I would also very much hope that at some point a sequel might become possible – certainly the door to a sequel is explicitly left open at the close of FLCL.

As I understand it Tsurumaki is currently directing Rebuild of Evangelion and, frankly, while I feel Evangelion has its moments I’m not a great fan – a good deal of the psychological overlay is merely overlay so far as I’m concerned, Anno’s working through his issues – fine for him, presumably, but less interesting to me, and much of the other symbolism I find somewhat labored and uninspired (think George Lucas – all right, perhaps not *that* bad lol).

FLCL was a whole other thing, and I would hope that Tsurumaki, having made more bundles of Yen for Gainax and its partner production companies, might be free for a bit to pursue projects truly his own – whether a FLCL sequel or something completely new.

In FLCL we have evidence of genius. I would like to see the man turned loose to see what he can do.

In FLCL he did a hell of a lot.