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FLCL
Genre(s):  Action, Drama, Thinker
Released:  2000
Episodes:  6 OVA

A giant iron-shaped building, run by a company called Medical Mechanica, has suddenly appeared in the hills north of town. In the town, Naota is a boy with many strange problems. He's dating his big brother's homeless girlfriend, he lives with a totally perverted father and grandfather, and to make matters worse, a strange woman named Haruko ran him over with her Vespa and hit him over the head with a guitar. Strangely, a giant horn has begun to appear where he was hit in the head and Haruko begins to live in his house as a live-in maid. Just what is Haruka, and what is the secret behind Naota's horn?


BoneyJellyfish
4.75/5
Quite possibly the most creative anime I've ever seen. I expected no less from the studio that goes by the name of Gainax (Evangelion, Kare Kano, Mahoromatic, to name a few). The action scenes are also fantastically animated. In fact, all of the animation is superb. The music also fits the anime perfectly, as much of it is centered around guitars, Haruka's main weapon. Naota, on the other hands, has the most HILARIOUS way of fighting that I've ever seen. I mean, I nearly crapped my pants the first time I saw it (that's a pun, by the way. You need to watch FLCL NOW!!!). Also, despite being an action anime, FLCL has a good and totally unexpected plot to it. FLCL is, and always will be, one of my favorite anime.

Likes - Bursting with life and originality; great animation and music; plot is unique but still good
Dislikes - Presentation may leave many scratching their heads;

Average User Rating: 4.23/5 (12 votes)
 

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» JoJo --
FLCL (or is it called Furi Kuri or is it called Fooli Kooli? Oh whatever... ) is really great. If you're not that fast at reading subtitles, you might have a hard time following all the action because things happen sooooooo fast. But it's worth it. :)

Oh btw. if you liked this, and if you've seen a lot of anime, go check out Puni Puni Poemi!
» Thomas Maska --
i think FLCL is THE best show ive ever seen (and fuuuunnny)
plus i think its pethetic that theres an agent that has no eye-brows and uses fake ones but my favorite character is naota but i think hadigo (the pink-haired alien)is HOT she just boned me in less than 4.7 seconds
» Neko Koneko --
JoJo: The Japanese call it Furi Kuri, and the Americans call it Fooly Cooly.

Thomas: Her name is Haruhara Haruko.

FLCL is one of my favourite anime, just love it. 4.75 is actually not high enough for this anime.
» RoninGuy --
Nice site. But how can you give FLCL such a high score?
*moved from guestbook to FLCL review by BoneyJellyfish*
» Retro Samurai --
Hats off to Furi Kuri, I really liked watching this 6 episode anime. The animation is very fluid, and the plot is very engaging, with little bland effects. But I didn't understand why Mamimi had fish lips, it was weird. I would have expected FLCL to be more than 6, but I guess this will have to make do anyway. Recommended.
» Homunculus Gluttony --
Oh, how I love FLCL. The animation and music are really superb just as you said. My favorite episode was definitely the fifth, chock full of parodies (Lupin, Trigun, Kenshin, and others). FLCL always makes me happy!
» tomackze --
great series, have anyone heard of anything like a season 2?
» BoneyJellyfish --
There are currently no plans for a season 2... and I don't think there ever will be. To my knowledge, there isn't any manga left.
» adliss --
Great fast mover. The end was as good. I know of kids who thought it great played for two weeks till mum took it away.