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Post by Gox on Mar 13, 2004 22:16:13 GMT -5
Best anime EVAR! Colby and I watched like all 6 episodes today. I could give you guys the episodes on Cd-rom. What I have is all in english subtitles so you have to read it. Adult swim is bringing the full english version back for a week starting April 29th so I need to record that.
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Post by Faygo on Mar 14, 2004 12:18:22 GMT -5
PG-13/R for animated violence, robots doing stuff, some sexual jokes, puns that might be sexual if I understood them
-6-episode OVA (video) anime series (2000-2001), complete -2-volume manga (comic) series, complete -3-volume novel series, complete
There are many kinds of humor: puns, sarcasm, visual humor, cute humor. But in my humble opinion, both as an otaku and as a revolutionist, I would have to say that the hardest to pull off is random humor. It seems easy--guy walks down the street, gets hit by a bat. While he bleeds to death, the audience is laughing in the aisles, right? No. Random humor is very hard to pull off correctly; when overdone it takes away any chance of character development, when underdone it's just a guy getting hit by a bat. In order to make random humor work, you need to find a good medium between too much of it and too little. The good people at Gainax (have I mentioned that they are godlike in their abilities?) have found this happy medium in Furi Kuri. There is, I believe, a special spot in heaven for those who understand the plot of Furi Kuri. Like enlightenment, once one understands the convoluted plot of this show, they are immediately taken from this Earth and installed in this place where they talk about things such as Jungian archetypes and Japanese coming of age rituals. Do not believe anyone who says that they understand this show (unless, of course, they come to you while you're dreaming) because they're just dirty liars; kill them for their sins.
Umm, yeah, this is one of those awkward moments right? Meet Naota, an elementary school student with a small problem: after being hit in the head with a guitar by the pink-haired, Vespa-riding Haruko, reality flips and his standard angst (dealing with his feelings toward his brother's former girlfriend) pales in comparison with the perplexing, robot-involving insanity he is now a key member of. And that's all I can give away without spoiling everything, believe it or not. The show does make a valiant attempt to try and explain the plot, but Gainax has fallen to the same demons as *shudder* X: The Movie and Akira--it has far too many storylines and tries to explain them all in far too little time. The entire series is just 6 episodes, people. When I watch Furi Kuri with others I simply tell them to ask no questions, as I have no answers.
"But Big - O," you might ask, "if it's so confusing, what's the point of watching it? Won't I just be left a blithering idiot?" I would then strike you down for daring to question the gods of Gainax, and in your dying moments as you choke on your own tongue I would explain that this show is not about plot. It's about damn good animation, kickass music, great voice acting, fantastic visual jokes, parodies, and simple insanity. If you want a plot that you can wrap your mind around, check out Escaflowne or Kenshin, but never, ever look to Gainax.
Gainax is not particularly known for their high-quality animation. This is, I believe, due to their inability to employ an accountant who would keep them from spending all their animation budget on catering and resin Rei dolls by the 10th episode. Luckily, Furi Kuri is a scant 6 episodes, so the animation staff finally gets to show their stuff. The fight scenes (remembers those robots mentioned? Well, they're not peaceniks if you catch my drift) are excellent. The effects are amazing, and the animation team certainly picked up a few hints from the battle scenes Gainax did earlier in Neon Genesis Evangelion. And the monsters share the same odd designs as the angels from Eva (oh dear God, a giant Octagon is destroying Tokyo! Where's Raymond Burr when you need him?). Two of the featured Furi Kuri robots are a giant hand wearing a poncho, and a small metal dog that grows quite large.
The visual humor is the meat and potatoes of this show, and they are extremely well done. "Matrix Shots," where time slows down and the camera pans around the subject, are used twice. The Guy With The Eyebrows (more people should be given names relating only to their freakish appearance) suddenly turns into a "South Park" parody for a few seconds. And let's not forget the manga scenes ... ah, the manga scenes, when the action suddenly switches to a ridiculously fast, 2D comic visual for no apparent reason. The first such manga scene, which appears in the first episode, is basically an extended Japanese pun on the name of the show; somehow the words Furi Kuri are connected to bread, breasts, feeling of said breasts, and for some reason, Gundam. I cringe to imagine what the dub of that scene will be like. And, by the way, congratulations to the original fansubtitlers for dealing with those scenes--and this entire show--in the first place.
However, I cannot stress enough that you should not watch this show if you want any semblance of an understandable plot. Behind all the great jokes, great animation, and great scripting, there is the hubris of the director thinking that he could adequately explain all the multiple plot lines in 6 short episodes. It would take a good 2 seasons of episodes to even scratch the surface, but the show acts as if it plans to explain everything the next episode, so it's okay that it just introduced 2 new characters. And on a cultural level, this show will be very hard for American audiences to understand; Synch-Point is planning (if the rumors are correct) to bundle 20 pages of translators' notes with the first disk. That's all well and good, but the first disk covers only 2 episodes. Entire disks of other anime, containing almost triple the number of episodes, get maybe a page of notes if they're lucky. I can understand the importance of these notes, as the uncultured American audience might even miss the references to Gundam and Lupin if they blink for a second, and they have no chance, unless they are native Japanese speakers, of getting the bakery-related puns. While the story of this show doesn't demand thought, in fact it actively attempts to avoid it, the subtler points of the show (which are many) require a very good knowledge of the Japanese culture to get--which might detract from its widespread adoption.
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Post by Duo on Mar 14, 2004 15:22:56 GMT -5
Well, isn't that just drop dead sexy? anyway Furi Kuri is one of those shows where you watch all 6 episodes, and begin to understand a part of the plot, very small part mind you, but still a part, then you watch it again and you see something that competley contradicts what you thought you understood, so you have to watch it again, and again. Its an endless publicity ploy!
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Post by Faygo on Mar 14, 2004 17:45:28 GMT -5
Of course! Gainax OWNS you! They probably planned out their whole series to be as confusing as it was, from the beginning. Its the perpetual motion of TMO (Total Mad Ownage) which as Duo said, will bring them much money. But then again, after all the master pieces than Gainax released, this must just be one small spec on their finacial chart. If they ever get a good accountant.
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Post by Gox on Mar 15, 2004 19:51:05 GMT -5
What do you think makes it so good? It's addictive I tell you!!! I was just watching adult swim as usual and after seeing just that 1st episode, I couldn't get enough.
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Post by Faygo on Mar 15, 2004 20:11:06 GMT -5
Its video heroin, where've you been!? Its not cool to get high, its not cool to do dope or weed anymore. Its all about the anime! Watch FLCL, and try not to blink, and that give you enough of a high to last a week! Its amazing what Japan can do now-a-days! Its amazing what drugs can't do compared to Anime. So why do drugs? Japanime will get you there, MUCH faster. ^^
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Post by Psychotic Kat on Mar 15, 2004 22:05:19 GMT -5
yall are nutters but hey, Furi Kuri is very good show. very good. juggalo got good point, many Americans wont understand cuz they dunno Japanese culture and crap like that. sexual jokes are understandable at times but most times i have people ask me, "What does that mean, and that, and that." quite nuts really.
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Post by Faygo on Mar 17, 2004 18:18:11 GMT -5
Oh yes, and for those who didn't know, this is the difinition of Furi Kuri:
Furi Kuri: 1.v. To fondle, to grope, to massage breasts, n. 3rd base, ad. To be secksiful, to be secksy. 2.v. To eat large quantities of muffins.
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Post by Gox on Mar 17, 2004 18:42:04 GMT -5
It also ment something about chestnuts if I'm correct. I was reading that Fooly Cooly was the intended name of the show, but it came to be know as Furi Kuri in Japan because there is no L in Japenese language.
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Post by Faygo on Mar 17, 2004 20:23:08 GMT -5
No, it was always Furi Kuri. It was named Fooly Cooly in America because they thought we'd all be too retarded to say Furi Kuri correctly. Just like Donkey Kong, was Monkey Kong, in Japan in 1985, but when released in America, the team dubbing the game made a mistake, and called the game "Donkey Kong". Japan adapted to the name, and from now on, its Donkey Kong, and not Monkey Kong.
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Post by Gox on Mar 21, 2004 0:10:49 GMT -5
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Post by Faygo on Mar 21, 2004 11:41:33 GMT -5
Wow, that woman is retarded. Who the f**k lets their kids stay up that late of night anyway? She get her ass criticized for being pissy, besides, Adult Swim has a disclaimer, it says children under the age of 14 aren't allowed to watch. That's why its on at midnight! Who says Cartoon Network is a Kid's Channel? Its simple "Cartoon" Network. They can show whatever the hell they want as long as its cartoon or anime related. There wasn't any nudity, like Cartoon Network would show nudity! Why isn't she bitching about Melfina in outlaw star on TOONAMI, wearing NOTHING, at ALL times!? People these days, always like to start stuff over nothing.
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Post by Szpak on Mar 28, 2004 14:52:21 GMT -5
THAT IS SO MUCH FUCKING BULLSHIT THAT I DONT EVEN CARE IF I GET BANED FOR THIS MUTHA fUCKING POST. i hate people like that. im done.
ps- [glow=red,2,300]BEST ANIME EVAR[/glow]
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Post by Gox on Mar 29, 2004 19:01:03 GMT -5
Lol. I could care f**king less. I should probably keep the censor system on though just cause. I wish there was a way to reply to that article. It DOES NOT incite violence, infact it's actually a very ...(for lack of a better word) ...comforting show. That's why (as Eric said) there is no Flcl hentai. Something funny about the censor is the word "Niger" gets turned into "black man" Niether one of those sounds very friendly
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Post by Psychotic Kat on Mar 29, 2004 20:27:29 GMT -5
You people are really f**king nuts....but that isnt always a bad thing =P. Hmmm.....nope still nuts you all are. *rolls eyes* . oh well, hmmm.......nope cant think of a damn thing to say that would be important......guess that means that i truly need to shut the f**k up. *shuts the f**k up*
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