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Epic anime series

Mmm...define epic.

Does epic mean "legendary, complex, and sweeping?"

Or does epic mean "fantasy-based, complicated, long-lived, and immensely popular?"

'Cause you got two different answers, and the only bridge that crosses both is Fullmetal Alchemist and Miyazaki's works.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann pretty much falls into my definition of epic. It has strong characters who influence the whole world (And battles. Not to forget them.) - and that over a rather long period of time.

ep·ic
n.
1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
2. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats.
3. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.
adj.
1. Of, constituting, having to do with, or suggestive of a literary epic: an epic poem.
2. Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size: "A vast musical panorama . . . it requires an epic musical understanding to do it justice" Tim Page.
3. Heroic and impressive in quality: "Here in the courtroom . . . there was more of that epic atmosphere, the extra amperage of a special moment" Scott Turow.
(From Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos, word, song; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.)