Oh, good. Overprotective parents are whinging about Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, the only block of decent animation for adults currently airing in the entire country. Super. Great. Cuz y'know, I didn't really like having my tastes finally catered to, anyway.
Apparently, this woman looked up from her needledrugs long enough to notice the "TV-PG" rating on FLCL / Furi Kuri / Fooly Cooly. I guess the implied "Decide for yourself whether or not your kids are ready for this" statement encapsulated in the rating wasn't enough for her. So now, she's calling the every imaginable special interest on CN for daring to make FLCL anything less than TV-MA.
OH NOES NOT THE ACLU!!! Tool.
In case you've never seen it, FLCL is... different. I won't try to explain the whole thing here, but it's weird, even for anime. Gas-powered guitars, an indestructible Vespa, an alien housemaid, and Medical Mechanica-brand robots misusing the portal between the hemispheres of an 11-year-old's brain. All I can say is that I recommend it. It's just violently strange, very atypical, and you either love it or despise it.
(PS: I <3 TV-Boy / Canti.)
It's because of people like this woman who feel the need to foam-pad the world that cartoons and comics for anyone over eighteen get so little play in the US, despite the fact that there's an enormous potential audience for them. Nobody wants to get sued because some worthless, oblivious parents let their kids watch TV unsupervised while they're out bar-hopping, and then have the nerve to be outraged when little Chandler brains baby Bratleigh with daddy's Fender.
The show was rated "Parental Guidance Suggested," was airing on a block called ADULT Swim, was recommended to her by 20-somethings, and was on in the middle of the fucking night. What more does she want? How much more obvious could it be? What was she expecting, the goddamn Care Bears?
Her stupidity is agonizing. I can't empathize with anyone this eager to get up in arms about the content of a cartoon that was clearly marked "Use your judgement when deciding whether or not to allow your kids to watch this show." It's like ignoring the R rating at a movie theater, and then being shocked by the bewbies and explosions you see when the lights go down.
I'm really, truly sorry it's not as easy as just setting the V-chip in your TV, lady. Yup, looks like you'll still have to actually pay attention to your kids. Be brave.
This is the kind of witch who gets comic shop owners busted on obscenity charges for having Cherry Poptart on the top rack... in the back of the store... behind a curtain... under a sign reading ADULTS ONLY NO KIDS BEYOND THIS POINT. Because gosh, she just can't believe they're trying to sell such filth to her precious children.
Control your kids. If you don't want them watching FLCL, fine. I don't blame you. It's completely inappropriate for children (and some younger teens), pretty out there, and probably wouldn't make much sense to little kids anyway. But if you can't deduce that from the fifteen flashing warning signs set up around it, I'm amazed you can work your television in the first place. OMG SO MANY SHINY BUTTONS.
(By the way: That wasn't a lollipop. It was a popsicle. And the scene lasted for all of three seconds. If she was reading sexual suggestions into that, she REALLY needs to get out more.)
