Full Metal Alchemist

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:26 am

Ep 4 is out.

This series reminds me of Slayers and I liked Slayers. 52 episodes huh? There's gonna be a lot of little side stories like ep 4 then.

Post by **Taurec** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:58 am

Well they managed to keep the village in one piece .. our beloved Lina has her own ways .

darkbane · Post by **darkbane** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:15 pm

i'm actually reading the manga instead of watching this.. it's kind of funny. one question. in the anime, does Rose from the first village (the fake religion alchemist plot arc) have any further appearance? she only appeared in the first two chapters, i kinda expected her to follow the brothers but so far she hasn't.

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:47 am

Yea, at the end of that episode, she turned around looking disappointed... I thought she was gonna follow the brothers too but she hasn't appeared again

. Hopefully she'll be back

Forse · Post by **Forse** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:12 pm

Not much to say about this anime except I don't like it. First 2 eps were interesting, but now I am sleeping while watching. I do admit that it's good if you seek some action, but otherwise...well it's matter of taste anyway

ZyreX · Post by **ZyreX** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:55 pm

Just started looking at this and yes it seems quite fun so Ill be watching the hole thing!

MaxJenius · Post by **MaxJenius** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:22 pm

Yeah! The 9th episode is ready!!!
Need...to...watch..it...

If it keeps as good as it is for the rest of the series it'll be one of the best (or the best) series of this year.

Post by **Taurec** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:32 pm

It's starting to pick up in speed, it's nice ...
but by far it doesn't reach SAC animation or story wise,

compared to the other new series that came out t the same time, it keeps entertaining

just saw after the serial killer ep, lets see what evils they have to battle after this one

Mr.Bill · Post by **Mr.Bill** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 3:03 am

so wuts fma about exactly?

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 6:21 am

Here we go, my 50th post, maybe that'll promote me

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FMA is about Alphonse and Edward Elric, two young brothers who have lost their mother. They hoped to use their talent for alchemy to somehow revive her. However, human alchemy is a forbidden science, and attempting it carries a heavy price. Ed loses an arm and leg, and Al loses his body. Ed is able to seal Al’s soul inside of a huge suit of armor. Years later, Ed (now with two mechanical limbs) and Al (still trapped in the armor) set out to regain their old bodies, each brother concerned with the other’s happiness. As they travel, they use their powerful alchemy to help the people along the way.

After the first story (first 2 episodes), the series goes into this flashback that catches up at episode 9. The "alchemy" in this series is like magic. The Alchemist can take whatever material and transmute it to something else pretty much instantly. Like fix a broken vase by transmuting its pieces. Edward sometimes transmute his mechnical arm into a blade when he needs to fight with it, though no one is ever killed by the brothers. They're not superheros and I thought episode 8 was really good when it showed just how human and believable Ed is... heros can be terrified too.

If I make a rating system for anime... I'd do something like this:
Buy it legit cuz I'd feel guilty not buying such a great anime - Masterpiece
Burn on CDRs and keep - Excellent series
Burn on CDRWs and erase after showing it to my brother and friends - Good series
Download, watch, then delete - Okay series
Don't bother downloading - It sucks

Great series, even though it's gonna be 52 episodes long and I'm a cheap bastard, I think I'll spend the 13 blank CDRs it'll take to burn and keep it. I don't have 13 extra CDRWs anyways

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Mr.Bill · Post by **Mr.Bill** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:32 pm

cool I'll but it on my too watch list (I dont delete any anime I download, and I dont burn it to cd-r/rw either
I just am gonna add anothe hdd as soon as I can afford it
Ialready have almost filled a 120gig

ZyreX · Post by **ZyreX** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:48 pm

well Im doing the same as you... never delete...
and I have filled 2 120gb + 80gb damn Have only 15gb left

Mr.Bill · Post by **Mr.Bill** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:53 pm

he I have 14gb free right now

I need to hurry and buy that hdd

sousuka_sagara · Post by **sousuka_sagara** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:54 pm

KILLED... here's why -H

MaxJenius · Post by **MaxJenius** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:21 pm

Episode 13 is out... funny as hell!

spoilers

spoilers wrote:Finally a relaxing episode... it's not about the two brothers being good (I almost got tired by that)
Mustang is really nuts! In the first episodes he was so precise and acted like a man, here he shows his mad side ; the HawkEye girl rules, BTW, I like her a lot! And we see that Mustang really kicks a$$ in combat, some action, finally...