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FLCL (OAV)

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©Gainax/KGI


Related anime:
    FLCL (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Fooly Cooly
Furi Kuri (Japanese)
Фури-кури (Russian)
フリクリ
프리크리 (Korean)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy (although a little cynical), but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his homeless 17 year old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.
User Ratings: 6121 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1908 votes (sub:1047, dub:788, edit.dub:25, ?:15, raw:11, Rus.sub:8, Spa.sub:8, Fre.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Excellent: 1624 votes (sub:910, dub:644, edit.dub:16, ?:13, Spa.sub:8, raw:7, Ita.dub:6, Por.sub:5, Fre.sub:3, Spa.dub:3, Ger.dub:2, Rus.sub:2, Dut.sub:2, Ger.sub:1, English:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Very good: 1052 votes (sub:596, dub:389, edit.dub:19, Spa.sub:15, ?:11, raw:5, Spa.dub:3, Rus.sub:3, Ita.dub:3, Rus.dub:3, Por.sub:2, Ger.dub:2, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 632 votes (sub:380, dub:232, edit.dub:8, Spa.sub:4, raw:3, Dut.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Decent: 304 votes (sub:183, dub:106, edit.dub:6, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, Spa.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: 211 votes (sub:136, dub:58, edit.dub:5, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, ?:2, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Not really good: 99 votes (sub:61, dub:29, edit.dub:3, raw:3, ?:1, Fre.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 120 votes (sub:78, dub:35, edit.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 74 votes (sub:41, dub:29, ?:2, edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Awful: 38 votes (dub:19, sub:18, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 59 votes (sub:36, dub:20, Ger.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 10190 users, rank: #10
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.227 (Very good+.22), std. dev.: 2.044, rank: #307
Weighted mean: 8.114 (Very good+.11), rank: #302 (seen all: 8.29 / seen some: 5.79 / won't finish: 3.20)
Bayesian estimate: 8.113 (Very good+.11), rank: #182
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
2000-04-26
2003-08-04 to 2003-08-12 (US Broadcast)
Releases: We have 11
Opening Theme:
#1: "One Life" by The Pillows (ep 1)
#2: "Instant Music" by The Pillows (eps 2-3)
#3: "Happy Bivouac" by The Pillows (ep 4)
#4: "Runners High" by The Pillows (ep 5)
#5: "Carnival" by The Pillows (ep 6)
Ending Theme:
"Ride on Shooting Star" by The Pillows
Links: We have 8
Trivia: We have 15
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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Reviews:
    FLCL DVD 3
    FLCL DVD 2
    FLCL DVD 1

DVD
    FLCL - Ultimate DVD Collection (DVD) 2006-12-26
    FLCL (DVD 1) 2002-09-03
    FLCL (DVD 2) 2003-02-25
    FLCL (DVD 3) 2003-07-22
    FLCL - w/ Artbox (DVD 3) 2003-07-22
Soundtrack
    FLCL - Addict (OST 1) 2004-01-20
    FLCL - King of Pirates (OST 2) 2004-09-07
    FLCL - Soundtrack 3 (OST 3) 2005-06-07 (from $8.00)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Script: Yoji Enokido
Music:
Atsuo Ohkubo (Drums)
Hiroshi Imaizumi (Guitar)
Jun Suzuki (Arrangement)
Maki Kamiya (Vocals)
Matarou Misawa (Percussion)
Sawao Yamanaka (Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar)
Shinichiro Sato (Drums)
Shinkichi Mitsumune
Takashi Asahi (Flute)
Takuo Yamamoto (Sax)
Tatsuya Kashima (Arrangement)
The Pillows
Tomohiko Aoki (Bass)
Yasuharu Nakanishi (Piano)
Yoshiaki Manabe (Guitar)
Zin Yoshida (Arrangement)
Original Concept: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Original Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
3D Animation Supervisor: Shinji Takagi
3D Modeling: Haruki Yoshiyama
Adjustments: Hirano Ehpei
Assistant Music Engineer: Shinji Yoshikoshi
Chief Animation: Nobutoshi Ogura
Color design: Harumi Takahoshi
Color Supervisor:
Katsuyo Inoue
Rie Asano
Coloring Production Manager: Mitsuhito Tsuji
Editing: Makiko Asano
Ending Animation Supervisor: Masayuki
Fellow Mechanical Design Director: Hideaki Anno
Guest Mecha Design: Yoshitsune Izuna
In-Between Check: Yasuhito Murata
Location Assistant:
Daisuke Hirose
Noriyuki Kubo
Music Mastering Engineer: Akira Anso
Music Mixing & Recording:
Hiroyuki Tsuji
Kouichi Suzuki
Production Assistant:
Kyoko Muramatsu
Kyoko Sato
Production Desk: Moritake Onuki
Project Navigator: Kimata Fuyu
Sound Effects: Toru Nakano
Sound Effects Cooperation: Miki Watanabe
Sound Production: Toru Nakano
Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera
Soundtrack Art Coordinaton: Yumiko Suzuki (King Records)
Soundtrack Design: Masashi Ichifuru (TGB Design)
Soundtrack Promotion:
Hirotaka Takase
Takashi Tokohara
Special Effects Supervisor: Shigenobu Kaihou
Texture Mapping:
Celsis
Gainax's Cat
Theme Song Performance: The Pillows
Visual Concept: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
 
Jun Mizuki as Naota Nandaba
Mayumi Shintani as Haruko Haruhara

Izumi Kasagi as Mamimi Samejima

Chiemi Chiba as Kiturubami
Ena Tsunaizumi as Girl B 
Hideaki Anno as Miyu Miyu
Hideyuki Umezu as Player B
Hiroshi Ito as Shigekuni Nandaba
Jun Mizuki as Takkun (black cat)
Kan Tanaka as Train Station Announcer
Kazuhiro Takamura as Face Appearance
Kazuhito Suzuki as Masashi
Kenta Miyake as Umpire
Kouichi Nagano as Player C
Kouji Ohkura as Amarao
Kumiko Higa as Female Operator A (ep 4)
Kumiko Yokote as Female Operator B
Masayuki Hiyama as Security Guard A
Mika Itou as Eri Ninamori
Ryutaro Satou as Stray Cat
Shigeru Shibuya as Player A
Suzuki Matsuo as Kamon Nandaba
Takeru Watabe as Security Guard B 
Yuji Iwama as Boy B
Yukari Fukui as Junko Miyaji
Yukiko Sanpei as Girl A 
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Mr. Ninamori's Secretary
Japanese companies 
Animation Production:
GAINAX
Production I.G
Backgrounds: Ogura Workshop
Distributor: Starchild Records
Music Production: Starchild Records
Original story: GAINAX
Planning: GAINAX
Production Cooperation: GANSIS
Recording Studio: Half HP Studio
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production: Half HP Studio
Titles: Maki Pro
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director: Marc Handler
Translation: Shizuki Yamashita
ADR Script: Marc Handler
Executive producer:
Hideki Uchino
Maki Terashima
ADR Recording: Rick Tetzlaff
Commentary Track Translation:
Agnes Yoshida
Maggie Weidner
DVD Menu Design: Chris McDougall
DVD Subtitling: David Fleming
Extras Director: Michael Sinterniklaas (Ultimate Edition)
Production Assistant:
Agnes Yoshida
Maggie Weidner
Recording Mix: Rick Tetzlaff
Sound Engineer: Rick Tetzlaff
Subtitle Script: Stephanie Sheh
 
Barbara Goodson as Nandaba Naota
Kari Wahlgren as Haruhara Haruko

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Samejima Mamimi

Bob Marx as Gaku
Dave Mallow as Amarao
David Lucas as
Masashi
Miyu Miyu
Heather Lee Joelson as Ninamori Eri
Ikuni as Black Cat
Jessica Stenuis as
Miyaji Junko
Secretary
Joe Martin as Nandaba Kamon
L. Villa as Kitsurubami
MTF as Takkun the Cat
Steve Kramer as Shigekuni

English companies 
ADR Production: Synch-Point
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
DVD Authoring: Stream Santa Monica
Production: Production I.G
Video Editing: R!OT

French cast 
French staff 
ADR Director: Thierry Kazazian
Nathalie Homs as Haruko Haruhara
Susan Sindberg as Naota Nandaba

Bruno Magne as Kamon Nandaba
Christelle Reboul as Eri Ninamori
Thierry Kazazian as
Amarao
Shigekuni Nandaba

French companies 
Broadcaster: Gong (from August 2009)
DVD Distribution: Dybex (France)

Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 
Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Art Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Dubbing Consultant: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi
Graphic Project:
Lorenzo Crotti (eps 1-6)
Luca Franciosi (eps 1-6)
Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella
Post Production:
Lorenzo Cannata (eps 1-4)
Luca Franciosi (eps 5-6)
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Quality Control: Luca Franciosi
 
Davide Perino as Naota Nandaba
Laura Latini as Haruko Haruhara
Letizia Scifoni as Mamimi Samejima

Veronica Puccio as Eri Ninamori
Vittorio Guerrieri as Kamon Nandaba

Alessio De Filippis as Gaku Manabe
Federica De Bortoli as Junko "Miya-jun" Miyaji
Ilaria Latini as Kitsurubami
Luana Morgilli as Takkun
Massimiliano Alto as guardia semplice della Medical Meccanica
Massimo De Ambrosis as Direttore Amarao
Simone Crisari as Masashi Masamune
Vittorio Congia as Shingekuni Nandaba
Italian companies 
Distributor: Dynit
DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 
Ben Müchow as Naota Nandaba
Ben Münchow as Naota Nandaba
Shandra Schadt as Haruko Haruhara

Beate Pfeiffer as Mamimi Samejima
Claudia Schmidt as Ta-kun
Daniel Krause as Masashi
Eva Maria Höcherl as Kitsurabami
Gerhard Acktun as Kamon Nandaba (Naota's Vater)
Michael Habeck as Shigekuni Nandaba
Oliver Mink as Amarao
Sonja Reichelt as Eri Ninamori
Torsten Münchow as Miyu Miyu
Uwe Thomsen as Baseballspieler
German companies 
Distributor: SP Vision
Dubbing: Synchron 80

Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 
Distributor: Dybex
Dutch cast 
(none)
 
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