FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - Vol. 1

Rating:
Summary: Excellent. But not for everyone.
Review: When I first saw it, I got addicted. The music and the amination are just super cool. It's fantastic and everybody should watch it! I mean, robots coming out of your head, gaint clothing irons... What more can I say!

Rating:
Summary: Incredible!
Review: Fooly Cooly is one of the finest anime I have seen in my time. Nothing can compare to the way Fooly Cooly will reach out and capture its audience! The graphics, characters, music, everything! In its own intricate and beautiful way, this anime will entrance the viewer, and I promise you it will not let go easily. It is impossible to explain the story of it all--- I've watched it several times, and only have theories about what this story is trying to tell us all. This truly is something you cannot pass!

However...

I see that most agree with me that this deal is extremely pricy. It would be a waste to buy just one or two of the DVD's, and all three get to about 70 bucks. The show is so worth it, though. If people continue to get cheap bootleg copies, you really aren't acknowledging Gainax or any of the people that made this unbelievable anime. How you are going to go about getting this six-episode series of complete mayhem and rare beauty, I don't know, but this like I said, Don't Pass This Anime Up!

Rating:
Summary: FLCL - Best thing to happen to Anime in years.
Review: Friends turned me on to this a couple of years ago, its the best anime in memory, and reinvigorates my interest in the genre. Nothing since has touched its perfection. Short and sweet, spastic as hell, and the dynamics between the characters are bombastic. Its pretty much a distillation and collage of everything in anime since the 90's hit, a punk-rocking parody that suddenly begins to take itself seriously, then upheaves everything.
If you take away all the religious underpinnings and focused on Shinji's sexual tension with older/younger women in all twenty-six+ episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, but shoved that in only six episodes, and stuck said confused pubescent boy with the "worst girl for you at the best time" you've pretty much got the narrative. Soundtrack by the PILLOWS alone makes it a classic, like a J-pop PIXIES.
I give the series itself 5 stars, but the American DVDs just aren't worth the extra cash, so I had to knock it down to 4. The American dub sucks, the bonuses aren't that great, and you're ending up paying from $75 - $90 for only 2.5 hours of content. "Lord of the Rings:Return of the King" is longer than the whole series combined and costs only $30! I'm tired of supporting anime companies who finally DO release this stateside only to be jerked around by my wallet. I could ALMOST understand 2 volumes at that price since the series narrative naturally splits at the middle anyways... but its still a MUST SEE.
I recommend getting a used copy if you can't afford the steep tag.
EPISODES 1&2 FEATURE:
*Awesome robot hand vs. robot battling.
*Vespa riding punk chicks
*A hospital dancing around
*Camera pan across page of comics instead of animation!
*Robot buying "questionable magazines"

Rating:
Summary: Keroro's Review- What does Furi Kuri mean, anyway?
Review: How you stumbled on to an anime such as this, is beyond me, but how ever you found it, be glad, your into for a treat and some great eye candy. Ive seen countless anime in my 16 years of living, and none have kept me this entertained and can be this enjoyable. To many, if yovue seen the show you may be wondering, what the heck? I was to, but it does make alot of sense when you slowly come to relize what the show tries to teach you, like animated poetry almost. Keep your eyes and ears open cause you wanna pay very close attention to enjoy this anime! Ill start with animation, if youve seen the show then you know by now the animation and effects are unrivaled... and for those who havent seen it, its going to blow you away. The creators who created the hit series Neon Genisus or to the more hardcore fans "EVA", used many animation styles in the show that do make you wonder, but its appreciated and crazy. As for story, like I said pay extra close attention, I had to watch the series twice before I relized the moral, and I wont spoil it for you, when it hits you its a great moment. Theres complaints of only 6 episodes and 2 mangas but thats all it needs to tell the story, and the animation, the characters, and the story are literally so enjoyable Ive watched this DVD 3 times in the last week. You always notice something you didnt catch before, which sometimes is a gag or something that gives you a clearer look on character relations and story tie ins. The Characters in the show are some of the best, each with a diffrent and unique personality that makes you even more attached to the series. If you wanna start a new series for your anime collection or just dont know what to watch, take it from a manga lover and hardcore anime fan, this is the best (In my opinion) anime ever created. Purchase the first DVD, and buy them in order.

Rating:
Summary: WOW! No other words for it . . .
Review: I will say it again, WOW! Being the long time anime fan that I am, I love it when I watch something that stops me dead in my tracks when I watch it. FLCL was one of those animes. The first time I watched it, I was like a lot of people and just kind said to myself, "What in the world was that?!?! After viewing now several times, I still see things that I missed before.

It is a coming of age story unlike you have ever seen before or will see again I am willing to wager. Much has been written on the web and in the media about this, but you have to judge it for yourself. The animation and music (provided mostly by the indie Japanese band The Pillows) are a cut above the rest. I don't think I have enjoyed a soundtrack as much since Cowboy Bebop or Macross Plus.

Gainax, the makers of such animes as Kane Kano, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wings of Honneamise, and Mahoromatic, shows again why in my opinion why they are the best studio out there in anime. They never seem willing not to push the envelope in what can be done with anime.

One note I would make, this is not really for the younger viewers out there. There is a good seal of sexual overtones through much of the series given the subject matter.