FLCL
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Promotional artwork used on a number of DVD releases of FLCL featuring the three primary characters from the anime, from top, Canti (the blue robot), Haruko, and Naota.
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フリクリ (Furi Kuri) |
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| Genre | Action, comedy, science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Produced by | Hiroki Sato, Nishizawa Masatomo |
| Written by | Yōji Enokido, Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| Music by | The Pillows |
| Studio | Gainax, Production I.G |
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| Released | April 26, 2000 – March 16, 2001 |
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| Episodes | 6 |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Yoji Enokido |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
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| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| Original run | June 2000 – March 2001 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hajime Ueda |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Magazine Z |
| Original run | 2000 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Katsuyuki Motohiro |
| Written by | Hideto Iwai |
| Music by | The Pillows |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| English network | |
| Original run | 2017 – scheduled |
| Episodes | 12 |
FLCL (Japanese: フリクリ Hepburn: Furi Kuri?, pronounced in English as Fooly Cooly) is an original video animation (OVA) anime series written by Yōji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I.G, and King Records. FLCL follows Naota Nandaba, a twelve-year-old boy living in the fictional Japanese suburb of Mabase, and his interactions with Haruko Haruhara, who arrives in the quiet suburb, drawn by the industrial town houses and the Medical Mechanica building.
The six-episode series was released in Japan from April 2000 to March 2001. A manga and novel were also created at the time. It aired in the United States on Adult Swim in 2003 several times. It aired once again on the network's Toonami block from October 26, 2013 to January 25, 2014. The series is also available via Hulu, iTunes, and on Funimation's website.
Two new seasons totaling 12 episodes were announced on March 24, 2016 as a co-production between Production I.G and Adult Swim.
FLCL is a coming-of-age story and revolves around Naota Nandaba, a 12-year-old, working-class boy living with his widowed father and grandfather. His life in the city of Mabase is interrupted by the arrival of Haruko Haruhara, who runs over Naota with her yellow Vespa 180 SS scooter, gives him CPR, then hits him on the head with a blue vintage Rickenbacker 4001 left-handed electric bass guitar. Naota discovers that the blow to his head created an "N.O." portal, from which giant robots produced by a company known as Medical Mechanica emerge periodically.
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