FLCL

FLCL
	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.
フリクリ; (Furi Kuri)
Genre	Comedy; Slice of life; Science fiction; Surrealism;
Created by	Gainax (FLCL); Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL); Production I.G (FLCL Progressive / Alternative / Grunge / Shoegaze);
Original video animation
Directed by	Kazuya Tsurumaki
Produced by	Masatomo Nishizawa; Hiroki Satou; Masanobu Satou (#1–4); Hirotaka Takase (#5–6);
Written by	Yōji Enokido
Music by	Shinkichi Mitsumune; The Pillows;
Studio	Gainax; Production I.G;
Licensed by	Crunchyroll UK: MVM Entertainment;
Released	April 26, 2000 – March 16, 2001
Runtime	23–31 minutes
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Manga
Illustrated by	Hajime Ueda
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics;
Magazine	Magazine Z
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 25, 1999 – March 26, 2001
Volumes	2
Novel series
Written by	Yōji Enokido
Illustrated by	Kazuya Tsurumaki; Hiroyuki Imaishi;
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Tokyopop;
Imprint	Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	June 1, 2000 – March 1, 2001
Volumes	3
Directed by	Katsuyuki Motohiro (chief); Kazuto Arai (#1); Toshihisa Kaiya (#2); Yuki Ogawa (#3); Yoshihide Ibata (#4); Kei Suezawa (#5); Hiroshi Ikehata (#6);
Further information
Anime television series
FLCL Progressive
Directed by	Katsuyuki Motohiro (chief); Kazuto Arai (#1); Toshihisa Kaiya (#2); Yuki Ogawa (#3); Yoshihide Ibata (#4); Kei Suezawa (#5); Hiroshi Ikehata (#6);
Produced by	Maki Terashima-Furuta; Mike Lazzo; Masaya Saito;
Written by	Hideto Iwai
Music by	R.O.N
Studio	Production I.G (#1, 3–4, 6); Production GoodBook (#2); Signal.MD (#5);
Licensed by	Warner Bros. Television
English network	US: Adult Swim (Toonami);
Original run	June 3, 2018 – July 7, 2018
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
FLCL Alternative
Directed by	Katsuyuki Motohiro (chief); Yutaka Uemura;
Produced by	Maki Terashima-Furuta; Mike Lazzo; Masaya Saito;
Written by	Hideto Iwai
Music by	R.O.N
Studio	Production I.G; NUT (#1, 4, 6); Revoroot (#2–3, 5);
Licensed by	Warner Bros. Television
English network	US: Adult Swim (Toonami);
Original run	April 1, 2018; (April Fools' Day airing); September 8, 2018 – October 13, 2018
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Anime film series
FLCL Alternative: The Movie; FLCL Progressive: The Movie;
Directed by	Katsuyuki Motohiro (chief); Yutaka Uemura (Alternative);
Produced by	Maki Terashima-Furuta; Mike Lazzo; Masaya Saito;
Written by	Hideto Iwai
Music by	R.O.N
Studio	Production I.G; NUT (Alternative); Revoroot (Alternative); Production GoodBook (Progressive); Signal.MD (Progressive);
Released	September 7, 2018 (Alternative); September 28, 2018 (Progressive)
Runtime	135 minutes (Alternative); 136 minutes (Progressive)
Anime television series
FLCL: Grunge
Directed by	Hitoshi Takekiyo
Produced by	Maki Terashima-Furuta
Written by	Tetsuhiro Ideka
Music by	The Pillows; Sawao Yamanaka;
Studio	MontBlanc Pictures
Licensed by	Warner Bros. Television
English network	CA: Adult Swim; US: Adult Swim (Toonami);
Original run	September 10, 2023 – September 24, 2023
Episodes	3 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
FLCL: Shoegaze
Directed by	Yutaka Uemura
Produced by	Maki Terashima-Furuta
Written by	Kenta Ihara
Music by	The Pillows; Sawao Yamanaka;
Studio	NUT
Licensed by	Warner Bros. Television
English network	CA: Adult Swim; US: Adult Swim (Toonami);
Original run	October 1, 2023 – October 15, 2023
Episodes	3 (List of episodes)

FLCL (Japanese: フリクリ, Hepburn: FURI KURI, pronounced in English as FOOLY COOLY) is an anime anthology series created and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, written by Yōji Enokido, and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which consisted of Gainax, Production I.G, and 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. ET on Toonami in Japanese with English subtitles as part of 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.^[4]

^ Beveridge, Chris (January 6, 2010). "FLCL Lands at FUNimation". Mania.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2020. 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
^ "FLCL and I'm Gonna Be An Angel Acquisition Announcement". Anime News Network. March 30, 2001. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020. FLCL is the wacky sci-fi OAV series from GAINAX
^ Green, Jason (September 7, 2008). "Dig For Fire: The Roots of Gurren Lagann". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020. 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)
^ Hazra, Adriana (September 4, 2023). "FLCL: Grunge Anime Gets Canadian Simulcast". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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[1] Beveridge, Chris (January 6, 2010). "FLCL Lands at FUNimation". Mania.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2020. 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

[2] "FLCL and I'm Gonna Be An Angel Acquisition Announcement". Anime News Network. March 30, 2001. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020. FLCL is the wacky sci-fi OAV series from GAINAX

[3] Green, Jason (September 7, 2008). "Dig For Fire: The Roots of Gurren Lagann". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2020. 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)

[US-CAN-7] Hazra, Adriana (September 4, 2023). "FLCL: Grunge Anime Gets Canadian Simulcast". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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