FLCL Progressive (フリクリ プログレ?, Furikuri Purogure) is a sequel anime series to FLCL. It premiered with an English dub on June 2, 2018 at Midnight ET/PT on Adult Swim's Toonami block. In Japan, Progressive began screening theatrically on September 28, 2018.
According to Anime News Network, FLCL Progressive was supposed to have a corresponding manga, but this never came to fruition.
About the Anime
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Many years have passed since Naota and Haruko shared their adventure together. Meanwhile, the war between the two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity continues to rage across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenage girl who believes there is nothing amazing to expect from her average life, until one day when she is ran over by a strange woman named Julia Jinyu. Shortly after, a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. As if things aren't strange enough, Medical Mechanica is attacking her town and Hidomi discovers a secret within her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko wants to unlock for her own secret agenda.
Why did Haruko return to Earth? What happened to her Rickenbacker 4001 she left with Naota? And where did the human-type robot ‘Canti’ go?[2]
Staff Edit
- Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
- Character design: Chikashi Kubota
- Writer: Hideto Iwai
- Sound director: Toru Nakano
- Music by: R.O.N (instrumental) / The Pillows
- Animation production: Production I.G
CastEdit
JapaneseEdit
- Megumi Hayashibara as Haruha Raharu
- Inori Minase as Hidomi Hibajiri
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Julia Jinyu
- Jun Fukuyama as Ko Ide
- Tomo Muranaka as Goro Mori
- Masatomo Nakazawa as Marco Nogata
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Aiko
- Kikuko Inoue as Hinae Hibajiri
- Kouji Ohkura as Masurao
- Takayuki Sugo as Eye Patch
- Jin Urayama as Tonkichi
- Reiko Suzuki as Tami Hanae
EnglishEdit
- Kari Wahlgren as Haruha Raharu
- Xanthe Huynh as Hidomi Hibajiri
- Allegra Clark as Julia Jinyu
- Robbie Daymond as Ko Ide
- Jon Allen as Goro Mori
- Yuri Lowenthal as Marco Nogata
- Christine Marie Cabanos as Aiko
- Julie Ann Taylor as Hinae Hibajiri
- Jason Griffith as Masurao
- J. David Brimmer as Eye Patch
- Steve Kramer as Tonkichi
- Barbara Goodson as Tami Hanae
- Cassandra Morris as Misaki
- Kyle Hebert as Wataru
- Lucien Dodge as Yuya
