Series synopsis
FLCL, also known as フリクリ is a Japanese animation comedy action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Adult Swim on April 26, 2000. It ended on October 15, 2023. It stars Chiemi Chiba, Hideaki Anno, Hiroshi Ito and Kenta Miyake.
Naota is a normal boy who kills some time with a normal girl by a stream that flows underneath a bridge. Nothing unusual happens in this town. The fact that Haruhara Haruko crashes into the main character with her Vespa a short while later and subsequently hits him over the head with her Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar doesn’t really make any difference to any other day here. The at first glance unconnected, bizarre events that don’t seem to follow any pattern whatsoever don’t change anything abou ...
Premise
Naota is a normal boy who kills some time with a normal girl by a stream that flows underneath a bridge. Nothing unusual happens in this town. The fact that Haruhara Haruko crashes into the main character with her Vespa a short while later and subsequently hits him over the head with her Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar doesn’t really make any difference to any other day here. The at first glance unconnected, bizarre events that don’t seem to follow any pattern whatsoever don’t change anything about Naota’s boring life, either – because nothing incredible ever happens in this town.
Premise: Nothing can happen till you swing the bat.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Chiemi Chiba as Kiturubami (voice)
- Hideaki Anno as Miyu Miyu (voice)
- Hiroshi Ito as Shigekuni Nandaba (voice)
- Kenta Miyake as Umpire (voice)
- Suzuki Matsuo as Kamon Nandaba (voice)
- Yukari Fukui as Junko Miyaji (voice)
- Karen Miyama as Kana Koumoto (voice)
- Yu-ri Yoshida as Tomomi Nabeta (voice)
Supporting cast
- Mutsumi Tamura as Man Motoyama (voice)
- Riho Iida as Hijiri Yajima (voice)
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kan Sudo (voice)
- Mayumi Shintani as Haruko Haruhara (voice)
- Takuma Nagatsuka as Mon Sasaki (voice)
- Ryota Suzuki as Ben Sota (voice)
- Katsuji Mori as Dennis Yoga (voice)
- Kaya Matsutani as Maki Kitaki (voice)
- Yutaka Aoyama as Tsukata Kanda (voice)
- Miho Sakurazaka as Bunta Koumoto (voice)
- Jun Mizuki as Naota Nandaba (voice)
- Miki Ito as Shizuka Koumoto (voice)
Guest cast
- Motoi Koyanagi as Father of SHINPACHI (voice)
- Hiroshi Shimozaki as Mayor Kuroiwa (voice)
- Masaaki Yano as Yamaguchi-can (robot) (voice)
- Wataru Tsuyuzaki as SP (voice)
- Tetsurou Miyata as SP (voice)
- Yuji Kameyama as yuji kameyama
- Shinya Takahashi as Keshibishi-gumi (voice)
- Hiroki Maeda as Samueda-gumi (voice)
- Satsuki Kokubu as Operator (voice)
- Yuko Tsubaki as Operator (voice)
- Takuro Sakashita as Commander of Riot Police (voice)
- Mutsumi Kaneko as Young Masaki (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | April 26, 2000 | March 16, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 6 | June 2, 2018 | July 7, 2018 |
| Season 3 | 6 | September 8, 2018 | October 13, 2018 |
| Season 4 | 3 | September 10, 2023 | September 24, 2023 |
| Season 5 | 3 | October 1, 2023 | October 15, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fooly Cooly Naota is a detached sixth-grader afflicted by the pangs of puberty. When a crazed girl on a motor scooter runs him over and brains him with a bass guitar his life gets weird - giant-fighting-robots-shooting-from-his-skull weird. |
April 26, 2000 |
| 2 |
Fire Starter Naota’s attacker, Haruko, is now his dad’s live-in housemaid and she says she’s an alien. Mamimi names the robot from Naota’s head Canti, the God of Flame. Does Canti have anything to do with the mysterious fires burning all over town? |
June 21, 2000 |
| 3 |
Marquis de Carabas The president of Naota’s class, Ninamori, is no stranger to the dirty deeds of politics. She rigs the vote to cast him as the lead role of their class play. But she gets in over her head after a crashing introduction to Haruko. |
August 23, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Re: Start Hidomi’s Dream – white ash covers the entire ruins, behind which a row of humongous irons comes thundering after Hidomi who is now a zombie. |
June 2, 2018 |
| 2 |
Freebie Honey Hidomi wakes up from yet another dream of her becoming a Zombie. At school, Raharu gives her a handout to bring over to Ide, who didn’t show up to class. |
June 9, 2018 |
| 3 |
Stone Skipping Crazy things happen during Hidomi’s NO activation, and she is now left with a cheerful and happy personality, which is the total opposite of her real self. The only way to bring her back to normal is to destroy the cables of the giant iron. |
June 16, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Flying Memory Kana Koumoto - a cheerful 17 year old who can often be a klutz and nosey. One day, while hanging out with her besties (Pets, Mossan and Hijiri), Mossan starts making a rocket using empty soda bottles. |
September 8, 2018 |
| 2 |
Grown-Up Wannabe One morning, Kana and her besties witness Hijiri kissing a college student Toshio inside his car. Acting more mature than any of her classmates, Hijiri suggests Kana and her besties to do a photo shoot with Toshio. |
September 15, 2018 |
| 3 |
Freestyle Collection Mossan is the most mature of all 4. With a passion of becoming a designer, she has been working outside of school. Upon discovering her working towards a fashion contest, Kana feels the urge to help her, which rubs her the wrong way. |
September 22, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shinpachi Shinpachi, the son of a sushi chef, is busy preparing mysterious fish for the local customers. Haruko disguised as a hostess, visits the restaurant with the mayor, followed by a Medical Mechanica robot who threatens to destroy the planet. |
September 10, 2023 |
| 2 |
Shonari In order to save Shonari from a miserable situation, Dainari works hard to buy a ticket to another planet, however he sustains injuries from a yakuza fight. Haruko to the rescue or so he thought but she only makes a chaotic situation worse. |
September 17, 2023 |
| 3 |
Orinoko Orinoko's father is a swordsmith, whose skills have rusted with the devastation of the city. In order to help, Orinoko rummages for scrap irons, and she meets Haruko who's also collecting irons to repair her Vespa, but what is her motive? |
September 24, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Furu-Bari (Full Barricade) Masaki who's been having a hard time fitting in with his class due to his unique background and character, meets Harumi, who is even more eccentric than he is. She offers to help him off of his worries by bombing the Tsuganei Tower. |
October 1, 2023 |
| 2 |
Gene-Bato (Generational Battle) 10 years since the chaotic events of Alternative, Kana rushes to the scene of the crime. In order to stop Harumi from her crazy schemes, Kana jumps in as the negotiator, when Masaki's NO gets triggered by Harumi's unexpected actions. |
October 8, 2023 |
| 3 |
Far-Fre (Far Friend) In order to stop Harumi's nonsensical actions, a sniper shoots Harumi down. Masaki is livid! Kana desperately tries to treat her, but she doesn't regain consciousness. With Masaki's emotions reaching their peak, his NO finally activates. |
October 15, 2023 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Adult Swim |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 26, 2000 |
| Last aired | October 15, 2023 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 00:00:00 |