FLCL Alternative

Here's another anime about the agonies of being a teenager. Kana and her friends build a bottle rocket, only for it to be destroyed by a robot and a self-proclaimed Galactic Investigator. What follows is a coming-of-age story that hits many familiar notes.

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Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/flcl-alternative-2018/.

Katsuyuki Motohiro directed FLCL Alternative in 2018. See Katsuyuki Motohiro's full filmography, where to start with Katsuyuki Motohiro, or where to go after you've seen everything by Katsuyuki Motohiro.

FLCL Alternative was released in 2018 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 135 minutes.