"Libera me from Hell" consists of two very distinct music pieces: Opera and rap. Opera is a very somber and traditionally tragic genre, with themes usually centered around inevitability of fate and human mortality. Opera is supposed to make you experience catharsis and accept whatever painful truth it is trying to convey Rap is different. *Very different* . It's fundamentaly a rebellious genre, very energetic and defiant of traditions and norms. One of the main themes explored in rap is willpower and how it can overcome pretty much any obstacle that can possibly rise in your way. "Libera me from Hell" takes this genres and makes them fight to the death. Throughout the whole song rap - symbol of human will, determination and the power of the spiral - struggles against Opera - symbol of fate, depression, stagnation and anti-spiral. At times rap is almost completely drowned by the Opera, only for it to gloriously re-emerge and silence it's opponent. This might be the best symbolism in anime music I've ever heard in my life
It's great to know that this hot-blooded super robot anime can still draw in intelligent folks like you and me. Too often in animes like this, the smart guy gives up way too early and gives the rest of us a bad name.
“Don’t be distracted by the what-if’s, should-have’s, and if-only’s. The one thing you choose for yourself - that is the truth of your universe.” - Kamina
The OPERA refers to those who accepts their sad fate and the RAP refers to those who fight against them who forces them to accept that sad fate. Both of them combined, its a perfect example of our world.
Yes it beautiful the Opera is the anti spiral while the rap is team Dai Gurren the whole song is the last 10 episode of the show in song form. The opera strikes first the rap responds and so on. At the end the Opera and rap are playing simultaneously the Opera is overshadowing rap but slowly very slowly the rap gets louder and louder till it's at equal volume to the Opera until finally it utterly drowns it out.
I really like that scene too, I also like how it shows that viral really does have spiral power, and seeing him bring out enkidu's swords in the final battle gets me every time
The whole point is that the opera portion represents the antispiral, basically how they act godly and are punishing the spiral life forms, and the rap portion is (if you think about it) just kamina’s voice which is telling team guren that they have to fight back against the antispiral, and not giving up. It captures the whole show, how at the beginning it was the spirals whoich the audience knew, and they were going strong (refers to volume) but then you hear the antispirals (opera) and it’s much louder, then your see the difference in power. But then as the song progresses you see the voice of “ row row fight the power” get louder consistently, showing how they’re rising up, and at the end the opera ceases and you hear one last “fight the power”. This shows the spirals beating the antispirals
Thank God someone already pointed that out for me, I thought I would have to do that. For anyone wondering the name of the Latin Chant in this is titled "Libera Me Domine" look it up you'll find it.
I was sad at both Kamina's and Kittan's death but Kittan hit harder since I saw him as a continuation of Kamina's legacy along with Simon... at least he went his own way and didn't give into the Anti-Spiral. R.I.P. my man, continue to fight the power
My only regret with watching this show is never being able to watch it again for the 1st time. It truly is a roller coaster of emotions from sadness to happiness, from despair to exaltation. Quite possibly the best anime I've ever seen
@@elquatroloko8096 I've thought about sitting down and watching the movies. But I just worry that they wouldn't do the show enough justice. They could keep the big key details but there's a lot of stuff they have to cut out. And almost every episode was critical to the storyline
the one thing that really makes me so excitingly scared is how Hiroyuki Imaishi, the creator of gurren lagann, you can have him create anything and I mean anything, and he'll make the dumbest or silliest things meaningful or full of fun a film of an exciting prison escape thriller(Dead Leaves) an anime about willing to love yourself no matter what people think of your body even if it's embarrassing(KLK) an anime about appreciating experiences that are valuable, still valuable even if it's briefly or a glimpse(SPL) out of all of his works, I always get the impression that Imaishi after he was finished with Dead Leaves, decided to crank up his game to the max, to reach peak SOOO early. And I truly believe that none of his upcoming works will ever surpass Gurren Lagann, and you know what, that's okay, and idgaf what kind of stuff he does, cuz I'm looking forward to whatever the hell kind of dumb fun he makes(as someone whose been watching almost all of his works). Gurren Lagann is truly, the anime of all time, the peak of all time, the moon that shines bright until the night arrives
dude you literally forget what ttgl taught you yes nowadays there's hardly any anime that top ttgl doesn't mean there won't in the future break the unbreakable man！
The way this goofy ass show started out i never pictured i was embarking on an existential journey against a barely tangible enemy through metaphysical space....
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Swen Zettler "I ain't saying no showy crap like "Later, buddy," or something lame like that! I'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON, YOU BOZOOOOOOS!" "This is Simon's soul! Team Dai-Gurren's soul! Humanity's soul... and actually, it's MY SOUL! Do you seriously think it's gonna be wiped out by the likes of you?! King.... Kittan... GIGA... DRILL... BREAK!!!" So this is the power of the spiral... Not bad, not bad at all..." Of course, Simon's "Not my Bro" speech takes the cake, but you have to understand that Kittan is a pretty cool guy.
“The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix! Drilling a path towards tomorrow! And that's Tengen Toppa! That's Gurren Lagann!” - Simon “Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!” - Kamina “Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens!” - Kamina “Who the hell do you think I am?!” - Kamina “We evolve, beyond the person that we were a minute before. Little by little, we advance with each turn. That's how a drill works!” - Simon “Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me. Not the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself.” - Kamina “If there's a wall in our way, then we smash it down! If there isn't a path then we carve one ourselves! The magma of our souls burns with a mighty flame! Gurren Lagann! Just who in the hell do you think we are!?” - Kamina and Simon “I will believe! I will believe in the me that believes in us, humans and the future! This drill is... my soul!” - Simon
I had a great pleasure to see this song live at Iwasaki Taku's concert in Tokyo. It was the last song of the show. The rapper had a fake glowing drill that imitated the one from anime. At first a dim light was set only on him, standing in the middle of the stage with Taku playing on the side. The drill was glowing while we listened to the rapper. And then, suddenly when the opera part started, a strong light was set way above the stage. For a whole concert I didn't even notice that there is a balcony above and now, a real opera singer in full dress appeared there live singing this awesome song. I still can't forget this sensation.
I love the musical progression of this piece. It starts out with just the opera, which is essentially a proclamation of their death. Then the piano kicks in and the rap starts as a kind of retort. Humanity is saying “No. we will fight the power” afterwards, the opera gets louder to reiterate their demise. It goes back and forth like this until the music overlaps and they try to drone each other out by getting progressively louder. Finally, you have nothing but the fight the power at the end as a proclamation of their victory
@@Ganom-ng1zt yeah it's about the depression of the human condition and what choices you decide to make as an individual to deal with the suffering of life.
@@wdavis6814 It tells a story about overcoming suffering and self-acceptance. You are pretty much correct with your description, but I think the intention of your original comment can come off as misguided.
+Calvatron, Lord of Nothing my phone turned into a core drill I shanked someone then there was quantum breakdown help I bribe out of petentioty as many tears shed when kamiya died
Whenever I find myself facing problems, great difficulties or even just insecurities, I come here to listen to this song and I immediately reconnect to my force of will. It's incredible how a song (or a single verse) can turn my energy on. Amazing anime, amazing song. Also, I've finished my third Gurren Lagann rewatch yesterday and I noticed how I perceived all the feelings of the characters and their choices thought the story differently from the first two times. Why? Because I've watched this anime for the first time when I was 14, then at 16/17 and now at 22. It hurts differently because I've grown up and matured during adolescence and what I've considered superficial or lame due to my immaturity and my youth now has gained a pretty deep meaning to me and has left something to think about and, most importantly, to learn from. Pretty sure I'll do a rewatch in 3 years or so, I'm sure I'll find out some more to learn. If you haven't already watched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, I really suggest you to watch it as soon as possible.
I’m with you here buddy. I always come back to this track for the same reasons as you do. I’m 34 now and I’ve only been able to share this anime with one other person in my life time prior to this year. I’ve rewatched this anime twice this year already and one time was for the 15th anniversary, and for the other time I was finally able to convince my girlfriend to watch it. The best part is that my girlfriend and her middle sister and her boyfriend joined in. Now I don’t know if they consider it their favorite anime, I get it. But they have said how much they appreciate having watched it finally and it has easily become one of their top animes they’ve experienced. They cried, laughed, and reacted in every way and moment that I hoped they would. We even went to Fanime this year and we got ourselves the flag of team Dai Gurren!! Gurren Lagann will and does live on. Kamina lives on. In our hearts and on our backs. Gurren Lagann will always manage to find a way to pierce the heavens!! And I will forever claim that TTGL is MY favorite work of anime of all time!!
Every year from 2012? (i belive) i rewatching ttgl, and every time it hit me so fcking hard,this anime were with me through basically all my conscious life(23 years old now) and im glad i have perfect dub for it. I think nothing will ever compete with ttgl for 1st place in my anime chart or even be close to it
I just finished my 3.? 4.? Run of TTGL And man.... I really dig you. The last time I watched this series I also was like 17, maybe 18 and now that I am 21 (22 in a couple of days) I just perceive it in some other way. Gurren Lagann has always been my favorite anime since I first saw it and I am so glad that I watched it again. Idk why but as of late I am feeling kinda unwell, hard to put into words why or how, since everything seems to be normal and going pretty well actually but I just feel more "off" from day to day. I can't really tell if watching Gurren Lagann again after all these years will help me with my current situation.... But I won't believe in myself or believe that someone else will help me out. I will believe in the me that believes in myself!
Gonna be honest my friend recommended evangelion but i had heard it was incredibly depressing so i watched ttgl instead because i didnt wanna feel bad. i wasnt disappointed, when characters in ttgl die its like jojo deaths in that it just makes me like them more because they die in a cool way.
@@johnnydaves5132 Except Kamina. He deserved to die in the *coolest fucking way possible* , during final battle, when chances to win were literally 0%. He could be like...taking billions of billons of enemies with himself, slicing through fucking planets or something and then exploding to destroy the antispiral's universe. I could've been crying with tears of happiness. (8th episode was super sad and even more depressing was the fact that Kamina wasn't able to see what happened next.)
@@lovepeace9727 eh, agree to disagree. simon wouldnt have become the man he is if kamina didnt die. he was in kaminas shadow. kamina is one of my favourite anime characters but he had to die so simon could set himself apart from him.
Imagine the insane, godly energy a live performance of this would generate. Symphony swelling in the background, piano punching through it at all, DJ mixing in the beats, rapper ripping through the rhymes, soprano belting out Libera Me with ever-greater intensity and desperation, and the crowd just chanting back in unison "ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER."
@@SlippyS3raphim From what I've found, the largest concert was populated with over 3.54 million people. If this was in such a scale, it would shake the damn earth to it's core
Evangelion: You Must Not Run Away. Gurren Lagann: You Must Keep Pushing Forward. Two themes that are seemingly the same but the crucial distinction comes within the tone and presentation of the shows. Both shows are two sides of the same coin. They're absolute masterpieces of not only anime but media in general.
That scene from episode 26 brings a tear to my eye. Seeing how much Simon has grown and when Kamina said "Hey since when did you get taller than me?" Made me tear up a bit 🥲 Edit: Holy cow 1k likes, thank you all so much!
August 5 2022 still admiring a hell lot of this anime. first time watching this as a high school kid now watching it again as a husband waiting for his son to be born. time flies but this anime is forever
Wait..this.. I think I only now realized what this is about. What was happening in the author's head. This is about a fight between the inevitability of death (perhaps some nihilistic notion or mindset) vs the undying will to excel and prevail. Just listen to that chilling voice, powerful and large, like death, vs the rapping guys, just shitting on top of it, like they will do whatever they set their mind to, whatever the cost, and no matter the fact one day they'll die.
Death is inevitable for us in this world, but for as long as we are alive, we can choose what we will do with that limited time. We carve out our own Destiny, and never accept some idealistic superstition like "Fate" shackle our lives to a quiet routine of doing anything others tell us..
"We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." - Charles Bukowski
+Sasaki «αиd тнєи тнєяє wєяє иσиє» Haise 佐々木 琲世 Max volume? HAH! try use 10 concert speekers and max the volume on both youtube and the speekers, then listen to the song while under a meter away from the speekers. THAT IS THE REAL POWER OF GURREN LAGANN!!!
Actually, This is a really goos song with much feels to it. Its not a sad song acutally a song of awesomeness. Its just that I miss the anime so im sad ;_;..
♡YunnaNeko♡ me too. YOU KNOW someone will die with this song playing. It makes me think of Kamina too. It has HIS THEME SONG as the rap lyrics :_: god my eyes are watering as I type this. :_:7 Kamina was an amazing, beautifully written character. What was a cocky, hyperactive man on the outside, was a strong and supportive brother on the inside. Deep down all Kamina wanted, was to help Simon see the potential he has, the potential KAMINA sees in him. "Believe in yourself, believe in the SIMON that believes in you." :_:7 I wish I had a brother, and I wish I had one like Kamina. "It's not about blood, you and me are siblings of the soul" - Kamina :_:7
Nia: Even when trapped by karma's cycle... Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door! Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way... Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be! Simon: We'll break through time and space... Team Dai-Gurren: And defy all who would stop us, to grab hold of our path! Simon: TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!! Team Dai-Gurren: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?!
If you're gonna dig, dig to the heavens. No matter what's in my way I won't stop! Once I've dug through, it means that I've WON! Just who the hell do you think I am? I'm Simon. I'm not my Bro. I'm ME! Simon the Digger!
Somehow what hits me the hardest with this song is Viral. He never said anything, to anyone. Didn't mention any of what he wanted most of all, what his perfect life looked like. What he could never, ever have. And when he realised he was being held in it, he quietly set down his wonderful dream of his perfect life, smiled and walked away from it back into the fight. It really feels, in an oddly quiet and understated way, like he made the biggest sacrifice - he gave up what he'd never have, and never could again. He had the impossible, and he let go of it for them.
He probably knew the terms of his existence being a beastman from the start, so I think he came to terms with it earlier in his life. Of course, living his whole life knowing he can't have something he truly wants is the real tragedy here.
To all those who helped me make Gurren Lagann on r/place, I thank you. It started with just me and one other asking for help and starting with just 20 people, we beat the odds and took our own spot. We made history. All the lights in the heavens are stars.
This song is basically Anti Spiral: God comes for all of us. Time always passes and nature is inevitable Humanity: BRING GOD HERE AND ILL KICK HIS ASS TOO
Pull up "The divine comedy" by Dante in your Wikipedia, and you'll know what TTGL is built upon ;) Case in point, "Libera me" is a Gregorian requiem which fits with that classic literature tenet's time period, too.
Explanation: it's about man's escape from the early sphere, ascent through the stages of hell, into elysium. Focus is on the divine gifts of humanity. The stage in ep26 is it example, the one where those gifts are squandered in favor of the mediocre and the comfortable.
+Realag666 its unfortunate that was used in an older anime. gaogaigar. which clearly the same ount of insanity went into well hammers instead of drills though
Tonight, I find myself engulfed in rage due to a situation threatening my family. It's been incredibly hard to find peace within myself. Yet, somehow, it's this very piece of music that has managed to calm the storm inside me. I've been listening to this instrument for 14 years, and there was a time when it filled my days almost religiously. But it's been years since I last allowed myself to be carried away by its melodies. This masterpiece, this exceptional instrument, has once again freed my heart and mind from the shackles of anger. Through its notes, I've been reminded that even in the midst of fury, there exists a dire need for tranquility. This music has taught me that even the wildest storms crave peace.
this anime is what pulled me out of a depression i was in a few years ago and i simply Want to pay my respects to it i wouldn't have Died but i sure as hell would not be the person i am now, "Believe in the you who believes in you"
One of my friends who's a big fan of this anime tried explaining Nia to one of our friends who doesn't watch anime "She's like, the daughter of the bad guy who's actually the good guy, and she's good, but then she's bad but she's actually being controlled but then she's actually bad then she turns good."
@@bodenking Nice! I think they did a great job with the dub, Yoko’s VA was the only easily discernible difference. Very excited for the second one next week!
"Kittan...I accept your dying wish" "Our friends hopes and dreams are etched into its body, transforming the infinite darkness into light!" "Unmatched in heaven and earth, one machine, equal to the gods!" "SUPER GALAXY GURREN LAGANN!!!" Best. Transformation. Ever. Period
I'm a college student struggling to keep up his grades. A couple days ago I took a test for a class, and I know I didn't do as well as I could have. It's weird because I remember being so great with school-work when I was younger, but these days I just can't seem to meet the bar like I used to. It's been a long time since I've seen an A on my cumulative class score, and I've got to be honest, it's depressing to see how far I away I am now from being any sort of ideal student. Maybe I never really was. This isn't the first time I've felt this way, but today in particular it's been sinking in more than usual. I decided to listen to this song to try and raise my spirits a little, and you know what, it's really helping! Truth is, I never did this to fit an ideal, or to be the best, but because I could. It doesn't matter that things aren't what they used to be. As long as I've got the choice, I'll keep drilling forward!
Same here man, ive always been crappy at math but this song helped me get through studying for my college math tests so far. Just do your best and forget the rest, if ur having trouble with one of your classes try and reserve a few minutes each day to look over the stuff you feel you struggle the most with. maybe focus on the main idea first then once you've got that down fill in the details by doing examples you can practice with.
I feel you man. I'm taking a break from college for that reason alone. i used to pride myself with being able to get through school without hardly trying at all. Now I just find that there isn't anything in me that WANTS to try. It may be disappointing to my parents but I think I'm just done with school. I don't really care about a degree but I'll finish it online or something but I no longer even want to get to class. People who don't fit into an ideal like us are meant for something more. Wolf in sheep clothing, my friend
KC Fugrad Yeah, but I can't let myself stop trying. From what I can tell, I'm progressing, just not at an ideal rate. I keep retaking classes that I get D's in and wind up with C's or even B's. I'm not expecting to be the next Bill Gates, but I gotta try and move forward. If the old ways won't work, I'll just have to find a new one!
True story, I had a friend, he introduced me to this anime, and we used to watch this on scifi animonday I think it was, so one day he was driving along side his dad, his dad was drunk driving and was speeding over 100 mph, they crashed into a light post and the ejected out the car and died, it was on the news at one point, so I went to his funeral , and his mom requested that this song should play, and it did, so I was on the bench cried my tears out, so I watched the rest of the anime for him and still watch it to this day and I get visions of me with my friend, so I start breaking down in tears, so now I take medication for my depression.
I’m so sorry you went through this experience. But I’m sure that your friend probably just spiraled his way into existence just to hear it one last time.
I know this is a weird place for this but I just have to say thank you to this show so much. This show is partially what pulled me out of depression, this show is both a safe space and guide that always tells me to dream bigger. This show is what inspires my life and makes me never want to settle for what others at is ok. This show plus a friend that helped me get throught some hard patches in my life (coincidentally the one who showed me GL) are the reason I'm alive today. This song is the anthem to my progress and it never gets tiring to me. I don't know if any of you care but I just want to say how much I love this song and it's message
Y'know I listened to a lot music from Gurren Lagann every day recently as I was having a hard time and it gave me the conviction to move on, but I realized something, it wasn't the music, it wasn't necessarily Gurren Lagann that gave me this feeling, it was the comments and all of you people talking about achieving your goals, how good your lives are now or if they are not good how you will strive to make them better, how this anime has changed your life, all of you making the impossible possible and pushing though it, it's you all of you that give me conviction to push onward every day, so thank you lads and lasses, in the darkness that is life we run endlessly towards a light that is our happiness, but I think in the process we can illuminate that darkness for others as we run towards it and you, your stories on all these different songs have done just that for me someone you've never even met, so thank you...now then ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER
The manliest man of the past meets the manliest man of the present, his successor, his blood brother one last time; many spiral tears are wept throughout the universe.
This is my lifeline. Thinking about the bad? Row row fight the power. Life got me down? Row row fight the power. Hate my body more than i usually do? Row row fight the power. Bottom line? One step at a time, keep going, no matter how hard it gets.
Even when trapped by karma’s cycle... The dreams we left behind will open the door! Even if the infinite universe stands in our way... The seething of our blood will determine what will be! We’ll break through time and space ...to grab hold of our own path! TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!
I love how the song has the opera and the rap taking turns and near the end both are happening at the same time. But the rap is quieter its being overwhelmed by the opera which keeps talking about sad things like death. And then when there is more than one voice rapping, it overtakes the sad music until all you hear is row row fight the power
After 5 years of knowing about it, despite having read about it, on tvtropes and wikipedia, despite being fully spoilered, I decided to start watching this series. Spoilered or not, THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. If you, random internet person reading this, happen to be on the fence, like I was, don't hesitate, go frickin watch this shit already. I swear, there is no thing on this earth to surpass the awesomeness and badassery of this show. Just do it, ANIKI. Don't believe in yourself. Don't believe in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in you.
people give Imaishi all the credit for Gurren Lagann, and he deserves credit for such a beautiful story with beautiful and clever animation, but Iwasaki's soundtrack elevates it to a whole new height. Peak fiction, nothing will ever surpass Gurren Lagann.
More than to pierce, your drill is the drill that CREATES the heavens! And I hope that, in one year of this comment, you have created a lot of achievements
The meaning in the song is amazing when you think about it. Starts off with Kamina raping and an occasional "Row Row Fight the Powah!", but as the song goes on Kamina continues to get quieter, while the team chant gets louder. Near the end Kamina goes silent completely while team Dai Gurren is louder than ever. Kamina started it all, while Dai Gurren finished it together.
It's like the opera is the anti spirals and the rapping is team (dai) gurren. As the song goes longer the rapping gets louder and so does the opera just like their fight
the fact that you only really ever hear “Do the impossible, see the invisible” right before someone sacrifices themselves for DaiGurren makes the song that much more bittersweet
The opera part are the anti-spiral, old and respected like opera. The rap portion are the spiral creatures, new and evolving. Throughout the song they fight to be the loudest until the rap portion drowns out the opera.
*watches kamina dies and dosent cry* me: "i must be a real man since i didnt cry." *kamina comes back later in the show in episode 26* me: -cant stop crying- life: "you dumbass... kamina makes everyone cry earlier or later, it cant be avoided"
i din´t cried... I FELL HAPPINES SINCE KAMINA DIED LIKE A HERO INSTEAD A DUMB WAY AND WILL BE FOREVER REMBERED AND EVEN ON DEAD IT`S BADASS i did... DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
The only anime that reached the point of making me emotionally sad and cry was steins gate both original and 0 endings I guess that the downside of having watched a lot of good anime in childhood where I didn't understand the importance of the carecters actions and the concept of death
Trust me. It’s worth watching it all the way through. Take it from some one who’s watched the Four Horsemen of Depression when it comes to anime. Props for those who know what I’m talking about.
What's weird about this song is, I'm usually not a fan of rap. Even in this song, just on it's own without context, I would find it pretty mediocre (personal preference). But just by what it represents, what it stands for, what I've seen and remember, it's suddenly this grand epic. Just by listening to this I get chills every time. Gurren Lagann really was more than an anime, it was an experience, a journey, a battle. An epic I will remember forever.
Fun fact the guy who composed this song also did the pillar men theme from jojo
Nice!
I just checked and damn you're right
the guy is a genius. Rurouni Kenshin OVAs, JoJo, Akame ga Kill, Noragami, Mahouka, TTGL, Soul Eater, Katanagatari
Jeff Lee say no more fam
O shit
"Libera me from Hell" consists of two very distinct music pieces: Opera and rap. Opera is a very somber and traditionally tragic genre, with themes usually centered around inevitability of fate and human mortality. Opera is supposed to make you experience catharsis and accept whatever painful truth it is trying to convey
Rap is different. *Very different* . It's fundamentaly a rebellious genre, very energetic and defiant of traditions and norms. One of the main themes explored in rap is willpower and how it can overcome pretty much any obstacle that can possibly rise in your way.
"Libera me from Hell" takes this genres and makes them fight to the death. Throughout the whole song rap - symbol of human will, determination and the power of the spiral - struggles against Opera - symbol of fate, depression, stagnation and anti-spiral. At times rap is almost completely drowned by the Opera, only for it to gloriously re-emerge and silence it's opponent.
This might be the best symbolism in anime music I've ever heard in my life
It's great to know that this hot-blooded super robot anime can still draw in intelligent folks like you and me. Too often in animes like this, the smart guy gives up way too early and gives the rest of us a bad name.
opera is a form of theatre, rather than a specific genre. There are plenty of comic operas
Top 10 anime OST fights
Love your wording, I’m getting hyped for no reason 😂
@@wheresmygrasses1549 Who needs a _reason_ to get hyped?! Kick logic to the curb and go beyond the impossible!
“Don’t be distracted by the what-if’s, should-have’s, and if-only’s. The one thing you choose for yourself - that is the truth of your universe.” - Kamina
Kamina spitting straight heaving piercing facts
The man can still spit facts whilst 6 feet under
This is going on my grave
Edit: FUCK IT, MY GRAVE CAN GO TO HELL!
@@VoidSpirals W character development
Don't believe in yourself believe in the me that believes in you
This song is the best incarnation of "The indomitable human spirit VS. The indifferent cruelty of the universe"
☝️ Literally this
perfect way to put it👌
what did the universo do?😭
@@myb701Everything
@@myb701 Well, fighting Anti Spiral is literally like fighting the universe lol
this goofy stupid insane and unrealistic show is one of the best things I've ever experienced
Ethan Hudson same, this has to be one of my favorite mecha animes
had us in the first half
Unrealistic? Are you trying to say galaxy-sized drill mechs are unrealistic? 😂
The movies too, I just binged them last night and I cried more than I did at the end of the series
Yessir years later and still my favorite anime of all time
play this at my funeral, I´ll probably get back up
SAME
play this at my funeral and the entire graveyard will get resurrect.
Same.
Play this during MMA fights watch em fight even harder
Will you avenge your own death though
The OPERA refers to those who accepts their sad fate and the RAP refers to those who fight against them who forces them to accept that sad fate. Both of them combined, its a perfect example of our world.
Damn man you just opened my eyes
i go t more than 10 likes . WOW
Yes it beautiful the Opera is the anti spiral while the rap is team Dai Gurren the whole song is the last 10 episode of the show in song form. The opera strikes first the rap responds and so on. At the end the Opera and rap are playing simultaneously the Opera is overshadowing rap but slowly very slowly the rap gets louder and louder till it's at equal volume to the Opera until finally it utterly drowns it out.
Master Zero damn your right
I never knew that
“So this is spiral power? Not bad not bad at all” rest in peace Kittan👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾
The fact that Viral dreamed of having a wife and child made me cry
Simon too. Amongst all the possible worlds, there was one in which he was a father bouncing his baby boy. I legit cried at that scene.
This one hits very hard
Real sad bc beastmen can't reproduce
I really like that scene too, I also like how it shows that viral really does have spiral power, and seeing him bring out enkidu's swords in the final battle gets me every time
Ahhh, the fucking spoilers. When will I ever learn?
This anime was released in 2007 and yet even in 2024 it's one of the most beautiful animation I've seen.
Yes.
Yes, only after Evangelion.
If you had a Top 10 Favorite Anime List, what Rank Number would you give Gurren Lagann?
@@soniagutierrezquiroz5596 i don't know if i will put it in my top 10 because i started to really like it from the time skip.
@@LeMedjayYT What is the ellipse?
Latin opera with english rap for a japanese anime. THAT'S FREAKING AWESOME!!!
They did the impossible
+Jacopo Palumbi *engrish
Actually....not spanish
Oh, sorry, my mistake
+NecronBroly9 i'm italian and i assure you that's not italian but latin.
How is every aspect of gurren lagann perfect. The ost, the animation, the story, the soundtracks, and the characters; everything is just perfect.
I googled the definition of perfect and gurren lagann came up
Except episode 4 lol
@@Lint996 remind me what happened in ep 4
@@batteryconsumer Animation budget took a fat dump
I thought the ending Was kinda ass, but other than that it was pretty good
My girlfriend said to me "these lyrics don't go together"
But that's kind of the point. Do the impossible, girl.
See the invisible
Row row, fight the power.
The whole point is that the opera portion represents the antispiral, basically how they act godly and are punishing the spiral life forms, and the rap portion is (if you think about it) just kamina’s voice which is telling team guren that they have to fight back against the antispiral, and not giving up. It captures the whole show, how at the beginning it was the spirals whoich the audience knew, and they were going strong (refers to volume) but then you hear the antispirals (opera) and it’s much louder, then your see the difference in power. But then as the song progresses you see the voice of “ row row fight the power” get louder consistently, showing how they’re rising up, and at the end the opera ceases and you hear one last “fight the power”. This shows the spirals beating the antispirals
Oops time for a new girlfriend
@@RichardULong One of those likes was from me...
gurren lagann is not anime its motivation video
Can't argue with that
Hyde Matsumoto Motivation anime
Yep
I watched it before school, one episode at a time, I was good for the whole day
Neon Genesis Evangelion não é um Anime, é uma obra de arte da humanidade
In case anyone’s wondering, the Latin is almost word for word a traditional Catholic prayer for the dead.
Ties into Simon's speech about the dreams of those that went before and the hopes of those following. A double helix. A drill to pierce the heavens!
Would make sense. Deliverance from Death and God being associate with fire are both very Christian elements.
Neat
Thank God someone already pointed that out for me, I thought I would have to do that. For anyone wondering the name of the Latin Chant in this is titled "Libera Me Domine" look it up you'll find it.
True. Piercing the heavens of one of the oldest literature classics: the divine comedy / Dante's Inferno 🔥🎆
Rest in peace Kitan. You had the most badass moment in any anime I've ever watched.
I was sad at both Kamina's and Kittan's death but Kittan hit harder since I saw him as a continuation of Kamina's legacy along with Simon... at least he went his own way and didn't give into the Anti-Spiral. R.I.P. my man, continue to fight the power
Rest in glory
"So this is Spiral Power? I'm impressed..."
@@crimsonzen8412 Not bad at all...
KING KITTAN!
My only regret with watching this show is never being able to watch it again for the 1st time. It truly is a roller coaster of emotions from sadness to happiness, from despair to exaltation. Quite possibly the best anime I've ever seen
The movie changes enough and condenses it that it can kinda give that feeling
@@elquatroloko8096 I've thought about sitting down and watching the movies. But I just worry that they wouldn't do the show enough justice. They could keep the big key details but there's a lot of stuff they have to cut out. And almost every episode was critical to the storyline
i recently rewatched it and it arguably hit even harder, knowing what i do now as upposed to then
@@elbrus295 yeah but it makes the final fights way more epic lol
When you realize that this song is just a giant rap battle, everything about it makes complete sense.
Viejo, todo acaba de cobrar sentido. Gracias.
Musty Smells Not really? The opera doesn’t do poetry and they represent anti-spiral. The first verse represents Kamina and the second, Simon.
@@gowiththeflow363 the Latin is a prayer for the dead while the rap is like the complete opposite lol
rap between humanity against some higher being?
"Sense" is not something you need here
Damn this fanbase still alive? Yall royal af. This anime is real good asf.
Everything includes
I just finished the series the other day
Once a member pf the dai gurren brigade, always a member
Who the hell do you think youre talking about???
one of the first animes i saw and tbh im planning on rewatching it, its so damn good
I just started watching it
There will never be another anime like Gurren Laggan, it stands at the peak as one of the best, and is literally untouchable and unbreakable.
The only anime that could come close is Gunbuster 3 if that ever comes out
F agreed about the analogy with Gunbuster 3
the one thing that really makes me so excitingly scared is how Hiroyuki Imaishi, the creator of gurren lagann,
you can have him create anything and I mean anything, and he'll make the dumbest or silliest things meaningful or full of fun
a film of an exciting prison escape thriller(Dead Leaves)
an anime about willing to love yourself no matter what people think of your body even if it's embarrassing(KLK)
an anime about appreciating experiences that are valuable, still valuable even if it's briefly or a glimpse(SPL)
out of all of his works, I always get the impression that Imaishi after he was finished with Dead Leaves, decided to crank up his game to the max, to reach peak SOOO early. And I truly believe that none of his upcoming works will ever surpass Gurren Lagann, and you know what, that's okay, and idgaf what kind of stuff he does, cuz I'm looking forward to whatever the hell kind of dumb fun he makes(as someone whose been watching almost all of his works).
Gurren Lagann is truly, the anime of all time, the peak of all time, the moon that shines bright until the night arrives
Dandadan anime adaptation is near. Hope it capture this same energy as how gurren once did.
dude you literally forget what ttgl taught you yes nowadays there's hardly any anime that top ttgl doesn't mean there won't in the future break the unbreakable man！
The way this goofy ass show started out i never pictured i was embarking on an existential journey against a barely tangible enemy through metaphysical space....
Digging holes man... Can't get to that deep shit without it
From digging holes to digging the observable universe
Congrats welcome to trigger endings
@@anown315 to digging deeper in the philosophical message
Darling has almost identical plot but this show is 10x better
all other: tony stark made the most noble sacrifice in the history..
Me: kiiiiiiiiiiiiingu kittan gigaaaaaa duriruuu breakaaaa!!
Kittan's soul will never be forgotten as long as dai gurren lives on he will too
Me: Senketsu :'c
You know, hollywood steals A LOT from japanese anime and manga. Almost nothing is original in hollywood movies
"So this is the power of the Spiral?.. Alright.. I'll admit... I'm impressed... Heh.. Heheh heh..."
ik im late but the dub did a better job for his death cuz they made him laugh.
Rap + Opera = Unexpected Amazing Combination
Rap + Opera = Gurren Lagann
Requiem + Breaking limits = FIGHT DA POWAH
And a combination that should be utilized much more.
- You can't combine Opera and Rap
+ JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?
Opera Isn't a music style, It's a theatre style, I think you mean Baroque
But I got you fam
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Want some metal with that??
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Before "FUCK IT, WE BALL", there was "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!"
Remember that time Kittan became all our favorite character and this song was part of the reason?
Higth115 Yep. On that day when that episode was first shown so many manly tears were shed that 60% of houses in Japan had 1 flooded room.
Higth115 Nah man, Kittan became our favorite character because he's Kittan ;)
...But the song helps alot...
Higth115 How can you say that it's either Simon or Kamina all the way.
How can someone like kittan more than simon and kamina?
Swen Zettler "I ain't saying no showy crap like "Later, buddy," or something lame like that! I'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON, YOU BOZOOOOOOS!" "This is Simon's soul! Team Dai-Gurren's soul! Humanity's soul... and actually, it's MY SOUL! Do you seriously think it's gonna be wiped out by the likes of you?! King.... Kittan... GIGA... DRILL... BREAK!!!" So this is the power of the spiral... Not bad, not bad at all..."
Of course, Simon's "Not my Bro" speech takes the cake, but you have to understand that Kittan is a pretty cool guy.
When you start throwing galaxies like a throwing star, you are deemed the strongest super robot
that name THO
Yes, you are. And not to mention standing on them and being 52.8 Lightyears tall.
don't forget throwing big bangs and beating the shit out of the other robot infront of earth
That to.
Nice Name :D
This song be hittin harder than Giga Drill break
How the F... I keep finding you in most of the vídeos i watch...!!!
indeed
🚀
Super Giga Drill Break
Everywere i go i see your face
The indomitable human spirit
the drill that pierces the heavens
Sore ga Tengen Toppa
Sore ga Gurren Lagann
WE WERE BORN TO INHERIT THE STARS
@@gwyn_ch correct
he never said that he said we were born to inherit the stars + my drill is my soul!!
The indifferent cruelty of the universe has nothing on it
Me: watches evangelion and TTGL the same year
My brain: i should feel sad or inspired?
I just did the same thing too
Inspired depression intesifies
You can be both. Sad and excepting, yet inspired and emboldened.
Two mech animes made by the same people with similar main characters but the philosophies of them are polar opposites
the message of evangelion is learn to love and accept yourself ,is not really depressive if you see that way
Wash the unwashable! Clean the uncleanable!!
Bro bro! Take a showa!!!
i dont have shower, i wash myself with spiral power everyday
Row row fight the powah!!
Gets me everytime
👍👍👍
the smash bros community theme song
“The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix! Drilling a path towards tomorrow! And that's Tengen Toppa! That's Gurren Lagann!” - Simon
“Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!” - Kamina
“Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens!” - Kamina
“Who the hell do you think I am?!” - Kamina
“We evolve, beyond the person that we were a minute before. Little by little, we advance with each turn. That's how a drill works!” - Simon
“Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me. Not the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself.” - Kamina
“If there's a wall in our way, then we smash it down! If there isn't a path then we carve one ourselves! The magma of our souls burns with a mighty flame! Gurren Lagann! Just who in the hell do you think we are!?” - Kamina and Simon
“I will believe! I will believe in the me that believes in us, humans and the future! This drill is... my soul!” - Simon
This are words from the greatest people in the show
I had a great pleasure to see this song live at Iwasaki Taku's concert in Tokyo. It was the last song of the show. The rapper had a fake glowing drill that imitated the one from anime. At first a dim light was set only on him, standing in the middle of the stage with Taku playing on the side. The drill was glowing while we listened to the rapper. And then, suddenly when the opera part started, a strong light was set way above the stage. For a whole concert I didn't even notice that there is a balcony above and now, a real opera singer in full dress appeared there live singing this awesome song. I still can't forget this sensation.
I love the musical progression of this piece. It starts out with just the opera, which is essentially a proclamation of their death. Then the piano kicks in and the rap starts as a kind of retort. Humanity is saying “No. we will fight the power” afterwards, the opera gets louder to reiterate their demise. It goes back and forth like this until the music overlaps and they try to drone each other out by getting progressively louder. Finally, you have nothing but the fight the power at the end as a proclamation of their victory
Thank you for you explanation, i love TTGL and this OST, and never thougth about the meaning of this songs until now. Thanks.
what's a god to a non believer
The whole song is a fight
Ten years have passed, but Gurren Lagann did not age one bit. Amazing.
Kurokage The Scrub Absolutely right. I'm about to rewatch it for the nth time
Gurren lagann fans never die
i still don't like what happens after they defeat the antispirals. but i still love the series
Me neither (but Viral still hot ;))
YAY i am not alone! why you didn't like the ending?
I don't really like mecha anime, I don't really like the idea of constant ridiculous power escalation.
Gurren Lagann is still my favourite anime.
Insane power escalation was done best by gurren lagann
true
Same. I hate Gundams and robot shit but TTGL is one hell of an anime and even tho I dont like gundam robo stuff, Gurren Lagan is awesome
The great TTGL things is a insane ridiculous mecha escalation.
Profdoomsday EXACTLY how I feel
Could imagine this being played at a live concert and the rapper encourages the crowd to rap the last part along loud asf shit would be cool asf
FACTS🔥🔥
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER
Cringe...
@@GeminiFate definitely truenorseviking 🤓
@@GeminiFate bruh who tf are you??? stfu lol. idiot
Simon the digger
A boy
A man
A king
A husband
A god
Then back to Simon the digger
Dirtiest Dan yeah would he regenerate himselves like doctor who
everybody type in the chat simon is a stupid digger
simon is a stupid digger
Simon is a stupid dagger
i hope you guys get the reference lmao
TTGL is the non-depressing Evangelion.
@The101nega true story,bro
Evangelion ain't got shit on ttgl
Evangelion is not about depression, stop getting the themes wrong, people.
@@Ganom-ng1zt yeah it's about the depression of the human condition and what choices you decide to make as an individual to deal with the suffering of life.
@@wdavis6814 It tells a story about overcoming suffering and self-acceptance. You are pretty much correct with your description, but I think the intention of your original comment can come off as misguided.
Are laptops supposed to turn into giant mechs after playing this video?
+Calvatron, Lord of Nothing Asking for a friend
+Calvatron, Lord of Nothing It's just a natural outcome from sheer awesomeness :P
+Calvatron, Lord of Nothing my phone turned into a core drill I shanked someone then there was quantum breakdown help I bribe out of petentioty as many tears shed when kamiya died
Check your drivers.
They are not supposed to, but they still do.
Whenever I find myself facing problems, great difficulties or even just insecurities, I come here to listen to this song and I immediately reconnect to my force of will.
It's incredible how a song (or a single verse) can turn my energy on.
Amazing anime, amazing song.
Also, I've finished my third Gurren Lagann rewatch yesterday and I noticed how I perceived all the feelings of the characters and their choices thought the story differently from the first two times. Why? Because I've watched this anime for the first time when I was 14, then at 16/17 and now at 22. It hurts differently because I've grown up and matured during adolescence and what I've considered superficial or lame due to my immaturity and my youth now has gained a pretty deep meaning to me and has left something to think about and, most importantly, to learn from.
Pretty sure I'll do a rewatch in 3 years or so, I'm sure I'll find out some more to learn.
If you haven't already watched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, I really suggest you to watch it as soon as possible.
I’m with you here buddy. I always come back to this track for the same reasons as you do. I’m 34 now and I’ve only been able to share this anime with one other person in my life time prior to this year. I’ve rewatched this anime twice this year already and one time was for the 15th anniversary, and for the other time I was finally able to convince my girlfriend to watch it. The best part is that my girlfriend and her middle sister and her boyfriend joined in. Now I don’t know if they consider it their favorite anime, I get it. But they have said how much they appreciate having watched it finally and it has easily become one of their top animes they’ve experienced. They cried, laughed, and reacted in every way and moment that I hoped they would. We even went to Fanime this year and we got ourselves the flag of team Dai Gurren!! Gurren Lagann will and does live on. Kamina lives on. In our hearts and on our backs. Gurren Lagann will always manage to find a way to pierce the heavens!! And I will forever claim that TTGL is MY favorite work of anime of all time!!
I love the GL fam
Every year from 2012? (i belive) i rewatching ttgl, and every time it hit me so fcking hard,this anime were with me through basically all my conscious life(23 years old now) and im glad i have perfect dub for it. I think nothing will ever compete with ttgl for 1st place in my anime chart or even be close to it
@@neronHCF hes just like me fr
I just finished my 3.? 4.? Run of TTGL
And man....
I really dig you.
The last time I watched this series I also was like 17, maybe 18 and now that I am 21 (22 in a couple of days) I just perceive it in some other way.
Gurren Lagann has always been my favorite anime since I first saw it and I am so glad that I watched it again.
Idk why but as of late I am feeling kinda unwell, hard to put into words why or how, since everything seems to be normal and going pretty well actually but I just feel more "off" from day to day.
I can't really tell if watching Gurren Lagann again after all these years will help me with my current situation....
But I won't believe in myself or believe that someone else will help me out. I will believe in the me that believes in myself!
Evangelion: Simon with depression
TTGL: Shinji without depression
Gonna be honest my friend recommended evangelion but i had heard it was incredibly depressing so i watched ttgl instead because i didnt wanna feel bad. i wasnt disappointed, when characters in ttgl die its like jojo deaths in that it just makes me like them more because they die in a cool way.
@@johnnydaves5132
Except Kamina. He deserved to die in the *coolest fucking way possible* , during final battle, when chances to win were literally 0%.
He could be like...taking billions of billons of enemies with himself, slicing through fucking planets or something and then exploding to destroy the antispiral's universe.
I could've been crying with tears of happiness. (8th episode was super sad and even more depressing was the fact that Kamina wasn't able to see what happened next.)
@@lovepeace9727 eh, agree to disagree. simon wouldnt have become the man he is if kamina didnt die. he was in kaminas shadow. kamina is one of my favourite anime characters but he had to die so simon could set himself apart from him.
Simon had kamina
Shinji had no one
:(
@@elgranhermano8872 he had asuka but asuka is too pride full
Imagine the insane, godly energy a live performance of this would generate. Symphony swelling in the background, piano punching through it at all, DJ mixing in the beats, rapper ripping through the rhymes, soprano belting out Libera Me with ever-greater intensity and desperation, and the crowd just chanting back in unison "ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER."
It would shake any nearby city
@@SlippyS3raphim From what I've found, the largest concert was populated with over 3.54 million people. If this was in such a scale, it would shake the damn earth to it's core
The universe would collapse
The Multidimensional Labyrinth would crumble.
Anti Spiral gets cancer.
This song always makes me think of Simon's final goodbye to Kamina.
It reminds me of the blond hair guy, *Kittan, using the drill he found and sacrificed his life to save them all with 0% probability.
LazyOtaku *Kittan
LazyOtaku KITTAN
ariq45 KING KITTAN YOU FUCKER
GHAH!! IM SORRY!!!
.. no ..
king kittan
GIGA
DORRILLUUU
BURREEEIIKKHEERR!!!!!!
Happy 15th birthday TTGL 🥳🎉
Cheers
soon this work will be 20 years old.
my friend is sad because he didnt get wished happy birthday:(
by his friend anti birthday
"Whoa, when the hell did you get taller than me?"
Crying
Evangelion: You Must Not Run Away.
Gurren Lagann: You Must Keep Pushing Forward.
Two themes that are seemingly the same but the crucial distinction comes within the tone and presentation of the shows. Both shows are two sides of the same coin. They're absolute masterpieces of not only anime but media in general.
Exactly. Sad how many miss this
Gundam : the soldiers dont are the winners in war.
Like a double helix
But what if they aren't two sides of a coin, but instead, two steps of moving forward. First, you stop running away, then Pushing Forward.
@@christito9720 ex girlfriend is
That scene from episode 26 brings a tear to my eye. Seeing how much Simon has grown and when Kamina said "Hey since when did you get taller than me?" Made me tear up a bit 🥲
Edit: Holy cow 1k likes, thank you all so much!
It’s even more bitter sweet considering Kamina heavily dislikes people taller than him, Simon was his only exception
@@kingofnani7918 yeah
The quote also symbolises Simon's mental growth the fact that simon finally surpassed Kamina
Bro that made me wanna cry
@@SlippyS3raphim same
August 5 2022 still admiring a hell lot of this anime. first time watching this as a high school kid now watching it again as a husband waiting for his son to be born. time flies but this anime is forever
Preach brotha preach
if your son doesn't grow up be a Gurren Lagann fan I'm coming to your house
Introduce you're son to this anime, or atleast tell him to believe in..The him that believes in him, and tell em' to *GRIT THOSE TEETH!*
Finished watching it on December 26, 2022. Man, what an experience.
Wait..this..
I think I only now realized what this is about. What was happening in the author's head. This is about a fight between the inevitability of death (perhaps some nihilistic notion or mindset) vs the undying will to excel and prevail.
Just listen to that chilling voice, powerful and large, like death, vs the rapping guys, just shitting on top of it, like they will do whatever they set their mind to, whatever the cost, and no matter the fact one day they'll die.
Death is inevitable for us in this world, but for as long as we are alive, we can choose what we will do with that limited time. We carve out our own Destiny, and never accept some idealistic superstition like "Fate" shackle our lives to a quiet routine of doing anything others tell us..
"We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
- Charles Bukowski
@Cátia you and Jesus vs me and lagann. You can even have a 10 second advantage gurl
That's what the Spiral Nemesis is about. The Anti-Spiral fear it and tell Simon as such. Simon just says it's something to deal with it.
@@StarkSpider24 And as a certain cyborg says towards a mad creator deity during its fight with said deity: that is the future.
MAX VOLUME IT´S NOT ENOUGH
+Sasaki «αиd тнєи тнєяє wєяє иσиє» Haise 佐々木 琲世 Max volume? HAH! try use 10 concert speekers and max the volume on both youtube and the speekers, then listen to the song while under a meter away from the speekers. THAT IS THE REAL POWER OF GURREN LAGANN!!!
OH FUCKING YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS
+Sasaki “αиd тнєи тнєяє wєяє иσиє” Haise 佐々木 琲世quickest way to get broken eardrums
The Sun if you belive enough they won't (Row Row Fight The Power)
Yamato Hotsuin lol, if only real life worked that way....
Do you ever listen to a sad song with a good beat and then you're just headbanging while sobbing?
The hell? xD
Me: *headbangs with the beat*
Me: *thinks about Kamina*
Me: *sobs and headbangs to this song*
Actually, This is a really goos song with much feels to it. Its not a sad song acutally a song of awesomeness. Its just that I miss the anime so im sad ;_;..
♡YunnaNeko♡ me too. YOU KNOW someone will die with this song playing. It makes me think of Kamina too. It has HIS THEME SONG as the rap lyrics :_: god my eyes are watering as I type this. :_:7 Kamina was an amazing, beautifully written character. What was a cocky, hyperactive man on the outside, was a strong and supportive brother on the inside. Deep down all Kamina wanted, was to help Simon see the potential he has, the potential KAMINA sees in him. "Believe in yourself, believe in the SIMON that believes in you." :_:7 I wish I had a brother, and I wish I had one like Kamina.
"It's not about blood, you and me are siblings of the soul" - Kamina :_:7
Alpha Dawg I feel you. When I finished the series, I was just like "No! God dammit! Why did it have to end so soon?!"
This still makes me cry to this day. Such a powerful song.
Nia: Even when trapped by karma's cycle...
Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door!
Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way...
Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be!
Simon: We'll break through time and space...
Team Dai-Gurren: And defy all who would stop us, to grab hold of our path!
Simon: TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!!
Team Dai-Gurren: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?!
Best coment 10/10
Simon: MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS
Was this comment necessary. The feels. I can't resist.
NextgenVaultHunterz Simon: MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT WILL FIGHT THE POWAH!
If you're gonna dig, dig to the heavens. No matter what's in my way I won't stop! Once I've dug through, it means that I've WON! Just who the hell do you think I am? I'm Simon. I'm not my Bro. I'm ME! Simon the Digger!
Everyone: *Hopeless and Giving up*
Boota: Let me introduce myself
his ass saved millions,literally
Somehow what hits me the hardest with this song is Viral. He never said anything, to anyone. Didn't mention any of what he wanted most of all, what his perfect life looked like. What he could never, ever have. And when he realised he was being held in it, he quietly set down his wonderful dream of his perfect life, smiled and walked away from it back into the fight. It really feels, in an oddly quiet and understated way, like he made the biggest sacrifice - he gave up what he'd never have, and never could again. He had the impossible, and he let go of it for them.
He probably knew the terms of his existence being a beastman from the start, so I think he came to terms with it earlier in his life. Of course, living his whole life knowing he can't have something he truly wants is the real tragedy here.
Crying again
"Do the impossible, see the invisible.
Row. Row. Fight the power."
I wonder if Viral ever considered adoption. There were plenty of Beastmen refugees; they are a sort of family in their own right.
@@AbsoluteMongoloid Well he had the choices.
Settle down or fight for what he believed in.
To all those who helped me make Gurren Lagann on r/place, I thank you. It started with just me and one other asking for help and starting with just 20 people, we beat the odds and took our own spot. We made history. All the lights in the heavens are stars.
Yoooo really?
I didn't know
If i knew i was going to help bro!
Link?
Dude I had no idea.
wow
Is this a subreddit? Im confused
So.. This is spiral power?.. Not bad. @_@
How can you ToT
amazing o.o
:")
what are you talking about? it's fighting spirit!
Not bad at all. Hehehe.
Play this at my funeral.
Funnily enough, the opera bits of the song -are- a funeral hymn (hence the "Libera me" part).
Shane Champagne Yeah, I know ahah
+Tomoya Okazaki What do I get out of it?
FireGamingPro Why did you leave a comment under *my* comment saying that it's useless? What do I get out of it?
+Tomoya Okazaki Fuck you beat me.
This song is basically
Anti Spiral: God comes for all of us. Time always passes and nature is inevitable
Humanity: BRING GOD HERE AND ILL KICK HIS ASS TOO
this is the plot of ttgl
@@Jpx0999
Honestly, it really is lol
Thats not what the anti spiral said at all but ok
Pull up "The divine comedy" by Dante in your Wikipedia, and you'll know what TTGL is built upon ;) Case in point, "Libera me" is a Gregorian requiem which fits with that classic literature tenet's time period, too.
Explanation: it's about man's escape from the early sphere, ascent through the stages of hell, into elysium. Focus is on the divine gifts of humanity. The stage in ep26 is it example, the one where those gifts are squandered in favor of the mediocre and the comfortable.
WE PIERCING THE HEAVENS WITH THIS ONE🔥️🔥️🔥🔥️🔥️🔥🔥️🔥️🔥🔥️🔥️🔥🔥️🔥️💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Nah we creating the heavens with this one!
If my chances are not zero it's as good as 100 percent
Words to live by.
+Realag666 Even if they're zero you're guaranteed success. That's how Team Dai-Gurren rolls!
+Realag666 its unfortunate that was used in an older anime. gaogaigar. which clearly the same ount of insanity went into well hammers instead of drills though
+Realag666 Good life advice tbh.
+Realag666 Bro even if it is zero kittan will fkn do it anyways
Listened to this while doing my homework, ended up finishing the entire class.
It's the first week of my semester.
@@tunapriest9392 R/wooosh
U are going to play it again
In this semester?
Not even a meme, I did this with US History since 1877 this semester. It was a joke online class so it isnt as impressive as it sounds.
Gurren Lagann teaches people to go beyond their limits
Do what you think is impossible
Keep fighting on! No matter how hard it gets!
True. Even in real life, considering the state of the world right now.
Haha I keep fighting even when hope is lost
@@PatrickBautista_RR3Gamer Especially now!
Keep fighting if you've got a mech that has a secret drill power and somehow stumbled upon it or get shot trying to fight 20 ft alien robots.
Nah.
DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, SEE THE INVISIBLE!
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER
Tonight, I find myself engulfed in rage due to a situation threatening my family. It's been incredibly hard to find peace within myself. Yet, somehow, it's this very piece of music that has managed to calm the storm inside me. I've been listening to this instrument for 14 years, and there was a time when it filled my days almost religiously. But it's been years since I last allowed myself to be carried away by its melodies. This masterpiece, this exceptional instrument, has once again freed my heart and mind from the shackles of anger. Through its notes, I've been reminded that even in the midst of fury, there exists a dire need for tranquility. This music has taught me that even the wildest storms crave peace.
My little brother listened to this, now he's my older brother.
KAMINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Marcus I enjoy it to but I think stebbins has made better songs
I like your name, buddy.
What! haha.
ANIKI
I always cry tears of manliness whenever I listen to this
Men don't cry... They sweat through they're eyes!!!!
me too...:(
Simon The Digger You were and will forever be a Kamina-attempt.
Simon the Digger AKA lacking another ball to get to Kamina's level.
guys, maybe Simon is not the most badass guy in the anime, but remember His fucking googles transformed into fucking shades! how badass is that?
That piano riff. That damn piano riff. Gets me every time.
MozillaVulpix That a thing such as "piano riff" exists is testament to the glory of Gurren Lagann.
Same.
MozillaVulpix yes is amazing😊
So good,reminds me of afro samarai......right?
Pinches furros
this anime is what pulled me out of a depression i was in a few years ago and i simply Want to pay my respects to it i wouldn't have Died but i sure as hell would not be the person i am now,
"Believe in the you who believes in you"
Let me see you grit those teeth!
...Oh yeah, I forgot...
This song is too powerfull, brings up emotions always
Yup *sniff* Who left this bowl of onions here!?
Team Dai-Gurren: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?
Simon: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?
Nia: Are you not aware of who I am?
Man, you gotta love Nia.
Nia is just precious.
One of my friends who's a big fan of this anime tried explaining Nia to one of our friends who doesn't watch anime
"She's like, the daughter of the bad guy who's actually the good guy, and she's good, but then she's bad but she's actually being controlled but then she's actually bad then she turns good."
Juggernaut: BITCH. DON'T YOU KNOW WHO THE FUCK I AM?
+Hernando Garibaldi lmao that was the shit
If yer gonna say it, say it right!
"Don;t you know who I am? I'M THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH!"
Seriously, kids these days.
It was a nice touch giving Kittan the power of the spiral, he was able to smile in the end because of that...*sniff* he's with Kamina now.
I feel your pain
And Kamina is with us all!
Seeing the movie in 4 hours and I can’t resist re-listening to the soundtrack in preparation!
Saw the movie last night and I’ve been listening to this on repeat since then
@@bodenking Nice! I think they did a great job with the dub, Yoko’s VA was the only easily discernible difference. Very excited for the second one next week!
"Kittan...I accept your dying wish"
"Our friends hopes and dreams are etched into its body, transforming the infinite darkness into light!"
"Unmatched in heaven and earth, one machine, equal to the gods!"
"SUPER GALAXY GURREN LAGANN!!!"
Best. Transformation. Ever. Period
The hype was unreal
"Who the hell do you think we are?!"
"Were gonna show you the power.... of the human race!"
1.8k people couldn’t pierce the heavens.
No they couldn't create the heavens
*FIGHT THE POWER*
2.5k now XD
They didnt have confidence
2.6k now
I'm a college student struggling to keep up his grades. A couple days ago I took a test for a class, and I know I didn't do as well as I could have. It's weird because I remember being so great with school-work when I was younger, but these days I just can't seem to meet the bar like I used to. It's been a long time since I've seen an A on my cumulative class score, and I've got to be honest, it's depressing to see how far I away I am now from being any sort of ideal student. Maybe I never really was. This isn't the first time I've felt this way, but today in particular it's been sinking in more than usual.
I decided to listen to this song to try and raise my spirits a little, and you know what, it's really helping! Truth is, I never did this to fit an ideal, or to be the best, but because I could. It doesn't matter that things aren't what they used to be. As long as I've got the choice, I'll keep drilling forward!
Same here man, ive always been crappy at math but this song helped me get through studying for my college math tests so far. Just do your best and forget the rest, if ur having trouble with one of your classes try and reserve a few minutes each day to look over the stuff you feel you struggle the most with. maybe focus on the main idea first then once you've got that down fill in the details by doing examples you can practice with.
I can relate. Although listening to this song would have a negative effect for me lol.
***** On the contrary, your English is very good!
I feel you man. I'm taking a break from college for that reason alone. i used to pride myself with being able to get through school without hardly trying at all. Now I just find that there isn't anything in me that WANTS to try. It may be disappointing to my parents but I think I'm just done with school. I don't really care about a degree but I'll finish it online or something but I no longer even want to get to class. People who don't fit into an ideal like us are meant for something more. Wolf in sheep clothing, my friend
KC Fugrad Yeah, but I can't let myself stop trying. From what I can tell, I'm progressing, just not at an ideal rate. I keep retaking classes that I get D's in and wind up with C's or even B's. I'm not expecting to be the next Bill Gates, but I gotta try and move forward. If the old ways won't work, I'll just have to find a new one!
Just got back from seeing Part 2 of the Movie in theaters. I’m blown away
Had this on blast on my way back home too
True story, I had a friend, he introduced me to this anime, and we used to watch this on scifi animonday I think it was, so one day he was driving along side his dad, his dad was drunk driving and was speeding over 100 mph, they crashed into a light post and the ejected out the car and died, it was on the news at one point, so I went to his funeral , and his mom requested that this song should play, and it did, so I was on the bench cried my tears out, so I watched the rest of the anime for him and still watch it to this day and I get visions of me with my friend, so I start breaking down in tears, so now I take medication for my depression.
damn that was a tough read.. i cried.. stay strong man
That was how i discovered this anime to. Scifi animonday
jesus i feel bad now
I’m so sorry you went through this experience. But I’m sure that your friend probably just spiraled his way into existence just to hear it one last time.
cool story bro
I don't like mecha animes, i hate insta power ups... i love this anime
I don't like opera, i hate rap...i love this ost
The impossible, is possible...
nice
@Itnetlolor He touched the untouchable.
@@Voidbleak he fought the POWA
FIGTH THE POWER
@@reina.tg06 HE BREAKED THE UNBREACKBLE
Has difficulty with Final Boss
> Plays Libera Me from Hell
>Boss is quickly and utterly destroyed
+Lucifer Omega Avatar I know that feel :')
Antares I did the impossible. The Boss just didn't know who the Hell I am.
+Phoenix1220 What the hell is reason?
Lucifer Omega Avatar i dont know, i think its some weird science fiction thing
"I ain't saying no showy crap like, 'later, buddy.'"
"Or something lame like that!"
Ray Fanning I'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON *YOU BOZOS!!!*
WINston Freeman WINston!
+WINston Freeman
WINston!
+WINston Freeman KING KITTAN IS STILL HERE!
Just finished this.
Incredible. Just amazing. One of the best anime of all time.
I know this is a weird place for this but I just have to say thank you to this show so much. This show is partially what pulled me out of depression, this show is both a safe space and guide that always tells me to dream bigger. This show is what inspires my life and makes me never want to settle for what others at is ok. This show plus a friend that helped me get throught some hard patches in my life (coincidentally the one who showed me GL) are the reason I'm alive today. This song is the anthem to my progress and it never gets tiring to me. I don't know if any of you care but I just want to say how much I love this song and it's message
Tj Newman what a coincidence
Tj Newman don't belive in yourself belive in the guran Lagann that belives in you!
I cared enough to read.. hope that means anything.
Tj Newman dont believe in the me that you believe in, nor the kamina that believes in you, believe in the you that believes in yourself.
gary gary never heard more true words
Y'know I listened to a lot music from Gurren Lagann every day recently as I was having a hard time and it gave me the conviction to move on, but I realized something, it wasn't the music, it wasn't necessarily Gurren Lagann that gave me this feeling, it was the comments and all of you people talking about achieving your goals, how good your lives are now or if they are not good how you will strive to make them better, how this anime has changed your life, all of you making the impossible possible and pushing though it, it's you all of you that give me conviction to push onward every day, so thank you lads and lasses, in the darkness that is life we run endlessly towards a light that is our happiness, but I think in the process we can illuminate that darkness for others as we run towards it and you, your stories on all these different songs have done just that for me someone you've never even met, so thank you...now then ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER
What a compelling and poignant comment, I hope you have a wonderful life OP, thank you too
You believed in the us that believed in you. Kind of crying right now.
"So this is the power of the Spiral...? Not bad, not bad at all."
kittan? T-T
+Alan Anco They are indeed Kittan's last words. one of the heroes for me
My favorite character.
How come not Kamina?
AverageUnleash Hm?
The manliest man of the past meets the manliest man of the present, his successor, his blood brother one last time; many spiral tears are wept throughout the universe.
Djangles LeVaughn it’s time for me to leave, bro.
Grant them rest, eternal rest...
Kamina
Team Dai Gurren
Lordgenome
Nia
Why did I wait so long to watch this anime?
Nathan Higgins Kittan :'c
You forgot kittan😭😭
Lol only most of team Dai Gurren is dead
I still can't accept they erased Nia... I've had depression 'cause of that
@@miyadzumi
You just have to parody that part out of your mind. Just remember both kamina and simon are virgins...
...
This is my lifeline. Thinking about the bad? Row row fight the power. Life got me down? Row row fight the power. Hate my body more than i usually do? Row row fight the power. Bottom line? One step at a time, keep going, no matter how hard it gets.
Even when trapped by karma’s cycle...
The dreams we left behind will open the door!
Even if the infinite universe stands in our way...
The seething of our blood will determine what will be!
We’ll break through time and space
...to grab hold of our own path!
TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!
JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!
😭😭😭I’m boutta watch this show for literally the 6th time again
Because of yo comment😂😂
@KRM20 and defy who will stop us to grab hold of our own path !
TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!
JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!
finally someone , who understood what viral's line xD
I love how the song has the opera and the rap taking turns and near the end both are happening at the same time. But the rap is quieter its being overwhelmed by the opera which keeps talking about sad things like death. And then when there is more than one voice rapping, it overtakes the sad music until all you hear is row row fight the power
After 5 years of knowing about it, despite having read about it, on
tvtropes and wikipedia, despite being fully spoilered, I decided to
start watching this series.
Spoilered or not, THIS IS A MASTERPIECE.
If you, random internet person reading this, happen to be on the fence,
like I was, don't hesitate, go frickin watch this shit already.
I swear, there is no thing on this earth to surpass the awesomeness and
badassery of this show.
Just do it, ANIKI.
Don't believe in yourself. Don't believe in the me who believes in you.
Believe in the you who believes in you.
Shod1990 MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE AND FORGET THOSE SPOILERS
people give Imaishi all the credit for Gurren Lagann, and he deserves credit for such a beautiful story with beautiful and clever animation, but Iwasaki's soundtrack elevates it to a whole new height. Peak fiction, nothing will ever surpass Gurren Lagann.
I've known Gurren Lagann for 5 years now, and I'm proud to say I finally have my own drill necklace, and this drill... WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS
Page 27 of your anime textbooks: being a weeb and being proud of it
More than to pierce, your drill is the drill that CREATES the heavens! And I hope that, in one year of this comment, you have created a lot of achievements
The meaning in the song is amazing when you think about it. Starts off with Kamina raping and an occasional "Row Row Fight the Powah!", but as the song goes on Kamina continues to get quieter, while the team chant gets louder. Near the end Kamina goes silent completely while team Dai Gurren is louder than ever. Kamina started it all, while Dai Gurren finished it together.
It's like the opera is the anti spirals and the rapping is team (dai) gurren. As the song goes longer the rapping gets louder and so does the opera just like their fight
Thats true
Ethan Lang well said
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is one of the most inspirational and amazing shows i have ever witnessed.
I’m glad you felt that way about it. I disagree with you...
@@lordartoriuscollbrande7434who asked for your opinion?
the fact that you only really ever hear “Do the impossible, see the invisible” right before someone sacrifices themselves for DaiGurren makes the song that much more bittersweet
"Escucha Simon, cree en ti mismo, no en el mi que cree en ti, ni en el tú que cree en mi, cree en el tú que cree en ti mismo"
My five years of high school Spanish finally paid off
Sabias palabras
Netflix de mierda que no pudo traducir bien eso
@@MetalGack tienes razón cambiaron muchas cosas del doblaje
Listen Simon, don't believe in the me who believes in you, don't believe in the you who believes in me, believe in the you who believes in yourself...
Ok so I realized that the song is a representation of the plot
The opera part are the anti-spiral, old and respected like opera. The rap portion are the spiral creatures, new and evolving. Throughout the song they fight to be the loudest until the rap portion drowns out the opera.
@@okbuddy7755 but and the piano?
@@Jpx0999 the piano just chillin, minding his own business
@@Jpx0999 The piano is the Spiral Power of evolution that drives both sides to conflict
*watches kamina dies and dosent cry*
me: "i must be a real man since i didnt cry."
*kamina comes back later in the show in episode 26*
me: -cant stop crying-
life: "you dumbass... kamina makes everyone cry earlier or later, it cant be avoided"
i din´t cried...
I FELL HAPPINES SINCE KAMINA DIED LIKE A HERO INSTEAD A DUMB WAY AND WILL BE FOREVER REMBERED AND EVEN ON DEAD IT`S BADASS
i did...
DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
The only anime that reached the point of making me emotionally sad and cry was steins gate both original and 0 endings I guess that the downside of having watched a lot of good anime in childhood where I didn't understand the importance of the carecters actions and the concept of death
I quit watching the show an episode or two when I found out kamina was actually dead.
Trust me. It’s worth watching it all the way through. Take it from some one who’s watched the Four Horsemen of Depression when it comes to anime. Props for those who know what I’m talking about.
Dark Angel different anime for a lot of people when you say “depression”
I can go through this comment section a million to times and still not be bored....you guys are amazing
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?
What's weird about this song is, I'm usually not a fan of rap. Even in this song, just on it's own without context, I would find it pretty mediocre (personal preference). But just by what it represents, what it stands for, what I've seen and remember, it's suddenly this grand epic. Just by listening to this I get chills every time. Gurren Lagann really was more than an anime, it was an experience, a journey, a battle. An epic I will remember forever.
I love Rap and hip-hop, and I agree totally with you.
same here but the rap representing the grunt force of the earth vs the high and noble opera of the anti spiral, god this is so good