did anyone enjoy this more than TTGL

Grandassassin said:
Yeah I’m in the minority where I loved Kill la Kill, but hated Gurren Lagaan.

animejas said:
I like both shows but Kill la Kill is fucking amazing, and Gurren Lagann is very good overall.

I feel like Gurren Lagann has higher peaks in terms of hype with its action, direction and animation, and the underdog story and characterization was very good overall, but the plot in the 2nd half was really tiresome for me at one point. I got what they were going for, but it lost a lot of steam for me, and only was saved by the action at the end. I know a lot of people really loved the more deeper, political showcase for Gurren Lagann to show the contrast of people before having the privileges of a well constructed society vs after, but man it just never failed to grab me in that way. Generally the action and visuals saved this show from being an average or fine show at best. I only really cared for Simon and Viral in the show and sort of for Kamina too. Also the music kicked ass as well so I have to give credit there.

But with Kill la Kill, while it had a much tighter budget (since brand new studio), it managed to captivate me a lot more than Gurren Lagann did. Gurren has a larger scope, its more of an epic per say from a mecha to a political bonanza, but Kill la Kill took concepts that I never expected (or expected to be good) and turn it into a fiasco of pure awesomeness. Imaishi and staff were on something when they wanted to animate a show where clothing was dominating the stature of the world, with a high school being ruled under a dictatorship with clothing dominating all too, with the absurdity of using fanservice as a proper plot point and making a genuinely entertaining and fascinating story behind such ludicrous concepts while managing to mix in the fun cliches to create a chaotic ass experience that's always got my blood pumping. Some twists were genuinely terrific too, which I don't say too often when it comes to twists since its so easy to mess up.

Plus, with having Ryuko and Satsuki (2 of my top 10 favorite female characters), a great side cast in Mako and the Elite 4, the absolute godtier hype of the Sawano soundtracks for everyone and all situations, the absurd yet insane directing for a very strict budget and much more, Kill la Kill just left more impact on me, was more creative, more entertaining, had a better dub (which I saw both in), more bloodpumping soundtracks, and ultimately is more rewatchable and more memorable for me. A ton of people prefer Gurren Lagann which is really cool with me, but for me, Kill la Kill is truly one of my favorite anime out there.

My ratings:

Story/Writing: KLK - 10, GL - 6.5
Characters: KLK - 10, GL - 7
Visuals: KLK - 9, GL - 10
Sound: KLK - 10, GL - 9
Times Seen: KLK - 5, GL - 2

Final Scores: KLK - 10, GL - 7

animejas said:


I started watching anime at the beginning of 2017 pretty much, so nearly 5 years. Most of those 5 years during my end of high school phase and few years at uni, I'm not the kind of guy to study intensively then so most of the time I watched anime intensively, particularly around my high school phase and during the early COVID-19 phase during lockdown. Some times I do take semi-lengthy periods off due to burnout (currently in that phase now). While I watch anime intensively, I do make time when I don't, to either play some games, hang out with friends or watch sports. Basically anything but sleep, which I don't do too much per day.

I do enjoy media outside anime, like sports or pro wrestling, and games to a degree (did play more though before anime).

Edit: Just realized you asked about the Kill la Kill part. Yeah, it's in my top 5-10 at least. Somehow that show has maintained that hype level for me from when I first started it on my way to school to now. Gurren Lagann though aged a bit poorly for me, that's probably a 6/10 for me at best now.

animejas said:


I started watching anime at the beginning of 2017 pretty much, so nearly 5 years. Most of those 5 years during my end of high school phase and few years at uni, I'm not the kind of guy to study intensively then so most of the time I watched anime intensively, particularly around my high school phase and during the early COVID-19 phase during lockdown. Some times I do take semi-lengthy periods off due to burnout (currently in that phase now). While I watch anime intensively, I do make time when I don't, to either play some games, hang out with friends or watch sports. Basically anything but sleep, which I don't do too much per day.

I do enjoy media outside anime, like sports or pro wrestling, and games to a degree (did play more though before anime).

Edit: Just realized you asked about the Kill la Kill part. Yeah, it's in my top 5-10 at least. Somehow that show has maintained that hype level for me from when I first started it on my way to school to now. Gurren Lagann though aged a bit poorly for me, that's probably a 6/10 for me at best now.

J_Tea said:
Gurren Lagann ( 9 / 10 )

Kill La Kill ( 4 / 10 )

Gurren Lagann ran so that Kill La Kill could attempt to walk but then fall flat on its face.

YAHOOGAYCHATROOM said:
Yeah I guess I do, TTGL has a stupidly huge cast I couldn't get invested in and it's all a little too "fart jokes + boobies" for me. Until it starts taking itself way too seriously, at which point it sucks for other reasons.

Of course KLK falls apart in the second half because nobody at Trigger can write (hey let's spend 2 episodes on the cast fighting random schools in other parts of Japan for no reason! let's make the protagonist have a big depressive episode and start rejecting Senketsu even though we already did that a few episodes ago! let's reveal that Ryoko's dad was actually just wearing an old man disguise 24/7 to explain why he looked old at first when he was actually in his 30s! etc)

First half's very strong though.