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Summary: Amazing and Outrageous Furi Kuri
Review: This anime is pure fun.
It's about Naota a young boy in school, Haruko the wildest maid ever lived and Mamimi a girl full of thoughts.
In FLCL anything can happen. Like a gigant robot pops out of your forehead, a maid from space, a human bullet.I loved this action/comedy for it's great non-sense, wacky and weird story. Beatiful animation a colorful one with some outrageous scenes not bad, not bad at all. I really liked the character design it felt fresh, really good. It sort of feels like a music video, flashing mech fights to the beat of The Pillows (preforms most of the OST). The soundtrack is awesome, played alot and loud, just keeps beating through out the anime. Fly me to the moon on a vespa...
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Summary: A revolutionary anime
Review: My favorite anime of all time, those of you who were disappointed with the Eva series (though I don't see why you would be) will find that FLCL, otherwise known as "Fooly Cooly" or "Furi Kuri" succeeds in getting across a message that the Neon Genesis Evangelion series simply has trouble getting across due to time and budget constraints. FLCL not only tells a simple comedy about a boy who is caught in the middle of a search for the most powerful force in the universe, but is also about this little boy's attempt at finding his way through life, and realizing that he doesn't necessarily have to follow in the path of one of his friends or family or even of a twenty year old woman claiming to be an alien, but he can find his own path, and that will be ever the more rewarding.
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Summary: Just perfect
Review: Just perfect. I can't imagine another words to write about FLCL. It's just genious, non-sense until the end, well made and it's the best anime ever! The only ANIME to beat Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA in my TOP 10 ANIMES!!! If you don't like it, probably you didn't understand the magic about it. But if you didn't watched it, then an advice: don't STOP this DVD until you finish it. In the beggining you may not understand much things, but the last episodes are very clear. THE BEST ANIME EVER!!!
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Summary: Nothing to see here folks, move along
Review: Less a "revolution" in anime than "more of the same". The character designs are fetching, the pallate is nice, but neither is remarkable. The pacing is frantic, like most all silly comedy anime. Characters are thinner than the lines they're drawn with. In typical gainax fashion illinear storytelling, preteen erotica and pretensious psychobabble are par for the course. Comedy? It's not there. Sure there's something slapstick about a boy getting walloped by guitars, but every other joke falls embarassingly flat. Horny older men, a sexually disinterested young male lead, crazy randy chicks, adolescent wish fulfillment... sound like evangelion? Nothing here you havn't already seem in all the Ramnas and Tenchis out there. The hype is a lie. 2 stars for the art, 1 of which is for the vespa.
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Summary: One of the best underrated anime gets an amazing US release
Review: At last, US anime fans are no longer stuck with the mediocre to poor quality releases(the mastering, disk quality and extras...not the titles) that seem to prevade the Managa Entertainment and ADV Films library. First off, FLCL (or furikuri), was directed by the animation director of Shinseki Evangelion. It was animated by Production IG and Gainax (the other two studios involved in Eva). Secondly, this was an OVA so it had a much higher budget than your average tv show...as a result the animation is really, really good. This is some of the nicest stuff I've seen in a few years...the movement, color and composition are really alive and kinetic... The story is a little esoteric but if you stick with it, it all makes sense! There's also lots of humor to be had for those who know anime...lots of in jokes, references, etc...aka fairly standard for Gainax comedy stuff....this is sort of a scifi comedy meets the real world on speed?!! As for the presentation...The mastering is impeccable! It looks better than the original Japanese versions! There is director's commentary, an art booklet, an extensive interview/translation guide, etc etc etc. Synch Point have done themselves proud with this release. I have the entire series in Japanese already but I'll buy them all again if they keep up the good work.
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Summary: Ride on Shooting Star!
Review: This OAV is just plain awesome. Out of all the anime I've ever seen, I'd say this ranks in the top 5 or so of my personal favorites. And that means something, because I've seen a LOT of anime. Having said that, FLCL isn't for everyone. It's very well animated, has a great soundtrack, engaging characters, and tons of energy, but it's pretty strange. If you're one of those people who loves "weird" anime, you'll probably love FLCL. If you prefer an easily understood storyline and more generic visual styles, save your money.
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Summary: I wish there was another star.
Review: So much better than previous Gainax efforts. They're proving themselves to be more than just big robots and bouncy girls. Everything that was great about the first half of Gunbuster and Evangelion (the humor and tongue-and-cheek attitude) and everything that was great about the last half of both (the actual content) without the downsides of either. Fooly Cooly (sorry, guy below me, but check out the final scene of the last episode) is easily some of the best anime out there, much less the best of what Gainax has to offer. The only concern is the cost. Anime has a lot going against it value-wise anyway, since it generally comes with few extras and contains less content for more money than other DVDs. However, FLCL really pushes things, by only giving up two 30 minute episodes for the same price as a The Big O disc (3 episodes) or a GTO disc (4 episodes). It's saving grace is the fact that it does, in fact, have plenty of extras, though none so enjoyable as Excel Saga's 'Pop Up Video'-style in-film linear notes.
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Summary: an interesting challenge
Review: I had heard some interesting things about FLCL and was anxious to check it out. The animation and screen graphics are of the higher quality, as the production value of this cartoon is wonderful. Plus they do some interesting shifts in visual style depending on the story point, which makes for more interesting viewing. For instance, to explain the whole "FLCL" thing, they jump to moving comics for the scene. It's fun stuff. Storywise, there's some unique elements tossed in...particularly all the robots which emerge from our young protagonist's head (literally). But the narrative is not an easy one to follow...a lot of stuff is left unexplained on this first DVD, and the story moves at a somewhat disjointed clip. As a new-comer, I'd say both the graphics and narrative lean towards the experimental with various levels of success. For the animation enthusiast, it's worth seeing. For someone with "story" solely in mind, you might find this frustrating. And if you're someone mainly interested in panty-shots of pouty, anime girls in private school uniforms, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: "It's a fooly cooly kind of dream thing!"
Review: Studio Gainax has brought forth some of the best-known and best-loved anime ever made (Evangelion, Bubblegum Crisis, etc.). Their latest creation is no exception...only now, you can add 'weirdest' to the dossier.
"FLCL" (or "Furi Kuri", as its called in Japan) can best be described as...well, everything you could want in anime, I guess. It's got cute female characters, giant robots, wicked vehicles, sick slapstick humor, and lots of action and explosions, all backdropped by a killer rock soundtrack (by the Pillows). Sounds fun, right? Well, careful what you hear...
Sure, it's got all that going for it, but that's only the beginning! Let's see, one cute female's got a god fetish and is an alleged arsonist, and the other may or may not be an alien, drives a custom Vespa motorbike, and bashes said giant robots (and the preteen male lead) over the head with her Rickenbacker guitar. Speaking of the preteen male lead, guess where the giant robots come from--his MELON! That's right, literally straight out of the poor lad's head come these freakish battlebots for the sole purpose (at least for the moment) of beating the tar out of each other. The winner gets to live at the boy's house with the weird alien girl and his wacked-out manga writer dad and grandpa! And don't forget about the mysterious medical machine facility looming ominously on the edge of town (which is shaped like a giant clothes iron).
So what's FLCL about, really? The correct answer is, who cares?! Yeah, I'm sure there's a plot in there somewhere that will no doubt be developed as the series progresses, but for now, just sit back, take it all in, and prepare to hurt from laughing. I'm not really expecting this series to make any sense (although I have this eerie feeling that by the time it's over, it will), but in this one rare instance, I really don't mind.
Oh, yes, newcomers Synch-Point picked up a BEAUTY with FLCL. What'll Gainax think of next? Throw it in your cart! G'head, nobody's lookin'...
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Summary: 5 stars... Hmm.. do you see a pattern here?
Review: Just when you think you've seen it all something like this comes along and kicks the ground out from under your feet. It's hilarious, the music's great (especially ep. 5) the action sequences are spectacular. BTW what is Bura Bure?
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