Has anyone seen Fullmetal Alchemist?

I wasn't expecting much going into it but it quickly became my favorite anime. I love the plot and character development, as much as I like anime I never became too emotionaly attached to the characters but FMA has almost brought me to tears on several occasions(sp?).

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It's a preety cool anime, great animation, sound, color, music, it's all good.

I downloaded fansubs of a few episodes right after it came out. It didn't impress me much. The animation seemed a bit above average, but it suffers from the same thing most new anime does. It's been done before.

I want the game that comes out next week.

the show is cool, but the game is gonna be awesome, ^_^

yes it is really good

They show new espisods every saturday night on Adult Swim and previous espisods on the weekdays (Monday thru. Thursday), but they replaced my favorite anime "Case Closed" in it's time spot...(sob)

yes, full metal alchemist is great!!!! but i thought the reruns only came on thursday nights?

I wish we had it here it sounds soooooo cool. *cries*

I saw something "crude" in the tenth epsiode that I wasn't even expecting...

Anime was pretty good, the ending to be revealed in the movie of Summer '05 I presume.

However, I prefer the manga.

Thing is, the anime kinda caught up with it and took a different storyline to keep it going.

The manga is the original storyline and its still in the stage where the plot starts to thicken bigtime. Looks like it's going to be a very long story, can't wait for the next book!

Yeah, FMA was one of my favourite Anime's, I had all the episodes on 2 discs, I got to episode 50 and I lost the disc...T_T

Im waiting patiently for the final episodes to drop on KAA.... Hoping is a better word actually. Best series bones has ever cranked out. One of the best out there right now. And no, it is pretty damn unique, stupid detractors.

I'll be happy to argue with you about it if you want me to.

Full Metal Alchemist is awesome! Al and Ed are great anime characters. The show has great potential, in my opinion. Not to mention the kick-ass theme song, "Ready Steady GO!"

Full Metal Alchemist is awesome! Al and Ed are great anime characters. The show has great potential, in my opinion. Not to mention the kick-ass theme song, "Ready Steady GO!"
The Naruto Rap is better, but I guess the FMA theme song is okay.

The Naruto Rap is totally kick-ass too. ^_^

I do like FMA a lot. What's wierd though is that the characters have my name as their last name.

I do like FMA a lot. What's wierd though is that the characters have my name as their last name.

Are you kidding? That's so crazy!

I've only read the manga - which, so far, is pretty good (I've only been able to get up to chapter 43..).

Speaking of which, anyone else read the manga?

Nope, I wanna check it out though.

Are you kidding? That's so crazy!

Yeah, my name is Elric Thompson. and um, Elric is not a real name.

FMA is one of my favourite anime too. I just love the storyline and characters and... everything in it. Well almost everything, I mean the starting song was the most horrible i have ever heard

I've read some of the manga, not much though.

Well, I gave the show something of a second chance. Since I downloaded the first two episodes, I did the honest thing and bought the first dvd. And since I bought the dvd,I figured I might as well watch it.

At this point, my opinion of it is lower than before. The entire time I was watching it, I was pissed off at how ludicrous the show's premise was. Okay, so alchemy is a science. So why the hell does it all look like some kind of stereotypical sorcery? It could have been a very interesting concept if the original author had just kept it more realistic and made it seem like the characters are scientists instead of Lina Inverse clones.

FMA is one of the best anime shows on the airway now.

Yeah, who knows what cool (and maybe sick) Animes and Mangas their coming up with in Japan. Not that I'm saying that the FMA is bad or anything, but the thing that I see and heard of that are kept in the dark. (shruds)

Yeah, my name is Elric Thompson. and um, Elric is not a real name.

Aaah! Whaddaya mean Elric is not a real name?! Of course Elric is a real name! Or are you honestly gonna say that Elric the Melnibon�an isn't a real character? *gurgle*

Umm... yeah, now that the outburst is over... sure, FMA's pretty good.

i agree totally FMA went above and beyond what i though it would be!!it rocked!!

I've seen through episode 26 and by next week will be through 51. I love this show so far. The plot is thickening and twisting beyond the original premise.

*SPOILER*
The death of Hughs just really sucked though. Damn Homonculus. Now who is going to gush about Elysia during every spare moment.

*SPOILERS*

Yeah i agree with you. Hughes's death was really a shocking moment, he was a nice guy after all.

There's something I missed before when I was listing the reasons I hated it. I totally forgot about the pitiful characterization of the world itself. The level of technological advancement of the world is horribly inconsistent. The early episodes hint at a political structure, but only give enough information to leave the viewer completely confused if they try to see the big picture. And on top of that, how is there a desert in the first couple of episodes? The dialogue indicates that they're still in the same country, but considering that it's supposed to be set in Europe, it makes no sense for a desert to be there.

Overall: Interesting idea, but with terrible flaws in its design and numerous continuity errors.

It skiped a few (3) years later after the ninth espiode, I think it was the ninth.

Yeah. FMA has it's flaws, but overall, I think that it's a pretty good anime. But we always have to remember, to each his own.

Agreed. I'm just putting out the alternate viewpoint for anyone who, like me, nitpicks over continuity and design consistency. Also, I'm making the point that although it's decent, it is certainly not the best anime ever made.

the show is cool, but the game is gonna be awesome, ^_^

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the game blows..

Anyway, I agree a bit with Prak on this one. Howeverm I understand that it's just a TV show and thus some of it isn't going to make sense. What I never liked was the fact they, like Park said, alchemy is a science and the brothers are supposed to be scientists. However, scientists spend thier lives picking things apart, getting to the root of things, trying to figure things out, understanding the unexplainable... yet everyone in the series who is an alchemist just seems to roll with the unexplainable like it mains nothing. Elric and transmute without circles (as well as a few other people, including some people with the red stones) but they never actually try to figure out the reason behind it as far as I've seen. They pretty much just used this and the red stones as a way of turning the series into a magic show.

I usualy let all the inconsistent stuff about the show slide and watch it whenever I'm watching adult swim on the weekend, doubt I''ll ever splurge and buy it tho. I think the main reason why I watch it is because of Edward. Shy little younger brother in a big ass suit of armour, heh.

I think it is a great anime and I really want to get the game. I heard it was excellent!!!

And Ed is hillarious in the anime.

I thought this show was going to be corny but it actually turned out to be pretty good!

why would you think that it would be corny?

*spoilers ish ahead*

I have to say I really enjoyed this anime, especaily when Ed find himself in London during the Blitz.

This is my favorite show, I think it's awesome, the same is so-so though, but I enjoy it.

i really wanna watch it, it still isnt out here in Australia, i've read the reviews in newtype, i can't wait!!^^sounds like a great show.

I love FMA !! ^_^ it truly is a good anime. I havent seen many of the epsiodes since it didnt come out in Canda yet..at least I dont think it did *shifty eyes* but I download the episodes

It's really cool, though the ending was like >_> not that great...

hey guys! lets analyze the previous episode in this thread since i'm so bored!
so what did you guys think of episode....dunno, but the one where they go to lab 5? i think it was kinda good, but they could have put in more fighting scenes.

Esp. 19? Yeah, it was kinda funny. ^_^

In every espiode they seem to tease Edward Elric about his size. About how SHORT he is. ^_^

i love this showww! its like the best. so many shockers all the time. every episode has something new in it.

i watch it every saturday on adult swim....i think i missed two episodes, but its such a good anime

great show! did anyone see yesterday's show?

I missed yesterday's espiode because of a storm... :whatever:

which was it? i might have seen it? (was it the one when Ed beats The Slasher and Al is told by Barry the Butcher that his memory could be alterd? if yes then i did! )

The espiode had to do with Ed and Al continuing their exploration of the abannden Labatorary #5. Ed and Al ran in to some trouble when they meet two unknown charaters who are just like Al!

Ive seen that episode! I like the episode after. So much emotion, and how Al asks Edward if he just input his memories to make it convenient for him. *sigh* then Al runs away...so sad. Or maybe thats in a later episode?

The life of a fullmetal alchemist isn't easy.

ooooo fullmetal alchemist, guess i shouldn't be too surprised so many people like it, it is a good show. truthfully the first time i heard about it i was a bit skeptical, so i didn't watch the first few episodes but then i watched one and really like it (the first episode i watched was the one with the cross dressing butcher psycho guy) it has humor and drama, i watch it every chance i get. oh i also love the short jokes since i too am of short status *cough* :laugh:

Whoa! Slow down kid, your going to choke yourself. ^_^

Well, at this point, I have very mixed feelings about the show. I actually went and bought the second DVD to make sure I was giving the show a fair shake, and after watching it, my opinion has shifted somewhat.

For starters, I was drawn in by the level of pure charisma the show managed in those episodes. There was a certain element of fun that I just didn't see in the first four. I'm also fairly intrigued by this Scar character.

But then, the show hit another snag. Cheap plot devices. Case in point: Winry comes to Central to visit Ed and Al, waits anonymously for Ed, and is subsequently kidnapped by a serial killer. Ed arrives on the scene, not even knowing who he was supposed to meet and figures out that Winry was his visitor because he found a screw on the ground that just happened to be like the ones in his arm. That is about as lame a plot device as I've ever seen.

All in all, I'm split on the show. It keeps showing promise, but moments that could have been good keep getting ruined by lazy writing. Also, the premise of the show still annoys me. It would have been infinitely better if alchemy was characterized as a form of mysticism that follows scientific guidelines. As it stands, the show is making no sense. Putting your hands on a magic circle is not a catalyst for a reaction.

I'll buy the next set of episodes when they come out, but that's what will determine if I stick with the series or throw it to the wayside of mediocrity.

Maybe you should rent?

I've seen a few episodes on cartoon network. It seems like it's not that bad, but it's not something I'd follow.

I can't bring myself to rent anime. I have no idea why. OCD perhaps. :(

Wow Prak, you're a preety good show rater. If I'll need to ask for some certian anime on DVD that I'm a bit concern about, I'll ask you. If that's alright with you. ^_^

Well, I read from TV Tome.com in the Full Metal Alchemist TV Guide section that in Japan, the animators who worked on the anime are in production of making a Full Metal Alchmist movie. ^_^

Speaking of which, anyone else read the manga?

I read the manga. I've really only been following the manga so far since I just got into it, and so far I am really enjoying it. Have the feeling I'll be picking up the rest of the volumes, too. They also show the anmie late at night on a station here (old reruns), but I'm usually not home to watch it.

Ed is such an angster. Revenge of the short person. Bwahaha. :P

And yes, there is a Fullmetal Alchemist movie coming out later on this year. Last I heard it'll be this summer.

woot

I think it's going to be sweet! ^_^

"Hot animation, computer graphics, *giggle* just going to the website for the movie make me want to see it now!" ^____^

*Even though I can't read the words...* -_-

I love this show im colecting the anime as we speek my fav. charicter is Roy M. hense the avatar. this is a great show!

is there already a game out?

I believe so. ^_^

Yeah, there are three of them, but only one has been released in the states.

Actually, there are at least six games planned, only one of which has been released. The one already released, two more rpgs for PS2 that are supposed to be release later this year, a PS2 fighting game, some kind of GBA game, and a DS game.

The one that's out now is supposed to be pretty mediocre and none of them (apparently) follow the anime storyline.

Yet again, Square's piss-poor execution crushes all worth out of a potentially outstanding franchise.

Well, the first on only loosely follows the storyline , and I thoght it wasnt that bad. They really give you control over the alchemizing part of the game.

A few extra words now that I've seen the entire series and read a bit of the manga:

The original manga showed me right off just how flawed the anime version's execution was. In a note at the beginning of the first volume of the comic, the author stated that it was not meant to be a completely serious work. It was meant to be the equivalent of a B movie; that readers are meant to laugh at the ridiculous portrayal of alchemy and not to take it too seriously. Therein lies the biggest problem. The anime does take itself seriously.

One of my biggest problems with the show was that alchemy didn't even begin to resemble any kind of science. That issue is adequately clarified over the course of the show, but about 80% of the show plods along in absolute disdain for common sense before dropping hints that it does actually come together. On the other hand, the manga immediately clarifies that alchemy is a mixture of art, magic, and science. That goes a very long way toward making it more enjoyable, even though the characters actually believe it's really science.

In short, my impression is that the manga looks infinitely better than the dreadfully mishandled anime.

Yeah, the manga was definitly better thatn the actual show, now that you mention it. It had a much deeper outline of what happend to the Elrics, plus it also had a much more funnier storyline than the show. The show really muddles up the entire Alchemy part of the show. You could never really understand what it was in the show, like if it was magic, or a human thing. It was (the manga) much better than the show itself, and it much more clearly presented the alchemy theory.

Yeah, the manga was definitly better thatn the actual show, now that you mention it. It had a much deeper outline of what happend to the Elrics, plus it also had a much more funnier storyline than the show. The show really muddles up the entire Alchemy part of the show. You could never really understand what it was in the show, like if it was magic, or a human thing. It was (the manga) much better than the show itself, and it much more clearly presented the alchemy theory.

You and Prak are so right about the difference between the anime and the manga. The anime seems to make Winry more of a "show-off star" like they do with most girls and women in anime, including Lust (like a couple of times she appeared in a few espiodes where she had no part in). They only do it to give the women of the story some more attention, in a bad way.

http://www.dra-mata.com/images/gifs/winry.gif

As you can see the little mini-clip before you, the camera is going around Winry, showing her big butt, and an up-shot of her...um...chest. The whole pic is speaking "Put me in hentai, put me in hentai!" How stupid is that?

And remember that one espisode (that I apparently believe that it was not in the manga) that had that one woman who became a theif to keep a town that was sinking to the bottom of the sea alive? Well for those who might not know, her name is Clara, but her theif name is Psiren from espisode 10: The Phantom Theif.

Well, if you recall, in one sence where Ed was chasing Psiren for stealing some jewels, they got into a fight and at the end of it when Ed jumped her, he found himself upon Psiren on the ground with her "pined-down". If you don't know the rest, when Ed had her pined-down, he thought he had his hand on her arm when it was actually on her...well you can take guess, if most of you know anime real well.

The animators/writers wanted to put that sence there for their own "personal enjoyment" while not staying in tune with the original story (and I believe they also did the same for espisode 9: Be Thou for the People, by adding a new character 'who was not seen or part of the manga' named Lyra)

Don't get me wrong, Lyra is preety cute, and she's maybe one of my favorite anime sub-characters, but when they just add a character just for the animators' "personal interest" that makes the story all wrong, even for the character.

So what do you think about it?

I can never finish FMA, I was on the right track and then all of a sudden I moved to a new house and I don't have cable! *cries*

FMA is really a good anime. So far, I'm way behind.

Wah wah wah!! people dissed FMA!!! I am only on ep 5. Its halfway through DLing. It makes me cry because I am a soppy cow.
Now can anyone tell me the names of the games? My cousin in Hong Kong has them but I want them. I wish FMA would air in the UK and on terestrial. I can't wait for the movie. It goes out in July in Japan, so I hope I can get it from hong kong. It's too exiting! *starts hyperventilating*

i watched the episodes until i got to the part when ed and al were separated between the gate. i was probably the last episode but i dont know.
it was pretty sad in one of the episodes when a girl died inside al's suit (i forgot her name) and it made me cry. it was similar to aerith's death. both deaths were "unexpected". i wished i was there. couldve killed that badass homunculus.

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