Toonami partnering with Production IG to produce sequel to Fooly Cooly
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Toonami is proud to announce an original co-prodution with legendary studio, Production I.G, “FLCL” seasons 2 and 3! That’s right, we are producing 12 new FLCL episodes to be split into two seasons, and serve as a sequel to the original classic, FLCL! Stay tuned for more info when we have it![/quote]
Edit: Sorry, probably should have put more effort into the OP. [URL]https://www.turner.com/pressroom/turner’s-adult-swim-announces-new-seasons-anime-hit-series-flcl[/URL]
[quote]“The original FLCL is an anime classic and has been a fixture on Adult Swim since we first laid eyes on it,” said Jason DeMarco, senior vice president/creative director, Adult Swim On-Air. “I’m beyond thrilled to be able to produce a sequel with the original creators, for Toonami, where it belongs.”
Back for the new season is FLCL series creator Kazuya Tsurumaki, serving as supervisor with director Katsuyuki Motohiro (Psycho-Pass) and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion). Also joining this season is writer Hideto Iwai (Last Dinner).
Established in 1987, Production I.G has since produced a number of acclaimed feature films and TV shows, and has also partnered with Mamoru Oshii on every one of his animated films since Patlabor: The Movie (1989), thereby earning an international admiration which eventually led to the visionary collaboration with Quentin Tarantino for the animation sequence in his hit, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). They are most known for the Ghost in the Shell franchise, and for the acclaimed animated TV series Psycho-pass and Attack on Titan.[/quote]
[quote]In the new season of FLCL, many years have passed since Naota and Haruhara Haruko shared their adventure together. Meanwhile, the war between the two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity rages across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenaged girl who believes there is nothing amazing to expect from her average life, until one day when a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. Soon enough, Medical Mechanica is attacking her town and Hidomi discovers a secret within her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko can unlock.
But why did Haruko return to Earth?
What happened to her Rickenbacker 4001 she left with Naota?
And where did the human-type robot ‘Canti’ go?
All of these questions and more will be answered in the new season of the series, which is set to premiere in late 2017/early 2018 on Adult Swim.[/quote]
good
adultswim can stop showing re-runs of the same 6 episodes that they've been doing for the past 15 years
its not exactly the kind of show that warrants a sequel
[QUOTE=koeniginator;49999700]its not exactly the kind of show that warrants a sequel[/QUOTE]
Pretty much this. It was short and sweet and that's what makes it a much more lasting impact.
[QUOTE=koeniginator;49999700]its not exactly the kind of show that warrants a sequel[/QUOTE]
And Production IG is very unreliable these days
If we [I]have[/I] to get a sequel I just hope it doesn't suck. [I]Please.[/I]
[QUOTE=CoalTen;49999722]And Production IG is very unreliable these days[/QUOTE]
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never forget
This will be interesting.
will the pillows be back?
Gainax is dead
No, you cant add to something that is already perfect once you do its no longer perfect and you just add fluff that taints the rest of the show. This is a very very bad idea.
[QUOTE=Jacob_sword;49999985]No, you cant add to something that is already perfect once you do its no longer perfect and you just add fluff that taints the rest of the show. This is a very very bad idea.[/QUOTE]
I always get confused why people seem to think this. Like, if they make something that sucks, that sucks, but just ignore it? That's what I do with Terminator and XCOM. XCOM The Bureau and the Terminator movies post 2 are by all accounts bad but it's no skin off my back because I can just easily ignore them. It's not like Terminator Salvation goes back and literally changes Terminator 2 in to something worse.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;50000107]I always get confused why people seem to think this. Like, if they make something that sucks, that sucks, but just ignore it? That's what I do with Terminator and XCOM. XCOM The Bureau and the Terminator movies post 2 are by all accounts bad but it's no skin off my back because I can just easily ignore them. It's not like Terminator Salvation goes back and literally changes Terminator 2 in to something worse.[/QUOTE]
It'd be nice to forget, we would love to ignore stuff if we could, but sometimes we just can't.
[QUOTE=Darth_Toast;50000160]It'd be nice to forget, we would love to ignore stuff if we could, but sometimes we just can't.[/QUOTE]
I can. Is it really that hard for some people to forget a bad sequel? I do it all the time :v:
I was obsessed with Fooly Cooly as a teenager.
Actually I still am.
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FLCL was a fantastic series that did perfectly well as a contained, one season series and there's virtually no reason to go back to it aside from milking it
Maybe I'm just overly pessimistic but I don't see this going well at all and I feel like it sorta ruins the self-containment of the original story being this short, sweet, coming-of-age deal
[QUOTE=Ithon;49999932]will the pillows be back?[/QUOTE]
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I always wanted to see more episodes. The only way I see thing going well is if they dive into who Haruko is. Or if someone how it follows Naota after episode six. Like as if he was to go and find Haruko. But even if they do that not much meat on the bone. The series was perfect.
I wonder if it'll reference diebuster as directly as diebuster referenced flcl
You should all look at a calendar and see what next Friday is.
[QUOTE=lonefirewarrior;50000325]You should all look at a calendar and see what next Friday is.[/QUOTE]
Next Friday is the 25th.
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This Friday is the 25th. [I]Next[/I] Friday, fool.
[QUOTE=lonefirewarrior;50000395]This Friday is the 25th. Next Friday, fool.[/QUOTE]
Phrasing.
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[url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-24/toonami-to-co-produce-2-new-flcl-seasons/.100222[/url]
Easily one of the most batshit insane animes I've ever seen.
I don't have high hopes for this. All I can remember is how disappointing Big O season 2 was.
FLCL really struck me as a "flashy explosion" kinda deal that would really hurt from being so long that you need to implement a proper structure, narrative and arcs. It kept hitting you with weird stuff and moved on to the next thing before you could question what just happened. The kinda project where you can let your animators run nuts.
IIRC it was also kind of a venting project for Gainax, so without the same people on the job I don't really see it hitting the same notes. It was much more on the cooky cuhrazy auteur-driven side of things than something that followed traditional patterns and structures anyone can reiterate.
I mean, compare the new plot pitch:
[quote]In the new season of FLCL, many years have passed since Naota and Haruhara Haruko shared their adventure together. Meanwhile, the war between the two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity rages across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenaged girl who believes there is nothing amazing to expect from her average life, until one day when a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. Soon enough, Medical Mechanica is attacking her town and Hidomi discovers a secret within her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko can unlock.[/quote]
with this summary of the original
[quote]Naota is a detached sixth-grader afflicted by the pangs of puberty. He's fooling around with his brother's ex-girlfriend when a crazed girl on a motor scooter runs him over, brains him with a bass guitar, and moves into his house. She says she's an alien, and hurls Naota into the middle of a mega-corporation's secret agenda. And now giant battling robots shoot from his skull when he has naughty thoughts.[/quote]
The new pitch has a waaaaay more traditional structure to it, the old pitch was a weirdness barrage.
Doesn't really need it. I'm going to go into this with mild pessimism.
Oh god, why? FLCL is a perfect self-contained short series, trying to force it back is entirely nonsensical.
Instead, Toonami, why not bring back MD Geist for a third OVA? It's only fitting since last time it was also western-funded.
[QUOTE=koeniginator;49999700]its not exactly the kind of show that warrants a sequel[/QUOTE]
Which is exactly why Cartoon Network made a sequel.
Finish Metalocalypse? Nah.
Let's have flcl sequel with none of the cast and add a talking robot.
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