Simon lives in an underground village. In this village Simon uses a giant drill to dig, for no apparent reason other than to do what he is told. One day he discovers a small drill, which happens to be the key for a small robot he later discovers. His outlandish friend Kamina, who is always sporting rad 80's glasses, convinces Simon that there is more to life than just drilling, and that there is an outside world that he has to see. Well, luck for them a giant monster-mecha called a Ganmen crashed its way into the village and began to tear things up. Without spoiling too much, things happen and both Simon and Kamina end up on the planet's surface. But what they don't know is that the beast-men who pilot the Ganmen control the surface of the planet, and have driven all of the humans underground.

What I love about this series so far are the characters. Kamina is completely over-the-top and hot blooded, he is the essence of every super robot pilot appearing in the eighties and seventies. Then there is Simon, who in essence is Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion. But unlike Shinji, Simon has a hot-blooded senpai to rally him to battle whenever the need arises. Then there is Yoko, super-hot babe who is an expert at using a giant sniper riffle; can you smell a love triangle ahead? I can.

The first thing to hit you when watching this series is that it is familiar, since you might recognize the director Hiroyuki Imaishi's other works; which are Dead Leaves and FLCL. The artwork is bright and colorful, like the characters of this series. At first the mecha design might put you off, because they are just heads with arms and legs; but fear not because after each episode the design just keeps on getting better and better. Music in Gurren Lagann fits the atmosphere perfectly, kind of like a narutard in a Konoha headband. When the action starts to kick up, alternative rock begins to play; which makes me very, very happy.

This season is known as the mecha revival season, according to me. Most of them are remakes, and others are just the same old stuff with a new layer of CG. But Gurren Lagann is different, it takes the best aspects of old super robot shows such as Mazinger Z, and Getter Robo with newer series like Diebuster, and Turn A Gundam. For those who hate super robot shows of any kind, you probably won't like this. Nevertheless there is still a chance that you might enjoy this sweet, sweet, combination of over-the-top action and characters. And if you like super robot shows, then what are you waiting for?