FLCL (Japanese: ???? , Hepburn: Furi Kuri , pronounced in English as Fooly Cooly ) is the original video animation animated anime series (OVA) written by Y? Ji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, consisting of Gainax, Production IG, and King Records. FLCL is coming from the age story follows Naota Nandaba, a twelve-year-old boy whose suburban life is disturbed by the arrival of foreign women Haruko Haruhara.
The six-episode series was released in Japan from April 2000 to March 2001 alongside manga and novels. It was originally aired in the United States at Adult Swim in August 2003, where it managed to gain significant and widely acknowledged sect followers, despite its short length. It goes live in the US again in the following years and then also on the Toonami network block from October 2013 to January 2014, and then again in April 2018. The series is also available through iTunes, Adult Swim.com and Funimation website.
In 2016, two new seasons totaling 12 episodes were announced as a joint production between Production I.G, Toho, and Adult Swim. The second season, FLCL Progressive , aired on June 2, 2018 on the Toonami Adult Swim block while the third season, FLCL Alternatives , will air in September 2018. In Japan, Alternative and Progressive will perform a theater playback in September 2018. The first episode FLCL Alternative arrives airing on April Fool 2018 at midnight in Toonami in Japanese with English subtitles.
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Plot
FLCL is the story of the future and revolves around Naota Nandaba, a 12-year-old working class who lives with his widowed father and grandfather. His life in the city of Mabase was disturbed by the arrival of Haruko Haruhara, who walked over Naota with his yellow Vespa 180 SS scooter, gave him CPR, then hit him on the head with a blue electric guitar Rickenbacker 4001 left hand. Naota finds that a blow to his head creates "N.O." portal, from which a giant robot produced by a company known as Medical Mechanica appears periodically. The first of these robots was beaten in the head by Haruko and turned friendly to Naota and his family, doing rough tasks for the family throughout the series, and was later named Canti.
Naota later finds Haruko working at his home as a maid living. It was later discovered that Haruko was the investigator for the Galactic Aerospace Police Fellowship. Haruko uses Naota to search for Pirate King, Atomsk. He is at odds with Medical Mechanica, a monolithic industrial company. Naota is being watched by Commander Amarao, a special agent of the Intergovernmental Immigration Bureau, who believes that Medical Mechanica is out to conquer the galaxy.
Medical Mechanica sends three robots through the portal on Naota's head, which he, Haruko, and Canti fight. In the last series Medical Mechanics succeeded in turning the end of the world device, helping when Haruko combines Naota, Canti, and a device called Core Terminal. Apparently, Atomsk is hiding in Canti, and Naota is able to absorb his power for a while when they are combined. After stopping the ending device in the world and fighting briefly with Haruko, Atomsk leaves Naota's body and leaves the planet.
Haruko then left the planet once more, probably still chasing Atomsk in his Vespa, which also proved to be flying. The city has resumed normal daily operations, and Naota is shown with his new uniform walking to school with his classmates.
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Production
FLCL directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which includes Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records.
Tsurumaki says that he tries to "break the rules" of the anime when creating FLCL, for example, by choosing contemporary Japanese bands to provide the soundtrack, and reinforcing more styles after "Japanese TV commercials or promotional videos" "short, but solid".
FLCL ' s the localization of the director and script writer Marc Handler states that the localization of the manuscript is the hardest part of the show. Jokes in the show include unclear pop culture references that must be translated and transferred to an English audience. One example is a reference to Cheerio, a soft drink that was discontinued in Japan, for an English release of choice made to use the discontinued American soft drink at the time, Crystal Pepsi. Director Kazuya Tsurumaki responded to criticism from the FLCL, stating "understanding should not be an important factor in the FLCL".
The Medical Mechanica Building is featured in a large iron shape. The character Amarao describes the purpose of Medical Mechanica as the destruction of all thought. FLCL uses iron as a symbolic breakdown of the "mind" by smoothing out wrinkles as equated with the removal of brain wrinkles. For English localization, the Japanese team should explain the concept because the script's direct translation does not convey the ideology.
Release
Six DVD compilations, each containing one episode, have been released in Japan by Gainax. In addition, the DVD collection box, containing all six DVD compilations, was released in Japan on August 13, 2005. Three DVD compilations were released by Synch-Point in North America. The DVD collection box, containing all the DVD compilations from the English episode, was released on January 23, 2007, but has since been out of print. In January 2010, Funimation announced that it has been licensed for the series and will release it on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in February 2011. Shortly after, it has been released in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment on a three-set DVD disc and on Blu-ray Disc. It is also licensed in the United Kingdom by MVM Films. The series also aired in the United States on the Adult Swim Cartoon Network programming block from August 4 to August 13, 2003.
Media
Novel
The three-volume novel series was written by screenwriter Yoji Enokido and published by Kadokawa Shoten. The novels were released in Japan in June 2000, October 2000, and March 2001. The English version was published by Tokyopop and released in North America on March 11, 2008; September 9, 2008; and March 10, 2009 respectively.
Manga
The two-volume manga was created by artist Hajime Ueda. The manga interprets the series with all the key elements intact, and tells the anime events using reductive and unbalanced art styles. Jack Kotin defended the unique manga artistic style, saying "It can be drawn roughly on time, but this style fits into the whole story and atmosphere...".
The manga is published by Kodansha and serialized in monthly Z Magazine . Both volumes were released on October 23, 2000 and August 23, respectively. The manga was re-released in bunkoban format with two volumes labeled "J?" (? , First ) and "Ge" (? , Final ) in two individual boxes titled "Kodansha Box". J? volume on May 7, 2007 and Ge volumes was released on June 4, 2007. A modified tank version of the manga released in box sets, was released on January 10, 2012 and February 9, 2012 respectively.
The English edition of the manga was released by Tokyopop on September 16, 2003 and respectively on November 4, 2003. In March 2011, Dark Horse Comics announced to re-release the manga in the omnibus edition. The omnibus edition was released on May 16, 2012 and includes remastered story pages, remastered scripts, and bonus color pages.
Soundtracks
Six pieces of theme music are used for episodes; five opening themes and one cover theme, all by Japanese rock band The Pillows. The battle themes are "Suggestions", "Little Busters" and "I Think I Can"; The opening theme is: "One Life", used in episode one, "Instant Music" in episodes two and three, "Happy Bivouac" in episode four, "Runners High", in episode five, and "Carnival" in episode six. The closing theme of each episode is "Ride on Shooting Star".
Geneon Entertainment has released three original soundtracks that include songs by The Pillows, and scores by composer Shinkichi Mitsumune. The first soundtrack, titled FLCL No.1: Addict ( ???? No.1 ????? ) , contains tracks featured in the first three episodes of FLCL. The soundtrack was released on October 4, 2000 in Japan and January 20, 2004 in the US. Second soundtrack, titled FLCL No.2: King of Pirates ( ???? No.2 ??? , Furi Kuri No.2 Kaizoku -? ) , contains songs featured in the last three episodes of FLCL. The soundtrack was released on July 25, 2001 Japan and September 7, 2004 in the US. This volume features several audio dramas, with players FLCL playing various sections. Because the drama is included, the album acts as a sequel to anime. The third soundtrack, titled FLCL No.3 ( ???? No.3 ) , is a compilation of the first two soundtracks , only featuring music by The Pillows. Which was released on June 8, 2005 and June 7, 2005 in the US. Unlike the two previous soundtracks, these songs are original vocal versions of LP bands.
Reception
FLCL has received the most positive acceptance, and gathers followers in North America. The series has been described as "bizzare" and "surrealist", and has been noted for symbolic content, unusual plot, and soundtrack composed by The Pillows .
Christopher McDonald of Anime News Network called it "really funny" and "amazing visuals" with great music, citing the packaging of 2 episodes per DVD as the only disadvantage of the original release of Synch-Point. Robert Nelson of T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews provides an anime of 4 out of 5 stars that says, " FLCL may not have a straightforward or deep plot.This may not have any complex characterization.Hell, it may have no meaning, but FLCL succeed in real purpose. Fun to watch! "Chris Beveridge from Mania gave it A-stating,"
IGN columnist Davis Smith reviewed the anime shortly after its English premiere, in Smith's article praising the unusual story of the story, high-quality animation, and soundtrack provided by The Pillows; rewarding the 9th score of 10 concludes, "Logic states that the FLCL should be an undisciplined and undamaged mess, considering all the madness created by its creators to be a functioning part.However, though it is difficult to explain exactly why, it It makes me laugh sometimes, it makes me a little bit glassy, ​​sometimes it makes me want to scream and howl and light a fire and break a window with a baseball bat and yes, maybe even buy a Vespa.That's the kind of success you can not debate. "
From January 3 to February 7, 2012, Hayden Childs, from the online magazine The A.V. Club, organizing a six-week weekly analysis and review of each episode of FLCL during the upcoming "The Legend of Korra's" festival in the upcoming third season, a series heavily influenced by < i>> FLCL style animation. In this article, Childs provides a very positive review of the series that understands it as a surreal-inspired story of the age story stating, "For all its wild and confusing aspects, the FLCL's main purpose is the impressionistic and often naturalistic documentation of the Naota passage to maturity. "
Avatar: The Last Airbender director Giancarlo Volpe said the staff "are all ordered to buy FLCL and watch each episode."
Awards and praise
On August 12, 2003, Time Warner's press release noted the success of Cartoon Network, FLCL "ranked No. 42 among all advertising-sponsored advertising events among 18-34 adults." Also in 2003, FLCL won third place for Best Animated Film at Fantasia Festival. On February 24, 2007, FLCL was nominated for "Best Actor", and won "Best Comedy Series" and "Best Short Series" at the first American Anime Awards show. Anime Insider ranked FLCL 4th in their list of the best all time British licensed anime in November 2007.
Series sequel
Anime News Network Anime News Network reported on August 31, 2015 that Production studio Production I.G may be planning a remake of the popular series after announcing the purchase of their rights to FLCL from the Gainax production company. This has led many to speculate about the remake potential or possible continuation of this series.
The sequel anime series was announced on March 24, 2016 through Tumblr and Facebook Toonami page, that 12 new episodes of FLCL will be produced in collaboration with Production I.G. The upcoming episodes will be divided into two seasons: FLCL Progressive ( ???? ???? , < i> Furikuri Purogure , "FLCL Progress") and FLCL Alternative ( ???? ???? , Furikuri Orutana , "FLCL Alterna") which will serve as a sequel to the popular series aired on the Adult Swim anime block in 2003. The crew includes < i> Neon Genesis Evangelion character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and director of the original series Kazuya Tsurumaki.
The synopsis of this series is published by Adult Swim:
In the new season FLCL , many years have passed since Naota and Haruhara Haruko shared their adventures together. Meanwhile, the war between two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity rages across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenage girl who believes there is nothing extraordinary to expect from an average life, until one day when a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. Shortly thereafter, Medical Mechanica attacked her city and Hidomi discovered a secret inside her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko could open.
But why Haruko return to Earth? What happened to the Rickenbacker 4001 he left with Naota? And where is the human type 'Canti' robot gone?
Vice President of Production I.G Maki Terashima-Furuta announced in Anime Expo 2016 that original character series designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto will return for the sequel and that Psycho-Pass director Katsuyuki Motohiro will oversee the production. The Pillows will return to contribute to the soundtrack, even though the main score will be composed by R? O? N from music production company VERYGOO.
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