FLCL Alternative

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: FLCL 3, Fooly Cooly Alternative, Furi Kuri Alternative
Japanese: フリクリ オルタナ
English: FLCL Alternative
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 7, 2018
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, Avant GardeAvant Garde, ComedyComedy, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: MechaMecha, ParodyParody
Duration: 2 hr. 15 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.491 (scored by 2905129,051 users)
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Ranked: #70622
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Popularity: #2112
Members: 97,403
Favorites: 126

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Synopsis

Life seems to drift by for Kana Koumoto and her friends in their small Japanese town. Every day is just like the last, and it feels like every new day will be the same. Kana goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and likes to paint her nails and listen to music, but it feels like nothing special is ever going to happen.

As a change of pace, Kana and her friends decide to design a bottle rocket and launch it into space, even though it might not get there at all. However, just when the rocket is completed, a robot suddenly crashes into and destroys it, shortly followed by a pink-haired woman claiming to be a "Galactic Investigator." Kana's life quickly becomes more exciting than she ever imagined, dealing with new feelings, changing friends, and even boy troubles. It turns out life can go by in the blink of an eye, fast enough to even miss it, so what's with these weird robots that seem to show up at the worst times?!

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Background

FLCL Alternative aired in the United States as a six-episode television series as part of the Toonami line-up on the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network.

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Staff

Kawaguchi, Tooru
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Uemura, Yutaka
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard


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Reviews

Aug 4, 2023
Wow, i wasn't expecting too much from this sequel (don't get me wrong) but damn, its the finest sequel of the series, yeah, for me the original always will be the best, but this one, is good as flcl style. The animation is fine, the songs are fine, and remember a lot of the original, and got the same vibe as the first, if you ask if is worth to watch, YES, if you like the 2000 flcl, you will prob like this one, i really felt a connection between the characters and me, something that progressive didn't make it, and i hope grunge and ...
Sep 4, 2022
Mixed Feelings
I normally don't write reviews for anime like this, but I felt like this one deserved at least a few words.
After finishing Progressive, I was expecting the worst, but Alternative ended up being a pretty smooth ride. It's nothing particularly special, but sometimes an ordinary adolescent life viewed through an extraordinary lens can resonate when watched at the right time.

Probably the series' flaw, but an inescapable one, is how superficial the ties to the original FLCL are. The original story more closely tied the ridiculous robot scenes, Miss Haruko Haruhara, and the main characters together in a symbolic fashion that earned it its cult following. ...
Oct 10, 2023
Another disappointment in comparison to the original. While I liked Alternative slightly more than Progressive, I think the difference is negligible. Also my first time rewatching and while I think it was a bit better it still is just a cheap copy of the original. While I dont care to write much for this I want to point out a scene I think perfectly encapsulates what they did with these new seasons. The scene where all the girls are playing Jenga and the main character holds up a Jenga piece and on it is written "never knows best". What a joke, a needless reference to ...

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