Old School Lane Casual Chats: FLCL: Grunge and FLCL: Shoegaze

In the first episode of Casual Chats in 2024, Patricia and
special guest Des Shinta discuss about the 2023 anime miniseries
FLCL: Grunge as well as FLCL: Shoegaze that were both
commissioned by [adult swim].


FLCL: Grunge focuses on three teenagers and their perspectives
taken place on the same night where Haruko is pretending to be
the mayor's girlfriend and the wife of a yakuza organization
trying to find Atomsk and take down Medical Mechanica.


FLCL: Shoegaze takes place 10 years after the events of FLCL:
Alternative where a teenage boy who can see green spirits meets
up with a strange, hyperactive, and unpredictable teenage girl
who wants to take down the city's tower and blow it up. Meanwhile
Kana Koumoto, the protagonist of FLCL: Alternative, is now a
27-year-old police officer working for the Bureau of Interstellar
Immigration trying to stop them from causing catastrophic damage
to the tower.


When both series premiered on Adult Swim, they received mixed
reviews from fans saying that it pales in comparison to the
original series from 2001. What did Patricia and Des think of
both of them? Listen and find out.


The songs "Battle Onward" and "Stardust Surfer" were performed by
Omni Slim. Check out his work in the link down below.


https://www.youtube.com/@omnislim5381