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FLCL was intended to feel unlike anything else you’ve ever watched, anime or otherwise. It’s got an incredible Japanese alt-rock soundtrack from the band The Pillows. Its editing is frenetic. Its characters interact in extremes of manic, moody, or forlorn. Its plot—in which robots pop out of a young boy’s swollen, injured head, heralding the return of a powerful extraterrestrial being—kinda doesn’t matter. None of that stuff matters, according to series director Kazuya Tsurumaki. “Difficulty in comprehension should not be an important factor in FLCL,” he once wrote in a comment thread for <anchor>Production IG</anchor>. “I believe the ‘rock guitar’ vibe playing throughout the show is a shortcut on the road to understanding it.” Rock on, brother. — Eric Vilas-Boas
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Description ::

FLCL is a collaboration OVA work between GAINAX and Production
I.G, produced in 2001. The story is set on a fictitious world
about an ordinary boy named "Naota," who is rather
bored with his ordinary life in an ordinary city called Mabase.
However, one day, he's suddenly encountered by a strange woman
named "Haruko" who identifies herself as "alien."
Since their encounter, Naota's not-so-exciting life becomes
not-so-ordinary anymore.

Directed by :: Kazuya Tsurumaki

Production :: Production I.G / GAINAX

Number of Episodes :: 6

Length :: 30 mins / ep

© 1999 GAINAX/KGI

Subtitled episodes:

Episode 01: Furi Kuri (FLCL)

Episode 02: Fista (Fire Starter)

Episode 03: Maru-Raba (Marquis de Carabas)

Episode 04: Furi Kiri (Full Swing)

Episode 05: Bura-Bure (Brittle Bullet)

Episode 06: Furi Kura (FLCL Climax)

Messages from the Creators(coming soon):


From **Kazuya Tsurumaki** (Director):

I am quite surprised to hear that "FLCL," which
has been criticized as being one of the most incomprehensible
shows of all Japanese anime, is being so favorably received
by American fans! However, difficulty in comprehension

should not be an important factor in "FLCL." On
the contrary, I believe the "rock guitar" vibe
playing throughout the show is a shortcut on the road to
understanding it. I also feel confident that the English
dub version of the show will make it even more comprehensible.


From **Hiroki Sato** (Producer):

"Do not think. Just feel it!" Do any of you know
whose famous line this was? In FLCL, there are stupid puns,
minute anal-retentive Otaku-esque information, and gags
without a punchline used throughout, and the fans in Japan
take all this with glee and anger. I have no idea how the
slang expression in the English dub version means, but then
again, there are people in Japan who enjoy "South Park"
and "Monty Python," so I supposed this won't be
much of an issue. Well, enjoy Kazuya Tsurumaki and Yoji
Enokido's collaborative work of art where their delusions,
desires and reality are blended in. Just kick back and watch
it like you would normally do when you watch MTV. Have yourself
a can of "Pringles," which would be a bag of "Calbee"
if you were to do this in Japan.