カンチ
from FLCL
Blood Type
Oil
Origin
Medical Mechanica
Canti is the the first robot to emerge from Naota Nandaba's head in FLCL. It was manufactured by Medical Mechanica, and had been used by them to capture Atomsk. It is later revealed that Atomsk can manifest through Canti, with Naota serving as the catalyst. As of Our Running, he currently resides with Hidomi Hibajiri and Hinae Hibajiri, aiding them in their café as a maid. In the anime, Canti is often seen wearing an overcoat or jacket. The jacket he is usually seen in covers relatively little of him, only his upper arm and torso, leaving his legs and head exposed. In FLCLimax, Canti is also seen dressing as and working as a crossing guard. It is unknown for how long he worked this job, but while on the job, he wears a long, light blue trench coat or raincoat. Canti also dons a halo and fake wings for a brief period, which Haruko puts on him earlier in the episode. When Canti fuses with Naota, he can transform into a cannon. The cannon has only one piece of ammo: Naota. When Naota has reached a certain point, he returns to the mouthpiece of the cannon to be re-fired if needed. Canti can also transform into the cannon while flying. At the Bureau of Interstellar Immigration's base in outer space, Canti briefly takes on the form of a small, dog-like creature, before eating Ide's rubber "corpse" and eventually returning back to his original form. He later returns Ide in his human form as well, partially due to Atomsk's control. In FLCL Alternative, older Canti models protect the Medical Mechanica facility in Kana's town. They are navy blue with neon green details and a slightly sleeker build, as well as not having their screens on, but are roughly the same otherwise. The emotions of Canti are very human-like, despite his looks. He is embarrassed about his broken head (where Haruko hit him) and is looking for the pieces to glue back together in episode 2. He wears a box on the back of his head in episode 3 for the same reason. Canti seems to like porn, as he was reading it in a store in the anime, and it is stated in the novel that he spends 3 hours at a time looking through "perverted magazines." He is also extremely polite, extending a helping hand to Lieutenant Kitsurubami even after she attempted to destroy him.
FLCL
Naota Nandaba is an ordinary sixth grader living in a city where nothing amazing ever seems to happen. After his brother Tasuku leaves town to play baseball in America, Naota takes it upon himself to look after everything Tasuku left behind—from his top bunk bed to his ex-girlfriend Mamimi Samejima, who hasn't stopped clinging to Naota since Tasuku left. Little does Naota know, however, that his mundane existence is on the verge of being changed forever: enter Haruko Haruhara, a Vespa-riding, bass guitar-wielding, pink-haired psychopath whose first encounter with Naota leaves him with tire tracks on his back and a giant horn on his head. Though all he wants is some peace and quiet, when Haruko takes up residence at his parents' home, Naota finds himself dragged into the heart of the greatest battle for supremacy that Earth—and quite possibly the entire universe—has ever seen. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
