FLCL (Fooly Cooly)...
Although FLCL (Fooly Cooly) is short enough that it could have been packaged on a single disc, the initial release of the series was on three discs...
I enjoyed every minute of FLCL and was really hoping that this series would last longer than it did. My favorite scene is, of course, the head-bashing scene where we meet Haruko for the first time. You wouldn't think this is the case, but, according to the commentary on the DVD, the black and white manga-esque scenes pushed the limits of the technology the animators were using to produce the series. I suppose it had something to do with the sheer size of the panels (it appears that the animators created a full page and just panned the viewport) and add the fact that the output probably wasn't a true 2-color format. I have all three DVDs. One nice thing was when the US distributor decided to produce a collector's art box, they packaged it with the last DVD rather than the first. I gave FLCL a 4 out of 5.
I have two FLCL soundtrack CDs. The two FLCL soundtrack CDs have 21 and 17 tracks respectively and I liked 13 and 2 tracks respectively for totals of 61.9% and 11.7% which works out to ratings of 3 and 1 out of 4.
Produced by GAINAX (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and animated by Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell), FLCL takes animation to yet another level. Get ready for this shocking, funny, and right out freaky show about adolescence, expectations and alien intrigue.
Naota wants to be normal. But with a talented brother leaving Japan for the US to play baseball, everyone now looks at him a bit differently. His brother's girlfriend is acting strange and now there's an even stranger girl hitting on him.
Literally.
With a bass guitar.
Oh, did I mention the robots that keep springing from his head?
Volume 1
Fooly Cooly
12-year-old Naota already has enough to deal with at home. Both his father and grandfather are more than a little eccentric and less than a little mature. Not to mention the girlfriend his brother left behind, who is now making advancements on him. Now to top everything off, a self-proclaimed alien, Haruhara Haruko, comes bursting on the scene. Naota is the key to her mission and the weirdness has only just begun.
Fire Starter
Masked by semi-innocent teasing and flirting, 17-year-old Mamimi is a girl with a past; harboring secrets that Naota doesn't fully understand. There is definitely something about her that seems more complex than she lets on. For some reason, she's obsessed with Fire Starter, a video game about fire and a god named Cantide. And nothing is the same after she sees a black winged deity.
Volume 2
Get ready for this shocking and funny digital animation about adolescence, expectations, and alien intrigue!
Marquis de Carabas
With a robot and alien at home, Naota tries to at least have a normal school life. The class is putting on "Puss 'n Boots" and Naota's playing the cat. And if that's not embarrassing enough, he's also sprouted cat ears. Meanwhile, class president Ninamori's been chosen to play the lead. And she's bossing Naota around, insisting he attends rehearsals. But behind the tough exterior, Ninamori's got her own troubles. Her father, the mayor, is involved in a scandal, and her parents might be getting a divorce... And of course, there's got to be another robot!
Full Swing
Though he's always carried around his brother's bat, Naota's never hit anything. Well, now that his brother's gone, it's Naota's turn to prove his worth. But the local baseball team doesn't seem to be doing so well. And what is Haruko doing playing for the other side? Dad's been acting strange lately, as well. It all ends in a break down. But not before an unidentified flying object comes to town. The invading aliens have arrived. Looks like Naota's really gonna have to hit this one out of the park... and the town.
Volume 3
Brittle Bullet
Naota doesn't really want to fight his Dad over Haruko's affections, but somehow he always gets caught up in these things, right? But as romantic tensions mount, something's gotta break - this episode is a loaded gun waiting to go off! What? Haruko's actually in love with some space pirate?
FLCLimax
Haruko and Canti have vanished off the face of the planet, leaving a surprisingly large void in Naota's now very normal life. So what did happen to Atomsk and his fantastic powers? Is the giant hand going to grab the iron?
I enjoyed every minute of FLCL and was really hoping that this series would last longer than it did. My favorite scene is, of course, the head-bashing scene where we meet Haruko for the first time. You wouldn't think this is the case, but, according to the commentary on the DVD, the black and white manga-esque scenes pushed the limits of the technology the animators were using to produce the series. I suppose it had something to do with the sheer size of the panels (it appears that the animators created a full page and just panned the viewport) and add the fact that the output probably wasn't a true 2-color format. I have all three DVDs. One nice thing was when the US distributor decided to produce a collector's art box, they packaged it with the last DVD rather than the first. I gave FLCL a 4 out of 5.I have two FLCL soundtrack CDs. The two FLCL soundtrack CDs have 21 and 17 tracks respectively and I liked 13 and 2 tracks respectively for totals of 61.9% and 11.7% which works out to ratings of 3 and 1 out of 4.
