History Gush / TengenToppaGurrenLagann

* ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' has incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''.

* ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' holds a special title as the only show this troper has stayed up until seven in the morning to watch (I was originally going to stop after the defeat of Lordgenome, but I just had to see what else was going to happen). Everything about this show is wonderful. The animation is, [[BizarroEpisode Episode 4 notwithstanding]], solid at worst and amazing at best. The characters are great and most are well-developed ([[{{Fanservice}} In more ways than one]]), with only a few (Namely Artenborrough and Cytomander) that I found annoying. The mecha themselves were cool and the fights involving them even moreso. Since the few anime I'd been introduced to by then I wasn't too fond of, and typically wrote off as "edgy, cynical crap," seeing such an idealistic and hopeful series was a pleasant surprise. Even after viewing the series multiple times, I still find all the Tearjerkers (Especially [[spoiler:The wedding]]), all the Heartwarming Moments (Especially [[spoiler:Kamina's final reappearance]]), and all the Crowning Moments of Awesome (Especially ''[[{{HSQ}} the entire final battle sequence]]'') just as effective as on my first viewing. And to top it all off, [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing It's got a great English dub, too.]] So don't worry about having to watch subtitles if you're too busy to remain glued to your screen, even if the show itself will make you stay there a few times.

* ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' has incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''.

* ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' holds a special title as the only show this troper has stayed up until seven in the morning to watch (I was originally going to stop after the defeat of Lordgenome, but I just had to see what else was going to happen). Everything about this show is wonderful. The animation is, [[BizarroEpisode Episode 4 notwithstanding]], solid at worst and amazing at best. The characters are great and most are well-developed ([[{{Fanservice}} In more ways than one]]), with only a few (Namely Artenborrough and Cytomander) that I found annoying. The mecha themselves were cool and the fights involving them even moreso. Since the few anime I'd been introduced to by then I wasn't too fond of, and typically wrote off as "edgy, cynical crap," seeing such an idealistic and hopeful series was a pleasant surprise. Even after viewing the series multiple times, I still find all the Tearjerkers (Especially [[spoiler:The wedding]]), all the Heartwarming Moments (Especially [[spoiler:Kamina's final reappearance]]), and all the Crowning Moments of Awesome (Especially ''[[{{HSQ}} the entire final battle sequence]]'') just as effective as on my first viewing. And to top it all off, [[SuperlativeDubbing It's got a great English dub, too.]] So don't worry about having to watch subtitles if you're too busy to remain glued to your screen, even if the show itself will make you stay there a few times.

* Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann isn't just awesome within the show but the show's very existence is awesome. Once, the anime community was plagued by it's predecessor, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvagelion NeonGenesisEvagelion]], with it's dark, hopeless influence, blocking out any ray of hope or happiness. (Not saying NGE is bad. IT's good but it's damn ''[[Main/NightmareFuel frightening.]]'') Then, along comes a show that defies everything it's older brother said before it then completing what NGE did before and Reconstruct the Mecha Genre.

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''.

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* Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann isn't just awesome within the show but the show's very existence is awesome. Once, the anime community was plagued by it's predecessor, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvagelion NeonGenesisEvagelion]], with it's dark, hopeless influence, blocking out any ray of hope or happiness. (Not saying NGE is bad. IT's good but it's damn ''frightening.'') Then, along comes a show that defies everything it's older brother said before it then completing what NGE did before and Reconstruct the Mecha Genre.
** In fact, Simon is Shinji done right. Whereas Evagelion stopped after destroying everything Shinji held dear, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann drilled through the wall that stopped it and had Simon evolve beyond who he was, becoming a better person overall.
--> NGE: [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids Humanity is hopeless. There's no hope for the future. We are all doomed. We are all destined for misery.]]
--> TTGL: ([[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Rap Is A Man's Soul starts playing]]) [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers! Hey hey hey hey hey! Don't you go spouting all that nonsense about hopelessness and misery! We may trip and fall along the way, but so long as we believe in ourselves, we will evolve beyond who were a minute before!]]
--> NGE: Hush child, you know not what you speak-
--> TTGL: And you need to shut that trap of yours! Just who the hell...'''''DO YOU THINK I AM!''''' (Cue the explosion.)

--> NGE: [[SillyRabbit,IdealismIsForKids Humanity is hopeless. There's no hope for the future. We are all doomed. We are all destined for misery.]]
--> TTGL: (Rap Is A Man's Soul starts playing) [[SillyRabbit,CynicismIsForLosers! Hey hey hey hey hey! Don't you go spouting all that nonsense about hopelessness and misery! We may trip and fall along the way, but so long as we believe in ourselves, we will evolve beyond who were a minute before!]]

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''. Say it with me now: RAW RAW FIGHT DA POWER!

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is, bar none, the greatest anime This Troper has ''ever'' seen. Incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moments]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''. Say it with me now: RAW RAW FIGHT DA POWER!
** Ohgodyes. It makes [[@/AckSed this troper]] want to yell, punch the air with a clenched fist and smash stuff whilst wearing CoolShades. Whenever I hear the theme(s),I get a rush like intravenous Powerthirst. Every. Single. Time.
** Easily one of the most pleasant surprises This Troper has ever had the pleasure to see. It was incredible and surpassed heavy expectations, with numerous characters getting excellent character development, the Rossiu subplot was one of the best in anime history, with the resolution of Simon, and Kinon saving Rossiu incredible, other Directors and writers could learn something from watching this. Death isn't something you should just throw in, it should be made incredible, each character that died did so in an amazing manner.
** Gurren Lagann broke this troper's fucking dam. Nothing, no matter how tragic or powerful (said troper laughed off ''Anime/{{Grave of the Fireflies}}'', for reference) could muster anything more than a shrug. And then the last episodes happened. I wept like an infant at the pure, unabashed awesome for a full hour and went catatonic for three times that. Since then, anything in media even slightly depressing harkens back to [[spoiler: ANIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]] and the floodgates open. Congratulations, Gurren Lagann, you've given me a vagina.
** ''Gurren Lagann'' was pretty much the first anime series that this troper has ever really liked in YEARS. It's also quite probably the only show which affected him on a personal level. You can't NOT be affected in some way by the insane determination and never-say-die-in-the-face-of-insane-odds that the characters of this series possess.
*** Gurren Lagann was a major factor in overcoming clinical depression for this troper. Absolute despair? WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?
** Gurren Lagann is just so awesome, I don't know how to explain the amazingness.
** There was once a man who thought anime had lost its spirit. He believed that each passing year new anime lost more and more of the spirit and the momentum anime used to have. He believed that no series in any medium, any genre could ever hold up to the nostalgia of anime he watched as a kid or the hyperactive state two hours of cartoon action and five candy bars would drive him into. Then I got my hands on ''GURREN LAGANN'' ([[NoIndoorVoice yes, I always scream it out loud like that]]). And he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome gasped]]. And he [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming weeped]]. And he [[ReConstruction rejoiced]] [[ManlyTears with]] ''[[HotBlooded GUSTO]]''. This lurker is proud to say ''THAT HE IS THAT MAN'' and happy he just made his [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything first entry on this site with the show he loves!]]
*** There was another man, a man [[BreakTheCutie broken]] and [[DespairEventHorizon despairing]]. All of existence seemed to hold contempt for him, and it would not even let him [[DrivenToSuicide die]]. TengenToppaGurrenLagann changed that at [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the climax of its eleventh episode]]. In his soul, a drill began to spin, and as it spun he would travel forward with it, breaking his suicidal tendencies and piercing through to the light above the darkness! The sun, the moon, the stars, the very fabric of reality watched in awe as he rose again, no longer despairing but rejoicing, having found the strength of his own soul! And with great pride, I can say that I, @/LordPentium, am the man who rose again, breaking through darkness into light! Who pierced the heavens with the drill of his soul!
**** There was a teenager, who often fell into depression as he thought to himself "What REALLY IS the meaning of existence?". After he watching this anime he realized, "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. THAT is the meaning of existence!"
** Episode 11. [[spoiler: "Ore wa ore da! Anahori Shimon da!"]]
*** Gurren Lagann was enough to make me want to start watching anime again after YEARS of withdrawal to manga. Thank you, Gainax, this MORE than makes up for the disappointing parts of Eva. Hell, this isn't a reconstruction of the mecha genre, as far as I'm concerned, it's a full-blown REBIRTH.
*** This Troper had all but lost interest in anime, because of certain trends. I wasn't interested in what was airing on ''Creator/AdultSwim'' at the time either. Then I saw that this series was on Website/YouTube, and I watched it in three days. The silliness, the over-the-top-ness, the '''sincerity''' of it made me realize I there was a lot of good stuff out there and I was missing out.
** [[@/{{Skritz}} This troper]] life was changed after watching GurrenLagann. Yes, this sound ridiculous, but its true. The sheer HotBlooded determination of this incredibly cheesy show not only cheered him up, it litterally made him feel alive again! It has set him ablazed with a passion he never believed he had. AND NOW, GIVING UP IS NO LONGER PART OF HIS MENTALITY! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?
** Seconding ''everything''. This Troper, despite being a girly ''shoujo'' fan who doesn't even ''like'' Mecha Anime, fell in love with TengenToppaGurrenLagann within one just one awesomeness-filled episode. And since she doesn't have anything to say that hasn't been said here already, she would like to add that the HighSchoolAU manga, ''Guren Gakuen-hen'', has been described as a thing of beauty, and that description couldn't be more right. It's hilarious, refreshing, an [[AffectionateParody excellent but very loving parody]] of the series, LighterAndSofter in a good way while remaining true to the show and the characters, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/1/07/ has]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/2/07/ scenes]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/5/06/ like]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/1/22/ this]], and the best part? Kamina and Nia ''meeting''.
** In serious discussion, [[Tropers/LanceOmikron This Troper]] is usually careful in describing how he likes certain anime (or any story, really), but all of that goes out the window when it comes to TTGL. If asked about it, he will respond "Gurren Lagann is the greatest anime of all time!" without any hesitation.
** This troper sometimes feels very depressed, especially when utterly swamped with schoolwork that she just doesn't feel like she can finish. She has even gotten professional help to aid her in her depression, but nothing helped her the way Tengen Toppa Gurren Friggin' Lagann did. It helps her to look forward, always work harder, and that she should throw her whole self into whatever she does, attack it with Kamina's enthusiasm. She heard about it on the Net...it was everywhere! It sounded ridiculous! But there had to be something about it that people liked, so she decided to try and see what was so intriguing about it by watching it...and now she is unashamed to admit that she thinks it's the GREATEST SHOW OF ALL TIME! She loves...she loves ALL of it!
*** There are some who wonder why TTGL is so popular. They most frequently ask "What's so great about it? Isn't this all a bit childish?" To the question of why it's popular there is but one response: PASSION. Gurren Lagann is filled with vast amounts of passion in all of its facets. Animation. Music. Voice Acting. Writing. All of the people working on the series put their heart and soul into creating it and creating the story they would love to see. We cared about the story because the people responsible cared. And they gave us one hell of a ride!
** This [[ManChild thirty one year old troper]] had just finished the final season of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' and was convinced he had watched the pinnacle of serious {{Geek}} entertainment. The cynical approach was the only legitimate one from now on and those silly kids shows where a thing of the past. OK, he felt like slicing his wrists but hey: [[TrueArtIsAngsty that's how it goes]]! Then he got really bored some night and watched a few episodes of a stupid shonen show named {{GurrenLagann}} and found himself caught completely of guard by it. Goosebumbs until it hurt! Buckets and buckets of tears! Yeah, he now felt ashamed for casually dismissing the idealistic side when it clearly was still a legitimate way of thinking. How else could this goofy mech anime move him so deeply?
** [[Tropers/{{Grognor}} Grognor]]'s gushing can be found [[http://www.formspring.me/Grognor/q/280159396019845771 here]]!
** Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is, without a doubt or any debate, the best anime to come out within the last 10 years.

* The MomentOfAwesome page is making me shed ManlyTears. Not exactly something I normally do. Now to actually see the show..
* This troper was late to the party (seven years late, in fact), but this is exactly what I needed. This show is by far the most uplifting thing I've ever seen. After the ending, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I'm so sad that it's over, but it's just so uplifting that I can't manage many tears. Watching this show has probably left me feeling the best I've ever felt in my life. And I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
* Tropers/{{Arachnos}} here, seconding pretty much everything that's been said so far. Unlike a great many kids' shows which are cheesy [[{{Narm}} in a really stupid way]] (Power Rangers, I'm looking at you), TTGL pulls off being cheesy in '''the absolute best way possible''' and can easily be enjoyed by teenagers and even adults. On top of that, it's hardly all mindless fun either - the beginning of the Anti-Spiral arc has a surprisingly dark social commentary, of all things!
* A few things to put it in perspective how good this series is:
** This troper ploughed through 17 episodes of this show in a twelve-hour period just to see how the next episode would top the previous in terms of sheer awesomeness. I was up til the wee hours of the morning but it was entirely worth it.
** This troper also went and bought figurines of several characters a few hours after finishing the series to have a keepsake of that awesomeness.
** I liked literally every character in this series, even Rossiu (who's actually one of my favorite anime characters ever now; the aforementioned figurines were of Kinon and him. I mostly got the Kinon so that Rossiu wouldn't be lonely on the shelf... also because I'm a {{Shipper on Deck}}.) For me, that's really unusual, as I tend to really like a few characters in a series and kind of tolerate the rest for their sake.
** No series has ever made me cry as much as TTGL. I cried seven times when watching Les Mis, for reference.
** And I'm not even a mecha fan.
* This troper watched ''Gurren Lagann'' immediately after seeing ''Anime/KillLaKill'' (The first non-''Anime/{{Digimon}}'' or ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' anime I ever watched), and greatly enjoying it upon being recommended online. Wow. I was home alone for a weekend and I sat up from the time I got home until 7AM watching it. I was blown away. It was amazing. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love with a cast of characters in a way I hadn't since ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. To date, I consider it my favorite anime series, and always make sure to recommend it to people asking about anime, along with ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.

*** This Troper had all but lost interest in anime, because of certain trends. I wasn't interested in what was airing on ''AdultSwim'' at the time either. Then I saw that this series was on YouTube, and I watched it in three days. The silliness, the over-the-top-ness, the '''sincerity''' of it made me realize I there was a lot of good stuff out there and I was missing out.

** And I'm not even a mecha fan.

** And I'm not even a mecha fan.-{{ichigoare}]

* Tropers/{{Arachnos}} here, seconding pretty much everything that's been said so far. Unlike a great many kids' shows which are cheesy [[{{Narm}} in a really stupid way]] (Power Rangers, I'm looking at you), TTGL pulls off being cheesy in '''the absolute best way possible''' and can easily be enjoyed by teenagers and even adults. On top of that, it's hardly all mindless fun either - the beginning of the Anti-Spiral arc has a surprisingly dark social commentary, of all things!

** This [[ManChild thirty one year old troper]] had just finished the final season of ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' and was convinced he had watched the pinaccle of serious {{Geek}} entertainment. The cynical approach was the only legitimate one from now on and those silly kids shows where a thing of the past. Ok, he felt like slicing his wrists but hey: [[TrueArtIsAngsty thats how it goes]]! Then he got really bored some night and watched a few episodes of a stupid shonen show named {{GurrenLagann}} and found himself caught completely of guard by it. Goosebumbs until it hurt! Buckets and buckets of tears! Yeah, he now felt ashamed for casually dismissing the idealistic side when it clearly was still a legitimate way of thinking. How else could this goofy mech anime move him so deeply?

** Gurren Lagann broke this troper's fucking dam. Nothing, no matter how tragic or powerful (said troper laughed off {{Grave of the Fireflies}}, for reference) could muster anything more than a shrug. And then the last episodes happened. I wept like an infant at the pure, unabashed awesome for a full hour and went catatonic for three times that. Since then, anything in media even slightly depressing harkens back to [[spoiler: ANIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]] and the floodgates open. Congratulations, Gurren Lagann, you've given me a vagina.

* This troper was late to the party (seven years late, in fact), but this is exactly what I needed. This show is by far the most uplifting thing I've ever seen. After the ending, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I'm so sad that it's over, but it's just so uplifting that I can't manage many tears. Watching this show has probably left me feeling the best I've ever felt in my life. And I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

* The MomentOfAwesome page is making me shed ManlyTears. Not exactly something I normally do. Now to actually see the show..

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is, bar none, the greatest anime This Troper has ''ever'' seen. Incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOAs]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''. Say it with me now: RAW RAW FIGHT DA POWER!

* The CMoA page is making me shed ManlyTears. Not exactly something I normally do. Now to actually see the show..

* Everyone in this series is manly as hell, the women alone probably contain more testosterone than a New York high school in the spring.

HOW HAS THIS SERIES, HOME OF THE MIGHTY KAMINA, PINNACLE OF MASCULINITY, THE BADASS LEADER OF TEAM DAI-GURREN NOT RECEIVED ANY GUSHING ABOUT?!

HOW HAS THIS SERIES, HOME OF THE MIGHTY KAMINA, PINNACLE OF MASCULINITY, THE BADASS LEADER OF TEAM DAI-GURREN NOT RECEIVED ANY GUSHING ABOUT?!

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is, bar none, the greatest anime This Troper has ''ever'' seen. Incredible animation, a plot that is well-thought-out and well-paced without being more complex or DEEP than it needs to be, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOAs]] OnceAnEpisode ''at least'', and the most awesome (and humongous) HumongousMecha ''ever''. Say it with me now: RAW RAW FIGHT DA POWER!
** Ohgodyes. It makes [[@/AckSed this troper]] want to yell, punch the air with a clenched fist and smash stuff whilst wearing CoolShades. Whenever I hear the theme(s),I get a rush like intravenous Powerthirst. Every. Single. Time.
** Easily one of the most pleasant surprises This Troper has ever had the pleasure to see. It was incredible and surpassed heavy expectations, with numerous characters getting excellent character development, the Rossiu subplot was one of the best in anime history, with the resolution of Simon, and Kinon saving Rossiu incredible, other Directors and writers could learn something from watching this. Death isn't something you should just throw in, it should be made incredible, each character that died did so in an amazing manner.
** Gurren Lagann broke this troper's fucking dam. Nothing, no matter how tragic or powerful (said troper laughed off {{Grave of the Fireflies}}, for reference) could muster anything more than a shrug. And then the last episodes happened. I wept like an infant at the pure, unabashed awesome for a full hour and went catatonic for three times that. Since then, anything in media even slightly depressing harkens back to [[spoiler: ANIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]] and the floodgates open. Congratulations, Gurren Lagann, you've given me a vagina.
** ''Gurren Lagann'' was pretty much the first anime series that this troper has ever really liked in YEARS. It's also quite probably the only show which affected him on a personal level. You can't NOT be affected in some way by the insane determination and never-say-die-in-the-face-of-insane-odds that the characters of this series possess.
*** Gurren Lagann was a major factor in overcoming clinical depression for this troper. Absolute despair? WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?
** Gurren Lagann is just so awesome, I don't know how to explain the amazingness.
** There was once a man who thought anime had lost its spirit. He believed that each passing year new anime lost more and more of the spirit and the momentum anime used to have. He believed that no series in any medium, any genre could ever hold up to the nostalgia of anime he watched as a kid or the hyperactive state two hours of cartoon action and five candy bars would drive him into. Then I got my hands on ''GURREN LAGANN'' ([[NoIndoorVoice yes, I always scream it out loud like that]]). And he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome gasped]]. And he [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming weeped]]. And he [[ReConstruction rejoiced]] [[ManlyTears with]] ''[[HotBlooded GUSTO]]''. This lurker is proud to say ''THAT HE IS THAT MAN'' and happy he just made his [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything first entry on this site with the show he loves!]]
*** There was another man, a man [[BreakTheCutie broken]] and [[DespairEventHorizon despairing]]. All of existence seemed to hold contempt for him, and it would not even let him [[DrivenToSuicide die]]. TengenToppaGurrenLagann changed that at [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the climax of its eleventh episode]]. In his soul, a drill began to spin, and as it spun he would travel forward with it, breaking his suicidal tendencies and piercing through to the light above the darkness! The sun, the moon, the stars, the very fabric of reality watched in awe as he rose again, no longer despairing but rejoicing, having found the strength of his own soul! And with great pride, I can say that I, @/LordPentium, am the man who rose again, breaking through darkness into light! Who pierced the heavens with the drill of his soul!
**** There was a teenager, who often fell into depression as he thought to himself "What REALLY IS the meaning of existence?". After he watching this anime he realized, "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. THAT is the meaning of existence!"
** Episode 11. [[spoiler: "Ore wa ore da! Anahori Shimon da!"]]
*** Gurren Lagann was enough to make me want to start watching anime again after YEARS of withdrawal to manga. Thank you, Gainax, this MORE than makes up for the disappointing parts of Eva. Hell, this isn't a reconstruction of the mecha genre, as far as I'm concerned, it's a full-blown REBIRTH.
** [[@/{{Skritz}} This troper]] life was changed after watching GurrenLagann. Yes, this sound ridiculous, but its true. The sheer HotBlooded determination of this incredibly cheesy show not only cheered him up, it litterally made him feel alive again! It has set him ablazed with a passion he never believed he had. AND NOW, GIVING UP IS NO LONGER PART OF HIS MENTALITY! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?
** Seconding ''everything''. This Troper, despite being a girly ''shoujo'' fan who doesn't even ''like'' Mecha Anime, fell in love with TengenToppaGurrenLagann within one just one awesomeness-filled episode. And since she doesn't have anything to say that hasn't been said here already, she would like to add that the HighSchoolAU manga, ''Guren Gakuen-hen'', has been described as a thing of beauty, and that description couldn't be more right. It's hilarious, refreshing, an [[AffectionateParody excellent but very loving parody]] of the series, LighterAndSofter in a good way while remaining true to the show and the characters, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/1/07/ has]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/2/07/ scenes]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/5/06/ like]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_-_Guren_Gakuenhen/1/22/ this]], and the best part? Kamina and Nia ''meeting''.
** In serious discussion, [[Tropers/LanceOmikron This Troper]] is usually careful in describing how he likes certain anime (or any story, really), but all of that goes out the window when it comes to TTGL. If asked about it, he will respond "Gurren Lagann is the greatest anime of all time!" without any hesitation.
** This troper sometimes feels very depressed, especially when utterly swamped with schoolwork that she just doesn't feel like she can finish. She has even gotten professional help to aid her in her depression, but nothing helped her the way Tengen Toppa Gurren Friggin' Lagann did. It helps her to look forward, always work harder, and that she should throw her whole self into whatever she does, attack it with Kamina's enthusiasm. She heard about it on the Net...it was everywhere! It sounded ridiculous! But there had to be something about it that people liked, so she decided to try and see what was so intriguing about it by watching it...and now she is unashamed to admit that she thinks it's the GREATEST SHOW OF ALL TIME! She loves...she loves ALL of it!
*** There are some who wonder why TTGL is so popular. They most frequently ask "What's so great about it? Isn't this all a bit childish?" To the question of why it's popular there is but one response: PASSION. Gurren Lagann is filled with vast amounts of passion in all of its facets. Animation. Music. Voice Acting. Writing. All of the people working on the series put their heart and soul into creating it and creating the story they would love to see. We cared about the story because the people responsible cared. And they gave us one hell of a ride!
** This [[ManChild thirty one year old troper]] had just finished the final season of ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' and was convinced he had watched the pinaccle of serious {{Geek}} entertainment. The cynical approach was the only legitimate one from now on and those silly kids shows where a thing of the past. Ok, he felt like slicing his wrists but hey: [[TrueArtIsAngsty thats how it goes]]! Then he got really bored some night and watched a few episodes of a stupid shonen show named {{GurrenLagann}} and found himself caught completely of guard by it. Goosebumbs until it hurt! Buckets and buckets of tears! Yeah, he now felt ashamed for casually dismissing the idealistic side when it clearly was still a legitimate way of thinking. How else could this goofy mech anime move him so deeply?
** [[Tropers/{{Grognor}} Grognor]]'s gushing can be found [[http://www.formspring.me/Grognor/q/280159396019845771 here]]!
** Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is, without a doubt or any debate, the best anime to come out within the last 10 years.

** [[Tropers/{{Grognor}} Grognor]]'s gushing can be found [[http://www.formspring.me/Grognor/q/280159396019845771 here]]!