Gurren Lagann Anime Show Reviewed by Teresita Blanco

Gurren Lagann Anime Show Reviewed by Teresita Blanco

I recently stated watching Gurren Lagann. The anime show is kinda like a parody of Planet of the Apes and Maxingkeizer.  The main bad guys are animal people and the Spiral King. The evil king acts more like a god than anything else. The main character is Simon.  He has lived in one of many underground cities. He has no knowledge of the outside world.

One day, Simon digs up a small drill and the head of a tiny robot. He shows this discovery to his Bro, Kamina. For quite some time, Kamina has been trying to go to the outside. He wants to be with his father, who lives in the outside world. One day, the outside world comes crashing down, in the form of a giant Mecha.

A hot girl named Yoko was fighting it and the battle dragged down below. Those things were the ones responsible for killing Simon’s parents. Together with his friends Kamina and Yoko, Simon manages to kill the mecha. From then on, Simon must live in the outside world.

However, the outside world is a scary place. Beast men prowl the grounds hunting all humans. I find it interesting how the beastmen are ruled by instinct. When the night falls, they go home to sleep. They simply cannot get rid of the beast lurking within.  

The fighting in the anime show is all pretty cool. It is quite the interesting mecha show. I wondered why I had never gotten around to watching it. Kamina too is quite the interesting leader. He never backs down and has a few lose screws. 

He is the mirror opposite of the timid Simon. Both are in love with Yoko. This love triangle causes problems later on in the anime show.  The show also has some yaoi overtones between Simon and Kamina, but oh well.