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FLCL (Fooly Cooly) - Vol. 3 Reviews:
IT'S THE CLIMAX!
2009-05-29 - Please tell me you never expected a NORMAL ending to the weirdest anime in history, "FLCL." What does Fooly Cooly mean anyway?

Anyway, the already-freakish storylines of "FLCL" reach spectacular new heights in the third and final volume, in which we discover the plots of the Medical Mechanica, Haruko's true goals, and the looming threat to all of Earth! It's a bit like watching a sci-fi movie and a kids' cartoon, while ingesting large amounts of acid -- and then some.

After Kamon finds Haruko smooching Naota, he challenges his son to a duel -- resulting in a guerilla-style battle in a grassy field with air guns. In the meantime, Haruko dukes it out with the Department of Interstellar Immigration and Amarao (who seems to have had a prior relationship with her. And when Naota tries to act grown-up and manly around Mamimi, his head suddenly sprouts the largest robot yet -- a giant hand that doubles as a cloaked gunslinger!

Then it's time for the FoolyClimax -- after Haruko goes absent for awhile, Naota decides to escape his boring life and go on the road with her. Amarao is searching for the Terminal Core that will activate the giant hand, and gives Naota some odd advice about the selfish, strange girl he's traveling with. And Mamimi has a new pet -- a robot that she gleefully feeds with her enemies' cell phones and motorcycles.

When the Hand is finally activated, will Medical Mechanica's diabolical plans be fulfilled? What ARE their diabolical plans? Who is the great Space Pirate Atomsk, and what will be the final thing to spring from Naota's head?

It's hard to find an anime that is full of as much unadulterated crackiness and wackiness as "FLCL," and the last two (of six) episodes of the series may actually be the weirdest of this all-too-short series. Not many series could string together aliens, motorbikes, truck-swallowing robot cats and blatant South Park homages in a convoluted coming-of-age tale. All that, and it has crazy alien chicks who dress like Elvis.

The first of these two stories is a sort of slow buildup: we get the origins of the vast hand, and the long-running feud between Haruko and the freaky-browed Amarao. Then the final episode erupts like a volcano of surreal sci-fi, flinging Naota into a maelstrom of giant robots, interstellar conspiracies, and sexual symbolism (lookit that giant robot smashing between Mamami's feet!). And no series can have dialogue half as weird as this ("That's discriminatory language used against undeveloped planets!").

Admittedly it answers a few questions raised before, if you can call stuff about smoothing brain wrinkles an answer. But most of them are left flapping merrily in the breeze, and somehow you don't really care because it was too entertaining.

Despite all the kissing with older girls, Naota really becomes an adolescent here -- he's got the hormones and the intense romantic feelings, but he's also still recognizably a fragile kid. And we finally see why Haruko has been using Naota's head and what her ultimate goal is -- it turns out she's even weirder than we thought. And Amarao seems to have been her admirer in the past ("Where are your eyebrows? Why did you take them off?").

The grand slam finale of "FLCL" is a double dose of bizarre and a quadruple eruption of pure bizarrity -- and the biggest problem with it is that you don't want it to end. Ever. Fooly cooly!

Actually, I don't know
2007-03-28 - I like Naruto, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Samurai 7, The Princess of Tennis, Wolf Rain and etc. I don't like Inuyasha. I have tried 3 times to watch this FLCL - which is one of the most popular series. I stopped during the 1st episode because I didn't understand anything. 6 months passed...... I tried to watch again last week. During episode 4, I fell asleep. Ok..... I was thinking.... ????. Again, yesterday, I finished watching the last 2 episodes which should give me the answer based on the other people reviews. But I didn't get any answer. I am so sure that I am missing "something". I love the song very much. :)

Please avoid this series
2006-10-15 - After enjoying "Cowboy Bebop" and "Samurai Champloo", someone recommended checking out "FLCL" aka "Fooly Cooly." If you enjoyed those previous titles, I would suggest steering clear of this particular anime. The art is interesting enough but the story is simply lacking, the characters are completely and utterly undeveloped. It almost seems like they are making fun of you for watching their anime. This the third dvd of three and has 40 minutes of programming. I read somewhere that this was not even a real show and that they threw it together to test out new animation techniques-- if you've seen all 6 episodes and are still wondering "what the heck was that" this does not seem to be untrue. Please I strongly suggest you skip watching this program because it is, simply put, garbage.


A great FLCL ending
2006-07-10 - Out of all 6 episodes, I have to say the 5th episode is my favorite and it's on this DVD,along with episode 6 (my 2nd favorite episode) here are some reasons these 2 are my 2 favorite episode:

Episode 5 Brittle Bullet: A great episode! It spoofs "Lupin the 3rd" and "South Park" in the begining then the rest of the episode is all about shooting stuff.

1st: It's Naota and Haruko VS. Canti and Naota's Dad. During that battle one of Amaro's teamate is trying to kill Canti.
2nd: Haruko and Amaro have a gun battle at a barber.
3rd: A a giant hand type thing comes out of Naota's head and is armed with A giant rifle, 2 giant Pistols, and a giant..... you get it. My overall rating 10/10

Episode 6 Fully Climax: Not much to say about this episode. Naota runs away with Haruko. Haruko activates the MM factory, and Naota gets all of Canti (Atomsk's) powers and battles Haruko.
Then Haruko leaves earth, and Mamimi grows up and leaves Mabase and yadda yadda yadda. My overall rating 9/10

This DVD also fetures Commentary on both episodes by the Director.
Ride on shooting star music video by The Pillows
3 diffrent alternet credit endings
An image gallery
Out-takes (lol)
and last, anime trailers.

Enjoy the last 2 episodes of FURI KURI-FLCL-FOOLY COOLY- or however you say it.


FLCL Volumes 1-3
2005-11-07 - This series must get an award for simple originality. None of the characters follow the same anime stereotypes we've come to know as anime fans. The conflict is everchanging but never out of reach. You always know what is going on, in other words. And to add to that, it has a great J-pop soundtrack. If you're tired of those stories about a male Japanese boy surrounded by many beatiful women--and who isn't--this is where to go to regenerate your love for this type of anime.