 From January 3rd , 2012 to February 7th Hayden Childs , of the online magazine The A.V. Club , composed a six part weekly analysis and review of each FLCL episode in celebration of The Legend of Korra 's then upcoming third season , a series that was heavily influenced by FLCL animation style . In the article Childs gives an extremely positive review of the series understanding it as a surrealist inspired coming of age story stating , " For all of its wild and initially bewildering aspects , the major purpose of FLCL is the impressionistic and often naturalistic documentation of Naota ’ s passage into maturity . " 
