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FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - Vol. 1

FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - Vol. 1

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My FLCL (Fooly Cooly) Experience
Review: I think FLCL (Fooly Cooly) was awesome. It's a favorite Cartoon of mine and this DVD did not disappoint me. My favorite character is Naota. Because he is awesome I wish I could be him. On the 1st episode Naota saw an alien who is 20 years-old and her name is Haru-Haru Haruko she came to Naota with her scooter and she hit him. when she hit him she thought he was dead and trying to put some air into him. And on the last episode at the end Haruko left Naota and left her Guitar at his house (probably). And that is my Story about FLCL (Fooly Cooly) Experience

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: this anime is the best
Review: ok this is simple flcl is the best anime ive ever seen It kicks a**>ive got every episode on tape and im looking for them on dvd id say youd be happy getting fooly cooly

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: FLCL IS AMAIZING.
Review: FLCL is an amaizing show it has a very tricky plot in it.I love the characters in the show I simply love haruko shes a cuttie but sometimes shes out of control she wacks everybody in sight with her guitar in sight but enough about my faivorite character lets talk about FLCL its self.You see its about a boy named Naota where he has a normal every day life until something very wierd and amaizing happend he was walkin with his girlfriend when suddenly out of nowhere Haruko accidently bashed him with her motor scooter and then things get funny when Haruko thinks he's dead then this matrix cut scene comes in then a behind the scenes look when they were talking about the slowmotion scene then Naota was wiggiling then Haruko which I should of mentioned a long time ago that she finnaly stoped kissing him she then wacks him with her guitar then he turns all flat and stuff I can't go on about episode 1.And now for a different episode 3 and 5 before I continue this story I must warn you that these two episodes contain some mild violince and some sexual comedy mischief and in episode 5 there is brief nudeity so don't be shy just incase you guys outhere can't hanndle a little jokes in this show which I think you brave guys can.Now heres more funny stuff if your a big Lupin The Third fan like me then heres a secret scene for some fun anyway to see this familiar scene watch episode 5 then later on when you see Naota's dad trying to jump on Haruko for some fun if you know what I mean then a giant boxing gliove comes out and knocks him into the right into the wall just like the opening scene in the Lupin The Third series and also there was an elvis presleay impersonation in episode 5 and then there was Naota's father dressed up as a nazi pretty funny WWII joke and finaly there was the giant robot fight were this fived arm robot came out of Naota's head which this robot looked like a scene in Trigun the tatered up clothes type of scene well thats all I can think of well I hope you can hear from me again thanks for joinin me on this short story O YES for now on you can refer to me as Lupin The Third,Spike from CowboyBebop,Naota from FLCL,or as Vash The Stampede from Trigun you can call me any name from the cartoon series I don't mind really well once again I hope you enjoyed this story well as they use to say in CowboyBebop ''See you space cowboy''. Bang. P.S you can catch some of these cartoons on AdultSwim only on cartoon network well I hoped you enjoyed it See you space cowboy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Once again, GAINAX demonstrates their utter genius.
Review: FLCL, the latest anime series from GAINAX(the creators of Gunbuster and Evangelion), is a non-stop rock and roll rollercoaster ride for the human mind, connecting adolescence, aliens, alienation, boy-meets-girl stories, giant robots, growing up, sex, separation and that most elusive of all human desires: love. And that, of course, is just the tip of the iceburg. If you thought that there was nothing meaningful left in the world of japanese animation, then you must correct that error by watching this series. It changes EVERYTHING.

Oh, and as for the DVD of Volume One itself, it is excellently produced. Clear picture, great sound, nice extras(especially the director's commentary, which discusses aspects of FLCL's imagery), bi-lingual japanese and english vocal tracks(with a good english dub, even!), and liner notes in the booklet that discuss the more japanese in-jokes. If all anime DVDs were this smoothly done, the world would be a much better place. At least when it comes to cool japanimation, of course ;)

So in closing, this DVD is most DEFINATELY worth your time, as is the rest of the series. Run, don't walk, to get this as soon as you can. You won't regret it one bit.

Hope my review has been helpful to you :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: FLCL - th' most incredible anime in current existence
Review: FLCL (also called Fooly Cooly and Furi Kuri) is quite possibly the worthiest of all animes to be called awesome to a fault. It is an unbelievable achievement for Gainax, who also made Neon Genesis Evangelion, another favorite among otaku (anime fans).

The story hinges around an 11-year-old boy named Naota and his brother's girlfriend Mamimi. He lives with his otaku dad (who wrote a book on "The Philosophy of Eva"), his strange grandfather, and his incredibly fat cat. Naota lives in a town with a reputation for its ability to disregard oddities, such as the gigantic iron-shaped Medical Mechanica factory that spews out steam every day at the same time. Naota's life changes with the arrival of a 20-year-old girl named Haruhara Haruko, who rides a Vespa, carries a bass guitar, and claims to be an alien rock star.

FLCL is a series that, despite having been thrown together as a side project of Gainax used for two purposes (to siphon off excess ideas and blow off steam), has not yet failed to wow anyone I know who has seen it. The animation is incredible, the humor is right on target, the story is amazing, and these factors together qualify it as the king, nay, the Supreme Overlord, Emperor and Omnipotent Deity of all anime.

At this point there are only two things left to say: 1) BUY ALL THREE DVDs OF FLCL RIGHT NOW! and 2) eyebrows....*

*this will make sense once you have seen the series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Officially weirded out
Review: And that was just from seeing the first episode. This guy says "nothing amazing" happens in his town. A girl rides up and makes a dent in his forehead which grows into a horn, which becomes a robot. And he still says that! Outrageous! There are two points where the media style completely changes for no apparent reason. The first one is when the protagonist is dead, and she gives him CPR, and the main scene windows while the characters critique it. The second is when they convert an entire scene to manga. And the dialogue is pretty ridiculous: during this manga sequence his parents discuss sexual jargon with him (even though they have no idea what the words mean) concerning this new girl, and his old girlfriend type thing says that she'll overflow if she doesn't kiss him about once a day (and means it).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very good anime
Review: Im 13 and i got FLCL. Its really cool with a bunch of comedy and all out action.
On VOL.3 theres a word bank to tell you what the words they say mean.
Musics awsome but the outro is so annoying for me, I dont really know why but I think the outro sucks.
Vol. 1 takes a little time to get to your house but its well worth the wait.
This anime has a very odd story and you have to watch the whole thing to really understand it.
Its not a porn anime like Ninja Scroll but its also not 100% childish. Some of the stuff might hit you as a suprise whan you fing out what the words mean like for example: denki anma-like a noogie, but in the crotch area using your feet.
Over all this is a great anime thats cheap and you should buy now!:)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a Ride
Review: Great anime, excellent sound great charchters, my new favorite anime series. The only thing that's disappointing about it is that there isn't more of it. I'd have to say the most manic anime i've ever seen, with the possible exception of Excel Saga.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "A dumb robot came out of my head and is living in my house"
Review: For anyone who cant decide what Anime to get, I would highly recommend FLCL. The story is very confuseing but if you watch it about 5 times it will become clear.
The characters have alot of personality. Haruko is crazy, Naota/Takkun is a troubled grade school student, who gets hit by Haruko's Vespa S100(scooter) and robots start coming out of his head. Mamimi - Mamimi is a high school outcast who become Naotas brothers girl freind. His brother went to the US to play baseball. So now Mamimi is becomeing "Takkuns" girl freind.

Basically, I beleive this is a unique anime, with good music, story, and chars. All of this makes up for a great anime. The drawing is well sone, and with bits of different types (such as South Park, doodles, ect).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stunning
Review: Hmmm, what can I say that hasn't already been said? I was lucky (or unlucky?) enough to have my anime cherry popped by this wonder (with the exceptions of fast-food anime like Voltron or the Transformers...hey I was a kid during the 80s). Up until that point I kind of just skirted around the subject.

Then I watched FLCL and I was amazed. I'm a formally trained designer, steeped in 2D design, critical theory, computer visuals, blah, blah, blah. All that hit the fan when I saw this series for the first time. I saw someone's imagination, someone's dreams sitting raw on the screen, with all the subtleness of a memory that was spawned in your own head.

To those who might have had a hard time with a few things:

1. Plot - sure a big part of any story and this is no exception. It's there and so well crafted it's hard to see. As in James Joyce's (no comparison here really, I know but follow me) Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man some things cannot be necessarily put to paper, rather they need to be shown. The series is not fettered with useless grandstanding, overemoting, and the usual in your face "THIS IS THE WAY IT IS!" As someone pointed out, it's about growing up...you try and rationalize that.

2. Art - The color pallet is understated, subtle in most cases, which makes it craftful. It doesn't burn onto your retina, it flows. The art, as so many others have pointed out, is almost without parallel. It's crisp.

3. And finally all the drivel about psychology. Sure, sure it's there, but d**n it, it's in every part of life! The true failing of any psychoanalytical viewpoint is it always fails to see any JOY in anything.

Watch this series, enjoy this series, buy this series from Amazon because we love and cherish them, and remember: "I'm going to tell you this story the way I remember it, not necessarily the way it happened."


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