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boh vabbè è veramente uno dei migliori anime di tutti i tempi. 0% sceneggiatura orizzontale, 1000% di stile impareggiabile. poi è pieno di fotocamere analogiche.

esta es mi mierda. es súper divertido, muy bonito y la animación es una pasada de lo buena y original que es; me hace mucha gracia lo poco que se toma en serio a sí mismo me ha encantado, pero me jode que no me guste aún más porque mola mazo es de las pocas cosas que considero que todo el mundo debería verse, tiene unas vibras muy chulas y se siente muy único definitivamente ese anime de 6 episodios SÍ va a cambiarte la vida

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terapia annuale

Still one of the best shows of all time. The baseball scene in episode 4 still goes so hard, I can't wait to watch this another 10 times

Puberty is destructive. It never hit me as hard as Naota, but I guess I can relate.

what did ts even mean ✌️🥀

I'm so ashamed I only just realised this was on here Best ova in the world

head boner

bocil bukan sembarangan bocil

PERFECT

Aunque no entendí mucho, su banda sonora y sus constantes escenas climax estubieron increíbles

> *"It takes an idiot to do cool things. That's why it's cool."* Literally one of the coolest animes I’ve ever watched. The rock music, the visual style, the constant shifts in animation, and the pure chaos makes everything feel unforgettable. At first I barely understood what was happening until it became clear that Haruko was literally an alien which somehow still doesn’t explain half of it. But that’s part of why it works; beneath all of that absurdity, it really captures what growing up feels like when you're stuck in that weird stage between childhood and adolescence. Naota’s boredom, his brother’s absence, and the confusing presence of three different girls around him, all of them reflecting different emotional impulses like idealization, hormonal confusion, and eventually a more genuine kind of connection and understanding. It’s strange, nostalgic, and emotionally more real than it first seems. Ugh I got so jealous of a comment that said they’ve watched it on Adult Swim when it was released.

i’m not even going to pretend i understood most of what was happening here, but i still had a great time with it. the whole thing moves at such a chaotic pace that i constantly felt like i was trying to catch up with the show. every episode throws something new at you and i mostly just accepted that i was along for the ride rather than trying to fully figure it out. what really pulled me in was the animation. it’s so energetic and experimental, constantly shifting styles and pulling off these insane visual gags that kept surprising me. i loved how loose and expressive everything felt, like the show could suddenly become anything it wanted. the soundtrack is also incredible. the pillows absolutely carry so many moments, and their songs give the show this rush of emotion and momentum even when i had no idea what the story was doing. i left it feeling a little confused but also really impressed. it’s totally unique, and i’m glad i experienced it.

"Never Knows Best" Indefinable, layers upon layers of pure sauce. For me the definitive coming of age anime for someone else it's something entirely different but still just as stunning.

A fucking masterpiece. Nothing like I've ever seen before. How do you even come up with this? So well written, so creative, so cool, so deep, so powerful, and at the same time so fucking silly. Dropped both knee on the ground. This is so fucking peak!

Es tan cool y al mismo tiempo tan bien emocionalmente estructurado. El soundtrack es de The Pillows, genios totales. Lo vería de nuevo.

Got me so hyped just for it to be cheeks whoever has this s their fave anime is just performative

so punk rock, so outrageous, so full of heart <3 THE BRAN-NEW LOVE SONG, BLUES DRIVE MONSTER, AND LAST DINOSAUR NEEDLE DROPS😭🙏 THE PILLOWS I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN but the fanservice was OUT OF CONTROL sometimes like wtf was episode 5…😭 that aside, time to make my flcl playlist (this one’s gonna be so insanely good)

Byłem fajną panienką

besser als southpark

Finding a lot of new things I love about this during this rewatch, namely appreciation for how fleshed out every single side character is and the possibility of much of the story being *Naota*’s imagination, or at least fantasy.

el anime más insano de la historia. esto es como si el libre albedrío tuviese un anime, es hermoso. de las experiencias más raras y a la vez de la más divertidas que he podido vivir, todo el rato estuve pensando "¿qué carajo estoy viendo?", aunque eso sí, me parti de la risa múltiples veces xDD. cada capítulo se siente como un carrusel de emociones, colores, estilos de animación, ritmos sonoros... en fin, no terminaría más si describo todo lo que quiere abarcar este anime, la vdd es que termina siendo todo a la vez. hablar sobre la trama tan ambigua de esta obra es complicado, cualquier intento que yo haga por resumirlo terminaría en fracaso (ni yo la he terminado de entender). abarca muchos temas, géneros, subtramas y conflictos internos a la vez, el anime puede tornarse serio o alocado a voluntad, casi como si el director quisiese sumerginos a esa locura. tiene una esencia muy marcada y englobarla sería totalmente erróneo ya que este anime no pretende ser clasificado en ningúna categoría, es un acto de rebeldía pura hacía la convencionalidad moderna y a la lógica de la narrativa. de lo más top q ví en el año, nada más que decir.

this happened to me once

The most trippy anime ever and it’s not close at all

full review at 5 rewatches

Thank you to the pillows for getting me into rock music and cool robot dudes

this series incapsulates the feeling of first hitting puberty and what’s it’s like to grow up. I rewatch it every year because of how beautiful it is.

What the hell did I just watch

ME WHEN THE PILLOWS ME WHEN THE PILLOWS ME WHEN THE PILLOWS

This is the shit right here.

absolute cinema

doesn’t get old

2 or 3 weeks into university and I had the chance to watch this with one of my original homeboys. They didn’t like it as much as me but what are you gonna do. So much here man. I love everything about this. The charm of nostalgia, the message of growing up and having to be okay with it, the characters who all represent different things. I seriously won’t love an anime more then flcl. It can’t get better than this. It is an all time great. Like always, the scene where Naota swings the bat with crazy sunshine playing in the background is so damn powerful.

Temazos

Those... eyebrows.

Evangelion só q bom

It’s a little too weird for its own good sometimes, and that sometimes plays into the coming-of-age stuff, and other times it’s just unnecessary. I do absolutely love the animation, soundtrack, and how the story is just impossible to follow.

Nice

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As of tomorrow the day I’m making this review, everybody I’ve grown close to over my entire childhood through high school years will be gone for college. I have 6 days until I leave and with absolutely nobody online I decided to throw on FLCL just to take time away from my college responsibilities and a time where I usually would be on call laughing and playing games with my friends. it turns out, it was just what I needed. FLCL shows Naota, a boy who is growing up and engaging in the early aspects of puberty, only they’re represented in weird outlandish ways. This feeling of change that Naota is feeling, the change of his activities and daily lifestyle, is a change that is unnatural in his town where seemingly nothing happens. Haruko and many others believe that Naota doesn’t have what it takes to accept this change and exist in a new life full of it, to “swing the bat”. However, Naota perseveres and swings the bat to save his small town.  (It sounds off track but I promise it matters) I’m going to a college 5 hours away in Wisconsin, and I’ve been dreading the day I leave. I know zero people going there and besides texting my roommate a little bit, I’m going to know nobody. This change was something I wasn’t going to be ready for, but FLCL teaches me that (while my situation isn’t puberty) change is scary, unwanted, and confusing. You need to be comfortable with this change in order to continue on the right path in life. You need to swing the bat.  It’s what FLCL stands for. The experience of growing up. Nonsensical, extreme, crazy, and dumb. The term Fooly Cooly doesn’t even mean anything man. There is full on a scene where Naota looks back at the camera and goes “are you understanding any of this” and to that I say no. Nobody understands any of this, nobody understands growing up and getting these responsibilities and having to deal with change, and that’s okay.  I might be looking too deep into stupid short gainax anime but I don’t think I’m looking deep enough.  With the most stylistic animation, the best needle drops of all time, and some damn good impressive fight choreography, FLCL takes the cake as my absolute favorite coming of age piece of media, and is now in a battle for my four favorites. Also fuck adult swim for making like 4 shitty ass spin offs. Respect the source material.

Insensato

Je participe activement à la propagande de cet anime de goût alors REGARDEZ LE

Boh non so bene perché questa mina sia su letterboxd visto che tecnicamente è un anime e non un film, ma sinceramente chi se ne fotte, per questa serie farò un eccezione e la recensirò lo stesso: nonostante non sia un film, FLCL merita di essere visto e celebrato, cosi che possa essere anche più conosciuto. Quest'anime è un'esplosione visiva e sonora, un concentrato di follia che non assomiglia a nulla di ciò che l’animazione giapponese (o qualsiasi altro mezzo) aveva fatto prima. Nato nei primi anni 2000 come progetto sperimentale dello studio Gainax (in collaborazione con Production I.G), FLCL fu concepito anche per testare nuove tecniche di animazione digitale, in un momento di transizione importante. Era una sorta di laboratorio creativo, dove animatori e registi potevano spingersi oltre ogni limite tecnico e narrativo. E il risultato è proprio questo: una serie breve ma densissima, anarchica e stilisticamente rivoluzionaria. Ma FLCL non è solo forma, è anche sostanza! Sotto la superficie assurda, piena di robot che escono da teste, chitarre usate come armi e dialoghi nonsense, c’è una potente metafora sull’adolescenza. Il protagonista Naota è un ragazzino intrappolato in un mondo che non capisce, dove tutto cambia troppo in fretta: il corpo, le emozioni, le relazioni. Le trasformazioni surreali e le esplosioni nonsense sono il linguaggio perfetto per raccontare quel periodo della vita dove niente ha senso, ma tutto ha un impatto enorme. FLCL è una rappresentazione sincera e viscerale del caos interiore che accompagna la crescita. È LETTERALMENTE l’anime più punk mai realizzato. E forse è proprio per questo, per la sua stranezza, anarchia, confusione, che l'ho amato.

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Très adolocent, on voit les points communs entre Shinji et le prota. Un poulet d'animation. Un evengelion moins sérieux et donc moins déprimant. C'est donc ça d'avoir du buzz au collège ? J'ai eu toutes les références au rock anglais 🤓 (enfin je crois) Heureusement que je le voit maintenant et pas au collège, j'aurais pété un câble.

what

Wtf is this show about

i don’t understand but i love which is why this isn’t a perfect 5 stars but i’m prob just dumb

neon-soaked fever dream that makes absolutely no sense and doesnt care about your feelings. its a six episode middle finger to linear storytelling, fueled by a soundtrack that hits like a freight train.