FLCL: Shoegaze - Recommendations

• TV (50 eps)
• 1976 - 1977

When a boy's uncle sends him confusing plans for a robot from America, the boy makes a mistake in the assembly which leads to unexpected results.

• TV (39 eps)
• 1982 - 1983

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2006

In a futuristic Earth where robots live side by side with humans, performing tasks and roaming the streets at their whim, a young boy walks through a city by himself. While passing by an alley he spots a quirky red robot who, upon destroying and eating another robot, grows a mechanical piece onto its makeshift tail. Intrigued, the boy observes the robot as it methodically eats and grows, and whether he likes it or not, this stray robot soon appears to not want to leave the boy’s side...

• TV (26 eps)
• 2003 - 2004

A CGI animated series that follows the adventures of Connor, a 13-year-old robot whiz who brings to life a robot named Cubix that had been discarded as useless. When the town’s wacky mad scientist, the evil Dr. K., begins to steal robots in search of a mysterious power source called Solex, Cubix and his friends prove to be the only force that can oppose him.

• TV (26 eps)
• 2010

Poor, short, and unathletic Joey Jones has always been picked on by the rich kids at his school. But when a lightning bolt turns a toy robot he salvaged from the trash into a hulking, remote-controlled bruiser, Joey becomes the only thing standing between humanity and a terrifying race of alien invaders, The Skrugg. If he's going to save the world, however, he's going to need the help of his friends Psy, Lina, and Professor Denton, along with more courage than he ever knew he had.

• Web (9 eps)
• 2010 - 2011

• TV (10 eps)
• 2004

Need a house cleaner? A genie? A stand-up comic? Hakase Company has a solution for you: a robot, tailor made for your needs! From diary writing to spy catching, to thwarting alien invasions or extinguishing fires, there’s nothing these robots can’t do. But like most machinery, one thing is certain: malfunctions are bound to occur! Join the Doctor, his robotic assistant and mechanical creations galore as they save the world, one task at a time!

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2003

Ozu Hideo is an editor in the porn industry, but wants to be a movie director more than anything. His whole life, he's been recording his masterpiece production: The Life of Mai. After a meeting with Mai, who he hasn't seen in several years, he is left without his life's work and a broken heart. He awakens from a night of drinking away his sorrows to an apartment full of 3 cyber-maids. Now, with the help of these technologically advanced girls from the future, he will try his hardest to finish his movie about Mai and become the director he's always wanted to be.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 1986

Alan and Erik are space pilots on a supply run to the base on Lazeria, but something goes wrong in their approach and they are forced to crash land in the forest. Unfortunately for them, Governor Proud is carrying out secret research in nearby ruins, and meddling outsiders don't fit into his plans. Alan and Erik escape with their lives and make their way to the base, where their friend Dr. Watson and his robot Antoinette reside. Meanwhile, the Governor’s scheme is nearing completion...

• TV

The story will be set in the city of Minamisouma in Fukushima prefecture, and will center around a down-and-out protagonist who gets to know a robot while working rescue efforts. It will depict the friendship and growth of a group of children alongside the robot.