Fooly Cooly

     Ever want to attend a Japanese rock concert, to only realize you live some two-thousand miles away from the Land of the Rising Sun? - Imaginary heckler screams, “No! your attempt at painting vivid pictures sucks.” from deep left field. - Well perhaps you haven't, but Fooly Cooly just may inspire that kind of reaction. Just about every scene is a strum conniption provided to you by the Pillows. But don't be put off by this arrangement to introduce the band before even getting to the mini-series - Fooly Cooly has a way of leaving its mark.

     You ever try to be cool? It's probably not a far cry from the truth to believe that most in the world try to fit in with others. Humans are one of the rare species that cannot instinctively fend for themselves at birth. Don't get me wrong, baby animals need their T-L-C too, but we're unable to do anything but suck and cry at birth. We actually come out so prematurely(when compared to primates), that the top part of the skull hasn't developed. So, we rely on our parents, guardians, the quote unquote village, in order to maintain our lives. Hence why evolution no matter which inhabited continent our early human remains were found, there are traces of a society.

     We tend to dub the cool kids with the rebel label and there are all the wannabes trying to conform into this group of people that's trying to distance themselves from everyone else. So try as you might, you may always find yourself playing a game of catch-up. Here's the reason for bringing coolness to your attention. His name is Naota. He's a kid that's only in grade school, but tries to be mature beyond his years. We the audience get the impression very early, that his brother who went off to the United States to play professional baseball, is likely the underlying reason for Naota's nonchalant behavior. As he it seems he doesn't want to live in the shadow of his big brother.

     That is until he literally collides with Haruko: a reckless, strange, Vespa rider, who claims to be from the Galatic Space Police Brotherhood. She wields a mighty guitar and is looking for the right person to thwack with it. Naota's life begins to be put in the spotlight, as everyone is wondering why he's hanging out with a girl that looks to be in her twenties. Per usual, rumors begin flying around school. But that's not the only thing giving Naota all this new attention, he also has a robot maid now living in his house.

     This anime is deserving of the action-packed branding. I like how you can breeze through this series as if it was a movie. It'll leave a lot of memorable, "what-the-heck" moments. Perhaps the producers could have tried a little less to make every dramatic pose into cool wallpaper(computer) type of picture. Also, in my opinion the perversion was unneeded. This is an anime I'd like to show to my younger brother, but can't because of the suggested content and brief nudity. If you are of age though, it's a true gem to see.