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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
tyciol:
This anime has a great theme that can apply to real life in many ways. I even bought a wall scroll and a mouse pad of it :)
ramezrh:
--- Quote ---I think most people forget TTGL is ultimately a Parody...
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Well while it certainly has the characteristics of a parody. There are certain comedic elements but they are always present in Anime of this kind. I saw it as a "Hot Blooded Anime" Of the mold Fotns and GaoGaiGar came from. With an extre helping of over the top. I've never really heard of an actual Parody that had such a serious dramatic plot of it's own. (Admittedly for a given definition of serious). I could just as easily call the entire dragonball series a parody of martial arts movies. In a way it kinda is but really it isn't.
BrownMasterV:
--- Quote from: tyciol on September 30, 2010, 05:37:50 PM ---This anime has a great theme that can apply to real life in many ways. I even bought a wall scroll and a mouse pad of it :)
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Although I absolutely loved this anime and it's one of my all-time favorites....
HOW THE HELL can this anime's theme be applied to real life?!
pipitugaboy:
Will power....
You can do anything in the world.. As long as you really want to and fight (Figure of speech) for it.
I've believed that myself even before I knew TTGL.
I think he means that =P
Else I don't really see anything else >_>
Fool010:
While I do agree "believe in yourself" makes sense, the series as a whole is based on a "use brute force rather than intelligence" stance, and that's something I don't agree with.
Things won't always work out the way you want them to. I do agree nothing will happen when you keep doing nothing, but "you can do anything if you really want to" is plain bullshit.
The more effort you put into things, the more likely you're to succeed, but there's no warranty you will.
I'd just like to pick up the assertion TTGL ultimately is a parody. I've got mixed feelings about that, it kinda feels stuck somewhere in the middle. The series is too goofy to be serious, and a the same time too ponderous to be a parody. It kinda feels like the creators weren't willing to go all the way to parody.
Would the series be a head-on and obvious parody, then I would be enclined to accept the shallow, horribly cliched characters, the ridiculously simple, ultra-linear storyline and the general climate of overkill.
A parody should be poking fun at everything, especially itself, going way over the top isn't enough ... at least not for me
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