The Yoko art book so was awesome that i had to get myself the nia art book as well. I love the art in this book, it’s very cute and tasteful since Nia isn’t as provocative as Yoko is. Still there are some sexy poses of Nia but it’s all done very awesome imo. Young Nia [...]
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Brickmuppet: Even more awesome… to balance the badassery… this red headed Annie Oakley of a dark tomorrow seems level headed, smart and… shockingly… out and out pleasant!! I don’t know who Annie Oakley is, but I laughed. UPDATE: Chizumatic provides the necessary information about Annie Oakley.
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Thanks loads to the Animehistory team for this heads up. You guys rock.Apparently I've missed out on quite a number of the parallel works projects for quite a while, and I've missed out.Apparently, the track is the last on the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Best Sound OST, and is called: 「PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH YOUR XXX!!」 or 「お前の×××で天を衝け������」, it briefly plays when Simon introduces the Dai-Gurren Dan as they ride to fight the Anti-Spirals.Also, the animation director taking the helm this time round is Ryouzi Masuyama. And he did a freakin' fantastic job.The BGM perfectly fits the initially western-ish scenario, with Viral pulling off a perfect old-west style "ride of into the sunset, HIGH HO SILVA!", Kamina terrorizing innocent villagers (aka. the beastmen generals) with his Ganmen, Viral clutching his pendant with a picture of his wife and child, and eventually plunging into battle against Kamina with the aid of the generals.It becomes very apparent this is a reversal of roles, with Kamina as the antagonist, and Viral andthe beastmen generals as the protagonists. EPIC.Right down to the final epic scene reminiscent of episode 3, when Viral and Kamina lock sword and dual cleavers for the first time.AWAYYYYYYYYYYYY!YEE-HAW, HIGH-HO SILVA!A CHALLENGER APPEARS.OHOHOHO~;_;Here's the Youtube embed:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9K4RKM_hzzI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9K4RKM_hzzI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>THANKS DEATHIE.ALSO, Visit GAINAX for more of the Parallel Works videos, and epic artwork.
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Gainax sure knows how to milk a franchise, yes they do, milking it dry until their cash cow's mammary glands are a empty as the purpose of a silly emo's life LIFE IN THE FUTURE WHERE THERE IS ONLY ANTI-SPIRAL DOMINANCE.FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE THIS GENDERBENT KAMINA:THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST THE BESTDAYUMN.CAN I HAS A BITE OF THAT CAEK?And now, they are releasing, according to Dengeki Online, a Gurren Lagann 24-page Illustration Anthology. O_OThe book will come with 10000 special tickets available at certain cinema outlets across Japan, which will go for 1500 Yen, tax included.The outlets are:スガイシネプレックス札幌劇場(北海道)　池袋シネマサンシャイン(東京)　吉祥寺バウスシアター(東京)　川崎チネチッタ(神奈川)　京成ローザ10(千葉)　シネプレックス水戸(茨城)　ゴールド劇場(愛知)　シネ���リーブル梅田(大阪)　MOVIX京都(京都)　シネ���リーブル神戸(兵庫)　シネ・リーブル博多駅(福岡)※特別鑑賞券は、上記11劇場で販売される。MOVIX Kyoto and Ikebukuro Sunshine Cinema being some of them, 'cause that's all my crappy translations skillz will get me.Movie goes out 6th Sept 2008, don't forget. ^_^
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What’s notable is how they use a variation on ADTRW’s  “kick reason to the curb” line on the back. Sadly, “Reject common sense to make the impossible possible” is used in the show proper, but it’s good to see that Bandai has some kind of idea about the pulse of the fandom. I actually skimmed episode one [...]
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Woah, that was cool. So, continuing Gainax’s revamp of their Gurren Lagann OST, we have Boing Vs. Boing (Yoko’s Theme) getting the AMV treatment this time, directed by animation director Hirokazu Kojima. Now this particular AMV is probably the most stylish out of all we’ve seen so far. It should be seeing as they’re using Yoko’s upbeat [...]
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So the Aniplex panel is about to start, and reportedly this is when we’ll finally hear the Gurren Lagann dub cast. So sit tight and I’ll give it to you as soon as I can! (Though I’m a little low on battery and might have to sit in the corner of the room to use [...]
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ARX-8 Laevatein Thoughts All i can say about it is my mind got totally blown away. It gives me great joy to finally see one of my favourite mecha getting the Revoltech treatment. Information about the Laevatein for the uninitiated is here. STATUS: Preordered. Gurren Lagann Full Drill Mode. Thoughts Essentially, its a copy of the Gurren Lagann that was released [...]
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My copy of the first R1 Gurren Lagann release landed today, covering the first eight episodes of the show (which anyone who has seen the show may agree is kind of an odd place to stop). This is the quick, sub-only release, with the nicer, dual language release following at some point in the future. Anyway, [...]
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Anime: - Above is the newest Gurren Lagann Parallel Works video, to the lovely tune of “Boin vs Boin.” And yes, there does appear to be a Haruhi reference at 2:15. And don’t forget that you can check it out on the official website, too. - The fifth Kodomo no Jikan DVD is going to
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OKAY. To sum it up.[SAUCE]1. I must really have nothing better to post.2. Gainax needs to start diversifying.3. I lol'ed.Gainax are apparently making a 150 X 50 cm pillow cover with 14-year old Simon (pre-timeskip Simon) in celebration of the Gurren Lagann Movie.Now you can cuddle Simon, and for those into furries, Boota's on the pillow too.And did I mention it retails on August the 29th, for only 10,500 Yen.SURELY ALL J00 GAINAX FANBOYS THEENK NAWT OF THAR OUTRAEGOUS PRIEC TAGH.
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It is as the title says. And this time it returns with a new BGM set: BOING vs. BOING.[-Thanks to Deathie at Animehistory-]SO GARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0xHQROAdsrQ&amp;hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0xHQROAdsrQ&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>1. WTF REMINDS ME OF KURENAI. DEATHIE WASN'T KIDDING2. Enki looks GARer.3. WHO'S THE CAT? A CAT IS NOT FINE TOO.4. ZOMG VIRAL THE SHINOBI.
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After their expensive Kamina and Yoko, EyeUp does more Gurren Lagann. Come September 2008, a series of 6 Gurren Lagann phone straps will be released at 840 yen each. I would not get all of them, as I can’t use them all anyway. Maybe I’ll just get 1 or 2, if they actually make it over [...]
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Simon is GAR. Not because he can summon all those ridiculous amount of Spiral power almost instantaneously by willpower alone but he was man enough to live with a choice that I wouldn’t have the testicular fortitude to make. Frankly, the first ‘GAR’ shouldn’t be unfamiliar to the Singaporean who’ve gone through the army or military [...]
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Get this image as a poster here! Once again Jenag pulls through and has the video of the new Gurren Lagann Video. This time it’s Viral and pachinko, i laughed in this video more than i stood in awe at it’s awesomeness like i did with the first video. But it’s still freaking awesome! Check it out [...]
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Yeah, I finally figured out the official title of this compilation.  Anyway, this week’s video is directed by SUEZEN.  It features Viral, Kamina, Simon, and Yoko playing Pachinko inside their mechs.  You read that right, it’s pretty weird.  And continuing the joke from the show, Viral just cannot manage a win at anything, even a [...]
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Second one. Can anyone say awesome? That pretty much summarizes my thoughts of this video, but as you know I’m gonna end up writing some long summary/impressions post about it. Yeap. xD Anyway, the song this time is BafBaf! Sonna ni Moeru no ga… Suki Kai? (So this is burning? Do you like it?”) by Iwasaki Taku. Lets [...]
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Gotta catch ‘em all(TM)? Kinda my reaction to the possibility of Leeron X Boota doujins right now Well that certainly put a smile on my face. I love how the theme is more whimsically amusing/amusingly whimsical this time than going for all-out epicness (If the spiral concept is to be maintained, these parallel work videos should get [...]
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It’s online now, you can watch it here. ….um so, do you like Pachinko Lagann? Personally, I found it kinda LULZ instead of cool and such. Poor Viral, he’s such an unlucky sod. I’m hoping the next one one will be more awesome. ©2008 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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The newest Gurren Lagann Parallel Works video is up– view it legitimately on the official website, or a YouTube copy right here: Apparently Viral likes pachinko, and Kamina is bad at it, but if you get three Kaminas, well…♥
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