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: http://animediet.net/conventions/ax-2009-junket-interview-hiroyuki-imaishi-and-atsushi-nishigori-of-gurren-lagann
Two short interviews with several producers and animation directors: http://www.mania.com/interview-gainax-gurren-lagann-staff_article_87027.html
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2008-07-28/gainax-on-gurren-lagann
GAINAX answering fan questions: http://www.japanator.com/the-secrets-of-gurren-lagann-answered--6714.phtml
TV Topes "Wild Mass Guessing" page is basically a dump for everyone's insane interpretations of the series. A few are usually interesting: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/TengenToppaGurrenLagann
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: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShoutOut/TengenToppaGurrenLagann
The Animanachronism posits it as the ultimate tale of rebellion: https://animanachronism.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/tengen-toppa-gurren-lagann-rebellion-perfected/
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: https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=gurren%20lagann%20analysis
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: https://eyeforaneyepiece.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/kill-la-kill-a-love-story/
Very cool interview with director Imaishi and writer Nakashima: http://flamingo-chan.tumblr.com/post/49964346263/kill-la-kill-imaishi-and-nakashima-interview
Database of known Kill la Kill references: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/225692543/References.html
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: http://www.studyofanime.com/
You can also find some similar reading in this post, The Fashion of Fascism, on Art-Eater: http://art-eater.com/2013/11/kill-la-kill-the-fashion-of-fascism/
Interview with character designer Sushio: http://pastebin.com/9cDsZjET
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: https://myswordisunbelievablydull.wordpress.com/category/favorites/kill-la-kill-favorites/