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If you ever watched a lot of Cartoon Network’s late night programming block Adult Swim for much of the early to mid 2000s, you may have probably seen an episode or two of the outrageous animeFLCL. This 6-episode anime OVA series is a much beloved anime by many fans so much so that there wasnews earlier last year about a sequelin the works that surprised everyone.
Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim division have taken up the task themselves in starting the production of a sequel in collaboration with Production IG (the people behind the anime adaptations ofGhost in the Shell), who worked with anime studio Gainax for the originalFLCL. It’s also worth mentioning that most of the folks from Gainax that worked onFLCLleft that studio years ago to form Studio TRIGGER, who worked onKILL LA KILLandLittle Witch Academia, and are not involved in this sequel in the same capacity as the original.
The band The Pillows are back with their iconic music that gave the originalFLCLits amazing soundtrack that is a favorite of many anime fans. Supervising director for the series is Katsuyuki Tomohiro from Production IG, who was Chief Director forPsycho-Passseason 1 and did planning supervision forPsycho-Passseason 2.
There will be 12 episodes of this newFLCLseries and will be divided intoFLCL 2andFLCL 3, which will come out next year in 2018.
While this trailer looks intriguing and is exciting manyFLCLfans, I’m a bit wary of the the whole endeavor since most of the people who made the original aren’t involved anymore. I know I am not alone in wondering if such a classic likeFLCLeven needs a sequel.
I’m just happy there’s going to be more songs from The Pillows.
