so, this is about to happen
well, I guess it’s kind of already happening. some parts of the US are probably watching it right now.
and also it’s the season finale (of FLCL Progressive), so I guess it’s fair to say it’s basically already happened. until it happens again.
I may have waited a bit too long on making this post.
But the episodes will air in order again starting next week. So if you do that thing with TV, but didn’t, you can. If you want to.
Maybe I should rewind a bit…
This second season of FLCL, more akin to a British ‘series’, is called FLCL Progressive and debuted in the Toonami whirlwind at the start of June. A third season, FLCL Alternative, will show in same in September. That’s also when Japan will get both, with each season being a theatrical screening (!)(?) - Progressive on the 7th, Alternative on the 28th.
Before this all started, though, some got a sneak peek of the series. On April 1st at midnight, while I was napping off a bad headache, Toonami aired the first episode of Alternative with Japanese audio and English subtitles (as they did with the other shows they ran that night). selectbutton, of course, was there to watch for me.
at first, of course, there was the usual strong enthusiasm tempered by a cautious perspective:
however, there was soon an extremely negative backlash by at least half of those who watched and commented on it, with the show being subjected to damning critical analysis:
others had a more optimistic and favorable opinion:
I’m not sure how those last quotes got in there. Probably an error.
...well, anyway. I'll be watching the finale of Progressive soon, and maybe say something about it then. I wasn't quite ready for it to be here already, because at some point I was under the heavily mistaken impression that Progressive and Alternative were each 10~12 episodes long (they're both 6, like the original). I was really hoping and looking forward to more decompression room for the new cast of weirdos. Well, it is what it is.
Other than that, I don’t have much comment to pass on the show, other than to say it’s quite strange, but a different kind of strange than the original. A strange I’m as of yet unable to adquately describe. Maybe upon further digestion.
Nobody else here seems to have talked about Progressive, although I suppose I might have missed it somehow.
It probably all happened in Discord.
Or not at all.
Oh right, if you wanted nice animation, there’s some choice stuff at the start of s2e5 (Fool on the Planet).
But if you were hoping for just pure craziness, maybe you’ll be pleased to know that Toonami runs Pop Team Epic at midnight.