City of Amnesia

My current anime affair, FLCL is short, only six episodes. But what it lacks in length it certainly makes up in style and intensity. It's a romp of comedy and action and general nonsense. It's also often confusing as hell, and sometimes the jokes don't quiet translate (thanks to the nature of puns). The soundtrack is in a league of its own. Not quiet up to the Cowboy Bebop gold standard maybe, but truly something special.

I keep trying to come up with a basic description, but it just comes out more and more absurd. So what the hell. Naota lives in Mabase, an average town dominated by a giant Medical-Mechanica plant that billows steam every day. Everything there is normal, until a girl runs him over with a Vespa...

I get the impression this is an anime that definitely won't be for everyone. If you actually sit down and watch it you'll probably just go 'huh'? I'm still not even certain if I understand it. But that's why it appeals to me.

Yeah, I didn't like this. Kudos to those that did, but it was completely pointless, with a barely coherent story that tried to keep it from totally being Aqua Teen in its format. Most of the sexually charged humour was stale and overwrought in its fashion, the robot designs were weak and the main characters had absolutely no empathetic features. There was no way for me to get into this show, and I personally give it my lowest rating, a 0% on the scale and a total F grade.
War.

You fail at life.

Idly, couldn't FLCL technically go under the Mecha Anime forum, since it invovles quite a few of them?

I hardly fail. this show just isn't that good. Inuyasha is better.
War.

I was debating that, for some reason I was thinking that it was giant mecha forum. Now I see that I was mistaken. Natch. As well, I for some reason didn't include the giant mecha in that one episode in my assessment for some reason.

I don't always have to make decisions that make sense!

Of course not, you watch FLCL.
War.

Yay, I'm not the only one who hates FLCL! Seriously the show had nothing I was interested in.

I liek'd it when i watched it.

I liked the ending to the Manga when Haruko gave Nauta the Vespa.

Anyway, piss off. I liked the random pointlessness that is FLCL.

and don't DARE insult my intelligence, you suggested that I make an SD AMV.

Tone down the emotions, people.

Sorry, Finale. I felt kinda insulted and needed to show it.

I loved FLCL. It was one of those things that made no sense but was SO COOL you had to see it over and over.

Which Adult Swim did. And eventually (and after googling it a bunch of time) it makes sense.

Hehe. That was actually pretty funny.


I still haven't read the manga. How does it stack up in comparison to the anime?

It's... different.

I mean, it's basically FLCL in that it uses the same characters, settings, and general plotline, but there's a lot more angst, a bunch of the personalities and motivations are completely different... you'd really just have to read it for yourself.

Like I said, I thought it had a much better ending. Getting the Hover Vespa instead of the Bass was cooler.

Oh! I need to find the picture that I drew. It is an almost exact representation of Haruko on her knees from the manga in the bunny suit.

I don't think Finale allows hentai on this forum. Otherwise I'd post some of MY drawings.
War.

It isn't hentai. And I think Finale might know of the picture of which I speak.

I sure do, and it's not. Hajime Ueda's art style would look creepy as hentai anyway.

ROFL. It most certainly would.

So posting censored FLCL hentai now.
War.

I bought the whole thing subbed on a single disk a while back.  It took about five minutes for me to admit to myself that it was a bootleg, but meh.

Good show.

I don't really blame you. My ethics tend to malfunction when they attempt to charge me 40-70 dollars for a six episode OVA. I haven't actually bought a copy yet, and I'm not actively looking for a bootleg, I'm still looking for the best deal, and if it just happens to be a bootleg? Oh well.

40 for the whole thing? That's lucky. I saw it at Suncoast once for 30. Each. NINETY DOLLARS for 6 episodes. B to the S.

It's probably better when you don't.

Anime fans may be stupid, but not that stupid.

my lifes goal is to be able to roll on my head the way Haruko doesit...
*rolls*
*gets to head*
*breaks neck*
*dies*
ow.

Se, this is exactly the kind of stuff we need to discourage. Boycott FLCL, go find something better, like sticking your head into a deep fryer.
War.

would you rather i practice the "fooly cooly"?  ;)  :P  ;D

Who with?
War.

with whoever wants to practice with me.  ;)

[pauses for a second, raises hand]
War.

What about transcribing the entire first chapter of the great gatsby onto a cigarette using some sort of incredibly precise pen.

...Wait no I had that idea years ago thats not related

Also wait what that one said would probably kill them you should have encouraged it

I suppose I want mankind to learn from its mistakes as opposed to weed out and cull some, Sharp.
War.

You missed orientation didn't you.

Thats not how we operate

Ah, come on, just this once, Sharp? Please? I'll take care of her. I'll pet her and feed her and give her a pretty bow for her hair and everything!
War.

Either way, you're spaying it

You mean I have to do it myself? Can't I just take Bllue to a clinic or something?
War.

No I meant I'm not paying for it.

If you're that much into DIY projects though who am I to question it, everyone needs their hobbies.

Yes...

hobbies.

Any way, I saw FLCL on sale at Fry's Electronics for a mere 30 bucks for the whole series, and I considered getting it if only for those friends of mine who seem to oddly enjoy this show. But then I considered, and realized people might think I liked the show if I gave money in support of it.
War.

FLCL = win.
why?
Anything that uses a Rickenbacker product in the story deserves to be praised.

  ??) :o i want to have babies....
besides, piccolo/vegeta/whateverheturnsintonext has fallen into my well laid trap. he failed to see the guitar on my back that wacked his head once he pictured me in the maids outfit...



I"m sorry, that retort was lame. it came out better in my head, like a lot of things.


Anywho, ironically enough, as much as i like flcl, i've only seen one and a half episodes... i must be educated. *brings out guitar*

Watch it, then, if you like it. Also, now you have no choice. Wear maid's outfit, and post here. We have a camwhore thread, now, so...
War.

the pantyhose is riding up... i'll watch it when i have time. i'm no whore, i just act like it, online...

You're a brat. Pics or... how do they put it? Oh, yeah, "gtfo."
War.

i'm sorry? my innocence is coulding my ability to understand your request.

You're such a liar, Bllue. No one is innocent on the internet.
War.

There is no innocence, only varying degrees of guilt

Folks, I sense victory here.

In a FLCL thread of all places.

*searches for victory*
BTW, i don't post pictures of my self. paranoid parents rub off, especially when they stalk your sister's myspace.

I did try to watch this one -on what I think is a legal download site- but got about halfway through the first episode before I admitted defeat; I probably could have got myself into the right frame of mind to appreciate it, but I doubt it would have been worth the expense. Or the hangover.

It's random goodness.

There's not much else to worry about.

I like you. FLCL has as much driving plot as Dilbert.
War.

But Dilbert is a profound commentary on the plight of working-class humanity and their struggle to escape the cubicles that provide financial comfort, yet stifle their mental, social, and creative freedom in favor of an oppressive corporate mindset! 

  ;D

I dunno, I like FLCL, but I'm not going to pretend it's anything other than funny and shiny. 

Don't forget explosions.

Actually, Dilbert had at least two explosions in the animated series, more if the De-Trafficator was more than a one-episode gag. Besides, Dilbert is slice-of-life fiction; that's a very different genre to random weird shit, even if I know people whose actual lives are perfectly at home in both camps.

I'm missing episode 6, and episode 1 is in Japanese while my other 4 are in english.

Oh, and enjoy the other anime references...Lupin III...Gundam...Crap...I have to watch it again...there are actually multiple Gundam references.

www.realitylapse.com has all six episodes available to download, and to the best of my knowledge it's even legal.

Ha-HA! I'm glad you found that site, too. Works wonders, it does.

Glad I could help. I definitely recommend shelling out for the SpeedPass, by the way; it's not a massive improvement (150-200KB/s as opposed to 50KB/s) but $50 gets you a year's subscription.

I think there are probably more references to Eva than Gundam.

Excuse me, but is it appropriate to be showing links to places where you can download anime and manga? I had understood this was against the rules.

So unless this site SELLS the downloads, legally, like iTunes or Napster, please remove its link immediately. Before I have to.
War.

It's a paysite, so it's probably safe to assume it's legitimate.

you have to pay for what? I'm tired. I mean like, a membership thing....

It takes an idiot to do cool things, thats why its cool