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{{Short description|Anime series directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki}} {{Good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | image = FLCL image.jpg | caption = Promotional artwork used on a number of DVD releases of ''FLCL'' featuring the three primary characters from the first anime, from top, Canti (the blue robot), Haruko, and Naota. | ja_kanji = γγͺγ―γͺ | ja_romaji = Furi Kuri | genre = {{ubl|Comedy<ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=FLCL Lands at FUNimation|url=http://www.mania.com/flcl-lands-funimation_article_119796.html|website=Mania.com|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109034507/http://www.mania.com/flcl-lands-funimation_article_119796.html|archive-date=January 9, 2010|date=January 6, 2010|quote=The series from Gainax is six episodes long and set the stage for part of Gainax's revival earlier in the decade with a perfect blend of comedy, action and surreal visuals and designs}}</ref>| Science fiction<ref>{{cite web|title=FLCL and I'm Gonna Be An Angel Acquisition Announcement|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-03-30/flcl-and-i'm-gonna-be-an-angel-acquisition-announcement|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 8, 2020|date=March 30, 2001|quote=FLCL is the wacky sci-fi OAV series from GAINAX|archive-date=April 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401110151/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-03-30/flcl-and-i%27m-gonna-be-an-angel-acquisition-announcement|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Surrealism]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Jason|title=Dig For Fire: The Roots of Gurren Lagann|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2008-09-07|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 8, 2020|date=September 7, 2008|quote=He rose to the rank of animation director for 2000's surrealist six-part OAV FLCL (an Adult Swim mainstay under the title Fooly Cooly)|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024081001/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2008-09-07|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | creator = {{ubl|[[Gainax]] (''FLCL''){{efn|name=original work|{{nihongo|Original Work|εδ½}}}}|[[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] (''FLCL''){{efn|{{nihongo|Original Plan|εζ‘}}}}|[[Production I.G]] (''FLCL Progressive'' / ''Alternative'' / ''Grunge'' / ''Shoegaze''){{efn|name=original work}}}} }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = ova | director = [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]] | producer = {{ubl|Masatomo Nishizawa|Hiroki Satou|Masanobu Satou {{small|(#1β4)}}|Hirotaka Takase {{small|(#5β6)}}}} | writer = [[YΕji Enokido]] | music = {{ubl|[[Shinkichi Mitsumune]]|[[The Pillows]]}} | studio = {{ubl|Gainax|Production I.G}} | licensee = [[Crunchyroll]]{{efn|In North America through Crunchyroll (formerly known as [[Funimation]]) and in Australia through [[Crunchyroll Store Australia]] (formerly known as Madman Anime).}} {{English anime licensee | UK = [[MVM Entertainment]] }} | first = April 26, 2000 | last = March 16, 2001 | runtime = 23β31 minutes | episodes = 6 | episode_list = FLCL (season 1) }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | illustrator = [[Hajime Ueda]] | publisher = [[Kodansha]] | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA = [[Dark Horse Comics]] }} | demographic = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]'' | magazine = [[Magazine Z]] | first = December 25, 1999 | last = March 26, 2001 | volumes = 2 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = novel series | author = [[YΕji Enokido]] | illustrator = {{ubl|[[Kazuya Tsurumaki]]|[[Hiroyuki Imaishi]]}} | publisher = [[Kadokawa Shoten]] | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA = [[Tokyopop]] }} | demographic = Male | imprint = [[Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko]] | magazine = | first = June 1, 2000 | last = March 1, 2001 | volumes = 3 | volume_list = }} {{collapsed infobox section begin}} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv series | title = FLCL Progressive | director = {{ubl|Katsuyuki Motohiro {{small|(chief)}}|Kazuto Arai {{small|(#1)}}|Toshihisa Kaiya {{small|(#2)}}|Yuki Ogawa {{small|(#3)}}|Yoshihide Ibata {{small|(#4)}}|Kei Suezawa {{small|(#5)}}|Hiroshi Ikehata {{small|(#6)}}}} | producer = {{ubl|Maki Terashima-Furuta|[[Mike Lazzo]]|Masaya Saito}} | writer = Hideto Iwai | music = R.O.N<!--Do not credit the Pillows; they contributed tracks, but are not listed for music under credits--> | studio = {{ubl|Production I.G {{small|(#1, 3β4, 6)}}|Production GoodBook {{small|(#2)}}|[[Signal.MD]] {{small|(#5)}}}} | licensee = [[Warner Bros. Television]] | network_en = {{English anime network | US = [[Adult Swim]] ([[Toonami]]) }} | first = June 3, 2018 | last = July 7, 2018 | episodes = 6 | episode_list = FLCL Progressive }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv series | title = FLCL Alternative | director = {{ubl|Katsuyuki Motohiro {{small|(chief)}}|Yutaka Uemura|}} | producer = {{ubl|Maki Terashima-Furuta|Mike Lazzo|Masaya Saito}} | writer = Hideto Iwai | music = R.O.N<!--Do not credit the Pillows; they contributed tracks, but are not listed for music under credits--> | studio = {{ubl|Production I.G|[[NUT (studio)|NUT]] {{small|(#1, 4, 6)}}|[[Revoroot]] {{small|(#2β3, 5)}}}} | licensee = Warner Bros. Television | network_en = {{English anime network | US = Adult Swim (Toonami) }} | first = April 1, 2018<br />([[Adult Swim#April Fools' Day stunts|April Fools' Day airing]])<br />September 8, 2018 | last = October 13, 2018 | episodes = 6 | episode_list = FLCL Alternative }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = film series | title = {{ubl|FLCL Alternative: The Movie|FLCL Progressive: The Movie}} | director = {{ubl|Katsuyuki Motohiro {{small|(chief)}}|Yutaka Uemura {{small|(''Alternative'')}}}} | producer = {{ubl|Maki Terashima-Furuta|Mike Lazzo|Masaya Saito}} | writer = Hideto Iwai | music = R.O.N | studio = {{ubl|Production I.G|NUT {{small|(''Alternative'')}}|Revoroot {{small|(''Alternative'')}}|Production GoodBook {{small|(''Progressive'')}}|Signal.MD {{small|(''Progressive'')}}}} | released = September 7, 2018 {{small|(''Alternative'')}}<br />September 28, 2018 {{small|(''Progressive'')}} | runtime = 135 minutes {{small|(''Alternative'')}}<br />136 minutes {{small|(''Progressive'')}} }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv series | title = FLCL: Grunge | director = Hitoshi Takekiyo | producer = Maki Terashima-Furuta | writer = Tetsuhiro Ideka | music = {{ubl|The Pillows|Sawao Yamanaka}} | studio = MontBlanc Pictures | licensee = Warner Bros. Television | network_en = {{English anime network | CA = [[Adult Swim (Canadian TV channel)|Adult Swim]] | US = Adult Swim (Toonami) }} | first = September 10, 2023 | last = September 24, 2023 | episodes = 3 | episode_list = FLCL: Grunge }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = tv series | title = FLCL: Shoegaze | director = Yutaka Uemura | producer = Maki Terashima-Furuta | writer = Kenta Ihara | music = {{ubl|The Pillows|Sawao Yamanaka}} | studio = NUT | licensee = Warner Bros. Television | network_en = {{English anime network | CA = Adult Swim | US = Adult Swim (Toonami) }} | first = October 1, 2023 | last = October 15, 2023 | episodes = 3 | episode_list = FLCL: Shoegaze }} {{collapsed infobox section end}} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}} {{Nihongo|'''''FLCL'''''|γγͺγ―γͺ|FURI KURI|pronounced in English as '''''FOOLY COOLY'''''|lead=yes}} is an [[anime]] created and directed by [[Kazuya Tsurumaki]], written by [[YΕji Enokido]], and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of [[Gainax]], [[Production I.G]], and [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]]. The series tells the adventures of the eccentric, hyperactive alien [[Haruko Haruhara]] and her various conflicts on Earth against the intergalactic megalomaniacal corporation Medical Mechanica, often wreaking mass destruction in the process and disrupting the lives of the people she encounters. The original ''FLCL'' series was released as an [[original video animation]] (OVA) series, and follows [[Naota Nandaba]], a taciturn twelve-year-old boy whose suburban life and obsession with seeming adult is disturbed by Haruko's appearance. The six-episode series was released in Japan from April 2000 to March 2001 alongside a [[manga]] and novel adaptation. In 2016, two new seasons totaling 12 episodes were announced as a co-production between Production I.G, [[Toho]], and [[Adult Swim]]. The second season, ''[[FLCL Progressive]]'', premiered on June 3, 2018, on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, while the third season, ''[[FLCL Alternative]]'', premiered on September 8, 2018. In Japan, ''Alternative'' and ''Progressive'' had theatrical screenings as compilation films with ''Alternative'' opening on September 7, 2018, and ''Progressive'' opening on September 28, 2018. The first episode of ''FLCL Alternative'' premiered unannounced on [[April Fools' Day]] 2018 at 12 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] on Toonami in Japanese with English subtitles as part of [[Adult Swim#April Fools' Day stunts|Adult Swim's annual stunt]]. Two additional seasons were ordered by Adult Swim in 2022, titled ''[[FLCL: Grunge]]'' and ''[[FLCL: Shoegaze]]'', respectively. Both seasons premiered in Northern America in 2023.<ref name="US-CAN">{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-04/flcl-grunge-anime-gets-canadian-simulcast/.201923|title=FLCL: Grunge Anime Gets Canadian Simulcast|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 4, 2023|access-date=September 4, 2023|archive-date=September 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904072135/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-04/flcl-grunge-anime-gets-canadian-simulcast/.201923|url-status=live}}</ref>
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