FLCL

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Fooly Cooly, Furi Kuri
Japanese: フリクリ
English: FLCL
Spanish: FLCL Furi Kuri
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Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 6
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 26, 2000 to Mar 16, 2001
Licensors: Funimation
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, Avant GardeAvant Garde, ComedyComedy, Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: MechaMecha, ParodyParody, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 25 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.031 (scored by 425127425,127 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5662
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #219
Members: 800,091
Favorites: 29,551

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Synopsis

Naota Nandaba is an ordinary sixth grader living in a city where nothing amazing ever seems to happen. After his brother Tasuku leaves town to play baseball in America, Naota takes it upon himself to look after everything Tasuku left behind—from his top bunk bed to his ex-girlfriend Mamimi Samejima, who hasn't stopped clinging to Naota since Tasuku left.

Little does Naota know, however, that his mundane existence is on the verge of being changed forever: enter Haruko Haruhara, a Vespa-riding, bass guitar-wielding, pink-haired psychopath whose first encounter with Naota leaves him with tire tracks on his back and a giant horn on his head. Though all he wants is some peace and quiet, when Haruko takes up residence at his parents' home, Naota finds himself dragged into the heart of the greatest battle for supremacy that Earth—and quite possibly the entire universe—has ever seen.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

The original property rights of the anime were sold by Gainax to Production I.G in 2015.

The anime placed third place for the Best Animation Film at the Fantasia Festival in 2003. In 2007 the anime got a nomination for Best Cast, and won the Best Comedy Series and the Best Short Series at the American Anime Awards show.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Takkun

Supporting
Mizuki, Jun
Japanese

Amarao

Supporting
Ohkura, Kouji
Japanese

Kitsurubami

Supporting
Chiba, Chiemi
Japanese

Nandaba, Kamon

Supporting
Matsuo, Suzuki
Japanese

Miyu Miyu

Supporting
Anno, Hideaki
Japanese

Staff

Cook, Justin
Producer
Satou, Hiroki
Producer
Tsurumaki, Kazuya
Director, Storyboard, Planning, Key Animation, Creator
Ootsuka, Masahiko
Episode Director


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Opening Theme

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1: "One Life" by The Pillows (eps 1)
2: "Instant Music" by The Pillows (eps 2-3)
3: "Happy Bivouac" by The Pillows (eps 4)
4: "Runners High" by The Pillows (eps 5)
5: "Carnival" by The Pillows (eps 6)
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Ending Theme

"Ride On Shooting Star" by The Pillows




Reviews

Aug 15, 2023
when I first started FLCL I found the first bit of the show quite boring and weird, with wacky characters, goofy animation and this led me to drop the show, after a week I saw one of my fav youtubers TheAnimeMan talk about how great the show was to him, so I decided to re watch the show for the second time, and I still did not enjoy the anime and dropped it for the second time, until I saw a video of 'Why FLCL is a masterpiece', and for the third time I watched FLCL seriously this time and boy did I enjoy it, ...
Jun 5, 2023
Mixed Feelings
I can tell that the creators of this anime put a lot of work into it but for me it just did not hit the marks it needed to.

Story- the story is very confusing because it's starts of with one thing takes a completely different turn. But compared to some anime it keeps up. Story 6/10

Animation- The animation was simple but amazing. i think the animation works perfectly with the story. it helps express what the creators were trying to do. Animation 8/10

Music- the music was amazing it matched perfectly with visuals. it helped set the vibe of the anime. it ...
Aug 26, 2023
FunnyFunny
One Word. Terrible.

Premise: This show isn’t actually summarized easily, so here are some elements in the show: robots, guitars, a psychotic pink haired girl, a boy whose head makes monsters, a yellow Vespa, awkwardness, and absurdity. Like, anime back then was even less bad, but this was like a bad anime that doesn't need any respect because it's garbage from king garbage of the garbage dynasty.

Genre: This anime is designed to mess with you, not by creating assumptions about who people are and then shattering them, but by simply discarding all semblances of normality. Just go with it. Like they did this better in Gundam. ...

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