Reviews

FLCL is interesting to say the least. It is a highly abstracted and hyperactive experience, seemingly using as many elements and genres as it can. For the "every frame a painting" kind of person who loves analyzing everything about literature and art, it works well, providing loads of little details to look at that reference the series itself and other works. Everything seems to have a hidden meaning and some people love to theorize and conjecture how everything might fall together. I am not one of those people. For those who like concrete worlds and storylines, you will likely not enjoy this show, finding entertainment only in the ridiculousness of it all, and in the flashy art. To me it seems the writers were too busy adding second meaning to everything in the show, that they didn't bother to add the primary meaning. Nothing makes real sense, there isn't much for story at all and the characters develop only in the metaphors that are used to represent them. The rules of the world change constantly and I find little enjoyment in the mess that this creates. With that said I it did what it was trying to do, and with the few episodes there are, I think its worth the watch just to find out i you like it or not.