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    11 months ago

    Furi Kuri and Kuuchuu Buranko.

    Furi Kuri is a favorite for some but a lot of the images didn’t make a lot of sense to me. I like TheCynicClinic’s video essay on the series though.

    Kuuchuu Buranko is also really weird. The narrative is easier to follow but it uses a lot of weird animation techniques. You can probably describe it to be visually psychedelic. It introduced me to Denki Groove though.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah I had to look it up and was like “oh yeah, FLCL”. But I do remember it was pronounced that way in the anime.

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        It comes from the Japanese language ambiguity between r’s and l’s. The title is written out in katakana as フリクリ, typically converted to romaji as “fu ri ku ri”. However, in spoken Japanese it would sound very much like Fooly Cooly because r’s are pronounced very similarly to l’s, this then becomes FLCL. If you look at the AniList page, all those versions are listed as synonym names.

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      11 months ago

      Furi Kuri is a fucking masterpiece!
      I would never be able to tell you what it’s really about, but it’s a masterpiece

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        It’s about growing up and realizing that none of the adults around you know what they’re doing, and accepting that it’s ok.

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          Don’t tell me what it’s supposed to be about! The confusion is part of the magic!