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Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood Official Discussion Thread
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No problem!Haunted said:Sounds good, thanks for the answers guys.
I really do recommend that everyone reads the manga at some point, too, since the anime has already skipped over some nice lines, speeches, and events given in the manga.
Auron_Kale
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I agree that everyone should read the manga at some point, but I really appreciate what Brotherhood is doing. Even though a lot of great lines/exchanges/scenes are omitted, the main gist of the manga is kept - especially since they're condensing roughly two chapters per episode.
It would definitely be more expensive if Brotherhood was literally a regurgitation of the manga, as the episodes would probably be hour-long episodes.
It would definitely be more expensive if Brotherhood was literally a regurgitation of the manga, as the episodes would probably be hour-long episodes.
Who knows, maybe they actually did make the little scenes from the manga that have been cut so far (ie: Ed + Al sparring with Armstrong, the "Brother! This is the first time someone has treated me like a child since I became this armor!" joke), but cut some of them due to having to confine the episode to the ~22 minutes or so of the half hour time slot they had to work with on TV.
Maybe the episodes will be of variable length from 24-26 minutes on the DVDs with those little extra scenes included
and to be honest, I'm not sure if a 1 chapter per ep pace could work, even for a show as face paced as FMA. See how the first two eps of the first anime turned out: Tons of filler to make the first two manga chapters take up two eps.
I think a ~1.5 episodes for two chapters is the right pace (3 eps for 4 chapters), or about a ~75 episode pace for the whole manga story.
Maybe the episodes will be of variable length from 24-26 minutes on the DVDs with those little extra scenes included
and to be honest, I'm not sure if a 1 chapter per ep pace could work, even for a show as face paced as FMA. See how the first two eps of the first anime turned out: Tons of filler to make the first two manga chapters take up two eps.
I think a ~1.5 episodes for two chapters is the right pace (3 eps for 4 chapters), or about a ~75 episode pace for the whole manga story.
SouthernDragon
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I rather liked this episode. I appreciate.
Especially since there were several important setups for later events.
Especially since there were several important setups for later events.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I loved this episode because of the cheesiness of the humour, but for the first time since the series' debut I have to agree the tension was missing from the serious scenes. The revelation of the
works better as a cliffhanger.
Philosopher's Stone's contents
I'm really enjoying this, but I think it's because the source material is ridiculously good.
For a BONES production, it's disappointing in a lot of ways. Maybe when they finally start covering stuff the original didn't, the production will ramp up? :shrugs. Even barely animated FMA is good to me.
For a BONES production, it's disappointing in a lot of ways. Maybe when they finally start covering stuff the original didn't, the production will ramp up? :shrugs. Even barely animated FMA is good to me.
Metroid Killer
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Can't believe this hasn't been posted here already! European FMA fans rejoyce!!
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FMA: Brotherhood is pretty much legally available all over the world now that The Licensing Machine, part of the Panini group, launched a YouTube channel for the second season of FullMetal Alchemist: FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
The series premiered May 16th with the first 7 episodes of FMA available with subtitles in 11 different languages, HQ audio and HD video.
Starting May 27, new epsisodes will be added one episode per week, and only THREE days after they were aired in Japan.
Languages are: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Polish and Turkish.
FMA: Brotherhood Youtube Channel
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I've already checked out many of the episodes with Danish subtitles, and they defintely do a great translation job. As far as I can tell it's a direct translation from jap->danish (and not a crappy jap->eng->danish that I'm avoiding all the time).
Now there's really no excuse to watch this series illegally. Big applause for the way this series has been handled internationally. *claps*
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FMA: Brotherhood is pretty much legally available all over the world now that The Licensing Machine, part of the Panini group, launched a YouTube channel for the second season of FullMetal Alchemist: FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
The series premiered May 16th with the first 7 episodes of FMA available with subtitles in 11 different languages, HQ audio and HD video.
Starting May 27, new epsisodes will be added one episode per week, and only THREE days after they were aired in Japan.
Languages are: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Polish and Turkish.
FMA: Brotherhood Youtube Channel
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I've already checked out many of the episodes with Danish subtitles, and they defintely do a great translation job. As far as I can tell it's a direct translation from jap->danish (and not a crappy jap->eng->danish that I'm avoiding all the time).
Now there's really no excuse to watch this series illegally. Big applause for the way this series has been handled internationally. *claps*
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Just as a heads-up, FUNimation is finally putting up the episodes on Youtube. They've only uploaded up to episode four, so they still suck, however.
Thoughts about episode eight:
Thoughts about episode eight:
Envy is such a dork.
The previous series needed more Barry the Chopper too.
The previous series needed more Barry the Chopper too.
Auron_Kale
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After being away for the weekend, finally caught ep. 8
The fights seemed to have been animated better and more Barry is always a good thing.
Envy's still an idiot, but then again, he was always 'love to hate' kinda character for me.
Great episode for this week.
The fights seemed to have been animated better and more Barry is always a good thing.
Envy's still an idiot, but then again, he was always 'love to hate' kinda character for me.
Phone conversation between Roy & Maes (both during the episode and after the credits) were made of win... man I'm gonna miss Hughes...
Great episode for this week.
Auron_Kale
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D-Pad said:
I hope so. I have a feeling that they've only removed the FMA episodes as a precaution while they sort out the details of the One Piece hack and leak.
I have to admit though, I'm glad I managed to catch ep. 8 on Funi's site last Thursday.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
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Felt a little fillerish, as though we were just watching them zoom as quickly as possible through the down-time that was already covered in FMA-1. Not "bad" per-se, but nothing we don't feel like we've seen before. It gets really good past this point though.
Zeouterlimits
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Haven't watched it since the Funimation "event".
I miss it...
I miss it...
Zeouterlimits
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Auron_Kale
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Just watched the raw for ep. 10...
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dammit Hughes...
blazinglord
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Doesn't work for me in the UK, it just says "This video is not available in your country" whenever I try to play one. Perhaps it's revenge for our Euroscepticism. :lol Luckily funimation does works for us in the UK but unfortunately it isn't in HD and it takes forever to stream.Metroid Killer said:
SouthernDragon
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Who gives a shit how it was hacked, or if it had protection? It seems one blasted idiot ruined it for everyone.
Now I'm stuck at episode 7.
laaaaaame
Now I'm stuck at episode 7.
laaaaaame
SouthernDragon
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i hate you guys
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The over-the-topness of the first act was probably a good hint. Although, I think I'm just too much of a cynic nowadays. :lol
Auron_Kale
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Watched ep. 10 with subs...yeah...still a great episode though.
Dammit Hughes...
SecretBonusPoint
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While I enjoy the pace of this new series and can't wait for it to hit the new territory of the manga, its not doing a good a job emotionally as the original.
Character death spoilers:
was one of the most poigniant scenes in any animation I can care to remember. Disappointing that it wasn't in, and I think the Nina episodes also lacked that dramatic horrifying punch from the 1st anime as well.
I'd like to see someone with spare time and effort to burn splice together the 2 adaptions when its finished to transmute the perfect FMA series.
Character death spoilers:
Of specific note for me was one of the most emotionally resonant scenes in the original anime, that they chose not to replicate here, probably because it wasn't in the manga. After Hughes has died, Ed on the train looks out the window and see's Hughes waving at him from a random station in slow motion, before the train rockets onwards.
A simple enough scene, but it worked so well on so many multiple levels and it just got me. That feeling you get when you find out at what time someone close to you and where you were at the time. That supernatural feeling you psychologically convince yourself you must have felt, and the train aka life rocketing onwards to its destination regardless,
A simple enough scene, but it worked so well on so many multiple levels and it just got me. That feeling you get when you find out at what time someone close to you and where you were at the time. That supernatural feeling you psychologically convince yourself you must have felt, and the train aka life rocketing onwards to its destination regardless,
I'd like to see someone with spare time and effort to burn splice together the 2 adaptions when its finished to transmute the perfect FMA series.
SecretBonusPoint
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I dont think thats it at all. Rewatch the original again, and the entire segment is done in double quick time with no fluff in between. (It's on youtube, not sure if I'm allowed to link, and is annoyingly without the Railway Station scene I'm describing that I desperately want to see again).
Also the music isn't doing it for me in this adaption. It lacks that absolutely heart pulling tragic piano of the 1st series. We'll see. Maybe they'll do the bit I want to see at the start of the next episode, but I doubt it.
Edit: Aha, found it. Yeah, it was an extension of the Apple Pie train scene, so theyve already done that
Also the music isn't doing it for me in this adaption. It lacks that absolutely heart pulling tragic piano of the 1st series. We'll see. Maybe they'll do the bit I want to see at the start of the next episode, but I doubt it.
Edit: Aha, found it. Yeah, it was an extension of the Apple Pie train scene, so theyve already done that
Auron_Kale
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I find the pacing to be fine.
Might as well get through all of the stuff that was explored in the first series faster so that they can reach the point where the manga & first series diverged greatly and then slow down, as it'll be new territory for those not familiar with the manga.
Might as well get through all of the stuff that was explored in the first series faster so that they can reach the point where the manga & first series diverged greatly and then slow down, as it'll be new territory for those not familiar with the manga.
SecretBonusPoint, I don't mean this episode. I meant the time you've spent with the character up to this point.
Auron_Kale, I agree, but it is a little disappointing because I can't really call this the definitive version. I think what I said earlier might ring true with the best way to watch this being to watch the beginning of the first series then end of the second.
Auron_Kale, I agree, but it is a little disappointing because I can't really call this the definitive version. I think what I said earlier might ring true with the best way to watch this being to watch the beginning of the first series then end of the second.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
Unfortunately, the first half of the original has all the goofy shit mixed in like Sloth being a homunculi of the Elric's mother and other stuff, so the 2 aren't entirely compatible, hence why a large amount of splicing would be required between the 2 versions to get it to gel.
Masked Man
I said wow
SecretBonusPoint said:
I actually thought Sloth being a Homunculus of Trisha was a pretty powerful plotline. Not only did it drive home the idea of that "uncrossable threshold," but it intensified the familial dynamics that ran throughout the show. Very moving, in my opinion.
Indeed.Hero said:I knew this episode was going to be "that" episode but it still made me sad.
I admit it didn't have as much dramatic impact like the first series because of the fast pace of this series but it still made me choked up.
I don't know what everyone else is expecting, but it seems clear to me throughout all 10 episodes so far that they are very very very aware of how the first anime handled everything, and they're trying to provide a different approach to pretty much all the scenes that were already faithfully adapted the first time around. For both the Elric backstory and for episode 10, that means focusing more on the before and the after and less on the emotional heartstring pulling of the even itself. If the first series' version was the emotional punch, this version hit the other characters involved more (especially Mustang) and delved deeper into what it means for them and their motivations and ambitions.
Ultimately, it's not really worth trying to overdo the melodrama of the situation to try to replicate the impact of the original. Better for the show to simply be its own thing.
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