Friday, October 7, 2011

Recommendation of the Day: Fooly Cooly

 
 Today's review is of an older, but familiar show that once  aired on Adult Swim. Fooly Cooly (or FLCL) was aired in 2001 and the 6-episode show took a large amount of people over with its random sense of humor, odd story-lines, and fabulous characters. This anime is based around a 12-year-old boy named Naota, who is savagely beaten by a scooter (her famous Vespa) driven by a strange pink-haired woman. After that, she proceeds to hit him with an unusual guitar she carries, which almost resembles a chainsaw in characteristics, at that point in time. Later the show reveals that the woman with pink hair has recently started living with Naota and his dad and grandfather in their store/house. Her name is Haruko. She turns out to be even weirder than Naota imagined and leads him into a universe of trouble when robots from a plant, Medical Mechanic, that centers the town start crawling out of Naota's forehead. One of these robots becomes a member of the house and named Kanti (Lord Kanti) by Naota's lonely, troubled, and immature friend in high school, Mamimi. The four of them, including Kanti, try to take down the Medical Mechanica plant's weapons with their own, all later revealing a plot that's much bigger than their own planet. Haruko's strange appearance is explained, regarding her drive for a certain power, and the center to the story, the powerful Atomsk ("The Pirate King") who is the Pirate if the Universe. Haruko has been chasing him down in order to gain his power for herself, regardless of the destruction she causes along the way.
  The whole story, of course, involves a little more than this, such as Atomsk's manifestation through Kanti, Naota helping Atomsk as a catalyst, and Mamimi's random behavior and sadness. This show, created by Yoji Enokido &Kazuya Tsurumaki, is a great series, though short with its 6 episodes, but, in my opinion (since you're reading this i assume you care), makes the show even better than others. This is one of my personal favorites and has been for years; hence the fact I care to recommend it. Take a look at it sometime, laugh, cry, and of course, enjoy.

-Yours Truly

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