Filed under First Impressions, Gurren Lagann by Omni | 29 comments
The broadcast version of episode six had a good deal of recap, but all of that’s gone in the DVD version and replaced with actual story about Kamina trying to get a look at the girls naked. I know that sounds stupid, but it turned out to be a really funny episode.
The differences I noticed were:
No more recap discussion between Simon and Kamina to start the episode. Regular narrator takes over instead.
Removed censoring from this scene and this scene (originals had a strip of pink stuff and fog, respectively).
After Kamina makes his speech while standing on the rock, they don’t cut to recap and instead play out a scene where Kamina tries to see the girls naked on the other side of the wall. Simon manages to catch a glimpse of them after Gimmy pokes him in the butt and he jumps up in pain. He also digs a hole in the wall and hears Yoko talking about how she isn’t interested in Kamina or him, though she does think that he can become a good man if he works a little harder.
Once it’s revealed that the entire hot springs is a Gunmen, Kamina and Simon return back to the Gurren and the Lagann. The beastwoman holds Yoko and company hostage with the censored mosaic over them and demands that Kamina get off the Gurren if he wants to see the girls without the censoring. Kamina of course complies, but the girls are actually covered underneath, and that’s when the Gurren gets stolen.
Inside the huge Gunmen, Yoko runs into Kamina and greets him with a punch to the face for what he did. This is when Kamina declares that he’ll see what he wants to see, and Yoko accidentally blurts out that she’d show him if he wants to see so much.
The beastwoman has a remote control that tightens or loosens the girls’ towels, and Gimmy manages it to steal it. At the urging of Kamina, Gimmy turns the dial to the point where the towels fall off, but Kamina is disappointed to find that everyone is wearing swimsuits underneath.
Everything seemed to flow a lot better and made a lot more sense story-wise in the DVD version. They didn’t actually show any nudity either (unless you count Gimmy poking Simon in the butt), so I don’t know why they didn’t just originally air it this way. A marketing ploy perhaps…
Fgsfds at 6:31 pm on September 26th, 2007
I see what they did there.
AL at 6:32 pm on September 26th, 2007
wow….I can’t wait to see this episode subbed
cagallisan at 6:41 pm on September 26th, 2007
wow… Funny
Dave at 6:48 pm on September 26th, 2007
Err, good censorship on the part of the broadcast version? I wouldn’t have known any better if the dvd version never existed. Though its to be expected of an onsen ep.
Kettle at 6:54 pm on September 26th, 2007
What the fuck?
king at 6:55 pm on September 26th, 2007
how i love this
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/image/Gurren%20Lagann/Gurren%20Lagann%20-%2006%20-%20DVD%20Large%2032.jpg
Django at 6:57 pm on September 26th, 2007
WTF
Dark at 7:52 pm on September 26th, 2007
waaaaah????whoooooooooooo?????………….. i can see know Gurren Lagann has a hiden side as will
an eggroll at 8:03 pm on September 26th, 2007
hot
The-Ghost at 8:04 pm on September 26th, 2007
you forgot to mention that they drew gimmy with testicals and a penis in this ep
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/image/Gurren%20Lagann/Gurren%20Lagann%20-%2006%20-%20DVD%20Large%2033.jpg
Gil at 8:36 pm on September 26th, 2007
LOL COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Drakron at 8:37 pm on September 26th, 2007
Gimmy penis is pretty much the most “adult” bit (ha ha) all of this.
JRyan2K at 9:06 pm on September 26th, 2007
WTF is with showing a nude little boy, but they can’t show exposed breasts? Those damn japanese, that is pretty sick. They should know that most of the viewers don’t want to see underage boy penis. No wonder they got nuked.
BROOKLYN otaku at 9:22 pm on September 26th, 2007
thats a bit ruff “jryan2k” but hey,,I”M a CHEAP SON OF A BITCH when it comes to paying for anime….but u know what..im gonna buy all this stuff
Izaak at 9:44 pm on September 26th, 2007
Anybody recognize the people in this pic?
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/image/Gurren%20Lagann/Gurren%20Lagann%20-%2006%20-%20DVD%20Large%2002.jpg
One of those (the brown one with pale yellow hair and has something on her forehead) is a character from Diebuster.
-Izaak, Lord of the Lotus Clan.
Izaak at 9:51 pm on September 26th, 2007
Oh, and Nono’s the pink-haired one.
Ronny at 10:14 pm on September 26th, 2007
Um.. some of them were in the original episode as well. Anywho, it seems in that picture it’s, from left to right, starting at the pink haired: Nono from Diebuster, Onee-sama (i think) from Gunbuster, Larc from Diebuster, Rei from Evangelion, Mahoro from Mahoromatic, Asuka from Evangelion, and Jung Freud from Gunbuster. I don’t think the rest are Gainax girls, but they might be (some remind me of minor characters ^^;).
Drew at 10:20 pm on September 26th, 2007
Some of the others were from “he is my master” and other anime by Gainax.
kurotsuki at 11:30 pm on September 26th, 2007
DARYL!!!!
quina at 12:06 am on September 27th, 2007
LOL’D its all a marketing move!?