Gurren Lagann was a flawed, wild ride that, as sad as it is, I promptly forgot about because of that shoddy final third of the series. If only it could have kept up the quality.
How surprised I was today to find out that Gainax had been working on music videos in alternative settings, with the first short out today. This first one is in a fantasy setting with a story of the Simon/Kamina/Viral saving Princess Nia. Props for Viral as a “knight in shining armor”, which made me laugh.
As much as I enjoyed this music video and await the others, now I want a full-length OVA or two of Gurren Lagann in new settings. I bet that’s Gainax’s evil plan. We don’t call them the milk kings for nothing!
At the very least, I’ll be disappointed if there aren’t realistic modern and film noir settings in the future. Maybe even a mafia or classical Japan setting.
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June 21, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Os
I’m a bit late on this, but I was pretty impressed with the PV. I’m looking forward to the movie despite, as you said, a slightly disappointing last few episodes.
April 17, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Lokik Scheirwood
I actually found the last episodes to be quite good not as good as the begining as the others yes but still not nearly as shoddy as you said