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As life had become incredibly hectic for me as soon as I returned home from school, and remained as such throughout the summer, my blog was left by the wayside. As such, I felt the need to catch folks up on what's going on in my life.
Just quit my job at Big Lots today, so that I can begin to pull everything together for my big move into my apartment (pics tomorrow). That was the major source of my lack of bloggery. I've watched a few movies over the summer, and will be putting up reviews over the next few days. I'll be seeing Death Race on Saturday, so expect a review for that as well. I've also been watching quite a few good animes, and one of them, even though I've not finished it yet, I feel the need to talk to you folks about it.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is the manliest, slickest, most balls-to-the-wall thing I've ever seen in anime. The smooth, visceral art is incredibly high-quality(as expected from Gainax, the same studio that brought us the unmatchable FLCL), and the characters are highly engaging. The story, though a touch generic, is given extra power by the flinging away of excessive drama in exchange for self-belief, willpower, and manliness. Though the series takes a dramatic turn around episode 9, it's fairly quickly replaced by more badassery. The series follows the exploits of Simon, a young driller living in a small underground village, in a world where no one lives on the surface for fear of Ganmen, hulking, brutal mechanical monsters. When a Ganmen falls into the village, Simon and his aniki(big brother figure) Kamina, activate a small Ganmen they found that wields a drill, which Kamina says truly suits Simon. Together with Yoko, a surface dwelling girl with a high-powered rifle, they take on the far larger opponent and win. Leaving the village behind, the trio sets out on the surface world to chart out their destiny and pierce the heavens. Their journey is slowed by more Ganmen, which they soon discover are not simply machines, but weapons piloted by a race known as the beastmen, ruled by one known only as Lord Genome, the Spiral King.
Watch it, you won't regret it.
Until next time.
Squall_the_Stampede · Fri Aug 08, 2008 @ 02:51am · 0 Comments |
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