Fooly Cooly

Cartoon Network (ended 2003)
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Naota Nanadaba is an ordinary twelve-year-old sixth grader who lives in the city of Mabase and feels that nothing interesting ever happens in his life. That is, until a mysterious woman on a Vespa motorbike, Haruko Haruhara, smashes into him causing him to change in ways he never would have expected. As Naota deals with his life and the awkward circumstances caused by Haruko, his brother's ex-girlfriend Mamimi Samejima, and many others, he soon discovers that his life may be changed forever; though in a town as normal as Mabase, will Naota manage to deal with these bizarre circumstances?

Fooly Cooly, or FLCL, or Furi Kuri (フリクリ), is a unique series that combines many aspects of animation, an extensive soundtrack and some outstanding writing to make one of the most bizarre and hilarious anime ever created. FLCL is a six episode OVA (original video anime) created by Kazuya Tsurumaki of Gainax and released by Gainax and Production I.G. In 2003, it was licensed and aired on Cartoon network's Adult Swim programming block.

Character Descriptions:''Naota Nandaba (ナンダバ・ナオ太): Naota is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in the town of Mabase. He lives with his father, Kamon, and is often used by his brother's girlfriend, Mamimi. He is the main character in the series and is targeted out by Haruko in the first episode, in which the series deals with him coping with the circumstances going on around him. His name is derived from the Japanese word for "honesty".

Haruko Haruhara (ハルハラ・ハル子): Haruko is a pink haired woman of unknown origins. Most people know her as "The Vespa Woman" since she is usually always on her yellow Vespa wherever she goes. After she runs over Naota with her Vespa and causes weird things to come out of his head, she decides to stick with his family as a housekeeper so she can keep an eye on him. She becomes more and more complex as the series progresses.

Mamimi Samejima (サメジマ・マミ実): Mamimi is seventeen years old and is the girlfriend of Naota's older brother, Tasuku, who went to America to play baseball. She usually skips school and heads down under the bridge where she usually smokes and waits for Naota to come along.

Eri Ninamori (ニナモリ・エリ): Ninamori is in the same as Naota and she was elected the president. She is the daughter of the mayor of Mabase, who is often caught up in scandal, which likely had an affect on her personality. While she may seem to be sophisticated, her father's charm and intelligence has rubbed off on her and she knows how to cheat to get her way. It is also implied that she is somewhat interested in Naota romantically and possibly even sexually.

Kamon Nandaba (ナンダバ・カモン): Kamon is Naota's father and a freelance writer who more often than not just makes up stories to get people to buy his articles. While he may not always be successful in his endeavors, his store does sell other novelties of the past, such as Crystal Pepsi, which helps finance their household.

Commander Amarao (アマラオ): Amarao works for the department of Interstellar Immigration as a middle man for negotiations between the government and Medical Mechanica. He has fake eyebrows made of nori which make him look manly and protect him from N.O. Amarao also seems to have had a past relationship with Haruko similar to that of Naota's.

Canti (カンチ - Kanchi): Canti is a robot that came out of Naota's head. While he doesn't seem to have much use, he is often used by Naota's family to do minuscule and mundane tasks. He has a television for a head and can perform other various tasks as well, though whenever weird things comes out of Naota's head, it's usually Canti, along with Haruko, who do the fighting.moreless
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  • Made me cry that is ended

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    Warning:When you watch this show you will be very confused about the plot believe me I know. My suggestion is to watch it again and again, Because it took my about 5 times watching every episode to figured out the plot.
    P.S You will not get the plot if you just look it up on Wikipedia or a sight like that the plot is just too big.
    This is a very good show, and I hoped I didn't scare you out of the show. This is a very funny show that will make you waste your birthday wish on another season(no pony for you).moreless

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  • Perfect.

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    Fooly Cooly (or FLCL or Furi Kuri) is an awsome 6-episode show from the Land of the Rising Sun thst first appeared in August of 2003. It disappeared for 2004, and has recently appeared again on Cartoon Networks "Adult Swim", for those not in the know. It airs at midnight Central Time (I'm not sure when on the East and West coasts). I can honestly not write a plot summary or this one. It's so confusing. You won't get it, but you WILL love it. How's that possible? Watch and find out. Try hard not to miss any episodes, there's only 6 of them. It wasn't cancelled after 6, that's when the story ends. With state-of-the-art animation and the best soundtrack you'll ever hear, this show's a must. It might be on next summer also, so research it. When you're researching, look up The Pillows. They're the J-Rock group that did the soundtrack. Buy the CD if you can. This show will change your perception of reality.moreless

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  • Nonsensical Awesomeness!

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    This anime (alongside Azumanga Daioh) is one of the best anime I've ever seen!

    It doesn't have to make perfect sense! It's even better this way.

    The colours are amazing, the shapes, the drawing... Perfect! Especially the animated manga sequences! They blew me away!

    FLCL is a perfect example of how different the Japanese mind works. They expect different stuff from their anime. More texture, more comebacks, a little romance and HUGE mechas! My cup of tea! ^__^

    I have to admit that I've yet to read the manga and the short story on which they're based. I'm sure I'll adore those too as I did with the anime.

    An all-round amazing anime! ^__^moreless

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  • This episode is a little to mutch for me to handle.

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    I love foolycooly and wish there was more, But this episode kinda gave me a weakstumich so i desided to not watch this one episode, But i do like the perverted stuff its funny but i gues a little to mutch can make me feel a little uncomfterble that i need to open a window just to get some air or drink something just to make my stumich feel better, The begining was pretty funny so i give this episode a 9/10 for the funny parts but takeing one point off for giveing me a weakstumich man i hate geting thoss dont you lol :).moreless

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  • The show, in a nutshell, doesn't tell you why you're watching, but it definitely keeps you watching.

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    I first saw FLCL when [adult swim] began re-airing it from episode 1 on 9 November 2008. So far I've seen the first three episodes (the fourth airs this Sunday), and I still can't seem (even after reading the summary on TV.com) to figure out what the show is about. I must admit, though, that it *is* incredibly intriguing and catching. Regardless of whether or not I understand the plot (if one exists), I can't help but be hopelessly tuned in to the dialogue of the characters. It's quite funny, but I think it's funny at parts that it's not intended to be and vice versa. I watched episode three with my two brothers and we laughed hysterically, but more at the stupidity of what was going on. Overall, I definitely recommend it. It's an addicting guilty pleasure, but it's only six episodes, so what's the harm?moreless

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