no, you have it all wrong. I like the first half of Gurren-han. It summerises the first arc of the show beautifully. Seeing how episodes 4,5 and 6 are the weakest of the entire series, this is a good thing.

Woops, I was unclear, my apologies. I meant I agree about Gurren-hen, but why do you say Lagann-hen ruins the second half (of the entire series)?

Overheal

maybe ill find it when im pecking for a re-watch but im not hugely driven to go find this thing and watch it. I was quite happy where I left the original, and would rather not upset that content feeling i already have.

Mindkiller

I was pissed that they cut out the simon-tearing-thorugh-space-and-time-to-punch-Rossiu-in-the-face-scene.

Changing '1 million monkeys' to 'lol dont go to the moon' was crap as well. And what do they do? They go the moon. Derp

Cy_Revenant

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

Woops, I was unclear, my apologies. I meant I agree about Gurren-hen, but why do you say Lagann-hen ruins the second half (of the entire series)?

I was unclear again.

I feel that Gurren-hen ruined episodes 9-14.

Zeouterlimits

That I understand (and completely agree on).
But it's your opinion of Lagann-hen that I was hoping you'd explain.

rochardgems

@K.O.Kiki love that show simply incomparable to any anime out there.

Linoud

Mindkiller wrote: »

I was pissed that they cut out the simon-tearing-thorugh-space-and-time-to-punch-Rossiu-in-the-face-scene.

Changing '1 million monkeys' to 'lol dont go to the moon' was crap as well. And what do they do? They go the moon. Derp

They took that out? NO. They cant!

I'll go check it out now I guess. =[

Cy_Revenant

Zeouterlimits wrote: »

That I understand (and completely agree on).
But it's your opinion of Lagann-hen that I was hoping you'd explain.

I just thought it was all too much. All way too over the top. This might sound a little silly, but I thought the original took it just far enough. The fist fight with the anti-spiral? It was too much for me.

The original had plenty of massive, ridiculous over the top fight scenes, but it knew where to stop.

ZeitgeistGlee

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

The original had plenty of massive, ridiculous over the top fight scenes, but it knew where to stop.

I have to agree with this sentiment, Gurren and Lagann-Hen both just pushed a little too far with being over the top and ended up being a bit ridiculous. I'm a huge fan of a regular series but these went a little too far for me although I did like the fact most of the Dai Gurren pilots survived in Lagann-Hen, all of them dying/being kill off in TTGL never sat well with me.

Zeouterlimits

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

I just thought it was all too much. All way too over the top. This might sound a little silly, but I thought the original took it just far enough. The fist fight with the anti-spiral? It was too much for me.

The original had plenty of massive, ridiculous over the top fight scenes, but it knew where to stop.

Huh. I can see what you're saying, and the original is certainly superior, personal canon if you will.
But I liked the physical fight, felt physical and had alot of weight in it.
I like to think of Lagann-hen as a kind of fun fanfiction-esc scenario.
What if all those idiots didn't die in episode 24? What if Nia got her own Gunman?
It's neat in a fan-service way, but not in a "This is the only way I'll experience the series".
If it comes out on DVD (preferably Blu-Ray) I'd pick it up, just like I did the series.