--- After a certain someone pressured me into watching FLCL for weeks, I finally watched it and I kinda just felt like writing a review about it because it really surprised me. This review wont be too long, because neither is the anime, but here I go.
--- In the first 3 minutes of the first episode it became clear to me already that this wouldn't be like any other show. You pretty much get thrown right into the action without knowing what's going on at all. And at first that kind of bothered me because I wanted to know more about the characters and the story but when I was finished all of it just kinda made sense. There's this weird alien girl that bashes the MC's head in with a guitar, a highschool girl that apparently has a crush on the 12 year old MC, which later turns out not to be the case and robots coming out of the MC's head for some reason. All of that might make some people reconsider what exactly they're watching but I loved it, even though I was also pretty confused at first. It's pretty much a story about growing up, or so I've heard, but I can definitely see why many people feel that way. I guess most of it is up for interpretation but I really don't mind that, because it ended up not feeling unnecessarily deep or pretentious. It's just the right amount of story and mindless fun. Because I don't want to spoil the already pretty short story though, I'll move on to other reasons as to why I love this anime so much.
One of the things I liked the most was the music. It's so good. The OST "Brand New Lovesong" made me pick up my guitar again and play it myself, it's great. Unfortunately there is no opening but the ending song is also a banger. All of them feel so nostalgic even though I've just heard them for the first time. And I think that's something FLCL does great: Making you feel nostalgic about things that never even happened. It might just be the early 2000's anime vibe but nevertheless, I love it. The characters are surprisingly developed considering the anime is only 6 episodes long and none of them are boring. Every single one of them has their own, very unique personality, even the side characters, which I thought made the anime even better. Now, the animation might not immediately stand out but if you pay attention to it you'll notice that there are almost no still images. Everything constantly moves which only adds to the hectic and over-the-top atmosphere the show is going for. The art, while not amazing has this early 2000's anime vibe to it that I mentioned, which I really liked and it can be pretty cartoony at times.
----- In conclusion, if you're interested in watching something new and refreshing that doesn't take up much of your time, this is it. I can definitely see myself coming back to this in a year or two and re-watching it.
