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[barnes]

Fooly Cooly is my personal favorite anime series. I've seen the whole series a few times, and I still fucking love it.

[Infinity238]

hmmm, never heard of it till now. I'll have to go check it out.

Wow, sounds... Different. I still might watch it.

heres the description from Absolute Anime:

Before you begin studying this series in any great detail, be warned: weird has got nothing on Fooly Cooly. Honestly, take any conceptions you have about what this anime is about and throw them out. It is that weird.

The story of Fooly Cooly revolves around a small group of people living together in a slightly off-kilter city. There is 12-year-old Naota, practically alone in the world with an otaku father and a brother currently in the states playing baseball. There is also Mamimi, the 17-year-old girlfriend of his brother, who seems to be paying a lot of attention to Naota himself lately.

Then the weird stuff begins when Haruko drops in, runs him over with a Vespa scooter, kisses him, and bashes him in the head with a bass guitar (oh, and he survived all that), and now strange things are coming out of his head...literally!. And this is just the first episode. Imagine five more episodes where things just get even wilder. And yet, every now and then, there is just the right dose of sanity to make this a short but sweet series.

In addition to its over-the-top weirdness, FLCL is loaded with self-reference, subtle elements, self-parody, a few degrees of tastelessness, and a story of coming of age in a place where the people who should care about you don't and those who shouldn't do. Oh, did I forget to mention the rock soundtrack that pervades the series' background music?

Incidentally, the term "Furi Kuri" is Tokyo slang, meaning to feel someone up in a provocative way. Also, the bass guitar in the series looks to be a Rickenbacker, called "Ricks" for short.

[Soul]

.Hack//Sign is the most confusing anime I've ever seen.

[Sykes]

Ive seen a couple episodes of this show. It was a little to weird for me, plus I really didnt know what was going on.

Btw, welcome to the team Barnes.

[Soul]

.Hack//Sign it's really hard to know what's going on even if you watch all of the ep.

[Paladin58]

[Small public announcement from Nology5890] FLCL is the wierdest fucking show out there. You'll love it. [/public announcement]

[Beowulf]

I beg to differ with you. Excel Saga is far beyond the weird of Fooly Cooly. Seen both and I can tell you that without a doubt.

[Soul]

Oh you've watched Excel Saga Beowolf I've watched a few ep but I can't seem to fined any ep in english.

[Stargazer]

i'll have to check it out... I like weird things...

but anyway, welcome to the team pimpette

[Infinity238]

Who's Pimpette? jk

[Stargazer]

you are MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

*remembers he's the boss*

umm... I mean bucky

[Beowulf]

Oh you've watched Excel Saga Beowolf I've watched a few ep but I can't seem to fined any ep in english.

I bought the whole thing for $60 at Best Buy.

[barnes]

Fooly Cooly is weird, but watching the whole series and putting it all togather you find out that is just genius. Amazing.

My friends used to watch Excel Saga all the time. I never got to watch it, but they said it was hilirous.

I'm not really a huge anime fan, most shows are hard to follow with out watching from the start, and if you do want to watch it from the start, you have to shell out some serious cash to buy DVD's.

FLCL really cought me because it was a 6 episode series, and one week, Adult Swim aired the whole series, one each night so I followed it fine.

I used to be Gundam obsesed when I was 11 - 12. (I'm 15 now if your wondering.) I didn't follow the story what so ever, but there were exploisions, giant robots, and amazing animation.

Some anime I can watch and just be amazed regardless of knowing the story: Samuri Champloo, and Ghost In Shell. The action is just amazing, and the animation is some of the best I have ever seen.

A huge anime series I never really understood why they are so big: Full Metal Alcamist (Never really got into the story, and just a bit boring.)

An anime show I wish I watched while it was on, Dragon Ball Z. Why? Earths Special Forces. A Half Life mod has made me desire to watch Dragon Ball Z. The game is so nuts and fun, I wonder if the show is the same.

Thats my list of anime. I only really see whats on american TV, not much else.

Any reccomendations for me?

[Soul]

This is the anime I've watched so far Gundam Seed, like two other gundam shows can't remember there names, like 5 different anime movies can't remember there names, Full Metal Alchemist, The first Ghost in the shell movie, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, .Hack//Sign, Witch Hunter Robin, Inu Yusha, Naruto, Excel Saga, I think there are a few others I just can't remember them but this is basically it.

[Beowulf]

Nobody wants to see the list of shit I've seen.
However, I will say this: Fullmetal Alchemist was a hell of a show.

[Soul]

Yes I fined it quite interesting with what happens all the time can't wait to see the ending.

[Stargazer]

full metasl alchemist = teh shit, one of my favourite shows...

anyway here's a list of anime i've seen

Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex
Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Gundam Seed
Gundam Seed Destiny
Gundam: 08th MS Team
Char's Counterattack
Samurai Champloo
Initial D
Inyuasha
Full Metal Alchemist
Ghost In The Shell 1
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence
Gundam Wing

there's various others but I can't be bothered listing them

[Beowulf]

Meh, I'll post my list for shits and giggles... no particular order mind you.

[Series]
- Azumanga Daioh
- Ai Yori Aoshi & Enishi
- Strawberry Marshmallow
- Card Captor Sakura
- Dragonball, Z & GT
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Fooly Cooly
- Gundam original
- Gundam Wing
- Gundam 08th MS Team
- Trigun
- Cowboy Bebop
- Samurai Champloo
- Excel Saga
- Happy Lesson
- Blue Gender
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex & Second Gig
- Lupin the 3rd
- Paranoia Agent
- Inuyasha
- Eureka Seven

[Movies]
- Ghost in the Shell
- Read or Die
- Spirited Away
- Endless Waltz
- all of the DBZ & GT movies
- more hentai movies than you can imagine

I know there's more but I can't possibly remember everything.

Edited by Beowulf, 30 July 2006 - 01:05 AM.

[Soul]

Shit I just remembered I've seen Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT and two of the movies can't remember there names.

Edited by Forgotten_Soul, 30 July 2006 - 01:09 PM.

[Stargazer]

same ere.

forgot I've also seen, Trigun, Fate/Stay Night, DB, DBZ, DBGT, all the dbz movies, samurai champloo, endless waltz, cardcaptor sakura, Street Fighter 2 (series and movie) and street fighter alpha.

Edited by Stargazer, 30 July 2006 - 01:16 PM.