FLCL/Fooly Cooly 2017 details

Sounds like the first season

>>158636057
It should have been a boy. The themes of the show will need to completely change.

So it's gay? Bet it will be worse than Flip Flappers.

>>158636057
oh thank god its a sequel, and about a kid other than Naota. I was afraid it would be a straight up remake

>>158636294
>The themes of the show will need to completely change.
>>158636294

Duh!

Or else they'll be repeating the same beats

>>158636057
>crunchyroll.com
Get out

>>158636057
Which Studio is going to be responsible for this blunder?

>>158636570
Might as well just call it something else at that point. Diebuster and Gunbuster shared a lot in common thematically without being the same shit.

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>>158636057
>Hidomi, a young teenaged girl
>new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school
Age
Gap
Yuri

>>158636418
>Flip Flappers.

I'll laugh hysterically if it's that but more aimed for Adult Swim audiences

Until I see the art style I will assume it will be complete shit.

>>158636643
While that is one of my favorite things, it has no place in FLCL.
This female MC better be fucking ugly.

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>>158636779
She doesn't need to be ugly to fit FLCL. She only needs to pretend to act like an adult just like Naota did.

>>158636057
>Think we'll see Naota's legendary big bro this time?
I thought the robot dude was his brother? It's been a lifetime since I watched the original, so my memory of this show is extremely blurred, but I do remember it being strongly implied (if not outright stated) that his brother's spirit inhabits the robot, hence why it has a personality and can sometimes give human-like responses.

Either way, I'll definitely need to rewatch this. I don't even remember what it's about, just that I really enjoyed it when I was like 12.

>>158636779
Sadamoto is designing the characters.

Fooly Cooly is like shounen shit.
If you don't watch it when you're an impressionable 13yo fucktard you will not find it appealing.

>>158636966
t. watched FLCL when he was 16 and thought it was lolrandumb

Why the fuck is this getting another season again?

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>>158636643
My fucking nigger.

"age_difference yuri" always returns the best shit on gelbooru.

I can already tell I'm going to love this season.

>>158636966
I watched after adult and it didn't appeal to me. But if had watched it as a kid I probably would have liked all that puberty stuff.

>>158636638
Dumb fucking argument. Twats like you are never satisfied with anything.

>>158636057
As long as The Pillows deliver on the soundtrack I will probably enjoy it

>>158636966
I watched it when I was 20 and loved it.

>>158636057
>Enter Hidomi, a young teenaged girl
Who and why could ever think that some uninteresting JK bitch could ever work as a MC for FLCL?

>>158637049
Because of fuck you and fuck nice things that ended well.

>>158636057
Anyone actually excited for this or has cynicism clouded our hearts too much?

>>158637557
>being excited ever about some shady sequel of something that ended great
>being excited about anything instead of being cautious to not get your hopes crushed and have a nice surprise if something actually goes right

>>158637142
Fuck off CR shill.

>>158636638
their japanese names are Top wo Nerae! and Top wo Nerae Tsu!. Diebuster is a localization-only name

>>158636294
Why? The themes were about puberty and maturity. Season 1 was undoubtedly focused on the male-specific viewpoint in every way, but why can't they just shift the viewpoint to female puberty and maturity (which is certainly what they're going to do)?

>>158636966
I watched it first when I was 18, it's been my favourite anime ever since (t. over 300 shows).
This is a dumb meme and needs to die.

>>158637049
Popular, successful, and critically acclaimed anime series gets a second season.
I wonder why this is happening...

>>158636966
I've shown it to three different casual anime fans in their twenties and all three of them loved it

>>158637557
I'm still optimistic, but fully prepared for it to not hold up to the original.
5% chance of being equally as perfect as the original.
90% chance of it just being disappointing but still good.
5% chance of being abyssmally awful.

>>158638223
>Diebuster is a localization-only name
Didn't they say the name in the episodes, or am I just imagining things?

>>158636057
Since the first one was about penises what will this one be about? Tits?

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>>158638650
vaginas

>>158638320
I'll be better than the original since all the talentless hacks left Gainax.

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There is 0 reason for there to be sequel to this let alone two. The original was an open and shut story and left things ambiguous on purpose because that wasn't what the show was about. It was a story of Naoto and puberty and him maturing as a person and realizing being an adult isn't what he thought it was. All that shit about Medical Mechanica was irrelevant and had no bearing on the story because it was someone else's problem and was just a reason for Haruko to be around, and I don't even remember them mentioning anything about "Fraternity". It's just stupid repurposing of things from the original because it needs to tie in somehow. These 2 season are going to be absolute trash and going to destroy the mystique and fun nature of the show and Haruko turning her into someone that just shows up whenever a kid is going through puberty like its her job. Also there is no reason for Noato to even be mentioned in this show because all this war shit didn't matter time him, so I don't see how the guitar she game him is relevant why couldn't shehave others, she is a thief from space. This shit is like making a two sequels to a Ghibli movie or some classic movie like A Clockwork Orange. There is no reason for it and it just devalues the original. Fuck this shit gets me so much.

>>158636057
This is going to be so shit I don't want this nobody wanted this. The best part of the original was how nothing was explained and you got wrapped up as a small part in something greater than you like the mc. All this can do is make the original worse.
Please someone delet this.

>>158636627
The rich one

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Canti gets a gf robot from the new female mc's head.

When I want to recommend FLCL to people, I'll always have to mention season one specifically now. This is truly a crime.

>>158638326
It's in the eyecatch jingle.

https://youtu.be/jvL8x7AdS1E

Did anyone read the light novels? Apparently Noata's mum was apart of the same galactic patrol thingie Haruko was.

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>>158637049

>>158637557
I have no hope for this at all until I hear that the Pillows are doing the entire OST with different songs then the original.

>>158639355
They are. Dunno about different songs, but I can't see why that wouldn't be the case.

>>158636915
No, I watched recently and i think you somehow made that entire plot ponit up.

>>158638896
How many layers contrarianism are you operating on?

>le randumb: the anime
It's shit

>>158639398
They have a massive enough catalog to choose from that they shouldn't have to reuse anything. I just really can't imagine them putting in the effort to actually animate around the music this time.

>>158639409
I think he's confusing it with the time atmosk took control of canti and Haruko got heart pupils for him.

>>158639355
>>158639398
That's when I lost what little hope I had for it. It became clear that this was purely a nostalgiabait that completely misses the point. Also the original already used the 4 good Pillows albums for it's soundtrack, the rest are varying levels of mediocre.

>>158639338
What the fuck? Who made that? [AS]?

>muh 2deep4u anime gets sequel
It's fucking nothing.

>>158639541
Yeah, they're butthurt because people keep telling that the project is a big mistake.

>>158639499
Eh, I have a huge soft spot for Thank You, My Twilight.

>>158639064
You mean Gainax? Please be true.

>>158639673
Production I.G and Adult Swim.

>>158639746
Not Trigger at least, so it's worth giving it a try.

>>158639618
Classic [as]

>>158639499
>That's when I lost what little hope I had for it. It became clear that this was purely a nostalgiabait that completely misses the point. Also the original already used the 4 good Pillows albums for it's soundtrack, the rest are varying levels of mediocre.
What is the alternative? Given the option of using Pillows or not using Pillows, using Pillows is clearly the only real choice.

>>158640064
The real choice would be to go with a band
that is actually contemporary, just like
The Pillows used to be. Reusing them won't capture the essence of FLCL no matter how hard they try.

>>158639837
>Not Trigger at least, so it's worth giving it a try.

I wouldn't be surprised if they did a few episodes

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They can only add to FLCL. Nothing will ever detract from the original series. Stop dooming and glooming series before they're even out.

>>158640244
It would make sense. Isn't that where most gainax animators ended up anyways?

>>158640287
nah. a good chunk of them got hired by Studio Khara

Is this is even going to have the same team that did the original FLCL?

>>158640429
Oh, yeah. I forgot that studio existed.

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>>158639673
>Gainax
>Rich
Come on, anon. It's not 90's anymore.
Also, it's kinda hurt actually.

>>158640554
>he didn't watch The Dragon Dentist starring Blond Shinji

>>158640211
>The real choice would be to go with a band
>that is actually contemporary, just like
>The Pillows used to be. Reusing them won't capture the essence of FLCL no matter how hard they try.
They will try. They have no choice. This is a sequel and there are expectations with sequels. I understand if you would rather they make some other original show and leave FLCL alone, but that isn't happening. And reusing old elements is a requirement. One of the big complaints about Diebuster is how damn long it took before the show ever make connections with the original series.

>>158636057
Did anyone ever ask for a second season of FLCL of all things? I felt like its conclusion was good enough.

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As long as it has amazing ost and visuals i don't give a shit. Also something as good as canti would be welcome.

>>158640756
Adult Swim did.

>>158639944
The real mistake is having Demarco trying to sabotage the Toonami because he hates the fans.

>>158640540
Yes, and no. Gainax isn't involved, but flcl was always a joint project between Gainax and Production I.G. The original voice cast is on board along with The Pillows and the original director is supervising the new seasons while Sadamoto is designing the main characters again. It will be written and directed by different
people, though.

>>158640756
>Did anyone ever ask for a second season of FLCL of all things? I felt like its conclusion was good enough.
You are not the first to point this out. FLCL had never been on the "want a sequel" list for anyone.

Regardless, it is practically because of its positive vibes that the studio couldn't leave it alone. It is an IP that still has value and now they want to milk it.

>>158636294
They'll just make Haruko and the girl lesbians. It's all the rage these days.

>>158640750
They're playing it too safe though. You'd think one of those expectations would be for the sequel to be as equally unpredictable as the first. The more they try to stick to an established formula, the less it will feeI like FLCL. I understand that's ridiculously hard for a new team to achieve, but it's kinda their own fault for putting themselves in that situation. I might be wrong though. I'm still cautiously optimistic.

>>158638916
Pick up your handbag and stop sniveling so you can make a coherent fucking sentence.

>>158639499
They didn't use Please Mr. Lostman or Kool Spice/Living Field, there are a lot more cuts off of Happy Biovac/Little Busters/Runners High they could take, and they've released eleven albums since FLCL Vol 1 and 2.

If you don't think Come Down, Sayonara Universe, Thunder Whales Picnic, Vain Dog, All the Way to the Edge of this World, Biscuit Hammer, Babylon Angel's Verses, White Summer, Skeleton Liar, She is Perfect, Dead Stock Paradise, Terminal Heaven's Rock and the Turn Back version of Tiny Boat wouldn't be a face melting EP then you are a swine and you ain't my nigga.

>>158636294
Exactly. This could be a half way decent sequel if they do something completely different as opposed to remaking the original but not as good.

>>158639224
I knew it. I'm pretty sure this wasn't localization only either because I never watched the dub, assuming one exists.

>>158641158
>They're playing it too safe though. You'd think one of those expectations would be for the sequel to be as equally unpredictable as the first.
They are putting money down for TWO seasons. That is a lot of money, and as such they are not going to risk it by experimenting too much as to split away from FLCL.

That's just what sequels are. I am not expecting to be shocked, I just want solid script and solid animation.

>>158640211
What? The Pillows are still the standard of Japanese rock and still put out albums. If you mean they need a band that was unknown, The Pillows were huge in Japan at the time FLCL was made. They became stars off of the Strange Chameleon single and Please Mr. Lostman, which was '97.

Unless you mean that it won't be novel to you personally.

FLCL without the Pillows would be like a Daicon remake without ELO. It could work but why even try?

INB4 she's Naota's daughter.

>>158641456
It is going to have music by the pillows.

What Pillow songs do you hope to hear in it? Hoping for basically anything off My Foot.

>>158641326
That's a good point. I guess if the new seasons
were just as unique as the first they wouldn't
be able to be sequels at all.

>>158641404
Are they still relevant though? I just assumed that today's youth would be listening to something different and that they were outdated.

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>>158636057
Is it being directed by Tsurumaki

If not then no thanks

>>158641630
Yeah, they're still relevant. The Sket Dance anime used Funny Bunny a couple years back for topical music, and some of the other anime-ish poppy rock bands idolize them still.

>>158641850
Oh, okay. That's nice to hear.

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I wouldn't mind a new FLCL wind different music, the problem is that nowadays music is shitty and i mean the trends.
Indeed if the new season didn't copy but used old elements and mixed them with new stuff it would be better for me atleast.

RAZOR
RAZOR
RAZORLIKE BLUE

I have no idea why I'm optimistic for this. FLCL is one of my favorite pieces of media that exists. This can only ruin my memory of it.

Do you guys think they can successfully pull off the "lolsorandumb" thing they had going with the original show? I think they'd need a totally different tone for the show since it's not the early 2000s anymore

>>158642235
it was never "lolsorandumb" jesus christ I want to die

episode 5 is the closest thing to it and even that isn't

>>158642196
>ruin my memory of it.
do you have brain damage or something? there isn't some genie that's going to go out and erase the original. the third reanimator movie is trash but it doesn't impede anyone's ability to enjoy the first two

>>158642387
It adds a shitty asterisk to the series. If it's bad, you have to talk about the series from that point on with "oh yeah, but this one is bad ignore this one" added to it.

>>158641456
Why would a Daicon sequel need ELO? It's like you completely missed what made Daicon and FLCL what they were and latched on to the superficial elements that are going to leave you with an uninspired husk that looks and sounds the same but will never feel the same because you set out to replicate what it was rather than recreate what it is.

>>158636057
as long as i feel comfy for about 50% of the anime while listening to the pillows i'll enjoy the shit out of it

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>>158642196
Imagine them shitting on fans of the original and making it clear that this is "FLCL for the new young generation". I'd love to see that shitshow

>>158641456
They already confirmed Pillows OST though

>>158639499
Personally? While the themes of puberty might be similar, there's a solid non-0% chance that they are making this with all these factors in mind.

Like, instead of focusing as much on the confusion angle of FLCL, they might do exactly that: Use the nostalgia people have toward the original series to bring home a point about nostalgia and moving on from childhood, and all the problems and confusion that will bring.

Especially considering the fact that they have a female lead, as girls are often expected to become adults much earlier than boys, even more so in Japanese culture than in western.

>>158642789
It might also play explicitly with themes of expectations and legacy, taking into account that FLCL is a beloved thing.

Like, the potential is there. A huge potential they can seize because they are doing it now, over 10 years later.

>>158641326
>TWO seasons
How many episodes is that going to be? If this is true then we probably already assume that it's not going to be the consistent visual tour de force the original six episodes were.

>>158642932
12 episodes

>>158642789
>girls are often expected to become adults much earlier than boys

Ironically they never become adults

>>158642266
>it was never "lolsorandumb" jesus christ I want to die
It absolutely fucking was

>>158642789
>>158642905
You two are actually giving me a sliver of hope here. I hope they do something like this.

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>>158641850
They coulda went with Foo Fighters as plan B
>Dave Grohl is the kinda guy that wouldn't fuck shit up

Any casting for this yet or nah?

>>158643015
If I may continue on that note, off the top off my head, I could see something like this:

The main character's family runs a family restaurant, along with some few employees from around town, with the father being the manager.

The main character has a big brother, who is expected to become the next manager, but he's a bit of a slouch and doesn't seem fitting for the job. The main character, on the other hand, is expected to become just one of the regular workers, like as a waitress or in the kitchen or somesuch, even though most people around her agree that she would be a better manager.

The main character is then struck with a choice:
>Does she accept the expectations and let the brother take the job, even though she can expect herself to be better at the job?
>Does she fight against it, trying to fight the expectations and seize the position for herself?
>Does she abandon ship and plan to go to college etc, because she has no chance to get the position and the restaurant will probably get bankrupt in months with her brother in charge?

The choice she makes would be a nod toward the legacy of the original series, and subtly tell the viewers which choice they took in that situation.

Also, that entire thing is a metaphor for anime industry and sequels in general.

>>158636239
This. Just with more tits and a waifu protagonist to push more figurines. I'm expecting this new series to be more KLK than FLCL.

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We already got FLCL 2 though.

>>158643947
How underage do you have to be to think FLCL shares anything with KLK besides some slapstick.

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>>158640211

>>158643947
Nah.
FLCL Gainax = Trigger (Wackiness) + Khara (Seriousness)

You only got wackiness from Trigger in KLK, without a good direction from Khara.

>>158644124
KLK isn't any less "serious" than FLCL.

>>158644064
Coming of age story, but for a girl instead of a boy.

>>158644124
wasn't flcl made by I.G. production?

>>158644064
I fail to see what that would have to do with being underage. Seems like a meaningless buzzword at this point.

>>158636294
As they should.

>>158644350
How new

>Haruko
>teaching shit

like what would she teach at school

>>158637557
Cynicism is what drives this thing into existence. It's literally some suits making a sequel that nobody asked for purely because they think it'll make them money. You can't be more cynical than that.

>>158644463
How to seduce 10 year olds and middle aged men.

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>>158637557

There's literally a 0% chance of this being good. Literally zero.

Even if Gainax is a only shell of its former self, the fact is that FLCL came at a very particular period with very particular influences. It was people like Tsurumaki and Yoshinari exploring the limits of digital composition. The entire show has this playful feel to it because it was intended to be so, it was animators with too much money from Eva not knowing what to do. They never intended for it to get so famous.

And this is apparent from even the staff involved. Everyone knows Tsurumaki, and Yoshinari, and Imaishi, and Sadamoto. Proteges of Anno who were slightly less self-hating. Who loved to explore the limits and potential of animation. That's the whole reason we remember this inconspicuous OVA.

But now? Who's heading the project? Katsuyuki Motohiro, a live action film director whose only anime credit was the damned Psycho-Pass movie, which was irredeemable shit. He doesn't know how to make animation work. How to use it to explore themes and characterization.

I have negative hopes for this. This is raping one of the most original anime ever made, and one that's near and dear to me and I assume most of /a/, for some cheep Ironic weeb money.

Fuck this industry. Fuck the west. This is why we shouldn't let Americans fund anime.

>>158644481
>It's literally some suits making a sequel that nobody asked for purely because they think it'll make them money.
Then again, it is very much normal for American Studios.

So this is a case of Western business practices interacting across the pond. As we know, Western fans who enjoyed a season of show they liked, EXPECT a sequel. This is because that is how the West operates. If a show makes money, keep making more until it fails.

Japan instead operate under "new shows are more profitable than sequels, so only extremely successful shows get sequels. And even then, if the sequel is too hard then we don't do it".

>>158644481
I don't think it's for the money. If I remember right, they were pleading for FLCL 2 for years until gainax sold the rights. I trully believe they're funding rhis cause they're fans

If i was a suit for AS and had connections to the anime industry, you sure as hell bet that I would pay for sequel to old anime.

>>158644352
Newfags obviously are going to relate the two despite being a decade apart, because newfags.

>>158644722
What? /a/ shits on FLCL, and has for years. We have nothing to lose anyway, if it's bad it's just another crap anime, that no one will remember.

>teenage love of boy is a love between a boy and a woman
>teenage love of girl is a love between a girl and a woman

really activates your neurons

>>158644921
>really activates your neurons
Well a young girl with an older man is hardly news to anybody is it?

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>>158644817
>I don't think it's for the money. If I remember right, they were pleading for FLCL 2 for years until gainax sold the rights. I trully believe they're funding rhis cause they're fans
Just because they're fans doesn't mean it's a good idea.

I think we all know how respectful CN is with beloved anime, after all.

>>158644730
Sort of. It's a cultural thing and a business thing. Narratives are not perpetual things requiring 10 seasons or 4 sequels. They're open and shut, experiences that you're better for but you can move on from. That's one of the advantages of anime, really.

And for FUCK'S SAKE FLCL had a perfect ending. This is going to be fucking Eureka 7 AO all over again. End my life.
What's next? Ten 2: Resurrection of Akagi?

>>158644882
>>158644352
Well, they shared some staff and similarly had innovative visuals, but that's true for a lot of Gainax and Gainax-influenced shows. They both just fall under that broad umbrella.

>>158644914
>What? /a/ shits on FLCL, and has for years. We have nothing to lose anyway, if it's bad it's just another crap anime, that no one will remember.
Since when? It's one of those babby's first anime, but I've been here since 06 and hate for it is rare. Hell, I remember Big Dawg image macros about it wayy back.

It's like, say, Cowboy Bebop or whatever. Entry level, but good.

>>158644817
You are naive. They're funding this because they deem it profitable.

>>158644958
>hate for it is rare
I haven't seen a FLCL thread not get shitposted into oblivion for a good while now.

>>158645002
This is a FLCL thread. It's not getting shitposted entirely to oblivion.

Though once the new anime comes out, it'll be a different story.

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I will remind them

>>158644921
Embarassing dyke shit? From japan? No...really?
Let me guess a thirsty loser girl who goes jailhouse gay for a predatory older lesbian who's going to spend 6 eps grooming her?
Fantastic waste of money toonami. Surely this sequel to that show that was fairly shit and only succeeded by it being a meme in the first place will do well a second time.

>>158644958
>klk had innovative visuals

Nigga what, it was all shit we've seen before, in fact it was intentional to mock the anime industry tropes.

>>158645182
Eh, that's a stretch. In terms of animation it takes a bit from Inferno Cop and older Gainax stuff and whatnot, but even then that's not common in the industry or anything.

When I say it had innovative visuals, what I really mean is that the use of typography was lovely and to an extent I haven't seen in any other anime.

>>158645226
Typography sure, animation was sub par at best. FLCL was an art project more than an anime, the visuals are nigh comparable.

>>158645316
Well, that's why I said innovative, not good. I wasn't actually a fan of KLK.

>>158642437
>Talking to people about anime

>>158636057
I hope new girl cucks Naota

>>158639541
this is kinda neat

>>158645787
Naota in the anime was closer to Eri in the end, so yuri may as well happens with new mc and haruko

I don't have anything against art aimed at women.
What I dislike though is when you take something that's aimed at guys at change it so it's more relatable for girls.