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Gurren Lagann - Sci-Fi broadcast (w/ index).

BellosTheMighty wrote:

RogueJedi86 wrote: It's an interesting way to think about it, but I've heard it said that Gainax deconstructed the entire mecha genre with Evangelion(resulting in a wave of dark brooding mecha anime), then 10 years later Gainax reconstructed the mecha genre with TTGL(hopefully resulting in a wave of cheerful hot-blooded mecha anime). *ahem*

That looks like Voltron-era vintage stuff. If it came before EVA, how can it reconstruct the genre that EVA deconstructed?

doctordoom85 wrote:

Royal Devil wrote: Ohoni wrote: I hope they make a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann at some point. Already have. And Enkidu, Lazengann, and Yoko Don't forget Kamina. Though I want them to make Ark and Super Galactic, those were my two favorite forms.

Kamina? Not yet they haven't. To date we've got:
-Gurren Lagann [5/15/08]
-Lazengann [6/15/08]
-Gurren Lagann (Wonderfest metallic repaint) [8/3/08]
-Gurren Lagann Fully Drillized [8/15/08]
-Enki [9/15/08]
-Fraulein Yoko [10/1/08]
-Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann [10/15/08]
-Enkidu [11/15/08]
-Enkidudu [12/15/08]
-Fraulein Anti-Spiral Nia [TBA]

But that's not a Revoltech, it's just one of many GL PVC statues out there (though, granted, they're almost all of Yoko). I'd love to see a Kamina Revo figure, but it's not likely.

Emerje

Like zhir said, Evangelion 95-96, GaoGaiGar 97-98 with OVA's carrying it into the 21st century. Citations here and here.

Actually, though, it goes deeper. GaoGaiGar is an explicit response to Evangelion.

What happened was this: 1995, Evangelion showed up and knocked pretty much the entire anime community on it's collective rear end. For awhile thereafter, everyone was trying to make lightning strike twice, and the result was some of the darkest, moodiest, angstiest, nihilistic and faux-philosophical animation ever committed to celluloid, and the mecha genre bore the brunt of it. GaoGaiGar appeared at the peak of that movement- which is to say, just as it was starting to decline- and the major idea behind the project was that mecha anime had become altogether too depressing and self-important. You mentioned it looks like 80's stuff, and you're not wrong. It's very intentional- GaoGaiGar was trying to revive the old-school- the bombast, the adventure, the simplistic plots and ridiculous fights- the fun, in short. It was a return, after nearly two years of navel-gazing, to the days when giant robots were willfully ludicrous, silly, and entertaining. Make no mistake, if EVA is the deconstruction, GaoGaiGar is most definitely the reconstruction.

Sorry, all you said was "they", so I assumed you meant Japan in general.

And where the heck is Simon?!

And I'm gonna guess that the term GAR didn't come from GaoGaiGar, did it?

There's a few options. There's the Lagann Impact Model which has Simon in it (and might be in scale with that Kamina Statue, not sure), there's the Konami Figure Collection trading figure, and there's the SD Figumate figures (young and old versions)

Already have. And Enkidu, Lazengann, and Yoko

I have no clue wtf most of you are talking about. I just finished this series, and I was extremely disappointed at how crappy the storyline was. I really felt they just wanted to kill some characters off just to make it seem like something is moving. I think anyone needing something to watch for a few days this is ok, but there is absolutely nothing rememberable about it.