Decided to finally watch FLCL in wake of the news.
It was pretty good. Charming story, characters, good music, good visuals, etc.
Why does /a/ hate it?
Because it's just dumb, nonsensical.
Most of a likes it tho
>>139071578
>dumb, nonsensical.
It's a cartoon. What is it supposed to be?
because it's basically babby's first left-field anime
>>139071596
How does that warrant hate exactly?
>why does /a/ hate the series that is so well loved it got a sticky
Are you stupid or just trying to incite discussion?
Because normalfags and /v/ermins love it.
>implying /a/ is a monolithic entity with only one opinion on each show
Why are you so fucking stupid? Even looking at the sticky or through the archives at past threads show how many people both like and dislike this show.
>>139071644
i see trashy moe /a/-core puke get posted on /v/ all the time though
>>139071635
The stupids are these
>>139071578
>>139071596
>>139071644
>>139071621
because some people just need to feel elitist about stupid things
i enjoy it, but the symbolism for symbolism's sake is pretty shallow once you think about it
>>139071664
>through the archives at past threads
I don't understand why people don't do this, it's the first thing I do whenever I watch a series. I don't start my own thread unless I have something valuable and unique to contribute (which is pretty rare, anons have usually already discussed most aspects of a series) or nobody's really talked about it. I guess some people are just so egotistical they think their insipid commentary and stupid questions are worth clogging up the catalog.
>Why does /a/ hate it?
Fuck off, buddy. Your shitty Cowboy Bebop thread already got marked by the mods. Your shitposting isn't doing anything.
>>139071512
Because it's popular
>>139071775
>caring what hotpockets do/think/say
lmaoing @ ur life, kid
>>139071755
Because they can't get any (you) by looking through archives.
>its a why does /a/ hate this episode
FLCL thread?
Some shows get damned for forced drama, fooly-cooly is just forced wacky.
>>139071755
when archive.moe died, they literally took about 6 months worth of posts with them
an entire season worth of premeires, shitposting and discussion, completely vanished.
all the seminal lighthearted umaru shitposting is lost to the ether, all we have now is the same autist spamming umaru gore
>Shounen
Need I say more? Its like asking why I don't like disney movies and mlp
>>139071851
It sucks but there's still enough on desustorage to gauge /a/'s opinion on most things. FLCL in particular has a bunch of threads just recently.
>Searching for posts with the subject ‘flcl’. 197 results found.
>>139071755
if this is true why talk about anything ever, someone somewhere has said it before
>>139071668
>/a/-core
C'mon /v/ermin, you can do better than that
/a/ isn't one thing or person, and the people who dislike this series aren't using their thinking caps.
FLCL is a parable displaying the male adolescence in a comedic light.
Growing up is weird, and growing up is strange. Sometimes odd bumps sprout from your head and it'll feel like the world is coming to an end. The girls will begin to talk. The women will become things of interest. Your brain is changing, and the town's starting to see you in a new light. The old pleasures in life are losing their shine, and anger takes their place. It couldn't make less sense. You're confused and that's okay. Stand firm, tighten that grip, and swing for the fences.
That's pretty much it. It's good for what it is, and it should be kept that way. I'm not too hype on the reboot.
Good art, animation, action scenes and characters
Watched it 4 or 5 times now. Don't see why it needed a S2 ever though, and its one of those things that is a nice watch but doesn't stick with you at all outside of visuals. Like Redline
>>139071512
because /a/ has shit taste. why is this not common knowledge?
Becauese mods sticky it.
looked back at it and aside from the bits of wacky animation (mixed with the evangelion look) that's later expanded on in abenobashi, ttgl, klk the dialogue is uninteresting and the voices are mundane.
>>139071963
Only neo-A doesn't like cow boy bepop, it and flcl were essential /A/-core before newfags came in and took the ironic shitposting about 'waifus' and 'lolis' and 'everything being shit' seriously. Neo-/a/ only dislikes things for being popular
>>139071512
>Why does /a/ hate it?
I think most people hate the idea of Funimation of all people banking a sequel.
FLCL works as a short stand-alone story. The idea of a bunch of US executives getting to dictate a canonical seuqel with a narrative based on what happens to be popular at the time in US TV is to say the least cringe-inducing.
Gainax and I.G. made it as a way to experiment with ideas and animation styles they would develop into standalone series later down the line.
From Gainax' side you can see its influences on Abenobashi, Cutie Honey, Gurren Lagan and even as late as Party & Stocking With Garterbelt (and later in Studio Trigger's work).
For I.G. you see influences of it in Ghost In the Shell S.A.C., Prince of Tennis and Eyeshield 21.
While you could argue that if anything FLCL would be perfect to experiment with a western-funded coproduction due to its experimental origins what people on /a/ really fear (but probably cannot pinpoint) is the effects it would have on the artistic direction the anime industry takes if it were successful but "for the wrong reasons" (appealing to just a different kind of rabid fan instead of trying to do genuinely original and interesting ideas that move the industry forward)
>>139071868
FLCL is far better than any shounen I've ever watched, I'd hesitate to lump it in with that genre since it deserves more respect.
>>139071968Underrated post
>>139072157
>shounen
>genre
>>139072111
>The idea of a bunch of US executives getting to dictate a canonical seuqel
Where the fuck did you get that idea. They are just paying them to make more.
>>139072102
>Neo-/a/ only dislikes things for being popular
I really wish this meme would die too.
I don't hate something because it's popular, I hate the constant circle-jerking of how it's the penultimate in its genre and nothing will compare from typical jaded toonami watcher that's only seen 10 shows with rose-tinted goggles that thinks everything today is moeshit and unironically uses out of context Miyazaki image reactions.
It's like having an autistic relative constantly talk at you about bikes because he saw you look at one once. You go along with it for a bit but then you get tired of the conversation and at some point you get angry and either disassociate yourself from them or tell them to shut the fuck up about bikes.
>>139072222
They're beholden to that cash then anon.
It's the same deal with big publishers/investors and vidya companies.And politics :^)
should be added to this
>>139072157
Its still about friendship and growing up with child characters, which I've seen done better
>>139072222
>Where the fuck did you get that idea. They are just paying them to make more.
And you honestly think where the money is coming from won't affect the direction the studio takes?
Even if that were the case most of the original team members won't be around for it.
It's been 15+ years, funding a sequel to FLCL after that much time is bound to have problems the way making ARISE ended up having problems (and it showed).
I am not saying that it's impossible something good can come out of it (see Diebuster for a similar situation from Gainax's history even if that wasn't funded in the west) but I wouldn't be surprised if at the very minimum I.G. ends up asking for feedback from Funimation or even to pitch some ideas given they are paying for it.
If it turns out to be as great as Diebuster was to Gunbuster there really won't be anything to complain about
>>139072157
>Shounen
>Genre
>Deserves more respect
Sweet Christmas you people are so fucking stupid got damn this better be bait.
>>139072375
Yeah. Did you think ADV/Sentai fucked up Kino's Journey or Samurai Gun? No. They paid Japan to fuck them up.
>>139072340
RLM and Brendan don't belong on there. everything else is fine
>>139072375
Why would they ask Funimation for feedback? Funimation hasn't got anything to do with it. They obviously haven't even licensed it yet since it doesn't exist.
>>139071512
I don't know how anyone could hate FLCL.
It's one of the few 10/10 shows out there imo.
>>139071512
>/a/ is one person
Some people like it some people don't. I may not like it but I know there's people that do and they have their reasons. I would use three that you listed as good against you.
>>139072102
The bait is way too obvious here.
It's benchmark anime. No fan would leave it unwatched, no collector would leave it off his shelf.
>>139072586
Paleo-/a/ here. He's right.
>>139072461
Add bratposters to the list too, they undoubtedly spend all day posting about youtubers and feminist conspiracies in another tab
>>139072340
Needs more GitS, Cromartie, and KonoSuba
>>139072811
also umaru, watamote and neptunia
>>139072840
And REDLINE, Terraformars, Bubuki Buranki, and lolis in general.
>>139072811
>>139072840
Lain, Boku hero, blame, and Eva
>>139072938
Steins;Gate, Saya no Uta, and Seirei no Moribito
>>139072811
>>139072840
>>139072935
>>139072938
>>139073001
Basically anything popular
>>139073001
throw this url in there too >>
>>139073001
Haruhi, K-on, fate/stay, anagami ss, gurls und panzer, 2hu
>>139073022
basically anything spammed on /v/
>>139071512
Also picking it up now.
It has been in the backlog forever.
>>139073052
Basically anything that gathered notoriety on 4chan
>/a/ doesn't hate popular things
Guess people were caught lying
>>139073052
They only think they're getting spammed. Just like they thought game developers from Sony, EA, Polyphony, Activision, etc were posting.
>>139073091
they are
you're fucking retarded if you think 4chan isn't full of viral marketers on every board
how could you even tell when everyone is anon?
>>139073091
But there is actual evidence of marketing on here.
>>139071512
It has the same problem as any sequel of a good series.
Every bit of originality was used up in the first season. Everything was wrapped up nicely and closure was had. The second season is going to be cheap rehash, made worse because of our expectations.
>>139073110
>>139073139
Nah, it's just paranoia. /v/ doesn't even show up as a blip on the gaming scene. Those corporate firewalls probably block 4chan anyway.
>>139073213
>/v/ doesn't even show up as a blip on the gaming scene.
lmao
>>139071512
We don't. IRC shitposters, /r9k/, and /pol/ just decided to shit up the sticky.
>>139073213
/v/ is responsible for goobergate being as big as it was
stop thinking that 4chan is some irrelevant website, we're the top 1000 in alexa ranking
>>139073246
because mods are monitoring it and it would get deleted before they ever got their precious (You)s
>>139073251
Yeah bullshit. That was the internet and social media. People on 4chan overestimate their influence. Many think every internet hijinx was them. Those people rarely leave 4chan for the www.internet.
>>139073308
are you retarded?
4chan IS the www internet
>>139073327
please stop replying to him, the only thing more embarrassing than his stupidity is you thinking he can understand
>>139073308
>That was the internet and social media
The fuck do you think 4chan is?
Post your favorite pillows albums
>inb4 FLCL Vol 1/2/3
New seasons will be totally different from the original. Because the director is that of the Psycho pass.
>>139073362
An anonymous forum where you can use pictures, be underage, and troll to your hearts content.
>>139071968
>the people who dislike this series aren't using their thinking caps
Really? Why can't people dislike "deep" anime without being called idiots?
>>139073378
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9F0si-U7w&index=1&list=PLalVDC6bKwSE2AR94yQ7QhYdYKxwFGt4d
Living Field, hands down. I like all their albums, but I think Living Field has the most unique sound.
>>139073416
>FLCL
>Deep
lmao
>>139073390
That's confirmed? Source?
http://kai-you.net/article/27282
Supervisor : Kazuya Tsurumaki (original director)
Director : Katsuyuki Motohiro (Psycho Pass)
Character designer : Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (original designer)
Scenario : Hideto Iwai
In this case, supervisor doesn't do anything. The director is the key man.
I think the main charm of FLCL is the sound truck by none other than mother fuckin' Pillows. For example, listen to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx8LPMk3ImY
Sung in ching chong Jap, but who can deny the catchy charm of the sound? The Pillows is a real deal.
Guys, I'm about to cry.
>>139071512
FLCL is alright. It just doesn't need a sequel.
>>139071512
too deep for you nonsensical random bullshit
>>139071512
There's not much to it that is utterly unique or exceptional.
It's a zany action comedy (of which there are hundreds) with innuendoes/themes of puberty.
It's an OVA, so decent animation is to be expected, it wasn't a fucking TV anime. The music is an iffy issue, some people love it, some think it's okay. I fall into the okay camp.
It wasn't babies first anime for me so I have no fucking attachment to it.
>>139071512
More FLCL will ruin FLCL.
It's nice as is. Lots of fun and doesn't overstay it's welcome.
You just know this continuation shit is going to take the material too seriously out of fanboy reverence and ruin the series retroactively.
Great dub
>>139073378
Happy Bivouac is great.
So many good songs.
I cannot help worrying, but more,
I am too happy to cry.
仕事から帰ってきた金曜日にこれとかやばいわ
hope pillows again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1pNmDlGg88
>>139072111
I think FLCL worked because it was a short, standalone, pretty well paced, action packed anime. It's ambiguity in whats happening is good because you want answers, but you'll never get them. A bit like Clone High's ending, with the JO-CHL ending.
A sequel is just going to do what most sequels 10-20 years after the fact do, which is shit all over the source material and make people hate the original.
FLCL is the greatest anime series ever made.
>>139074959
>>139075148
Cringe thread?
>>139075399
these aren't that bad though
>>139071512
But /a/ can't hate it since it ended as soon as they were gonna drop it.
FLCL worked exactly because it was short and sweet, turning it into a 12 episode series is going to be a disaster i think.
A new Outlaw Star would have been neat, but i'm not sure how much of the original voice cast is still active.
>remakes of fucking everything
>no biscuit hammer adaption
FUCK
>>139071512
We hate it because other people like it.
>>139071578
This.
>>139073416
>FLCL as deep
>>139075879
it's two 6 episode seasons so y'know, maybe they can preserve the spirit there. Honestly I see this as an opportunity to create something "inspired by" flcl more than anything. It's not like to story in FLCL was anything special.
>>139075941
deep is a buzzword but if anything in anime could be called deep it's FLCL. Deep characters, deep commentary, shallow symbolism.
Really though what symbolism isn't shallow? This impression of symbolism as deep is really annoying to see.
>>139071512
Please don't assume the most vocal group of people here is always the majority.
Is /a/ one person? I didn't know. Which one of you is /a/?
>>139076018
>if anything in anime could be called deep it's FLCL
Immediately stopped reading here.
>>139071512
To put it quite simply, it is a masterpiece. It might even be the closest to what could be considered the greatest anime. It's a beautiful coming of age story that wholly encompass what it means to become an adult and what it means to be human. The animation is flawless (as expected of Gainax), so too is the music. Everyone who says they don't like it simply haven't seen it. End of story.
>>139071578
>Because it's just dumb, nonsensical.
So is most anime.
>>139076129
I am.
>Start watching FLCL
>Very first scene is some shota fooling around with an older chick under a bridge
Way to alienate the virgin demographiclike myself.
Dropped.
as i expected..a crossborder from /v/
>>139076191
>its a masterpiece
stop reading right there
>>139076212
Weakass protocol spiel is weakass.
>>139076151
Deeper than evangelion.
Evangelion is considered deep around /a/ yet it is a failed, incoherent autistic shit.
I will never get why autists like NGE so much. Anno is a hack.
>>139076295
>someone said his precious FLCL is not deep
>must be an NGEfag
Yeah, just kill yourself, you cancer. NGE is also kinda shit, but still more tolerable than FLCL.
Watch more anime, anyway. Seems like you're a newfag.
>>139075909
Biscuit hammer is garbage though.
>>139072157
not taking the b8..sorry
>>139076455
Your face is garbage. I hope you die tomorrow.
I love FLCL but it shouldn't get a sequel.
Also, did MC's dad really cuck him? Why was he under the sink or whatever? I didn't understand that part.
>>139071512
Mamimi will forever be one of the hottest anime characters in my eyes. I dunno why, there's just something about her that gets my heart going.
>>139076504
Biscuitbabies are just as easy to trigger as they were way back when, I see.
>>139076553
It's obvious he is not older than 14, don't blame him.
>>139076553
My heart will go on, luckily yours will not
So after my fourth go-around with Full Swing, I think I finally got it.
The conversation with Amarao was internal- Naota's concience telling him not to kill his father. But it was also his rationale, telling him to kill his father. The violence against the fatherbot was both an act of aggression and a way of saving the old man.
Basically, the interrogation was just imaginary.
I wouldn't say /a/ hates it so much that it's overrated for the wrong reasons (some vague notion it's supposed to be deep) and vastly underappreciated for the right reasons (sakuga, cinematography etc).
What /a/ hates about the new announcement is the fact that 2016 Production IG, a studio known for overuse of CG shit and not very notable animation quality (not the worst but not jaw-dropping amazing) is recruited to make a pointless sequel to a good show that was made with a particular pool of talent that probably won't ever be united under one banner again.
>>139076694
He literally kills his Dad in the manga
>>139076793
The manga was weird and rushed though.
>>139076804
Kind of interesting at the same time though. Doesn't stand at all on it's own but when viewed as a comparison to the series I like it. Guaranteed that the manga is a thousand times better than whatever sequel I.G. shits out.
>>139076860
One of the most important themes of FLCL was that at the end of the day, the world was saved, but life went back to normal. Naota went through puberty. He didn't see anything as really happening. To continue and interrupt the normal life that every kid has to lead after their fun, that would ruin both the themes of adulthood and the themes of angsty unimportance.
>>139076912
I think a sequel has the potential to be interesting though, providing it's done cleverly.
Imagine if the sequel deals with Naota's brother returning and Naota dealing with suddenly renewed feelings of inadequacy, which trigger some more funky FLCLish antics. I don't think the series is necessarily done with Ta-kun's character, my concern is that they re-hash Haruko and just clone the original series in the sequel. If Haruko must return I think it should be in the third series, after Naota has hashed things out with his brother and had an opportunity to grow and mature again, like he did at the end of the season 1.
While I hate the idea of a sequel I do think it'd be kind of cool if the, come season 3, Haruko returned and Naota sort of took the place of Amarao, only instead of being a broken man-child he was a, relatively, well adjusted adult and that led to an interesting new dynamic between them.
I don't know. I think the sequels are ill-advised.
>>139073378
>>139074032
LAST DINOSAUR = the best
fucking emo godzilla, lonely and blowing shit up
>>139071512
some people can't let go and just have fun anon
>>139078031
Last Dinosaur is pretty good, but A Beautiful Morning with you is top tier
>>139071512
>It was pretty good. Charming story, characters, good music, good visuals, etc
>Why does /a/ hate it?
>>139078031
It's true, Last Dinosaur is the shining jewel that sits atop the Pillows discography
>>139077102
stupid
I don't hate it, in fact I enjoyed watching it, I just find that its very overrated.
Naota falls in love with a Haruko
Unable to confess, he is gifted with by a deus ex machina with the girl's phone number. Never minding the strange area code, he immediately calls her, and is overjoyed to find out that she has a crush on him as well.
But, the next day, when he recounts the previous day's confessions to the girl, she only looks at him with a perplexed expression. After some investigation, he finds out that the girl he called is not the same girl he fell in love with. In fact, she doesn't exist in this universe at all. She is the girl's alternate universe counterpart, who has fallen in love with the MC's own AU self, who too is blissfully unaware of her crush.
Hijinks ensue as the two strike up a deal to give each other their darkest, most private secrets in order to equip the other with the weapons they need to conquer the heart of their other selves. While the two chase their respective loved ones, DRAMA ensues as they begin to fall in love with each other instead and question the NATURE of GAINAX.
>>139071512
I can't wait for the new seasons
A big mistake and it's going to kill FLCL retroactively
>>139071512
The only people who hate FLCL are waifufags who watch nothing but seasonal cute girl shows. They get mad whenever people talk about something that isn't the newest high school club bullshit anime, so FLCL is a good target for their baby rage.
>>139071512
FLCL threads for the next 2 years, I wish they'd hurry up and air the fucking thing so we can get back to complaining about the lack of Haruhi s3.
Of all the things that got a sequel it was a little 6 part mini series every fucker had mostly forgot. If it was Dokuro-chan it'd be good as that was cut very short, but this.
>>139078706
not my style but definitely a great track!
from Happy Bivouac i also really like Crazy Sunshine
>>139078901
who gives a shit, the old is still there, ignore series you don't like. for instance with gits I ignore half the shit
>>139071512
1)Popular amongst non-anime watching viewers.
That's it.
>>139072102
Is Neo-A about to X P L O D E?
chances on being a fantastic comeback and being ignored by pretty much everyone and hated for no reason?
>>139079018
>I don't think it's any big deal.
Dub or GTFO
>>139079370
The dub's okay but come on mate.
>>139079310
Mah nigga!
Crazy Sunshine is fantastic, and if you haven't heard it then you should listen to Scarecrow it's another top tier song
>>139071512
FLCL is fine. Especially so for it's time. What scares me is the prospect of two sequels done by an entirely different team, studio, and vision.
They're literally going to bastardize the flcl name.
>>139076246
>>139071512
>Why does /a/ hate it?
>/a/
You'll always find people hating on stuff.
Theres no thing /a/ doesnt hate
>>139072340
>Baccano
>Drive
>Baneposting
>JUSTpoting
>/v/
>>139071512
Because they were reminded that "le normies" like it. also, /v/ cross boarders.
>watching FLCL
>2016
>Newfags without minimum posting in /a/
>>139071512
Because it has annoying commedy with only a half decent story.
