FLCL, pronounced as Fooly Cooly (フリクリ Furi Kuri) is an original video anime series written by Yōji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records. The series first released in Japan on April 26, 2000 and aired in North America on Adult Swim between August 8, 2003 and August 12, 2003.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
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Haruko Haruhara | Mayumi Shintani | Kari Wahlgren |
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Naota Nandaba | Jun Mizuki | Barbara Goodson |
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Mamimi Samejima | Izumi Kasagi | Stephanie Sheh |
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Kamon Nandaba | Suzuki Matsuo | Joe Martin |
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Shigekuni Nandaba | Hiroshi Itō | Steve Kramer |
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Junko Miyaji | Yukari Fukui | Jessica Straus |
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Eri Ninamori | Mika Itō | Melissa Fahn |
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Gaku Manabe | Akira Miyajima | R. Martin Klein |
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Masashi Masamune | Kazuto Suzuki | Steve Blum |
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Miyu Miyu | Hideaki Anno | |
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Takkun | Jun Mizuki | Maki Terashima-Furuta |
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Commander Amarao | Kōji Ohkura | Dave Mallow |
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Lieutenant Kitsurubami | Chiemi Chiba | Jessie Gabrielle Silveira |
Additional Voices[]
- Steve Blum
- R. Martin Klein
- Steve Kramer
- Chris McDougall
- Tara Murphy
- Ryan Ragland
- Luis Reyes
- Stephanie Sheh
- Jessica Straus
- Mark Takeuchi
- Maki Terashima-Furuta
- Rick Tetzlaff
- Maggie Weidner
- Shizuki Yamashita
- Agnes Yoshida
Notes[]
- Kari Wahlgren's debut role.
- The dubbing company Synch-Point was acquired by Japanese company Broccoli, and would later shut down in 2008. In 2010, Funimation Entertainment and GAINAX rescued the license and subsequently reissued it on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray.
- In order to work around the show's use of references to Japanese puns and pop culture that would otherwise be lost on American audiences, the English dub replaces them with similar puns and references to American pop culture. For example, a reference to the Japanese soft drink Cheerio is changed to Crystal Pepsi.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
United States | 
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| 2013-2014 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim/Toonami) | ||
| 2018 | |||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Content | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synch-Point | 2002-2003 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 2006 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| FUNimation Entertainment | 2011 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 1 Disc | ||||||
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T | ||||
| 1 Disc | ||||||
| Madman Entertainment | The Complete Series | B DVB-T |
Australia | 
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| 1 Disc | ||||||
| Crunchyroll | 2024 | The Complete Series | A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 1 Disc | ||||||