FLCL Wikipedia. FLCLJapanese ,Hepburn Furi Kuri, pronounced in English as Fooly Cooly is an original video animation OVA anime series written by Yji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I. Promotional artwork used on a number of DVD releases of FLCL featuring the three primary characters from the anime, from top, Canti the blue robot, Haruko, and Naota. An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. G, and King Records. FLCL follows Naota Nandaba, a twelve year old boy living in the fictional Japanese suburb of Mabase, and his interactions with Haruko Haruhara, who arrives in the quiet suburb, drawn by the industrial town houses and the Medical Mechanica building. The six episode series was released in Japan from April 2. March 2. 00. 1. A manga and novel were also created at the time. It aired in the United States on Adult Swim in 2. It aired once again on the networks Toonami block from October 2. Medabots, known in Japan as Medarot, Medarotto, is a roleplaying video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. Does your favorite anime seem to be missing Use the Add Anime form to submit a new profile. Anime uk, japanese anime uk, japanese animation, japanese anime dvd, japanese anime art, japanese manga books, graphic novels, japanese anime wall scrolls, uk. The Urban Dictionary Mug. One side has the word, one side has the definition. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Lotsa space for your liquids. Buy the mug. January 2. The series is also available via Hulu, i. Tunes, and on Funimations website. Two new seasons totaling 1. March 2. 4, 2. 01. I/71ZR0qKeMgL._SX522_.jpg' alt='Buy Genshiken Movie ' title='Buy Genshiken Movie ' />Production I. G and Adult Swim. Ep. Title. Original release date. English airdate. 1Fooly Cooly FLCLFuri Kuri April 2. August 5, 2. 00. 3Naota Nandaba and his friend Mamimi Samejima are hanging out underneath a bridge. Mamimi then begins to kiss Naotas neck. He asks why she always does that and she replies that she has to or she will overflow, presumably emotionally. Naota narrates his life in the city of Mabase as being ordinary and nothing ever happens there. Naota and Mamimi buy a drink from a vending machine and Mamimi points out a hickey on Naotas neck, when they are interrupted by the arrival of Haruko Haruhara, who runs over Naota with her Vespa scooter, gives him CPR, then hits him on the forehead with a left handed Rickenbacker 4. The blow leaves a large, horn like bump which Naota covers with a bandage. The next day, his classmates tell rumors about the Vespa woman and how getting hit by the Vespa leaves a mark that shows youve been doing perverted things. Hes then stalked by Haruko as he goes to the hospital after school. Haruko turns out to be the nurse and Naota runs away. After returning home, Naota finds Haruko working in his house as a live in maid. Haruko settles in Naotas room. However, Naota and Haruko argue about where she will sleep and Naota says she should stay with his father. He goes downstairs, where his father says that Mamimi came by to get the day old bread from their bakery and inquires if Mamimis family is poor. When Naota goes to find her, she tells him how much she likes his brother, who lives in America because of his professional baseball career. Naota reveals to her that his brother has an American girlfriend. Mamimi suddenly says shes overflowing. A robot and a detached piece of another from Medical Mechanica come out of the bump on his head and begin fighting, only to have the battle end with Haruko hitting the robot with her bass. Fire Starter Fi. StaFaisuta June 2. August 6, 2. 00. 3X rays taken by the robot reveal that Naotas head is empty. This is because the blow to his head created an N. O. Portal which doesnt show up on the X rays. Haruko tells him shes a First Class Space Patrol Officer. Mamimi is obsessed with a hand held video game called Fire Starter, in which the player performs the role of an arsonist in order to please the Lord of Black Flames, Cantido. The robot is kept occupied doing chores at the Nandaba residence, while Haruko, despite being the maid, performs little to no work. Mamimi sees the robot while he is recovering the parts from his head that Haruko had damaged, wearing black wings, a halo and flying off a burned rooftop. She believes him to be a god and calls him Kanti. Haruko tries to break into the Medical Mechanica plant in town, which is in the shape of a giant iron. She fails and questions security why there is no entrance or exit. She is taken home by Naota. A series of fires meanwhile erupts around the city. Naota visits the site of one fire with two of his school friends, where he sees Mamimi down by the river and learns from his friends that she is being bullied at her school. Naota realizes it is Mamimi who is starting the fires. He finds her performing a fire ritual by the water bank. She explains she burnt down her old school house when she was younger because she hated the place, and had been saved from the flames by Naotas brother, which was the reason she loved him. She ends the ritual by asking the robot to bless her with a kiss. A robot emerges from Naotas head then, and starts to battle Kanti. Naota merges with Kanti, transforming into a large weapon to destroy the robot. Star Crossed Anime Blog Star Crossed Anime BlogDance I have been a  reader of this blog for a long time. Indeed it would not be wrong to say that psgels and the current crop of writers have helped maintain my interest in anime for the last decade. So now here is my chance to give something back to this excellent blog. Shingeki no Bahamut Virgin Soul Rage of Bahamut Virgin Soul, was one of the series the writers watched but did not review. With an exceptional year in anime with shows like Made in Abyss, ACCA 1. And while Virgin Soul was in no way a bad show, it was a conventional show. However, it was a well executed conventional show. Virgin Soul is the sequel of Shingeki no Bahamut Genesis, aired back in 2. Both are created by Studio Mappa, and both are based on a card game by Cygames. Now most shows based on games tend to be bad to mediocre, being nothing more than vessels to increase sales. For some reason the creators of Genesis and Virgin Soul avoided that. Indeed even the few references to the card game in Genesis are completely gone from Virgin Soul. To be frank, if the show was supposed to get you to go and buy the card game, it largely failed. But conversely you do not need to know anything about the game to enjoy the show. Arrgh, I want to play the card game too The story of Virgin Soul takes place in the shadow of the aftermath of Genesis. In the end of Genesis, the heroes flamboyant desperado Favoro, moody knight Kaisar, zombie girl Rita were able to stop the plans of the villain. It wanted to use the powerful monster Bahamut to destroy the balance between humans, daemons, and gods. But the price of victory was terrible as it demanded a heavy sacrifice. Between Genesis and Virgin Soul Mappa produced two short episodes that fleshed out a bit Favoro, Kaisar, and the secondary character of Jeanne, a knight who used to be favored by the gods. Even though the villain of Genesis failed to attain his version of the breakdown of the balance of the world, the effect of Bahamuts Rage brought about change, nevertheless. Virgin Soul takes place in this changed world. The new king of the humans, Charioce, in reaction to the destruction of Bahamut, decided that humanity could only find security in its own power. Using forbidden powers he went to war with both the gods and daemons and won. The gods were largely banished to their heavenly realm to sulk, while the daemons were enslaved to serve humanity, including being pitted in death matches for the entertainment of the populacedisgusting. On the slave labor of daemons, Charioce has built a prosperous human kingdom, though through tools like the Onyx Soldiers he represses any dissent. It is in this world that our protagonist Nina enters. Nina is an excitable teenage girl full of pluck and optimism. She is also a virgin. And, she is also a half dragon, and will turn into a powerful red dragon if approached or touched by a good looking man. Nina does a lot of running. You gotta expend that teenage energy somehow When you think of the title, and of the condition of the protagonist, you could easily see how this show could go wrong. And yet like Marie the Virgin Witch, the show plays Ninas virginity and condition straight, with little turn to vulgar humor. Now, the show does have its fan service, but it never felt creepy or leery. Instead what we get is a show that in general has a conventional plot, which is enlivened by the interaction of the characters. Virgin Soul is not a show you watch for the plot. It is a show you watch to see some interesting characters interact. In this sense it is similar to the live action sci fi show Killjoys, which has a conventional, indeed boring plot, but great characters interacting. Another thing that is similar is that in both cases the characters in general are what we might call good looking by fashion industry standards. Those characters and their interactions are developed by secondary plot points, which in a way are worth more than the central plot. Nina is developed through a great and touching depiction of first love, rejection, and redemption. Kaisar by his struggle between his personal sense of justice, offended by the actions of the king his serves, and his duty to that king. The daemon Azazel, an obnoxious villain in Genesis, here is developed through his brotherly relationship with one of the new characters, his passionate and desperate fight to restore the freedom of daemons, and the inner struggle about whether he is driven by personal spite or a true need to make things right. Jeanne, the fallen servant of the gods, gets development through a touching depiction of mother hood. Favoro by his struggles with the consequences of the events of Genesis and mentoring of Nina. Thus in general the main characters of Virgin Soul tend to be given interesting stories that make them interesting and sympathetic Rita unfortunately not us much as they could had done. Most of the time these are well done, though the show never really integrated these character developing sub plots to the central plot. It also failed to resolve many of them. Here we see a friendly chat on the nature of liberty and dutyThe exception to these generally good secondary plots is King Charioce. Introduced to us like a cruel, ruthless, but efficient ruler, the show then makes him a major love interest of another protagonist. His two personas, lover and king, are very incongruous. This has led many reviewers to castigate the show. That is a bit unfair. The problem is not that Charioce the King and Chris the Lover are too different. Just read Eichman in Jerusalem to see that this is often the case in reality with these types of people. The issue is that the directors and writers did not really do a good job at balancing this. Chris the Lover and Charioce the King are never brought in direct conflict in the character himself. We only see the conflict through the eyes of other characters. Sadly that makes Charioce more of an object than a character. It is not grating, but it is a lost chance. But I played soccer with the street urchins These characters, their interactions, and their adventures are rendered with animation and art that is generally excellent. Action scenes are fluid, and character facial and body expressions emanate personality except for Charioce though this might be more of character trait. As a result the show does a good job of giving its comedy, action, and tragedy depth. In both Genesis and Virgin Soul the animators of studio Mappa really like to show off their skills with elaborate dance scenes, and they do a good job of encapsulating what this show can give to the eye. Backgrounds are well done and lush. The only negative mark is the use of CGI with some of the creatures, including the titular Bahamut. This did seem a bit out of place next to the fluid animation of characters. The music was in generally serviceable. The first opening was excellent, with the second one being more conventional. Both endings were quirky and cute. In the show, the best music scores were during poignant moments of tragedy, while during battles sometimes the music would try too hard and lose me. I, Charioce offer this light show as proof of my good party spiritDespite the conventional character of the plot I must give kudos to the writers for taking some decisions with characters that would make George RR Martin of Game of Thrones fame happy. But they also had some plots lines that were sloppy and not really useful for example Ninas fight with the dragon hunter. Pokemon: Power Of One Review. In the end Shigneki no Bahamut Virgin Soul is a conventional show well executed. It has a cast of interesting and exciting characters that carry a rather mundane plot. The artistry of animation helps greatly the characters come to life. It is just a pity they are not used to their best. A solid 8. 0 out of 1. B. Ahh, the ship that never shippedCharacters 9. But the blind spots are egregiousPlot 7.