FLCL: 4x1

Shinpachi

In this prequel to the original FLCL, the youngsters accept the decline of the city as part of their reality until Haruko throws the city into chaos.

Seasons and episodes

Synopsis

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.

Title	FLCL
First Air Date	Apr 26, 2000
Last Air Date	Oct 15, 2023
Episodes	24
Seasons	5
Companies	Production I.G, GAINAX, MontBlanc Pictures, NUT, Production I.G, Williams Street, Adult Swim
Keywords	guitar, parody, alien, coming of age, robot, vespa, tomboy, psychedelic, innuendo, anime, post modernism, psychological, suspense