FLCL Shares First Details for Its Next Two Seasons
FLCL is coming back to Adult Swim with two new seasons in the near future, and the series has shared some new details for how the project has been shaping up! FLCL recently made a major comeback to Adult Swim as the Toonami programming block brought the classic franchise back for two new seasons, FLCL Progressive and FLCL Alternative. This was already a surprise enough on its own, but the surprises continued earlier this Spring when Adult Swim had announced their plans to bring the franchise back around for not only one, but two additional new series with new takes on the franchise.
During Production I.G.'s panel at Anime Expo (of which ComicBook.com was in attendance) the studio revealed new information about a number of their projects now in the works, and cleared up some new mysteries about what to expect from the new FLCL seasons. Firstly, FLCL: Grunge seems to be the one that will be releasing first as it's now scheduled to hit some time in 2023. This new CG animated series will be directed by Hiroshi Takekiyo at MontBlanc Pictures.
FLCL: Grunge will focus on three young adults who have just started entering the workplace and will deal with the overall theme of growing up. As for the fifth season, FLCL: Shoegaze will be directed by Yutaka Uemura at Production I.G. and NUT. This series takes place ten years after the events of FLCL Alternative, and will focus on a new central boy and girl duo.Both seasons are in the heat of production, but a release window for the fifth season has not been set yet. The most exciting new detail is the fact that The Pillows will be returning once again to provide new music for the new new seasons currently in the works.
Vocalist for the group, Sawao Yamanaka, teased that the songs will be focusing on the identities for each of the characters, so there are a number of reasons to be excitecd for the new FLCL seasons outside of the fact that it's new entries in the surprisingly long running franchises. With each one so unique from one another, it's just hard to predict what we can expect to see. But what do you think?
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