So what was the point of the previous paragraph? Well it gave me some time to cool off and get over how immensely unfair PVP can be. Fucking Paladins.
Mostly over.
Moving along, today I'll be reviewing FLCL and using the tradition structure of: vague summary, unnecessary attacks on the producer, subjective statements on how I'd make it better, no rating.
FLCL is essentially the Japanese take on Looney Tunes. There's plenty of fourth wall humour, art shifts and in true anime style there's some sort of vaguely explained plot involving aliens, robots, and alien robots. It's the type of show that people struggle to effectively describe and thus resort to saying "It's like X but on drugs."
Third from the right is actually the main character
The brief series is visually pleasing; it's smooth, interesting and at times rather clever. But this really shouldn't be a surprise as FLCL was made by none other than the infamous Gainax, and one thing Gainax is know for is good looking animation (when they can afford it).
Of course Gainax is also known for having plenty of sexual insecurity/frustration present in their dysfunction characters and FLCL is no exception, as the protagonist develops an affection for his abusive room mate whilst his brother's girlfriend develops some sort of clingy dependance on him. Good wholesome fun.
(I've come to believe that Gainax is actually a robot locked in an animation studio's basement who is trying to understand the concept of love)
As I've already mentioned, FLCL is the sort of show people describe with terms like 'trippy' or 'weird'; subjective, not particularly enlightening words and phrases. And is FLCL weird? Yes and no.
In comparison to a realistic or serious show of course it is; robots emerge from the head of the protagonist, one character revs her guitar like a chainsaw and swings it like a bat and so forth. The series is like Lost in a sense. Weird stuff happens but the feeling the viewers gets is not so much "what is going on? I'm so confused" but more of a "this isn't going to get resolved well".
Ordinarily I would be rather disappointed in lack of off the wall craziness I was promised, but FLCL as I didn't have particularly high hopes for it to begin with. Plus with only 6 20 minute episodes it's not like I was really invested in the series, which I suppose translates to watch FLCL if there's nothing better on.
Mostly over.
Moving along, today I'll be reviewing FLCL and using the tradition structure of: vague summary, unnecessary attacks on the producer, subjective statements on how I'd make it better, no rating.
FLCL is essentially the Japanese take on Looney Tunes. There's plenty of fourth wall humour, art shifts and in true anime style there's some sort of vaguely explained plot involving aliens, robots, and alien robots. It's the type of show that people struggle to effectively describe and thus resort to saying "It's like X but on drugs."
Third from the right is actually the main characterThe brief series is visually pleasing; it's smooth, interesting and at times rather clever. But this really shouldn't be a surprise as FLCL was made by none other than the infamous Gainax, and one thing Gainax is know for is good looking animation (when they can afford it).
Of course Gainax is also known for having plenty of sexual insecurity/frustration present in their dysfunction characters and FLCL is no exception, as the protagonist develops an affection for his abusive room mate whilst his brother's girlfriend develops some sort of clingy dependance on him. Good wholesome fun.
(I've come to believe that Gainax is actually a robot locked in an animation studio's basement who is trying to understand the concept of love)
As I've already mentioned, FLCL is the sort of show people describe with terms like 'trippy' or 'weird'; subjective, not particularly enlightening words and phrases. And is FLCL weird? Yes and no.
In comparison to a realistic or serious show of course it is; robots emerge from the head of the protagonist, one character revs her guitar like a chainsaw and swings it like a bat and so forth. The series is like Lost in a sense. Weird stuff happens but the feeling the viewers gets is not so much "what is going on? I'm so confused" but more of a "this isn't going to get resolved well".
Ordinarily I would be rather disappointed in lack of off the wall craziness I was promised, but FLCL as I didn't have particularly high hopes for it to begin with. Plus with only 6 20 minute episodes it's not like I was really invested in the series, which I suppose translates to watch FLCL if there's nothing better on.
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