FLCL (2000)
- Original title
- フリクリ
- Directed by
- Kazuya Tsurumaki
- Genre
- mecha, science fiction anime and manga, comedy anime and manga, coming-of-age anime and manga, Action, Comedy
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 429 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A twelve-year-old boy's ordinary life is turned upside down when a manic alien woman named Haruko arrives in his town. She hits him in the head with her guitar and strange robots start sprouting from the bump. He gets pulled into her chaotic battles against an intergalactic corporation.
fast-pacedwhimsicalabsurdenergeticcoming-of-agenostalgicunpredictablesurreal
What happens
FLCL (Japanese: フリクリ, Hepburn: Furikuri; pronounced in English as Foolycooly) is a Japanese anime series created and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, written by Yōji Enokido, and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I.G, and King Records. The series tells the adventures of the eccentric, hyperactive alien Haruko Haruhara and her various conflicts on Earth against the intergalactic megalomaniacal corporation Medical Mechanica, often wreaking mass destruction in the process and disrupting the lives of the people she encounters. The original FLCL series was released as an original video animation (OVA) series, and follows Naota Nandaba, a taciturn twelve-year-old boy whose suburban life and obsession with seeming adult is disturbed by Haruko's appearance. The six-episode series was released in Japan from April 2000 to March 2001 alongside a manga and novel adaptation. In 2016, two new seasons totaling 12 episodes were announced as a co-production between Production I.G, Toho, and Adult Swim. The second season, FLCL Progressive, premiered on June 3, 2018, on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, while the third season, FLCL Alternative, premiered on September 8, 2018. In Japan, Alternative and Progressive had theatrical screenings as compilation films with Alternative opening on September 7, 2018, and Progressive opening on September 28, 2018. The first episode of FLCL Alternative premiered unannounced on April Fools' Day 2018 at 12 a.m. ET on Toonami in Japanese with English subtitles as part of Adult Swim's annual stunt. Two additional seasons were ordered by Adult Swim in 2022, titled FLCL: Grunge and FLCL: Shoegaze, respectively. Both seasons premiered in Northern America in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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