I came across mention of FLCL a few months ago and thought it sounded rather fun. I was assuming it was via ajshepherd who writes about anime quite often. On further thinking I've realised that it was actually comics writer Warren Ellis (not to be confused with the other Warren Ellis) name-checking it as an influence on his rather silly sounding Nextwave.
I can't find what he said about it now, but on the wikipedia entry for Nextwave he describes that as "an absolute distillation of the superhero genre. No plot lines, characters, emotions, nothing whatsoever. It’s people posing in the street for no good reason. It is people getting kicked, and then exploding. It is a pure comic book, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. And afterwards, they will explode." I really must get around to reading that soon; it's now out in book form.
Oh, and typically, FLCL hasn't had a region 2 DVD release.
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Date: 2007-06-21 02:01 pm (UTC)I can't find what he said about it now, but on the wikipedia entry for Nextwave he describes that as "an absolute distillation of the superhero genre. No plot lines, characters, emotions, nothing whatsoever. It’s people posing in the street for no good reason. It is people getting kicked, and then exploding. It is a pure comic book, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. And afterwards, they will explode."
I really must get around to reading that soon; it's now out in book form.
Oh, and typically, FLCL hasn't had a region 2 DVD release.