Fantasy Dimensions

Have you watched episode twenty yet? No? Well, that sucks! Why not? It’s currently Thursday. Subs came out Sunday. What kind of Gurren Lagann fan are you? Bah! Get to watching.

Anyway, episode 20 brought about two characters who are part of the Gurren Brigade but lately have been lacking in position. That is of course Kittan and Yoko. Kittan played a somewhat important role in getting Simon back on his feet after the death of Kamina. Yoko was important during the first arc but afterwards sort of faded in the story. This current arc neither has been seen of much.

Kittan is now a major Internet sensation. He’s probably passed Bruce Ironstash in popularity with episode 20. Not only did he stand up to Rossiu and declare the Gurren Brigade as an entity again - but also took back Simon’s spiral key. Much needed for the resurrection of the Gurren-Lagann after Simon gets out of jail…

Which brings us to Yoko busting Simon out of jail (and possibly Viral). Yoko who has vanished except for a quick insert early in the arc has once again returned with her rail gun which we can assume is now supporting spiral bullets.

So it looks like Gainax is pushing the series to the current age of mecha where burning justice once again overcomes and everyone makes the impossible possible. As mentioned earlier, each arc is is representing an era of mecha anime with the current arc being in the more realistic and depressing mecha series of the 90’s (like Eva)  instead of the burning justice mecha series of the 70s and 80s. With Kittan bringing back the revolution of the Gurren Brigade ala Nadesico ship-retake style, we can only imagine what’s coming next.

Oh yeah, episode 21 may be half Yoko filler. It’s really unknown if it is all Yoko filler or just half yet. Let’s just hope for half. Remember the last 5 episodes are the ones that use over 80% of the budget! Coming soon, just episode 22!

Since these :words: are probably uninteresting to a lot of you, here is a ton of screenshots of Kittan kicking ass: