Why did it not have the same lasting power as Evangelion?
Gurren Lagann
Ryan Jenkins
Michael Harris
Because unlike Evangelion, it wasn't influential nor did it do anything original or groundbreaking for the mecha subgenre.
Kayden Reyes
Evangelion still releases stuff, and is in everything.
Evangelion is also THE anime that made people start looking at anime as art.A work being seen as high art during the creator's lifetime is almost unheard of in all of history.
Logan Scott
What did Eva do that was groundbreaking for the mecha genre?
Jordan Taylor
Because Evangelion never really died since the Eva Merch never stopped coming out.
Lucas Nelson
It's just a random average anime, I don't know why it needs to be that important.
Elijah Moore
Because Evangelion is literally lasting and hasn’t ended
Plus waifu war
Jason Stewart
Baby first nekketsu.
Logan Reed
Deconstruction of the mecha anime. Characterization of multiple characters and giving them wonderful depth. Complex story with a still talked about ending 20+ years later and a controversial main character.
Is it a wonder why this series is legendary to this day?
Connor Sanders
It has though. You can still buy GL merch in 2020, the show is discussed every etc.
Lucas James
>Characterization of multiple characters and giving them wonderful depth. Complex story with a still talked about ending 20+ years later and a controversial main character.
You just described "real robot" you know, the genre created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, popularized by Gundam, and something Anno acknowledges in all of his interviews whenever his favorite anime get brought up.
Ethan Hernandez
the themes of feeling hopeless, helpless and depressed are more relatable for the average anime watcher. Plus muh pure waifu wars.
Zachary Flores
>Deconstruction of the mecha anime. Characterization of multiple characters and giving them wonderful depth. Complex story with a still talked about ending 20+ years later and a controversial main character.
That's nice a cool, but what does Zeta Gundam have to do with this?
Adam Carter
Because it was popular with seasonals. The type of people who will watch ONE mecha show repeat it for a bit, fap to one of the girls but then move on to the next fad anime
Justin Torres
Seasonal anime culture is cancer
Hunter Morris
>Deconstruction
Here's how I know your only experience with mecha is Evangelion.
Cooper Diaz
People get filtered by the first 10 episodes, the writing and story only start getting good with Nia's introduction, and then it's a complete shift (even animation style changes) by Episode 15 or 16, and that last half is the actual reason Gurren Lagann became legendary.
But honestly you can't expect enough people to go that far and consider it a cult classic pop icon like Evangelion which is in turn considered great since Episode 1.
Ironically Gurren Lagann first episode of the timeskip is very reminiscent of Evangelion, with the weirdly shaped angels attacking a modern city and stuff, if that had been the beginning episode it'd have sticked more with the general population
Christian Peterson
I mean you could say the same about Eva, I can see people dropping the show at the magma episode.
Jeremiah Perry
I absolutely hated Nia, Kamina made the show for me.
Brandon Myers
true that
Julian Richardson
>Finished airing while Evangelion is still releasing
>No waifu war since Simon clearly ends up with Nia and not Yoko
>Leaves almost nothing ambiguous, everything is clearly spelled out for the viewer
>Several points in the story where it dramatically changes and polarizes fans
>Movies are just a long version of the series with extra flair
What's left to say about it? Everybody already knows its great and why it is. TTGL should consider itself lucky it didn't get dug up and bastardized for cash like Eva did. Trigger's tried to copy TTGL a few times but they've never outright made a TTGL sequel or reboot. The real tragedy is that it never got a good video game
Kevin Brown
True, I did say that but I originally dropped it at his death. So I place importance ON Nia because she makes Simon develop into a badass
James Wilson
It's because it has less autistic waifu drama than Eva did. That's genuinely the only reason.
Cameron Long
it wasn't milked like eva was, that's all. dignified death
Parker Powell
goes to shit in the second half. no, i dont care its a deconstruction, those aren't inherently good
simon gets his best friend killed via horny, turns into a bitch for like 3 episodes, turns into a copy of his best friend after meating one the most blatant mary sue living plot point waifus in any media, punches sadness incarnate until it stops whining and then deletes his wife anyways
i liked simon when he was his own person, not kamina 2.0 my wife has weird eyes and im jesus
the only interesting thing to happen in the entire second half was the weird psycho blonde guy fantasizing being a farmer
Nathan Lewis
Gurren Lagann gets referenced all the time. It is iconic.
Gavin Young
Yet so many animators take inspiration from it.
The character design and animation is influential.
Liam Hall
>many
Who?
>influential
Could you post examples?
Daniel Ortiz
It was shit, thats why.
Aaron White
Transformer
League of Legends
Gumball
Rise of TMNT
South Park
Green Lantern
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
and so much more
Ryder Fisher