@@dagtheking5739 I’m not quite middle age but yes I am pretty damn old for a weeb. Anime was still for losers in my adolescence. Something like an anime club in high school was unheard of unless maybe your city had a huge Japanese population
The craziness ended. Things went back to normal. Life went on. The only real difference between the beginning and the start is that Naota isn't the same person anymore. The cord moving on its own at the end was there to let the viewers know that nothing ever really ends. The children will go on and grow up, both on the inside and outside. Life will continue onward and it might be mundane or it might be fantastical, and we need to continue onward with it. Forever and ever, one of the best anime ever made.
DISCLAIMER: I know not everyone likes the FlCl sequels, but I did. We didn't need Progressive, but we did need it's message. For years, everyone wanted more FlCl, completely ignoring the final piece of wisdom it offered and they fell into a recessive slump. Many didn't continue on, many didn't grow, and so Progressive came along not to give us more FlCl, but to tell us where we all went wrong, too tell us what we did that kept us from being progressive and to stop dwelling on a past that's never going to come back. I liked Progressive and I think it did a very good job of reaffirming this final scene.
Agree, the Anime left on an "open cord", reminds me of some songs that start and also end on the same root and is often and simetimes is an open cord. I strum the classical guitar so I'm not sure about electrical ones, and I presume this is a bass with 4 cords, but sounds like an open E
Was 6 when I first watched this on Adult Swim. I'm now 23. I'm still awestruck every time I rewatch it. It's incredible to see it get the love/credit it's always deserved
Same boat man, well im 22 but yeah. Rediscovering this years later (a few years ago) was wild. And the new seasons? Whack but the og is the best. And we can only hope grunge and shoegaze will be better
16 currently on my second watch (just finished my first watch like two days ago) and, this show is CRIMINALLY underrated and needs more love and attention
" Nothing amazing happens here only the ordinary we crossed the bridge like usually before we know it the the seasons had changed " i still think about this line till now and it's starting to make sense to me
This show is an extremely rare case of the American dub surpassing the sub. Tho.. watching the sub, there IS some context that was not translated. Even so, the dub is just amazing.
Ok, this is in my opinion one of the best anive ever made. I'm a big boy now, I watched for the first time in VHS, so... haha... Thank you so much bro for uploading it in japanese. I don't know why so many people upload it in english. That's all, thank you again.
Probably because the English dub is the most accessible version easily and most nostalgic. I don’t think there are official subs for FLCL only fan subs. The dub is also really good especially for its time. The directors of the anime said it carries the same feel as the original so that’s how you know it’s good
@@jamrah8713 there are official subs I’ve watched them on the dvd I have, I doubt anyones had the effort to upload the dvd subs online tho because the fan subs are perfectly fine lol
FLCL is one of the first animes I've ever watched and I always felt there were a ton of things I just could not understand as a kid and things that *just work* because of what it is. I love this anime so much
If there was ever a continuation of Naota’s story, I like to imagine him and Ninamori growing closer together, in a sorta way like ‘Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san’ (but the development would be more intense and FLCL-like somehow), of course I also want to know what’s going on with Mamimi but I feel like her story would be something completely separate
@A CV I've never seen the other seasons so someone correct me if I'm wrong but I heard that they were not really related to Naota(or Mamimi)'s story, Haruko returns but it's an entirely different cast of characters
I'm one of those guys who doesn't mind there being more FLCL but I really dislike the idea of directly following up on character threads from the original. They have a nice will they won't they thing going on here but the reason it's there is to sort of tease at the kind of stuff these kids will (or won't) get up to when they're older. If you show them later as a couple this scene, and the ending in of FLCL in general, loses that ambiguous creeping maturity aspect and just becomes foreshadowing for a future romantic subplot.
something about this show. It carry’s a weight and vibe that honestly no other anime could. I’m only 18 and I watched it for the first time maybe 2 years ago and I’ve seen it 6 times now since then and I still have such a hard time describing to my friends my I love it soo much. Which throws me off because I’m usually very good at descriptions but this one no matter how hard I think about what I want to say about it I always realize that’s not it
I was like 23 when I watched FLCL for the first time a bit before the pandemic blowed up, that era was one of the happiest in my life I felt like a teneager again I would often hang out with my childhood friends and ride bikes listening to FLCL soundtrack, I haven't been able to feel that happy ever since.
I did watch this anime first in sub which is why I posted it in Japanese but when I rewatched it in English I was very surprised at how good it was! I still struggle to this day to decide which I like more.
The dub is much better because of all the jokes which get lost in translation. I rewatched it in dub not long ago and found it to be a much better experince, even tho I always prefer the sub usually!
When my sister watched this and showed it to me, I didn't understand it. So, when I found the episodes and marathon all 6 episodes, I never felt this stunned by an Anime like this. This is one of the best Animes of all time, it's has so much heart and some of the best writing that it feels too good for it's own nature. Watch the Original when you get the chance, the Sequels are ok, but they will never be like the original OVA.
I think instead of trying to recapture what FLCL was in the new seasons they should have done another 6 episodes or 2-3 OVAs of a "Where are they now" sequel where we see a teen Naota and friends, Naota's brother comesback from America to visit, and we see a Haru riding around space or where ever looking for Atomsk. They could've had it be like a love letter to the fans saying , "Look at you, all grown up now"
i was 12 i think when i watched this? i can definitely say it helped shape the way i am today, and was my first and best anime i ever watched, and opened a whole new world for me
I love this so much, everytime I see this show I just get feels, either giddy from the excitement of remembering how awesome it was or longingly thinking to myself how much I want to watch it again I'm honestly super grateful for it's sequels in spirit with progressive and alternative. I think it's really sad they seem to have so many people pass them by when I think they stand up to the original as amazing shows in their own right, and considering they're being compared against this anime that's impressive, FLCL as a whole is my top anime series and top animes ever and Shit now I just wanna watch them all again
It's not a direct translation and that's why it's better, because so many dubs try to stick so close to the Japanese it ends up making no sense and sounding so awkward in English. They localised a lot of jokes to make it more nostalgic to an English speaking audience
I'm sorry but I grew up on the sequels an the original has aged horrible. I'm in my 50s now and there will be nothing that has impacted me then flcl alternate and progressive. I've showed this to my grandkids and they agree.
Alternative and progressive change the entire meaning of the original? I genuinely can't believe that someone who watched the original thinks that the cash grabs were better
Meaningless boring scene, people only like this show because of its animation despite it being outdated and obsolete. Why don’t you guys listen to what the “anime” is trying to “say”. Grow up stop, living in the past.
1. It's animation and artstyle is still better than most current anime. 2. The meaning of this scene is that life goes on, main hero matured (in more ways than one) and let go of his obsessions. 3. There's nothing wrong with rewatching old stuff, especially if it's so good.
