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FLCL (OAV)

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©Gainax/KGI


Related anime:
    FLCL (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Fooly Cooly
Furi Kuri (Japanese)
Фури-кури (Russian)
フリクリ
프리크리 (Korean)
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy (although a little cynical), but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his homeless 17 year old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity.
User Ratings: 5812 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1795 votes (sub:986, dub:737, edit.dub:29, ?:14, raw:10, Spa.sub:7, Rus.sub:6, Fre.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Excellent: 1549 votes (sub:864, dub:612, edit.dub:16, ?:13, raw:8, Spa.sub:8, Ita.dub:6, Por.sub:5, Spa.dub:4, Fre.sub:3, Ger.dub:3, Rus.sub:2, Dut.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, English:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Very good: 995 votes (sub:558, dub:373, edit.dub:20, Spa.sub:14, ?:11, raw:5, Ita.dub:3, Rus.dub:3, Rus.sub:2, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 604 votes (sub:351, dub:234, edit.dub:9, Spa.sub:4, raw:3, Dut.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 293 votes (sub:170, dub:104, edit.dub:6, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, raw:2, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 So-so: 211 votes (sub:123, dub:60, edit.dub:8, raw:5, Spa.sub:4, ?:3, Spa.dub:3, Rus.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Not really good: 87 votes (sub:52, dub:26, edit.dub:3, raw:3, Fre.sub:1, ?:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 115 votes (sub:75, dub:34, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 68 votes (sub:39, dub:26, ?:2, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 32 votes (sub:16, dub:15, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 63 votes (sub:34, dub:20, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Kor.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 9526 users, rank: #9
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.2442 (Very good+.24), std. dev.: 2.0457, rank: #266
Weighted mean: 8.1009 (Very good+.10), rank: #258
Bayesian estimate: 8.09991 (Very good+.09), rank: #171
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
2000-04-26
2003-08-04 to 2003-08-12 (US Broadcast)
Releases: We have 11
Opening Theme:
#1: "One Life" by The Pillows (ep 1)
#2: "Instant Music" by The Pillows (eps 2-3)
#3: "Happy Bivouac" by The Pillows (ep 4)
#4: "Runners High" by The Pillows (ep 5)
#5: "Carnival" by The Pillows (ep 6)
Ending Theme:
"Ride on Shooting Star" by The Pillows
Links: We have 8
Trivia: We have 15
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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    FLCL DVD 3
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Related releases:
    FLCL - Ultimate DVD Collection (DVD) 2006-12-26
    FLCL (DVD 1) 2002-09-03
    FLCL (DVD 2) 2003-02-25
    FLCL DVD 3 (DVD 3) 2003-07-22
    FLCL DVD 3 w/ box (DVD 3) 2003-07-22
    FLCL - Addict (OST 1)
    FLCL - King of Pirates (OST 2)
    FLCL - Soundtrack 3 (OST 3) 2005-06-07 (from $8.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Masahiko Otsuka
Shouji Saeki
Takeshi Ando

Script: Yoji Enokido

Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Masayuki (Ep 2)
Nobutoshi Ogura (Ep 4)
Shouji Saeki (Ep 3)
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Yoh Yoshinari

Music:
Atsuo Ohkubo (Drums)
Hiroshi Imaizumi (Guitar)
Jun Suzuki (Arrangement)
Maki Kamiya (Vocals)
Matarou Misawa (Percussion)
Sawao Yamanaka (Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar)
Shinichiro Sato (Drums)
Shinkichi Mitsumune
Takashi Asahi (Flute)
Takuo Yamamoto (Sax)
Tatsuya Kashima (Arrangement)
The Pillows
Tomohiko Aoki (Bass)
Yasuharu Nakanishi (Piano)
Yoshiaki Manabe (Guitar)
Zin Yoshida (Arrangement)

Original Concept: Kazuya Tsurumaki

Original Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Art director: Hiromasa Ogura

Animation director:
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Masahiko Otsuka
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Takeshi Ando

Executive producer:
Hiroyuki Yamaga (Gainax)
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (IG)
Toshimichi Ootsuki

Producer:
Hiroki Sato (Gainax)
Hirotaka Takase
Masanobu Sato
Matoshi Nishizawa
Nishizawa Masatomo (IG)

2D Work:
Akiko Nakayama
Shouhei Sotoyama
Tsukasa Kakizakai
Yasuhiro Kamimura

3D Animation:
Kaoru Matsumoto
Yoshimasa Yamazaki

3D Animation Supervisor: Shinji Takagi

3D Modeler: Haruki Yoshiyama

Adjustments: Hirano Ehpei

Assistant Music Engineer: Shinji Yoshikoshi

Assistant producer:
Kyoko Muramatsu
Kyoko Sato

Background:
Hiroshi Gouroku
Kaori Nakabachi
Masahiro Kubota
Ogura Kobo
Osamu Li
Ryutaro Ueda
Shihomi Suzuki

Chief Animation: Nobutoshi Ogura

Color:
Emi Kamio
Emiko Ueno
Junko Mizuno
Kazu Doi
Mariko Shimokawa
Mitsuko Ito
Natsuko Abe
Sayo Mogi
Takayoshi Ishikawa
Tamaka Sato
Toshiharu Yamagata
Toshikazu Suzuki
Yayoi Tobe
Yuka Yamakoshi
Yuri Okada

Color design: Harumi Takahoshi

Color Supervisor:
Katsuyo Inoue
Rie Asano

Coloring Production Manager: Mitsuhito Tsuji

Comic Sequences:
Kimiko Higuchi
Risa Narita
Yoshirou Furuishi

Cooperation:
Hiroaki Sakurai
Kimata Fuyu
Mitsumu Ogi
Tatsuo Takatomo

Editing: Makiko Asano

Ending Animation Supervisor: Masayuki

Ending Key Animation:
Keiko Shimizu
Kenichi Yamaguchi
Masafumi Ishihama
Shinji Otsuka
Shoichi Nakayama
Tetsuya Nishio

Fellow Mechanical Design Director: Hideaki Anno

Filming:
Mako Kogawa
Miki Sakuma
Misaki Touma
Takeshi Ando

Guest Mecha Design: Yoshitsune Izuna

In-Between Animation:
Akitsugu Hisagi (IG)
Atsushi Nishikiori (GAINAX)
Daisuke Ishizaki (IG)
Daisuke Nakayama (IG)
Daizen Komatsuda (IG)
Eisuke Shiroi (GAINAX)
Hanako Enomoto (GAINAX)
Haruka Tanaka (GAINAX)
Hideo Watanabe (GAINAX)
Hikaru Saito (IG)
Hiroki Itoh (IG)
Hiroko Yamada (IG)
Hiromasa Naito (IG)
Hiroshi Morita (IG)
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi (IG)
Hitoshi Saiku (GAINAX)
Kanako Tsuchida (IG)
Keiichi Kondo (IG)
Keita Matsuki (IG)
Kouji Hisaki (IG)
Maiko Nogami (IG)
Mieko Hayakawa (IG)
Mika Hinata (IG)
Mitsunori Nakamura (IG)
Reiko Sakai (IG)
Shinsuke Hamaura (IG)
Shouji Saeki (GAINAX)
Shouko Nakamura (IG)
Tadayoshi Shiotani (IG)
Theresia Winkler (IG)
Tomoko Sugata (IG)
Toshiyuki Yahagi (IG)
Yu Maruyama (GAINAX)
Yuka Shibata (GAINAX)
Yuki Nakajima (IG)
Yukiko Mita (IG)
Yuto Matsubayashi (GAINAX)

In-Between Checker: Yasuhito Murata

Key Animation:
Ei Inoue
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Hisafumi Nakahara
Hisao Ishizaki
Katsuichi Nakayama
Kazuhiro Takamura (1-6)
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Keiko Kiyomizu
Keiko Shimizu
Kenichi Konishi
Kenichi Yamaguchi
Kouichi Arai
Kouji Komurakata
Masafumi Ishihama
Masahiko Kubo
Masahiro Sekino
Masatsugu Arakawa
Masayuki
Mitsuo Iso
Nakayama Shouichi
Nobutoshi Ogura
Norifumi Kiyozumi
Shinji Otsuka (eps 1-3, 5-6)
Shinji Suetomi
Shinya Ohira (eps 2-3)
Shoichi Nakayama
Shouji Saeki
Shunji Suzuki
Sushio
Takayuki Gorai
Takuro Takahashi
Tetsuya Nishio
Toshinobu Kikuchi
Tsutomu Suzuki
Yoh Yoshinari
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Yuusuke Yoshikaki

Key Animation Supervisor:
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Keiko Kiyomizu
Kenichi Yamaguchi
Tadashi Hiramatsu

Layout Artist:
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Shinji Suetomi
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Yoh Yoshinari

Location Assistant:
Daisuke Hirose
Noriyuki Kubo

Model: Yukiko Motoya

Music Director:
Masanobu Sato
Nani Suzuki

Music Mastering Engineer: Akira Anso

Music Mixing & Recording:
Hiroyuki Tsuji
Kouichi Suzuki

Planning: Kazuya Tsurumaki

Production Desk: Moritake Onuki

Production manager:
Daisuke Tsukushi
Yuki Sugihara

Project Navigator: Kimata Fuyu

Recordists:
Nobutaka Hirooka
Ryoko Nashimoto

Sound Effects: Toru Nakano

Sound Effects Cooperation: Miki Watanabe

Sound Producer: Toru Nakano

Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera

Soundtrack Art Coordinaton: Yumiko Suzuki (King Records)

Soundtrack Design: Masashi Ichifuru (TGB Design)

Soundtrack Promotion:
Hirotaka Takase
Takashi Tokohara

Special Effects Supervisor: Shigenobu Kaihou

Texture Mapping:
Celsis
Gainax's Cat

Theme Song Performance: The Pillows

Visual Concept: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

 

Jun Mizuki as Naota Nandaba

Mayumi Shintani as Haruko Haruhara

Izumi Kasagi as Mamimi Samejima

Akira Miyajima as Gaku

Chiemi Chiba as Kiturubami

Ena Tsunaizumi as Girl B

Hideaki Anno as Miyu Miyu

Hideyuki Umezu as Player B

Hiroshi Ito as Shigekuni Nandaba

Itsuki Kawamura as Nurse

Jun Mizuki as Takkun (black cat)

Kan Tanaka as Train Station Announcer

Kazuhiro Takamura as Face Appearance

Kazuhito Suzuki as Masashi

Kenta Miyake as Umpire

Kouichi Nagano as Player C

Kouji Ohkura as Amarao

Kumiko Hiyoshi as Female Operator A

Kumiko Yokote as Female Operator B

Masayuki Hiyama as Security Guard A

Mika Itou as Eri Ninamori

Nobuyuki Fukumoto as Boy A

Ryutaro Satou as Stray Cat

Shigeru Shibuya as Player A

Suzuki Matsuo as Kamon Nandaba

Takeru Watabe as Security Guard B

Yuji Iwama as Boy B

Yukari Fukui as Junko Miyaji

Yukiko Sanpei as Girl A

Yuriko Yamaguchi as Mr. Ninamori's Secretary

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
GAINAX
Production I.G

Backgrounds: Ogura Workshop

Color: Production I.G

Cooperation:
Bakery Orphen
Far East Citroen Core
Living Double Vintage Scooters
Mamoru Sasaki's Renault 4
Nenten

Distributor: Starchild Records

In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro
Animeya Honpo
Bee Train
GAINAX
I.G Niigata
J.C. Staff
MSC
Oriental Light and Magic
Production I.G
SHAFT
Studio Cockpit
Studio Gash
Studio Theta

Music Production: Starchild Records

Original story: GAINAX

Planning: GAINAX

Production:
FLCL Production Committee
GAINAX
Production I.G
Starchild Records

Production Cooperation: GANSIS

Recording Studio: Half HP Studio

Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production

Sound Production: Half HP Studio

Titles: Maki Pro

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Marc Handler

Translation: Shizuki Yamashita

ADR Script: Marc Handler

Executive producer:
Hideki Uchino
Maki Terashima

Producer:
Shizuki Yamashita
Stephanie Sheh

ADR Recorder: Rick Tetzlaff

Commentary Track Translation:
Agnes Yoshida
Maggie Weidner

DVD Menu Design: Chris McDougall

DVD Subtitles: David Fleming

Extras Director: Michael Sinterniklaas (Ultimate Edition)

Production Assistant:
Agnes Yoshida
Maggie Weidner

Recording Mixer: Rick Tetzlaff

Sound Engineer: Rick Tetzlaff

Subtitle Script: Stephanie Sheh

Subtitle Timing:
Agnes Yoshida
Joey Liaw
Maggie Weidner

 

Barbara Goodson as Nandaba Naota

Kari Wahlgren as Haruhara Haruko

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Samejima Mamimi

Bob Marx as Gaku

Dave Mallow as Amarao

David Lucas as
Masashi
Miyu Miyu

Heather Lee Joelson as Ninamori Eri

Ikuni as Black Cat

Jessica Stenuis as
Miyaji Junko
Secretary

Joe Martin as Nandaba Kamon

L. Villa as Kitsurubami

MTF as Takkun the Cat

Steve Kramer as Shigekuni

Agnes Yoshida

Bob Marx

Chris McDougall

David Lucas

Luis Reyes

Maggie Weidner

Maki Terashima-Furuta

Mark Takeuchi

Rick Tetzlaff

Ryan Ragland

Shizuki Yamashita

Stephanie Sheh

Steve Kramer

Tara Murphy

English companies 

ADR Production: Synch-Point

Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)

Distributor: MVM (UK)

DVD Authoring: Stream Santa Monica

Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (soundtrack)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Synch-Point

Production: Production I.G

Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Video Editing: R!OT


French cast 
French staff 

ADR Director: Thierry Kazazian

Nathalie Homs as Haruko Haruhara

Susan Sindberg as Naota Nandaba

Bruno Magne as Kamon Nandaba

Christelle Reboul as Eri Ninamori

Constantin Pappas as Misashi

Thierry Kazazian as
Amarao
Shigekuni Nandaba

French companies 

Dubbing: Studio Chinkel

DVD Distribution: Dybex (France)


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Buzz Channel (Spain)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director:
Gualtiero Cannarsi
Paolo Cortese

Art director: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Dubbing Consultant: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi

Graphic Project:
Lorenzo Crotti (eps. 1-6)
Luca Franciosi (eps. 1-6)

Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella

Postproduction:
Lorenzo Cannata (eps. 1-4)
Luca Franciosi (eps. 5-6)

Product Manager: Simona Stanzani

Project Manager:
Carlo Cavazzoni
Lorenzo Crotti

Quality Control: Luca Franciosi

 

Davide Perino as Naota Nandaba

Laura Latini as Haruko Haruhara

Letizia Scifoni as Mamimi Samejima

Veronica Puccio as Eri Ninamori

Vittorio Guerrieri as Kamon Nandaba

Alessio De Filippis as Gaku Manabe

Federica De Bortoli as Junko "Miya-jun" Miyaji

Giovanni Petrucci as MyuMyu

Ilaria Latini as Kitsurubami

Luana Morgilli as Takkun

Massimiliano Alto as guardia semplice della Medical Meccanica

Massimo De Ambrosis as Direttore Amarao

Simone Crisari as Masashi Masamune

Vittorio Congia as Shingekuni Nandaba

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynit

Dubbing: Coop. Eddy Cortese

DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Ben Müchow as Naota Nandaba

Ben Münchow as Naota Nandaba

Shandra Schadt as Haruko Haruhara

Beate Pfeiffer as Mamimi Samejima

Claudia Schmidt as Ta-kun

Clemens Ostermann as Gaku

Daniel Krause as Masashi

Eva Maria Höcherl as Kitsurabami

Gerhard Acktun as Kamon Nandaba (Naota's Vater)

Michael Habeck as Shigekuni Nandaba

Oliver Mink as Amarao

Sonja Reichelt as Eri Ninamori

Torsten Münchow as Miyu Miyu

Uwe Thomsen as Baseballspieler

German companies 

Distributor: SP Vision

Dubbing: Synchron 80


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Dybex

Dutch cast 
(none)
 
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