" @animateria said:

" The only person that "grew up" so to speak is Mamimi... She's the only really troubled individual in the show, and irresponsibly dumps all her teenage problems onto Naota (and Ta-kun and the 'dog') which confuses the hell out of him. "

Oh, yeah, I guess that's what her deal was...  And thanks for the summaries.  It makes it slightly clearer as to what was going on, but I still can make little to no links between the parts you put in parentheses to the parts that are not.  I suppose I shouldn't be looking to make many links, either. "

It's definitely one of those series that you should watch again if you aren't COMPLETELY put off by it.
I loved the sense of humor and the dialogue between most of the characters.
 
Also, it was random as fuck. Don't try to make too much sense of it, just go with the flow.

Don't worry, I hate all Anime so I suppose I agree with you.

It is a shitty series, I don't know what the hype was about back in the day. 
 
I don't get how anyone can find slapstick humour funny, which there is so much of in almost all anime.

" It is a shitty series, I don't know what the hype was about back in the day.  I don't get how anyone can find slapstick humour funny, which there is so much of in almost all anime. "

" @floodiastus said:

" It is a shitty series, I don't know what the hype was about back in the day.  I don't get how anyone can find slapstick humour funny, which there is so much of in almost all anime. "

And also, there's no laugh track. How am I supposed to know when to laugh? Way to go, all anime. >:-0 "

I didn't find it 'funny' at all, but I did appreciate it for what it was. It's a great series to watch right after Evangelion, before Gurren Lagann or something.

" @Catolf: I just learned of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt today.  Looks ridiculous and crazy.  I guess that's just Gainax's style. "

" @FluxWaveZ said:

" @Catolf: I just learned of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt today.  Looks ridiculous and crazy.  I guess that's just Gainax's style. "

That and their Gainax 'Bounce' XD "

Basically: 
    

   

" Basically: 
    

   

   Yep.   "

Haruko ... with bunny suit and all, fights a giant [robot] hand that has guns on its fingers which are also hands.

Oh wow, Panty and Stocking with Garter Belt has got to be the most American animated-influenced anime ever made.

I watched the first episode and stopped there because it was.... weird.

It's one those questions that if you have to ask your never going to know.

It is fucking insane, that is why I love it.

" It's one those questions that if you have to ask your never going to know. "

it's so weird, it's great! it's just fun to watch.

I loved FLCL but I agree the plot was terribly paced. It was like they took a whole season of information and threw at you in each episode.If you do watch carefully tho it has a pretty great story line...here's some things that might help you understand the story a little better:

Naota, a elementary school student, and samajimi mamimi (or however use spell it) start walking home from hanging out under a bridge when Naoto gets hit by a woman on a vespa(like a moped) and hits him with her guitar. This causes Naota to grow these protrusions from his head. These eventually turn into robots. The robots only come out at certain emotional extreme situations. They are like his emotional/sexual desires that Haruharu Haruko (again bear with me on spelling lol) awakened in him.

The protrusions he gets is basically his penis. This can be seen on how embarrassed in class when the other kids find out and start calling him a pervert.

As they walk home (in the first episode) the screen flashes to a letter on Naota's desk for an instant and Naota tries to tell her that its from his brothers GF in americal (which hes at because he's really good at baseball)).She LOVED him and she apparently thought that he would never forget about her and come back..which is obviously not the case.

Baseball bats are seen a lot in FLCL to symbolize "swinging the bat" and Naotas journey to being able and confident enough to "swing the bat". As can be seen when the meteor thing is crashing towards earth and he "swings the bat" and everyone is so shocked.

Eventually, Samajimi Mamimi finds out about Naota's brother having a gf in america and has a complete mental break down.

Finally, Medical Mechanica is a parody of major corporations and how robotic/evil they are. The building looks like an iron, which (medical mechanica) tries to smooth out the wrinkles (like the wrinkles of your brain) and make everyone lifeless robots as they are.

In the end, for me its a story about life. And the ups and downs of growing up and realizing the world isnt all fairy tales and sunshines, as can be seen reflected in Naota's character as he is pretty bleak at first.

O and naota's dad actually has sex with haru which pisses Naota off because "you were the one I saw first takun" (she calls him takun to be funny its like calling somone bob from what I understand) so he breaks the tv out of anger. I think naota had sex with her in the first episode (i think?) when she's laying on top of him in the lower bunk in his room and shes like "swing your bat like you did last time takun" (or something like that) which furthers his reason to be angry.

Whew didn't mean to write that much...of course this is just what I got from the show others, I'm sure, have their own opinions.

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THE **** I S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE ?!

In all seriousness, I've watched FLC several times, and while I enjoy it at the time, none of it really sticks with me, except for that ending credits bit. I only have to hear a fraction of a note that vaguely sounds like a part of it and I'll be humming it all day.

I don't get the praise, either. It's a bunch of unnecessary sexualization and a story that basically just amounts to a dude going through puberty, but handled in a way that I found extremely hamfisted.
I have friends who gush over how it moved them and still does, but they watched it when they were young teens, so I kinda just chalk that wholly up to nostalgia.

Did not enjoy.

I watched this when I was like 12, and I remember liking it because it was short, it was super well animated, and because I thought a crazy older girl who smokes was the coolest shit ever.

Man that was a hell of a necro post!

Didn't know peeps were still into fooly cooly so hard.

There is, as you say, no right way to enjoy anime. However, if you don't like the english dub why not try the japanese and see if it's better?Secondly, you want to know why it's great but you already seem dead set on not liking it based on it's themes and subtext. It's not for you dude, that much is clear.

Perhaps a better use of your time would be spent examining why you don't like it instead of asking others why they do. Then write it up and post it here so people can tell you you're wrong.

Isn't the Internet great?

(I just realized how old this goddamn thread is. What the fuck am I doing with my life)

This thread is over four years old...and it's anime.