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 Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:49 am Post subject: FullMetal Alchemist |
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Does anyone else like this anime? In my opinion it's got one of the best english dubs out of the animes that I've seen, the story's interesting and I can't wait to find out what happens next since I haven't seen the subbed japanese version.
The version I watch has the english audio dubbed over the japanese visuals so that nothing is cut out. If anyone is interested they are released on Sunday/Monday as torrents by xlg47.
So what's other peoples opinion on this show? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:10 am Post subject: |
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I love FMA. I watched the fan-subbed version, and thought it was super great.
I found almost no flaws with this show. It had a great mix of action, suspense, and comedy. The only thing that I could consider a minor flaw was the ending. It was a good ending, but it seemed like they could have given more to it.
The story was the best part though. The first time I heard of this show I thought it would be just another shounen anime with a bunch of characters fighting all the time with hardly any plot. Much to my surprise it was pretty much the opposite. The story was top-notch. I have no bad things to say about this show.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:41 am Post subject: |
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I have to agree, Full Metal Alchemist is amazing! It had some nice plot twists for sure, and some very well developed characters and backstory.
I will agree that the ending was a little lose compared to the rest of the series. I believe there's a movie that's supposed to follow up however. I'm trying to find a place to find a subbed version. With that said, I think the ending is well placed.
I was the same way when I heard about it though. It was gaining popularity really fast, and I almost wrote it off as another junky kids anime. I ended up seeing some of it in japanese at a local anime night then when I dropped in though, and really liked it.
I haven't seen any of the english sub personally. I've heard good things though, and from several people at that.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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I love Fullmetal Alchemist. It's probably my favorite anime, right now. I just wish they would release the DVDs faster, since that's the only way I can watch it. I think I'm almost up to the second season...
What about the manga? Has anyone been following it? I kinda like it better than the anime, just becuase the plotline is a bit more...stable. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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It is definitely my favorite Anime. It actually has me kind of hooked at the moment. I DVR all the episodes and the new ones come one every saturday. When i first watched it on adult swim i thought it was stupid and i thought Al was a girl, but when i actually sat down and watched a couple of episodes it instantly had me hooked. Now i get pissed when i miss the new ones and can't wait for more to come out on DVD. I can't remember enjoying another anime as much as this one for awhile, maybe when i first started watching Gundam Wing, but that was ages ago. Anyway yea i watch it alot and if anyone hasn't seen it yet it is definitely worth a watch.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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I was reading the manga myself actually, it's a bit more complex, which I like. I can't remember how far I got before I ran out of it to read. I'll have to try and track the rest of it down. I really enjoy it. I'm more of a manga person though, while I like to see both the anime and read the manga, I just always feel like I get more out of the manga.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:07 am Post subject: |
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A FMA thread? You guys have no idea how long I've been waiting for something like this to pop up. :D
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Well, it's currently been licensed, but there is still some groups who are scanlating it. Some require passwords to access the chapters, while some function with a page-by-page reading system (which I find extremely irritating). If you want, though, I could point you to one of the sites, but I'm afraid that you'll have to contact me via MSN. 'Tis not good to discuss illegal dealings in public. :D
(Oh, and the latest chapter just came out!)
Admittedly, I've only watched the first two episodes of FMA before crying out in despair and returning the CDs to my friend (he burnt them for me back before it was licensed) as my computer couldn't take the load and was lagging horribly. And so, I'm more into the manga than the anime. I do know about how the anime goes though (when you're a member of the LJ community as well as a few fan message boards, it's kind of hard to miss all the spoilers that's posted all over the place), but I can't say that it's that much to my liking. I'd have prefered it they had kept the storyline parellel to the manga, but of course, that wouldn't have been possible as the manga is still going, while the anime has finished. It might take them years to finish the entire animation then, and by then, the interest would probably wane.
In any case, I believe that FMA is a fabulous series. It has wonderful music and a absorbing storyline, and it's perhaps the best proof that women artists can draw something that's not romance and shoujo-ish stuff. Yes, Hiromu Arakawa is female. FMA also has really in-depth characterisation and isn't afraid to play around with death (I found the part in which the doctor turned his own daughter into a chimera for his own selfish purposes saddening), and I believe that it is a top-notch series.
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| Yeah there were two deaths that shocked me in this anime, that was one of them and you guys can probably guess the other. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:58 am Post subject: |
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I think it is my third favorite anime. It goes right under number 1) X the series 2) Berserk. Although they need to make more berserk.
Back to FMA I think that it is a really awesome show with an intricate storyline and it is drawn very well. I think that a lot of hard work had to have been put into this show just by how cool it looks. I haven't really seen the episodes in english, I downloaded all of the fansubs, though. I like the fact that they aren't edited like they are when you watch them on Adult Swim.
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I don't do dub...and I tend to steer well clear of anything (as far as anime goes, that is) on the Cartoon channel on the matter of principles. I actually read the manga of Full Metal Alchemist, interestingly. I've heard it's got some key differences with the anime series itself...I don't know, I've never seen it...but I liked it. The characters gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling on the inside...I kind of grew to sympathize with the struggle of the two main characters...and I did like the Seven Sins quite a bit.
I think it's fascinating villains that make an anime series for me either way, but the Sins were some of the best ones I've seen. Probably the single biggest reason why I liked Full Metal Alchemist.
I'll probably end up hating Full Metal Alchemist in the end, just like everything else, because I'll get sick of hearing people talk about how great it is. Seems to be an inevitable occurance with everything I ever end up liking at all. Except for Suikoden. :)
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't do dub...and I tend to steer well clear of anything (as far as anime goes, that is) on the Cartoon channel on the matter of principles. |
Well, I admit that I've never seen the dubbed version of FMA, but according to what I've been hearing on the FMA Livejournal communities, it isn't too shabby. The dubbers, apparently, have watched FMA before (it's a horrifying result when they don't) so they do have a general idea of what they're supposed to do.
Besides, you have to watch it to see if it's really as bad as you think, no? :D
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I agree. One does grow rather (emotionally) attached to the two Elric brothers after all they've been through. Must be a fan thing. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Some people have commented the ending seemed loose, I just thought it was them laying the setting for the film that they released of it. I haven't seen the film myself but it's called the conqueror of Shambala (not a clue if it ties into the manga anyhow either).
One of my favourites as it goes, great anime series I always thought.
Ed Elric could possibly be why I like Hitsugaya Toushirou in Bleach so much too, they have a nearly identical voice and I'm almost certain the voice actor has to be the same person.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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I agree completely with PF, the ending seemed lose for good reason.
Is the movie out in Japan yet, does anyone know?
I always pick up a subbed version, I started on subbed and I'm used to the japanese voice actors, I just like to see things in their original contex :)
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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I think you can get fansubs of the theatre rip, you know someone holding a camera in the cinema that kind of thing.
Check here:
Fullmetal Alchemist Movie Forum
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Parallax wrote: |
| I'll probably end up hating Full Metal Alchemist in the end, just like everything else, because I'll get sick of hearing people talk about how great it is. Seems to be an inevitable occurance with everything I ever end up liking at all. Except for Suikoden. :) |
Nah, there are plenty of things wrong with FMA.
I downloaded 30 episodes of it before it was licensed. I watched 26 of them, and then decided that the whole series didn't really entertain me that much. Note that by the time you reached Episode 26, you finished the first major plot arc and were filled with a bunch of downtime. During that period of filler, FMA's weaknesses really shone out to me and I didn't feel compelled to watch more of it. The concept after Episode 1 and 2 were quite awesome and I was really into it, but eventually I got tired.
About a month ago, I watched Epsidoe 27 and 28, but overall, there was nothing there that would pull me back to finish the series.
So vote -1 for liking FMA. I probably won't follow this thread in detail (I bet there are a lot of spoilers, and even though I do not plan to watch the rest of the series I don't want to read spoilers) and I don't want to troll the thread, but I just wanted to let it be known that there are people who thought that FMA wasn't that great.
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