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Muffincakes' FLCL Tv Review

FLCL

FLCL tv Review

Story & Characters

In the small city where our main character, Naota lives nothing very exciting ever happens. Life is drab and people are dull, but hey, that’s life, right? Well, that is, until a crazy alien chick named Haruko drop kicks Naota’s life high into the sky!

An exciting, eccentric anime series, I immediately fell in love with FLCL’s exciting and always surprising story line. No time to spare, the series starts with a bang, and ends without ending. Its energy seems to never fade away, and once you’ve finished watching it all, you’ll find yourself wanting more!

Unfortunately, without little if any background info on many of the character…well, ALL of the characters, the show can seem a little distant and unattached to a solid persona. In fact, sometimes, if you aren’t paying really good attention, you might get lost and confused. None the less, the story line itself is exciting and original enough that it’ll keep you hooked. Plus the character development is huge in this power packed series, even without background info you’ll feel close to them.

Less intelligent or receptive/open-minded people might say that Furi Kuri is a small unrealized, unorganized mess of animation, but they’re obviously not very good at realizing a greater anime series when they see one. FLCL is definitely a fast paced story about a hot alien, a magical head, and an adolescent boy who just wants to drink his bitter cold coffee in the rain, or at least, that’s what he thinks he wants…

My only wish is that its creators would make a couple more seasons. I was left with a real longing for much more of my FLCL. In its totality, Furi Kuri is only six episodes long, running at roughly 23 minutes each.

Rating: 7

Art

The art of Furi Kuri is exceptional. Vivid colors and neoclassic Japanese styling bring the animation to life. Absolutely aesthetically pleasing, Furi Kuri glides along with a fast paced flow that is eclectic, sometimes even humorous, and at least loosely chaotically organized. The artists involved in this production definitely know what they’re doing, as they smoothly portray emotions and morph things without eluding to that fake feeling which things of unnatural order should elude, such as things popping out of heads and giant irons and huge, somewhat cute, monsters. All of this and so much more awaits you. I don’t want to ruin the awesomeness of it all, but there are a couple animation surprises I think you’ll absolutely adore.

The only problems I could detect were when CGI’s were used. They’re only used maybe in two or three big scenes, but they are blasphemously fake looking and it is obvious where the budget was spread to thin. Luckily, the show doesn’t have any crazy CGI parts like Code Lyoko or Final Fantasy Unlimited. It would still be nice if they just eliminated the CGI’s all together (in FLCL).

So, other then the CGI problems, Furi Kuri is spot on as far as the art department is concerned. I would even venture it is one of the best out there right now.

Rating: 8

Sound

Not a lot to talk about as far as sound quality. FLCL is solid in that arena, no fuzz or frazz on these DVDs. Plus, the dubbed versions aren’t bad either. Nothing is mismatched or anything. Kudos to FLCL on two kick ass casts by the way, both of which rock hard core.

However, the one aspect that sets it up high for this fan is its soundtrack. Furi Kuri has a rock solid soundtrack. The Pillows lend their j-rock sound to an already rocking anime. They put a fire under FLCL’s success, and I recommend anyone interested in j-rock (or j-pop) to go check them out. One of the most fun end credits songs I’ve heard in awhile. They are absolutely awesome.

Rating: 9

Presentation

Furi Kuri is a true original. I can’t really think of any anime, or manga, that reminds me of FLCL, or visa versa. The story line, though not so intricate or divulged as say, Robin Witchhunter, or Chobits, it still has an innate ability to morph and mutate into something exceptionally exciting, and involved. Plus, it doesn’t draw on and on, as some anime series seem to do (obviously I HAVE to mention Inuyasha at this point, dear god, get on with it already!). It’s fresh, new and hip. All in all, the originality is a perfect ten.

Also, the humor of Furi Kuri is absolutely Japan! Everything about it screams Japanese! The expressions, the mannerisms, the subtle anger x’s and mushroom air-puffs. Not to mention quite an inventory of enlarged angry heads and funny body movements are in stock as well. Plus the dialogue is amazingly hilarious, and the American cast did a great job of mimicking the way it would have been portrayed over in Japan.

On a side note, I haven’t read the manga of FLCL, but I’ve flipped through the books, and I’ve got to say that the art of the manga is quite inferior to the art of the anime. However, it (the manga) does have a kind of informal intrigue to it.

Over all, FLCL is a nice, affordable, package, presented nicely, and neatly. A must have for the anime collector everywhere! Now if only THIS anime lover had enough money to purchase them all himself…

Rating: 9

Final Verdict

8.1667 (good)

Reviewed by Muffincakes, Dec 16, 2004

Comments

  1. nainoi Nov 22, 2009

    nice review.

  2. rukasu44 Nov 12, 2010

    Only 6 episodes, but it's a good one.

  3. UberDog Mar 23, 2015

    It's a short and random anime, but I believe, even if it's a short anime, you could have added more details to this review, but good job at a start.

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