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So I'm watchng Gurren Lagann
Topic Started: Aug 7 2008, 07:59:10 AM (2,480 Views)
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I didn't think I would like it but DAMN
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It gets lamer, sadly.
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is this like a rule of thumb with animes? awesome starts, get lamer later on? <_________<
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Michael Wilson
Aug 7 2008, 16:06:47
is this like a rule of thumb with animes? awesome starts, get lamer later on? <_________<

No. You'll find a lot of anime have lame endings (tbh, I think it has to do with endings in traditional Japanese literature being so different from endings in Western literature... usually there is no specific "end" but there's just no more of the story after a certain point. Think Catcher in the Rye, if you've read that), but a lot of them really get going near the end.

A lot of anime intentionally end with no real conclusion so that a sequel can be made, or sometimes a series is canceled and has a rushed ending. Because there ARE a lot of anime with bad endings, it's usually best to go in without much expectation. Plus, this way, if the ending is awesome, you'll just be that much more blown away. >>
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gringe saves the day again! thanks
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damn just read a spoiler for episode 8

damn damn damn thats no good that was the best part of the show

fucking people who spoil it
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Aug 7 2008, 12:38:51
No.  You'll find a lot of anime have lame endings (tbh, I think it has to do with endings in traditional Japanese literature being so different from endings in Western literature... usually there is no specific "end" but there's just no more of the story after a certain point.  Think Catcher in the Rye, if you've read that), but a lot of them really get going near the end.

A lot of anime intentionally end with no real conclusion so that a sequel can be made, or sometimes a series is canceled and has a rushed ending.  Because there ARE a lot of anime with bad endings, it's usually best to go in without much expectation.  Plus, this way, if the ending is awesome, you'll just be that much more blown away. >>


Also it makes sense from a business perspective; anime is usually made pretty cheaply, so they blow a big portion of their budget on the first few episodes to draw in viewership and leave none for the end (See GONZO).

But Gurren Lagann's ending was fucking awesome. I don't really like Mecha shows, but Gurren Lagann impressed me by how ridiculously over the top it was, and how they managed to get more ridiculous every single episode.

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Aug 7 2008, 23:03:40
damn just read a spoiler for episode 8

damn damn damn thats no good that was the best part of the show

fucking people who spoil it

this is why you don't go on internet sites that deal with whatever you're watching before your're finished.
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personally i didn't think it got lamer

it could have been better though, i guess
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I enjoyed it all the way through. But after the first three or so episodes I didn't keep being blown away by it.
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I, in full honesty, stopped enjoying it after 20 or so. It just got lame, repetative and substance-less. Thought the first 16 were really good though, especially 13-16.
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GyroNinja
Aug 8 2008, 00:26:12
I don't really like Mecha shows, but Gurren Lagann impressed me by how ridiculously over the top it was, and how they managed to get more ridiculous every single episode.

I personally think that it really lost its fuel towards the end. They just kept going in the same direction without actually adding substance.

Also, shows being over the top is nothing new, especially not in mecha, IMO, GL screws up in the end by being over the top, absolutely nothing else.
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Michael Wilson
Aug 7 2008, 20:10:13
Inferno
Aug 7 2008, 23:03:40
damn just read a spoiler for episode 8

damn damn damn thats no good that was the best part of the show

fucking people who spoil it

this is why you don't go on internet sites that deal with whatever you're watching before your're finished.

I was watching on mega video and when I scrolled down to click the next episode I caught it out of the corner of my eye.
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damn that sucks
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I heard AWDoR ripped off the story off this, so I'm kind of interested, but 2laz to find it...
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