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Since I'm bored and have nothing else to do, I'm starting up a little series of blogs for those anime/manga fans out there and even those who aren't big fans to see how it affected my life. I can imagine that some people would think it's stupid that something like this can profoundly change the way you live but watching/reading these series have really changed who I am as a person and I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't watched these.
First on the list is probably the most hyped anime in the list.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
+ Show Spoiler [What it looks like] +
+ Show Spoiler [What it feels like] +
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Gurren Lagann in english) is the story of a 14-year old, Simon, who lives in his underground village. If you're an anime vet, you can think of Shinji from NGE, and you basically get Simon. Despite being capable, he doesn't have any confidence in himself. As an obvious contrast to this, his hyper-confident and rebellious "Blood Brother", Kamina, often takes him along whenever he does stuff.
Without spoiling too much, Simon and Kamina make it to the surface world and immediately make enemies of the aptly named beastmen, who live on the surface and surpress human presence topside. Various things happen which are rather difficult to explain without spoilers. The story kicks into high gear by episode 8 so make sure not to quit before then. The anime's divided into two parts. Part one and two are seven years apart in the timeline and both are absolutely spectacular.
The hype for this anime may be a bit overblown, but it's pretty deserving. The genre is mecha, giant robots fighting, but the real focus of the anime is the story, character development and morals. You can watch for the epic battle scenes and testosterone overdose, or you could watch for the inspirational foundation at the core. Or both. I chose both.
This anime taught me to:
1. Believe in myself. Believe that nothing is out of reach for my own capabilites and to not be afraid. I think this is the biggest lesson I learned. No matter what happens, never give up.
2. Always move forward. It's okay to look back at what you did, but never let it stop you from what you are doing and what you're going to do in the future.
3. Make your own rules. If you don't think something in the law is right then don't accept it. Argue it, go against it and do what you think is right.
Watching it gave me such a huge boost in my life. Whenever I feel down, I listen to this track from the anime and it gives me so much confidence. I absolutely recommend this anime to anyone and everyone. Gets your emotional stuff together and will kick any depression right out of you.
 
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Wait THIS changed your life... It's just over the top phallic imagery+supermecha+manly caveman pandering to our id. That being said, I loved it when I saw it. But not life changing lol :D Though your three lessons you learnt from it are taught I guess in the anime. But it's nothing you shouldn't already know about yourself.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50118 Posts
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?
Gurren Lagann....its been a while.
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I loved this anime. True, it did get completely out of hand near the end, but that is one of the reasons why it was great, and i felt inspired in a similar manner as the OP after watching it.
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Ahah, wow! When I read the thread title before I clicked it, I thought of this anime too, had the same effect on me. And then when you mentioned that you listened to a certain song to get you up, I thought the same thing. Agree strongly with your feelings towards this anime (:
Note to self: Rewatch!
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On March 08 2011 16:00 Tenshik wrote:
Wait THIS changed your life... It's just over the top phallic imagery+supermecha+manly caveman pandering to our id. That being said, I loved it when I saw it. But not life changing lol :D Though your three lessons you learnt from it are taught I guess in the anime. But it's nothing you shouldn't already know about yourself.
It's all about where you were in your life when you watched it. Different people can get different things out of it really.. I know that Sailor Moon hugely impacted my life and really changed the way I thought about things. But most people just think of it as a really girly children's show.
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Death Note changed my life. I don't tell people my real name anymore.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50118 Posts
On March 08 2011 16:27 STALLONEZONE wrote:
Death Note changed my life. I don't tell people my real name anymore.
this is true,never tell anyone your real name.
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Hey! I now know where the chick with the flame bikini and skull in her hair comes from. I had seen her pop up a few times here and there, but I can't just search for "the chick with the flame bikini and skull in her hair." But now I know.
And knowing is half the battle.
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On March 08 2011 16:29 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2011 16:27 STALLONEZONE wrote:
Death Note changed my life. I don't tell people my real name anymore. this is true,never tell anyone your real name.
lmao
To the OP, good post. I liked it and needless to say, Gurren Lagann was and is one of my favorite anime and perhaps my only favorite mecha anime (lol).
Will look forward to the next blog
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i liked gurren lagann. i wouldnt say it changed my life, though. like many animes, it has nice life lessons to learn and if youve learned from them, more power to you.
dragonball z changed my life. never wake up early on saturday mornings because it will only result in disappointment when they start their journey on namek all over for no reason.
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TTGL, oh well, one of the most disappointing series ever...next to the first FMA(didn't watch the second and won't anyway).
On March 08 2011 15:56 neobowman wrote:
This anime taught me to:
1. Believe in myself. Believe that nothing is out of reach for my own capabilites and to not be afraid. I think this is the biggest lesson I learned. No matter what happens, never give up.
2. Always move forward. It's okay to look back at what you did, but never let it stop you from what you are doing and what you're going to do in the future.
3. Make your own rules. If you don't think something in the law is right then don't accept it. Argue it, go against it and do what you think is right.
The funny thing is, every other typical shounen anime teaches that as well.
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Honestly I felt like the battles in TTGL were all the same. Team Gurren gets smacked around a bit, then they transform/unleash their super mega attack to defeat the enemy in a single blow. There are hardly any scenes where blows were evenly dealt. I liked the anime, but I mean common, what is this, DBZ with robots??
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Manga taught me more than anime
onani master kurosawa,
ai ren
hourou musuko
That stuff is too deep man..
I guess in terms of anime its gotta be
time of eve
serial experiments lain
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is so over the top it's hilarious. It parodies and takes to the extreme practically every single mecha anime trope, but darn does it do it well. 
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FLCL taught me to do that in less time.
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honey and clover helped reinforce my emo loser outlook on love and life
its still super cute though~
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United Kingdom3685 Posts
I'll be honest. I watched the first 3-4 episodes of TTGL a couple of years ago and was completely unimpressed. Maybe I'll give it another go since so many people like it.
+1 for FLCL
K-On taught me that no matter how hard I wish, I will never be a Japanese schoolgirl T_T
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On March 08 2011 23:49 Sayle wrote:
I'll be honest. I watched the first 3-4 episodes of TTGL a couple of years ago and was completely unimpressed. Maybe I'll give it another go since so many people like it.
+1 for FLCL
K-On taught me that no matter how hard I wish, I will never be a Japanese schoolgirl T_T
It's ok. K-ON taught me to not stream Anime on Ustream....because it just might get your IP Banned. 
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