Flcl: Season Set - Classic [Blu-ray] [US Import]

If you were to see just one ANIME in your life then you may or may not enjoy this work. It is the "Waiting for Godot" of japanese animation. I greatly recommend it but please note that it will be most appealing to experienced viewers.

Anime can be pretty weird -- just look at series like "Paranoia Agent" and "Boogiepop Phantom." Really weird, sometimes impossible to totally understand. But for sheer strangeness and kookiness, the winner has got to be "Fooly Cooly (FLCL)." Even as it pokes fun at typical anime, it tells the surrealist story of a very odd coming-of-age, complete with strange plots, oddball characters, and robots sprouting out of a young boy's head. Naota is a young boy living what he sees as an oppressively dull existance, in a quiet city dominated by the Medical Mechanica building. The closest thing to excitement is fending off the advances of his brother's troubled girlfriend Mamimi. Then sudenly a girl on a Vespa runs him over, resuscitates him with a smooch, and then bashes him over the head with a bass guitar. That evening, Naota finds that instead of a bump, he has a horn growing out of his head, and no idea what it is or how to get rid of it. Despite his efforts to avoid her, Naoto's kooky father has hired the crazy Vespa girl, Haruko, as a housekeeper. To make matters worse, his "horn" turns out to be a robot and a giant mechanical hand -- springing out of a channel in his head. And you thought YOU had problems. The five episodes that follow don't get any more normal, as Naota must deal with the Mayor's daughter getting his strange power, cat ears, more robots, baseball, bombs, the Pirate King Atomsk, seaweed eyebrows, and the interplanetary Medical Mechanica which may or may not be intent on galactic domination. It all clashes in the final episode. For newbies, "FLCL" is probably the WORST anime to start with. It's a parodic mishmash of anime in-jokes -- giant robots, fanservice, boy falls for kooky abusive alien girl -- and a storyline that is bizarre to the point where you may not be able to understand what's going on. But oh, is it a fun ride. As if the plot weren't hyperactive enough, the animation is exaggerated and crazy, full of distorted faces and wild robot battles. Lots of action and overdramatic dialogue ("OH NO.... OOOOOOOOO... an American GIRLFRIEND!"). As if it weren't funny enough, the director sprinkles in homages to other shows, ranging from other anime to "South Park." And the characters are as bizarre as the story itself. Naoto starts off as a typical bored preteen, but slowly gains confidence and guts as he gets immersed in the weirdness. Haruko is a completely off-the-wall kook who is apparently an alien. And there's a bunch of other weird characters -- troubled pyromaniacs, wistful robots, preteen pervs, and a guy from Interstellar Immigration. "FLCL" is perhaps the strangest anime in existance. It's also enough to blow the top off of your head, with the strange characters and wildly surrealist plot. Fooly Cooly!

This is what it's all about right here. This package shipped promptly, in amazing condition and the contents within were a spectacle to say the least. I was amazed at how well done this series transferred over to Blu-Ray. Seeing things in such crisp and detailed quality was an experience I enjoyed every single moment of. The combination of great writing, hilarious pop culture parodies, stunning visuals, a killer soundtrack and additional content practically makes this item sell itself! If you're new to Anime, or a die hard Anime fan or anywhere in between, this is a must have for your collection. FLCL is a hilariously chaotic and utterly fantastic Anime that deserves its place in the hall of greats. I cannot say enough good things about this six episode series. If you enjoy Evangelion or Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, you'll fall in love with this spastic little treasure we like to call: Fooly Cooly. Honestly if you haven't seen this Anime yet, you should purchase this right away. If you have seen it before, it's worth the extra cash to own it on Blu-Ray without a doubt. This is the way Anime is supposed to be, fun, loud, exciting, different from the rest and leaving you wanting more.

Probablemente uno de los shows más excéntricos y geniales que te puedas encontrar. Lo mejor de FLCL es que es ÚNICO, es de esas series que sabes que no tienes otra con cual compararla. Como maneja la trama, acompañado de la grandiosa música de "The Pillows" (banda de la cual me hice devoto gracias a esta serie), las diversas e imaginativas técnicas que animación que se usaron, y los inolvidables diseños de personajes, hacen de esta serie uno de los mejores animes que se han hecho y que en mi humilde opinión todo fan del anime debería de ver al menos una vez. Aunque podría parecer que la serie es pura locura sin sentido, si miras con atención podrás percatarte de que está llena de metáforas sobre la vida y la existencia misma que te harán reflexionar y aprender sobre los personajes que se te presentan a medida que avanza la trama. Si le pudiera dar 6 de cinco estrellas se las daría. Amazon me envió el blu ray en tiempo y forma, con un hermoso slip cover y un arte genial.

J'avoue toujours être en quête d'animes coup-de-coeur. Après avoir découvert tardivement de mythiques séries comme Cowboy-Bebop, Evangelion, j'ai cherché et ai surtout rencontré des soupes plutôt tièdes. Eh bien, FLCL, c'est un coup-de-coeur immense, un gigantesque foutoir de 180 minutes délirantes, inracontables et que l'on finit par trouver trop courtes, pour un prix des plus courtois. Je le conseille à tous les amoureux des animes en général qui n'ont pas peur de se confronter à une réalisation moderne, poétique et un peu bizarre. Merci à Dybex, en souhaitant d'autres oeuvres du même niveau pour un prix de découverte toujours aussi bas, populaire et universel.

Production I.GとGAINAX制作の2000年のOVA「フリクリ」の海外Blu-ray版。 funimationから2011年2月にリリース。 PS4で視聴OKで、音声は英語2.0と日本語2.0。 英字幕の有無は任意に操作が可能。 ディスク1枚に全6話が収録されていて、リマスターされた映像はBlu-rayに相応しく充分に鮮明。 時代を感じさせないハイクオリティな作画と、先の読めないブっ飛んだ脚本に実験的で斬新な演出。 見繕ったかのように映像にフィットしているthe pillowsの切れ味鋭い数々の楽曲。 そしてハル子役の新谷真弓の個性溢れる唯一無二のキュートボイス。 一生モノといえる、紛うことなき傑作。

The Bluray ======== Basically an upscaled, cleaned up version of the DVD release. I had the Synch-Point DVDs but something's wrong with the discs because they're all cracking from the center (none of my other discs do that) so I had to rebuy the damn thing on Bluray again. I swear if this thing breaks again I'm just going to download it, but so far so good. Sync-Point release is pretty good quality and extras wise so it's the same deal here. The Show ======= Basically a perfect coming-of-age story/anime parody/music video/mood piece. It transport you to its setting totally and completely and immerse you in its nostalgic mood effortlessly. No other anime show has come close in making me feel that a fictional place with its living and breathing characters actually exists somewhere, sometime. Not going to rehash the praise so many already heaped on it, I liked it not because of other people like it, but because it's a damn good show. So many 20-40 episodes shows can't tell a story as well as FLCL, because of all the fillers. More shows needs to be FLCL, but in terms of return on investment it's going to take another perfect alignment of the planets for that to happen.