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[1] Slice of life Science fiction[2] Surrealism[3]
Created by	Gainax (FLCL)[a] Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL)[b] Production I.G (FLCL Progressive / Alternative / Grunge / Shoegaze)[a]
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[c] 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
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]

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