Full Metal Alchemist

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Full Metal Alchemist

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I was going to put a post about this up but decided not to :), im not a big fan of this at all, i have a tin boxed with several dvds of the anime but after watching the episode with the girl and dog, and i believe her father destroyed them to make some kind of monster with the pair,it really turned me away from it,espicially at the end when the murderer killed the Nina Chimera(?) something like that, it was really sad and put me right off as it was quite cruel thing to do, as she was a very cute and sweet girl and the dog to,the effort into the story with the main characters friendship with them made it heartbreaking towards the end.Im never good with that kind of thing so i much prefer more lighthearted stuff!

Man In Black · Anime Mod

You can't write off an entire series for one episode.

And if you had watched further you would have seen the repercussions of the father's actions and the follow up to that particular storyline arc. The father didn't go unpunished and we learn about the real struggle the murderer has to deal with - rightly or wrongly.

The whole point as the story progresses is Ed and Al discovering just how alchemy is being abused by others and how that affects their own decision to continue to find the Philosopher's Stone. Remember nothing is glorified in Anime - there are always consequence for the actions of the individuals be they good or bad - it's called karma.

Besides, Nina was a the usual annoying squeaky voiced brat that they always portray kids as in Anime!

-- Edited by Man In Black at 23:13, 2007-06-22

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I can still watch the rest of the shows of course Mib,as i mentioned,i have a few dvds of them but from that single episode,i dont know, i just found it really really cruel,i thought nina and her dog were adoreable myself,very cute and they really were very innocent and gentle characters,it surprisingly shocked me what happened to them at the end,it made me weep actually ^-^.The reason i didnt want to continue watching was because i would expect more of that kind of stuff in future episodes and as i really didnt like what happened with Nina,i really didnt want to have to see that again, it just makes me sad really :).But the story is very intresting and the animation is excellent,perhaps ill give it another chance in the future.It just surprised me how dark the show really could be.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Dude, if you thought what happened to Nina was bad (even though you didn't actually see anything) then don't watch Elfen Lied! You'd probably top yourself!

I'm about 30 episodes into the series now and I can assure you that thus far no more little kids get badly harmed, killed or turned into chimera. They should do but don't.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

My DVD review for the FMA movie Conqueror Of Shamballa is now up HERE!

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Nice stuff Mib! As for the show, iv watched some further episodes and its actually a very good show and thankfully not much in the way of killing little girls and dogs (i really felt sad when i saw
that before because its horrific to know that such an innocent girl and her dog where murdered,i know its just an anime but..its horrible!).Have read about efin lied in the other thread, dont think ill be checking that one out anytime soon as you said, i cant stand movies,animes,shows ect that feature truly heartbreaking things like that.Anyhow im Starting to enjoy FMA anyway so will hope to get further episodes in the future.

NymVette · Movie Producer

I've started watching this on the Anime Channel and I am having a little trouble getting into it, maybe it is because I missed the first few episodes or maybe I am just suffering from Anime overload.

I must say I do like the character design in this, very cool style.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Yes it does help if you watch from the start.

The series jumps about a bit from around episode three where it flashes back to when the Elrich brothers grew up and learned about alchemy and when they made the error of trying to transmute their mother back to life.

You get a few more episodes of their first days joining the military and their first missions then it settles down and returns on track to telling the story in "real" time.

NymVette · Movie Producer

I am really enjoying this now, apart from missing the occasional episode due to problems with sky+ recording.

I think that I'll be adding these DVD's to my christmas list. I have found that up to volume 15, is there only 15 volumes? or am I missing some?

Oops, I was looking at the books and not the DVD's!

-- Edited by NymVette at 11:44, 2007-10-03

Man In Black · Anime Mod

As I said in the other thread there are 13 volumes (I reviewed volume 13) on DVD while the Manga continues. Don't forget the film which ties up a lot of the loose ends of the series.

NymVette · Movie Producer

Why can't they just make a single box set of the whole lot, it would be so much easier.

I have found all 13 DVD's and the movie thanks.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

There is one in Japan (and I think in the US) but we'll have to wait for one over here.

But at 13 discs that's a lot of money for a box set - triple figures at least.

NymVette · Movie Producer

Well I am still watching this on Anime Central and loving it. The story is excellent but I can't believe

Spoiler: they killed off Lt. Colonel Maes Hughes

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Well, he wouldn't shut up about his baby girl so it was inevitable.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I wish i hadent revelaed that spoiler now :(. Great series and i guess after watching Elfen lied, i can enjoy this far more now espicially after the certain episode i cried about earlier in this thread!

NymVette · Movie Producer

Totoro101 wrote:

I wish i hadent revelaed that spoiler now :(. Great series and i guess after watching Elfen lied, i can enjoy this far more now espicially after the certain episode i cried about earlier in this thread!

well I put that bit in the spoiler tags so it wouldn't ruin it if people hadn't seen it yet.

I missed the episode you was talking about that upset you, but I have seen the guy involved in that episode, he seems really creepy.

NymVette · Movie Producer

well after enjoying this series it reached the final episode and I would say I am disapointed!

Spoiler: After a really good series with lots of cool characters and a really good story developing it seemed to have come to a really sudden ending. Al has his body back but forgotten the last 4 years and wants to learn alchemy again to get his brother back.

Elric is in the alternate reality with no arm and legs again, but there alchemy doesn't work so is looking to rockets.

All the bad guys are dead except for the boy who is now good and has a mechanical arm and leg.

It as if no one has learned any lessons from what happened and the whole story is left hanging in many areas as if they just tried to end it really quickly without thinking it through!

I have heard there is a movie of this too? is it after the series and sorts out the ending?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

NymVette wrote:

I have heard there is a movie of this too? is it after the series and sorts out the ending?

Yeah I heard there was too...Oh wait I reviewed it here about two months ago!

NymVette · Movie Producer

Man In Black wrote:

NymVette wrote:

I have heard there is a movie of this too? is it after the series and sorts out the ending?

Yeah I heard there was too...Oh wait I reviewed it here about two months ago!

That will be where I heard it then! bleh

I'll have to watch it just to tie up the loose ends.

-- Edited by NymVette at 16:54, 2007-11-06

Man In Black · Anime Mod

There's a competition in the latest NEO mag to win the entire 13 volume DVD set of FMA, the FMA movie and a DVD player!!

NymVette · Movie Producer

I have watched back some episodes that that I missed early on in this series. It was the episode with Nina Tucker and it had me in tears.

I saw the later episode so I knew what was going to happen with her and it made it a very emotional and upsetting episode.

Nerfed · On The Casting Couch

the manga is still so much better anyways.
havent checked the ovas tho,are they anyworthy?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Conqueror of Shamballa is a good film that ties up a lot of the loose ends of the series but a lot of people found the final act a bit cheesy. My review is on this page HERE

NymVette · Movie Producer

As mentioned in another thread, I now have Conqueror of Shamballa on DVD to watch. I just want it to sort out the ending of the FMA series that I was really dissapointed with after some really great episodes.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The news we've all been waiting for, couresty of AnimeNewsNetwork:

The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday that a new television anime series is in the works. A new anime series was a topic of much fan discussion for several months, but it was thrust into a more public spotlight last month when a management document was purportedly leaked from the BONES anime studio. The document listed Fullmetal Alchemist animator Yasuhiro Irie as "Hagane 2 kantoku" (Iron/Fullmetal 2 director).

After the purported leak, BONES President Masahiko Minami posted an official statement that said that no file with this same formatted information existed within the company. When asked about the possibility of a sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist or Darker than BLACK (another BONES anime), Minami told ANN, "It hasn't been decided yet. We are interested in doing them. As original science-fiction works, they were extremely fascinating. With these kinds of dramatic story lines, I feel that there's a lot we could do potentially."

Viz Media will publish the 17th volume of the manga version in North America this October, while FUNimation Entertainment released both the first television series and its theatrical movie finale.

dragonmask · On The Casting Couch

Good news but old news.

Posted this ages (months) ago on Twcf<

My mate got this confirmed By a rep for the company who is in controll of the english license.

The new Dragon Ball OVA and also the One piece origins OVA SHould be awesome.Good time to be a fan of this type of anime.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I thought TWCF was dead? It deserves to be....

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

There's a new collectors limited edition of the FMA Movie due out very soon, competition on CPC Movies in the next couple of days....

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I'm surprised there hasn't been a boxed set of the series released over here yet like there has been in Japan. But at 13 discs it would be pretty pricey.

NymVette · Movie Producer

Yes a box set of this would be pricy at 13 discs, but not as pricy as buying all 13 discs individually.

I would want this boxset!