Underplayed Gems

FLCL Alternative (2018)

FLCL Alternative poster
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

A high school girl named Kana Koumoto hangs out with her friends and navigates the awkwardness of growing up. A strange woman named Haruko shows up and becomes her mentor as a mysterious organization attacks the Earth.

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What happens

The third season of the FLCL anime series, titled FLCL Alternative, is produced by Production I.G, Toho, and Adult Swim's production arm Williams Street. Alternative was chief directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro and co-directed by Yutaka Uemura, with screenplay by Hideto Iwai. It originally aired from September 8 to October 13, 2018 in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. However, the first episode of the season aired unannounced in Japanese audio with English subtitles as part of Adult Swim's April Fools' stunt back on April 1, 2018. In Japan, Alternative received a theatrical screening as a compilation film, with it opening on September 7, 2018. In addition to providing several tracks for the season, the Pillows performed the ending theme song "Star overhead". In this season, Haruko enters into the life of high school student Kana Koumoto and her friends as she becomes a mentor of sorts to Kana in helping the teen's transition into adulthood as Medical Mechanica begins its assault on Earth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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