Furikuri 3

FLCL was insane. But there was sense to the insanity. This was a crazy sci-fi fantasy take on male puberty, and that was where a lot of its power was from.

The moment you switch sexes, as this one does, you lose the subtext. This time around, you've got a group of seemingly uncomplicated girls one of whom has something going on (annoyingly, she is so similar to one of the other four that I kept losing track of which was which).

The girls bland adventures made up most of the first episode, and it was all less interesting than the setup for the original. The crazy fighting girl is fun in her brief moments of screentime, but overall, there's just no there there. I just watched the one episode, and see no reason to watch a second.

I personally think Alternative conveys the themes of FLCL while being it's own thing, which is a calmer version of FLCL. I will not venture to compare the show to the masterpiece that was FLCL, but it is definitely still worth watching. It is overall stylized as the original with many new attributes such as a larger cast of characters. Overall Alternative is a 7/10 in my book, but I obviously don't expect it to surpass the original as realistically most reboots do not.

As awful as Progressive was, at least some effort went in. I can't say the same here. Everything from start to finish is boring and generic, the two worst sins any piece of media can commit. Despite finishing the series yesterday, I can't really give a summary, because nothing memorable enough to stick with me happened.

Shameless trash cashing in on one of the most creative anime's ever made. @000's Fooly Cooly was innovative, delightful and twisted in it's mind blowing artwork and distinct homages to animation from Evangelion to South Park. These two new 6 episode blunders are only moderately entertaining and lack any of the depth and insider humor of the original. A strike out for Adult Swim.

This, the second FLCL sequel series, is centred on a new main cast; school girl Kana Koumoto and her friends 'Pets', Hijiri and 'Mossan'. They seem to be ordinary characters but this being FLCL they are about to get caught up in extraordinary events. These are presaged by the appearance of pink-haired, Vespa riding Haruhara Haruko and the more 'normal' Tsukata Kanda. Expect more surreal antics as they find themselves struggling to save Japan from mysterious forces.

I enjoyed this series slightly more than 'Progressive' but not as much as the original. The central characters are perhaps the most normal of any FLCL series, many of the things they do could be from any number of school girl led series... that said whenever Haruko appears things tend to get stranger and more fun. The story is solid and, as with previous series, it doesn't outstay its welcome. The animation might not be the best but it fits in with what went before. Overall I'd recommend this to those who enjoyed the previous two series.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.