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Funimation Adds Gainax, I.G's FLCL Anime on Blu-ray/DVD (Updated)
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The North American anime distributor Summer Wars). The entire series will ship in one DVD set and, for the first time in North America, on Blu-ray Disc in late 2010.
FLCL follows an ordinary Japanese sixth-grader named Naota as he struggles with adolescent issues like his big brother leaving home and his brother's girlfriend Mamimi making advances on him. His life gets turned upside down when a hyperkinetic woman named Haruko runs him down with her Vespa scooter — and then settles into Naota's home. Life only gets more surreal as robots and aliens run amuck in Naota's formerly tranquil town.
The anime was previously released by the closed its Broccoli International USA subsidiary at the end of 2008.
Update: More background information added.
Update 2: Funimation has dub. Thanks, kyokun703.
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