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One of the Interstellar Immigration Bureau agents during episode 5 is armed with a [[Glock 17]] pistol.
[[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|2nd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm.]]
[[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|400px|2nd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm.]]
[[File:Flcl5battle3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two IIB agents, one armed with an IMI Uzi, run headlong into Haruhara's ambush.]]
[[File:Flcl5battle4 .jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two IIB agents, one armed with an IMI Uzi, run headlong into Haruhara's ambush.]]
[[File:Flcl5battle6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Three of the IIB agents walk into Haruhara's ambush.]]
[[File:Flcl5battle6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Three of the IIB agents walk into Haruhara's ambush.]]
Revision as of 00:20, 20 October 2011
FLCL (2000 - 2001)FLCL (also called Fooly Cooly ) is a six-part OVA series from Studio Gainax (Neon Genesis Evangelion Ghost in the Shell: SAC
The following firearms are used in the anime FLCL :
Firearms Handguns Nambu Type 14 Lieutenant Kitsurubami carries two Nambu Type 14 pistols as her sidearm.
Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami fires her Nambu at a giant robot, wincing with each shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami ceases fire as she realized that an 8mm pistol isn't doing much against the 200 foot tall robot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A defeated Kitsurubami finally looses her temper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami unloads her Nambus at Kanti at point-blank range. Beretta 92FS In episode 5, a billboard hit by a stay shot during Haruhana's battle with the giant robot depicts a man holding a Beretta 92FS pistol. This is one of several references to John Woo's films throughout the OVA.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1911 Commander Amarao uses a pair of M1911 pistols as her primary weapons.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amarao draws his M1911 on Haruhara. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "What's with the eyebrows, bushy boy?!" Error creating thumbnail: File missing "I'm not a child anymore, I'm an adult. I can buy my own insurance and everything!" Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amarao with his M1911 during the last episode, FLCLimax . Glock 17 One of the Interstellar Immigration Bureau agents during episode 5 is armed with a Glock 17 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2nd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two IIB agents, one armed with an IMI Uzi, run headlong into Haruhara's ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three of the IIB agents walk into Haruhara's ambush. Unidentified Revolver During episode 5, anytime Naota gets an idea, it's represented by an x-ray image of a revolver being cocked.
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Submachine Guns Beretta M12 One of Amarao's backup gunmen is armed with a Beretta M12 submachine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M12 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch MP5A3 One of the IIB agents is armed with a Heckler & Koch MP5A3 submachine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with original "slimline" forearm - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "...You can't be real." Heckler & Koch MP5K One of the IIB agents is armed with a Heckler & Koch MP5K submachine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch MP5K - version with SEF Plastic Trigger Pack - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi One of the IIB agents is seen with an IMI Uzi with the same configuration as Haruhara's airsoft Uzi.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi with detachable wooden buttstock - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two IIB agents, one armed with an IMI Uzi, run headlong into Haruhara's ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three of the IIB agents walk into Haruhara's ambush.
Rifles Anti-Tank Rifle In episode 5, Kitsurubami interrupts the airsoft game by firing at the players with an anti-material rifle of an unidentified make.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami aims her rifle at the protagonists. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Looks like they're playing some kind of game. Looks really stupid..." Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami opens fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami realizes that she's been spotted. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kitsurubami reports her mission's failure to Commander Amarao.
Steyr AUG A1 One of the IIB agents is armed with a Steyr AUG A1 assault rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr AUG with black stock - 5.56x45mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 One of the IIB agents is armed with a M16A1 assault rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "...You can't be real."
Other Rickenbacker 4001 Haruhara's Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar is seen being used as something other than a musical instrument on several occasions, including an automatic shotgun (with a rifled barrel) during the gunfight during episode 5.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara reveals her guitar's shotgun feature. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara readies herself to ambush two IIB agents. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara guts an IIB agent with her guitar. Misc. Weapons Several of the agents from the Interstellar Immigration Bureau use weapons that are never seen clearly enough to positively identify or are drawn in a generic style.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amarao backed by a roomful of IIB agents. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three of the IIB agents walk into Haruhara's ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Airsoft Guns A large portion of episode 5, Brittle Bullet , centers around an airsoft game between several of the series protagonists. Given FLCL' s tendency towards exaggeration, these replicas are shown ejecting brass and having muzzle flashes with each shot.
MAC-11 Naota Nandaba uses a pair of MAC-11 submachine guns during the airsoft game.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPB Industries M11A1 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Naota with his MAC-11s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Snipers are so annoying. "Uzi Haruko Haruhara's airsoft gun of choice is an Uzi with a wood stock and handguard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi with detachable wooden buttstock - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara fire's her Uzi at Kamon. Note the brass and muzzleflash. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara unloads her Uzi at Naota. Franchi SPAS-12 During the iarsoft game, Kanti uses a Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun. In addition to being portrayed as if it were a live-fire weapon, it is seen being fired on full auto (while the real SPAS-12 can only fire either pump-action or semi-auto.)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franchi SPAS-12 combat shotgun with no stock – 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kanti with his SPAS-12. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "I'm leaving the rest to you, TV boy!" Luger P08 "Artillery" Model Kamon Nandaba's preferred airsoft weapon is a pair of Luger P08 "Artillery" Model pistols. He also has shoulder stocks attached to them in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is the long barreled "Artillery" model of the Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kamon draws his P08, posing in a Lupin III reference. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Subtlety is not FLCL' s strong suite. Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Over-sized Weapons The giant robot in episode 5 is seen using several gargantuan firearms. As opposed to most mecha in anime that use specialized weaponry, this one uses weapons that are simply regular firearms that are scaled up to match its size.
On a side note, the battle between Haruhara and the robot (especially Harhara's bunny-girl outfit) is a self-referencing parody of the Daicon III and Daicon IV shortfilms that marked the animation debut of Studio Gainax's founders.
Winchester Model 1894 The first weapon that the robot uses is a scaled-up Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1894 - .30-30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The robot draws its rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The robot takes aim at Haruhara. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Daaiiiiiicoooonnnnn FFiiiiiiiiivvvveeee!!!" Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara trips while strafing the rifle's barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara leaps over the rifle's rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara hitches a ride on a spent shell casing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara and Kanti charge the robot. Colt Peacemaker When Haruhara closes the distance between her and the robot, it responds by drawing an over-sized Colt Peacemaker revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model. - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing The robot draws its Colt Peacemaker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara taunts the robot despide being inside the revolver's barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haruhara and Kanti charge the robot.
Mauser C96 When it realizes that it's loosing, the robot produces a third weapon, a giant Mauser C96 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The robot draws its C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miscellaneous Weapons One shot shows Hruhara staring down five different weapons wielded by the giant, the three previously listed weapons as well as two gun barrels that do not appear in any other shot.
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