I have seen the first episode of Fooly Cooly...

[bloodsong1]

And all I can say is...

WTF??!!!????!!!!!

At least Conscrew makes a little more sense.

(conscrew.keenspace.com Good comic, especially if you're into anime. I now have two more series on my list of "Must See At Least Once")

Comments

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

YES. FLCL is delightfully f'ed up. Pikey officially recomends that you stick with it.

I don't know if my poor brain can handle it.

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

I'd rather be watching Lupin III.

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

Aiiii! Say it ain't so!

Near as I figure, Lupin is pretty much a Japanese version of Scooby Doo. At any rate, the rote formula they use for each episode kinda reminds me of the formula used for the other... I mean, if nothing else you'd think the cop'd learn after the first dozen or so tries that handcuffing Lupin once you've caught him is pretty much futile.

I can see how the first episode of FLCL would put you off tho... all this profoundly wierd shit going on with little/no explanation. But it *does* have all the classic elements of anime - one hapless schmo with multiple women fighting over him and vying for his attention, powers he can't control or understand, an alien, giant robots... and it has a GUITAR! How cool is that? Granted, the incomprehensibility factor throws things off, but you start to catch up some in subsequent eps.

*giggles*

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

True, but Lupin is also supposed to have gratitous sex! Scooby Doo never had that.

Besides, I want a better look at Lupin's costume. And Fujiko's. And the guns. Mmmmmm. Guns.

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

Sorry, no sex in Lupin. Tho Fujiko is some pretty decent fan service.

And guns do appear in later FLCL. Have faith, grasshoppa.

Not in the American version, probably.

[bloodsong1.livejournal.com]

You know how badly they edit that stuff. Sailor Moon got butchered, or so I've heard. (has only seen about three episodes, in no particular order)

I need a direct link to the Japanese feeds.

[thepikey.livejournal.com]

Hunh. Distinctly possible, I'll concede that point.