Fooly Cooly is a show about a boy, his alien house maid and the robots that jump out of his head, and it is every bit as awesome as it sounds.

It all starts when Haruko Haruhara shows up out of nowhere and hits Naota Nandaba in the head with her bass giving him an unusual bump, but little did Naota know there was going to be a robot coming out of the bump later. What ensues after that first robot is six episodes of pure awesomeness. In my opinion this anime has everything you could want; its comical, the writing and voice acting is great, it has exceptional action sequences, and a really interesting story. The animation is also very well done. I love how they switched up the animation style. Sometimes it’s perfectly drawn, other times it’s a little rough, they did a manga (comic) sequence twice that was really fun to watch, and at one point they even did South Park which I found really amusing. One thing I don’t like though is the fact that there are some characters that are unnecessary. They have no impact on the plot at all, they are just there to fill space. Otherwise I can find no fault with this show.

Usually when a show I like is as short as six episode I would want more but with FLCL six episode is just right. It’s short and sweet, and if you have three hours to spare on a Saturday morning you should definitely give it a watch.

As you look at this picture of a “cartoon” character flying through the sky holding an orange sphere, those of you who are not familiar with the world of anime might be thinking, who is this and why does he matter? Well his name is Goku and he matters because he is the face of anime.

I got this image as a wallpaper from dragonballz.com which is the official Dragon Ball Z website. It shows Goku in his famous “super saiyan” mode, that’s why he is blonde instead of his normal black hair.

But why is Goku the face of anime? It’s not because he is the best anime character ever created, or even because he is my favorite anime character. He is face of anime because he is the star of the Dragon Ball Z franchise, and Dragon Ball Z was the first anime ever to be popular the whole world round. For many, many people Dragon Ball Z is the first anime they ever watched, and for a lot of those people it is the only anime they ever watched. When I look at this picture I am brought back to childhood when I didn’t know what an anime was. I was just in love this amazing “cartoon” that I would watch every time it came on TV. Its popularity opened the western world to all those other anime that we love, and to this day is till one the most popular and recognizable anime ever, and for that Goku gets to be the face of anime.