Gurren Lagann vs. Kill la Kill: A Thematic Rundown
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LINKS!
Re: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
A short video interview with director Hiroyuki Imaishi and character designer Atsushi Nishigori:
Two short interviews with several producers and animation directors:
GAINAX answering fan questions:
TV Topes “Wild Mass Guessing“ page is basically a dump for everyone’s insane interpretations of the series. A few are usually interesting:
TV Tropes also has a pretty extensive list of references in the series. A lot of them are questionable, but a lot are really cool:
The Animanachronism posits it as the ultimate tale of rebellion:
Because Gurren Lagann came out around when I first got into anime blogging, and when more analytical blogging was only just getting popular, I haven’t read as much/there isn’t as much out there. Googling “gurren lagann analysis“ turns up some promising results, but most of them aren’t saying much different from what I did in this video. Anyways here’s the search: lagann analysis
Re: Kill la Kill:
The biggest and most important post that I’m going to link here is, as you’ve probably guessed if you follow my KLK content, the massive post Kill la Kill: A Love Story from Chromatic Abberations everywhere. What makes this post integral is that it’s not only probably the best close-reading of the series outside of Charles Dunbar’s panels, but it also is a curation of analysis done on the series. It culminates tons of stuff written on the show and links to most of it, so from here you can easily dive into a world of KLK analysis. I recommend all of the links in the “Building Up A Mindset“ section:
Very cool interview with director Imaishi and writer Nakashima:
Database of known Kill la Kill references:
Charles Dunbar’s massive KLK panel has yet to fully hit the internet. He plans on filming it at Katsucon in February and is writing a book on it, but for now you can find bits and pieces, and the genesis of the ideas, over on his website:
You can also find some similar reading in this post, The Fashion of Fascism, on Art-Eater:
Interview with character designer Sushio:
And of course, my own posts on Kill la Kill, in reverse-chronological order. All of them are worth checking out as they lead up to my thesis in this video:
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