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

Country

Japan

Runtime

25 min

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 429 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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)

Trailer

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