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Posted by Riotmon on 11.06.2009, 08:57 PM:

Fooly Cooly

I scowered the depths of threads to see if there was one, and to my amazement not one!
This anime is one of the best and most unique anime's ive ever seen, (in my opinion), and i'm surprised to see only a few mentions, this thread is for everything fooly cooly related.

FLCL (Furi Kuri?, known in North America as Fooly Cooly) is an original video animation series written by YÅji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records.

FLCL follows Naota Nandaba, a twelve-year-old boy living in the fictional Japanese suburb of Mabase, and his interactions with Haruko Haruhara, who arrives in the quiet suburb, drawn by the industrial town houses and the Medical Mechanica building.

Naota's life is confined to going to school and living with his father and grandfather. The usually boring life in Mabase is rudely interrupted by the arrival of Haruko Haruhara, who bursts on the scene by running Naota over with her Vespa scooter and hitting him on the head with a blue vintage Rickenbacker 4001 right-handed reverse strung electric bass guitar.[1][2] Later, Naota is shocked to find Haruko working in his house as a live-in maid.

Haruko's search for the alien being, Atomsk, puts her at odds with Medical Meccanica, the monolithic industrial corporation. At the same time, Naota is being watched by Commander Amarao. The Commander believes Haruko is in love with Atomsk and that Medical Meccanica is out to conquer the galaxy. The combination of circumstances get Naota involved in a three-way battle between Haruko, Amarao and Medical Meccanica.

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Posted by Roarkiller on 11.08.2009, 11:41 AM:

Wait, you're kidding. Not one? This is one of the most loved anime in the board!

*kicks Saddle*

Well anyway, long story short, the majority of us has seen, and loved, FLCL. For a four-part series, it r0x0rz

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quote:
Originally posted by fenkashi
Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.

Posted by Riotmon on 11.08.2009, 05:01 PM:

Yeh i was quite shocked as well no one had actually done a thread for it, but yeh recently picked up the manga's of this book, which are part manga, part novel.
It adds a new insight to what its all about. =]

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Posted by husky51 on 11.23.2009, 01:39 AM:

lots of action, lots of titillation, but sorry fellers, I did not enjoy it much at all and I watched all six eps to see if it got any better.... good art work at times though....
IMO

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Posted by Roarkiller on 11.23.2009, 10:28 AM:

It's actually supposed to be philosophical. At least that's what a whole bunch of fans are claiming it to be.

I can understand where they're going though. A lot of the scenes can actually be interpreted as personifications of what is actually happening (sadly I can't remember enough to give an example, but yeah).

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quote:
Originally posted by fenkashi
Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.

Posted by husky51 on 01.24.2010, 03:39 AM:

That's OK, Roar... They say the mind is the first to go, but i can't remember the rest...

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Posted by Saddletank on 02.03.2010, 08:33 AM:

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Originally posted by Roarkiller

*kicks Saddle*

My eyesight must be going. I read that as *licks Saddle*

Anyway, why kick me? I was never a huge fan of this series, it seemed too far up its own backside for me. I just watched it and enjoyed it on a superficial level. The drawings were pretty and there were some good lines. JRR was the big fan.

Yes, I've heard that its supposed to be philosophical but everywhere I go people just say that, and no-one seems able to actually explain the dratted thing.

So my view is it doesn't have a deeper meaning and the philosophical side of it is just people needing more meaning in their empty lives.

There. That should get the discussion going!

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