fightingdreamer
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does anyone watch adult swimm late on saturdays and watch a show called flcl a.k.a. furukuri for those who dont know about this confusing series here is a guide to it i got from a website called deuxdei.net./(FLCL, also refered to as "Furikuri", is a recent [2000-2001] OAV series by GAINAX. The latter is extremely popular and mostly hailed for its widely known masterpiece Neon Genesis Evangelion. Apart from this, they are also responsible for the "alternative highschool-romance" series Kareshi Kanojyo no Jijyo , the slightly elder Nadia and the secret of blue water, the game Animal Magnetism and other works.
Yes, I'm certain most of you knew all of these factual trivialities, but as boring as they may be, they make an intro complete, n'est-ce-pas?)
genre
No matter certain similiarites with their former creations, FLCL definitely strays even from the *GAINAX* interpretation of the word "normal". Having viewed as little as the first OAV, you are likely to be left wondering "What the hell was that.". Furikuri is wild, hyper, crazy, nonsensical, over-the-top animation; a firework of sorts. Based on the amount of loud action, mecha and vivid sexual innuendoes, FLCL is definitely to be categorized as shounen anime.
what's happening?
The plot, if presented in a nutshell, would be something like this: Young boy leads a boring life. Older, quirky-insane female enters his life, whacks him over the head. This strategy causes more than only a robot to emerge out of his head throughout the series. "His" machines battle other strange machines who mysteriously appear with the blink of an eye. Enormously chaotic battles take place. Boy can work impossible things. Somehow a huge, powerful factory is involved in all of the insanity. Boy falls for girl, but in the end she only abuses him as a tool to achieve her own goals. Boy is rendered heartbroken, but will live on as their paths separate.
So basically, it's your typical "Young-kid-meets-mecha-meets-large-enterprise" - clich?, correct? Well, no. In fact, it's quite different from everything out there, and I have yet to come across a series that matches its wild, bold extremes. More than anything, FLCL is purely fun. While always different and often disturbing, the series never loses its sense of humor. Especially noteworthy is the integrated parody of existing series [most blatantly South Park!] as well as the high degree of self-mockery. Characters in Furikuri seem to be aware of their roles as animated characters and Naota's dad Kamon even starts rambling about production costs.
FLCL presents fiction at all times, but always includes a certain bit of reality. Naota's story, as well as his classmates' behaviour seem highly natural and basically revolve around common issues of puberty. With all of the sheer insanity occuring around him, Naota also has ordinary problems to struggle with.
ENJOY
Yes, I'm certain most of you knew all of these factual trivialities, but as boring as they may be, they make an intro complete, n'est-ce-pas?)
genre
No matter certain similiarites with their former creations, FLCL definitely strays even from the *GAINAX* interpretation of the word "normal". Having viewed as little as the first OAV, you are likely to be left wondering "What the hell was that.". Furikuri is wild, hyper, crazy, nonsensical, over-the-top animation; a firework of sorts. Based on the amount of loud action, mecha and vivid sexual innuendoes, FLCL is definitely to be categorized as shounen anime.
what's happening?
The plot, if presented in a nutshell, would be something like this: Young boy leads a boring life. Older, quirky-insane female enters his life, whacks him over the head. This strategy causes more than only a robot to emerge out of his head throughout the series. "His" machines battle other strange machines who mysteriously appear with the blink of an eye. Enormously chaotic battles take place. Boy can work impossible things. Somehow a huge, powerful factory is involved in all of the insanity. Boy falls for girl, but in the end she only abuses him as a tool to achieve her own goals. Boy is rendered heartbroken, but will live on as their paths separate.
So basically, it's your typical "Young-kid-meets-mecha-meets-large-enterprise" - clich?, correct? Well, no. In fact, it's quite different from everything out there, and I have yet to come across a series that matches its wild, bold extremes. More than anything, FLCL is purely fun. While always different and often disturbing, the series never loses its sense of humor. Especially noteworthy is the integrated parody of existing series [most blatantly South Park!] as well as the high degree of self-mockery. Characters in Furikuri seem to be aware of their roles as animated characters and Naota's dad Kamon even starts rambling about production costs.
FLCL presents fiction at all times, but always includes a certain bit of reality. Naota's story, as well as his classmates' behaviour seem highly natural and basically revolve around common issues of puberty. With all of the sheer insanity occuring around him, Naota also has ordinary problems to struggle with.
ENJOY