Gurren Lagann - 16 July 14
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As far as recaps go, this is quite possibly one of the best I’ve ever seen. They got creative by using flashes of live-action writing to precede characters’ lines and accompanied it all with great music, so it was actually pretty fun to watch. The first half of the episode focused on Kamina, Yoko, and how Kamina died while the second half had more Simon and Nia leading up to what happened in last week’s episode.
Special ED
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ED: 「happily ever after」 by 中川翔子 (Nakagawa Shouko)
Watch the ED!: Mirror 1, Mirror 2
happily ever after is a song that has been used a few times already, but this is its first appearance as an actual ED. More interesting are all of the storyboard scenes that this ending sequence shows of events we’ve already seen. I just can’t get over how good some of them look (most of them could be made into wallpapers), and it’s interesting to see how they got translated into the episodes.
Preview:
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Watch the Preview!: Mirror 1, Mirror 2
The preview gives us one of the first glimpses of the Gurren Lagann world seven years after (not including magazine spoilers or the first episode), with Simon and Rossiu looking a lot more serious and mature. Nia appears to be sporting a ring now, most likely from Simon, and Boota doesn’t appear to have changed at all. I was actually most excited to see that Gimmy and Darry have grown up to become Gunmen pilots (mass-production models of the Gurren Lagann perhaps), and I hope they get to play a big part since they haven’t been very important to the story so far. And as expected, it seems that what the Helix King told Simon and company before he died might come to pass after all since they give us a shot of Nia staring up at the moon.
I really can’t wait to see next week’s episode which will have all of this along with the new ending song and at the very least a new opening animation sequence, if not a new opening song too.
ShiNN at 10:33 pm on July 14th, 2007
I completely agree with you on this. To be honest I wasn’t really looking forward to this recap episode but I was actually gladly surprised by how it was orchestred. And god, those artworks at the end are truly beautiful.
Mikei at 10:41 pm on July 14th, 2007
Wah! Simon propose to Nia?
Celexa at 10:48 pm on July 14th, 2007
Oh, wow. I cannot wait to watch this, and it’s a recap! And seconded to ShiNN, the ending with the artworks was great. Especially the last one; it gave me goosebumps.
totali at 10:49 pm on July 14th, 2007
I was kind of expecting that they would do something unique with the recap, considering the preview from last week. The new ED was pretty awesome, and I’m pretty sure everyone can’t wait for next week.
Davwon at 10:50 pm on July 14th, 2007
surprise surprise……^_^
Ravage at 10:52 pm on July 14th, 2007
Hax, wicked, ftw & more obligatory comments.
Can’t wait ’till ep 17 comes along and we can continue the story after the timeskip.
And for the record, the new ED is far superior to the old one. :p
Ez Mac is in Japan at 11:00 pm on July 14th, 2007
yea it was the best recap i’ve ever seen very creative with the writing and with the music
can’t wait till the next episode!
Kyo at 11:02 pm on July 14th, 2007
The first glimpse of Simon 7 years later was actually shown in the first episode of Gurren Lagann. Rewatch the beginning part of the episode for yourself:
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/image/Gurren%20Lagann/Gurren%20Lagann%20-%2001%20-%20Large%2001.jpg
The scene was very brief, but that’s definitely Simoun on the Dai Gurren Lagann. It even had his drill necklace thing =)
WeePOOF at 11:29 pm on July 14th, 2007
wO!! Nia and Simon are gettin` married!??! OxO!!
Quina at 11:36 pm on July 14th, 2007
omg… Nia… freaking hot.. wth.. shit..
ojan00 at 11:53 pm on July 14th, 2007
and yoko :S boota noooo
they are the best xDDDD characters
BROOKLYN otaku at 12:15 am on July 15th, 2007
I LOVE GAINAX. ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL.
p.s=hand drawn animation will allways be king
whitey-chan at 12:17 am on July 15th, 2007
damn! can’t wait for the ep. 17!!!!
cheesechan at 12:18 am on July 15th, 2007
i thought they say they’ll tell us why human live underground in this episode?
cheesechan at 12:25 am on July 15th, 2007
even though i’ve read the spoilers, but seeing it with my own eyes is just way too exciting!
Yen at 12:56 am on July 15th, 2007
OMG, Matured Simon! and Nia!!! Where is Yoko!!!
Tien Guan at 1:01 am on July 15th, 2007
i wonder what happened to Yoko?
cheesechan at 1:52 am on July 15th, 2007
Show Spoiler ▼
MaimeDaifuku at 2:22 am on July 15th, 2007
Gurren Lagann FTW!!!!!!
ShinichiKou at 2:34 am on July 15th, 2007
hmmm, somehow i get the feeling that Simon might turn into a bad guy, like a final boss or something