FLCL fingerprintVery funny, stunning style.
Breakneck and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
Awe-inspiring and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Plenty of absurdist humor and slapstick
Growing up, fantasy, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction, storytelling, and characters
Standout editing, score, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Breakneck and thrilling
Fast from start to finish.
FLCL is breakneck, thrilling, and spectacular.
Awe-inspiring and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's awe-inspiring, melancholic, and cathartic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Plenty of absurdist humor and slapstick
Expect plenty of absurdist humor and slapstick.
Growing up, fantasy, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around growing up, fantasy, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction, storytelling, and characters
The direction, storytelling, and characters stand out.
Standout editing, score, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the editing, score, and visual style stand out.
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Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
FLCL is included with a subscription to Crunchyroll, YouTube TV, Adult Swim, and HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Adult Swim and Spectrum On Demand. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 90/100 (IMDb 8 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated TV-14 in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
5 seasons
It has 5 seasons with 24 episodes of about 25 minutes each.
Not quite. Critics rate FLCL higher (100) than audiences (82). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It ran from 2000 to 2023 and has ended.
It was made in Japanese. Produced in Japan, United States.
+104GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for FLCL in 118 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 192 storytelling tropes for FLCL, including Symbolic Wings, Ax-Crazy, Genius Ditz.
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