“Ordinary girl Kana's mundane life explodes into chaos when a robot and galactic investigator crash her bottle rocket dreams.”
FLCL Alternative
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Synopsis
Ordinary girl Kana's mundane life explodes into chaos when a robot and galactic investigator crash her bottle rocket dreams.
Life seems to drift by for Kana Koumoto and her friends in their small Japanese town. Every day is just like the last, and it feels like every new day will be the same. Kana goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and likes to paint her nails and listen to music, but it feels like nothing special is ever going to happen. As a change of pace, Kana and her friends decide to design a bottle rocket and launch it into space, even though it might not get there at all. However, just when the rocket is completed, a robot suddenly crashes into and destroys it, shortly followed by a pink-haired woman claiming to be a "Galactic Investigator." Kana's life quickly becomes more exciting than she ever imagined, dealing with new feelings, changing friends, and even boy troubles. It turns out life can go by in the blink of an eye, fast enough to even miss it, so what's with these weird robots that seem to show up at the worst times?!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 24 sampled reviews
What 24 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.99 · split reception
4.5 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 3.4
↓ 2.17
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Jan 2026
- 9 “Wow, i wasn't expecting too much from this sequel (don't get me wrong) but damn, its the finest sequel of the series, yeah, for me the original always will be the best, but this one, is good as...”
- 8 “Hello, guys! Okay, I see that this is the least loved series in the franchise; and I understand why. Much of that craziness that characterizes FLCL as such has been drained in this installment, and...”
- 7 “I still really love Production IG’s attempt at the Trigger esque sakuga scenes of Gainax’s original, but I think what Progressive and Alternative truly lacked was depth and heart. FLCL original...”
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- Format 1 × 134′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 14m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2018 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12890 catalog
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- TOHO Producer