Murali18 he/him Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but on my read through of the trilogy, I thought that there were several parallels between the books and the show Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. For instance, you have an all-powerful king/emperor who has maintained power since time immemorial. Said king has relegated humanity (or parts of it) to being second-class citizens who can never rise above their position. Then, one of these humans decides to break free, and change his world. He recruits a young child who has superhuman powers that he/she should not have had. They meet several others (Stretching a little bit) who join their crusade, and they attempt to overthrow their oppressor. Once they do, the oppressor, with his final breaths, tells them that they have doomed themselves. They don't know what to make of this. Life goes on. Beyond that, the stories diverge a bit, but the crux of it now is that their actions interfered with a policy that had been thousands of years in the running, and which was the sole reason for their continued existence. Now, they'd need to deal with what they unleashed. There are more, but I didn't want to go too in-depth into the stories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teegs Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Iv'e always felt a correlation between the two and have wondered if Brandon has seen Gurren Lagann before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murali18 he/him Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Reading the series made me want to re-watch Gurren Lagann. It'd be a crazy coincidence if he hasn't seen it before, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascendant Warrior he/him Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Well according to Wikipedia, Mistborn: The Final Empire was released before the first episode of Gurren Lagann, so if anything, it's the other way around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teegs Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 How about that! Either way, they're both pretty awesome pieces of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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