Too cute a picture not to use at one point in time, so I’m using it now.
A reminder that my list is of animes that started in 2009, so shows like Clannad After Story or Toradora don’t make the list because they started in fall of 2008 even if they did end in 2009.
Episode 7
It really shows how I was so out of it for the past 2 weeks when I completely skipped blogging episode 6 of FMA. I don’t know why, but it made me realize how long it’s been since I’ve blogged anything. Anyway, I know this is another double, but I kind of like the simplicity of making these types of posts. So, I think 7 was right in commenting how the only real problem with the new series is that as of yet, we’ve already seen all of what they have to show, so it can get a bit dull. Though, new material is soon to come!
On that note, there is really only so much you can say about something you saw years ago, but I do enjoy the arc we are getting into, which was interesting and actually important for the series. I thought it was kind of amusing as an example of how quickly this series has been going when in one minute you see Ed and Al talking to each other and in the next they are climbing the walls of buildings. Well, not much to say besides an episode like all the others; pretty average.
Best Moment: The ultimate question
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Episode 8
This episode was actually pretty interesting, it kept my attention and I didn’t feel particularly bored at any time. This arc interested me the first time, and this time it took a different take and wasn’t too rushed while having enough action. Something that is a general fact about animes, is that it is extremely rare for any character to actually be worried about the amount of blood they have lost in battle, so in this episode when Ed mentioned that he would not last much longer due to the amount of blood loss making him dizzy, I could not help but sort of laugh.
In almost every other anime, the amount of blood you lose is no issue and you’ll always pull through in the end without even having to go to a hospital. Because Ed thinks realistically, I give Brotherhood some points for credibility. So, the plot thickens, as they say, and although Brotherhood still hasn’t been able to prove itself better than the old FMA, this episode does show how it is on its way!
Best Moment: Barry the Chopper!
No Brotherhood here! I enjoy making posts about AMVs that I have seen every once in a while, so I decided to continue this with the theme of Fullmetal Alchemist. Obviously, it’s not like there would be many if not any AMVs that came from the new series, but I still dedicate this to the old series, which just brings me back to old times… Chances of anybody having seen all these AMVs is very high, but something that I realized while searching through some AMVs were that not only is there thousands of them, but the ones that are popular are popular with reasons because they are the few AMVs that actually make an impact on me. Anyway, even if you have seen them, I would hope that it would be nice to revisit them as you remember the old series and what FMA used to be. With that said, I hope I don’t have to warn anyone that the videos may contain spoilers of sorts.
The AMV uses some great effects. The best part about it though, is that it has a purpose and shows a story rather than just meaningless clips.
“Nothing I Won’t give” by Vic Mignogna; I find that just clever. For some reason I can remember hearing this song from a long time ago. Anyway, once again this is simply a well made AMV that is pretty intense.
Sum41 was a band that died out apparently, but anyway, this is a really good video that is just enjoyable to watch that seems to center mostly around Wrath.
And saving the best for last, we have a video done to the music “Protége moi” by Placebo, which is a great song! Though, I also really enjoy the video because it represents the emotions of the characters extremely well and reminds us about why FMA is so awesome!
About another 5 or so episodes skipped, which I guess will make some people happy and others disappointed. In terms of comparing both series, in the original the events of this episode happened in around episode 15 I believe, and in this case we’re on episode 5. Read the rest of this entry »
Episode 3
Okay, well the most noticeable thing that I just need to start by pointing out was the amount of split-screens used in this episode. At first, I thought of it as a more artistic thing that looked somewhat cool, but by the fourth or fifth split-screen, I thought it was overdoing it a little bit; especially since it didn’t really work in what it was trying to accomplish by using that affect. Anyway, this was the first arc to appear in the original series and back then, it always seemed to be the weakest part and even now it continues that trend. Luckily, this time they managed to make it more condensed in a good way and make it somewhat more interesting, but it still was not nearly as good as the past two episodes.
The fight became a bit more interesting and some of the scenes that were very similar to the last series became much more believable this time. It made a good introduction to the next arc about the chimeras, which I don’t remember was ever mentioned last time with the lion-beat-thingie. Besides the overuse of the split-screen, I also felt that for the negative, they made too many short jokes about Edward. They have to give us time before they put another one in because at the moment it almost seems like they are trying too hard to make a joke out of it. Like when Rose was talking about if Ed prayed a little more maybe he would get taller, but that doesn’t even make much sense in whichever religious context you want! In general, I at least enjoyed myself and I was glad to see this episode was much better than I would have expected at least.
Best Moment: Ed standing on his luggage to see above the crowd (cute!)
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Episode 4
This was once again a one episode arc involving Shou Tucker. I can see the logic behind rushing through these arcs, but I think they may even being going through them too fast. Technically this episode even hit two birds with one stone because if you can remember they made a slight reference to another episode from the original series and rather than actually making an episode for it they just said that Ed and Al discovered his plans and got him arrested. The problem with having an episode so short is that it doesn’t give the characters a chance to grow on us or let them express their emotions. For those who have seen the series before they naturally already love their characters, but even so I personally feel myself becoming detached from the characters and the stories. I remember back with the original series, this was an amazing arc where it would end with Ed crying in to the night rain.
Although, I make it sound extremely cheesy phrasing it like that, it was much better than what we got in this episode where Ed made a random outburst to Mustang of all people screaming “We are Human!” It just didn’t deliver the same affect that it could have. The chimera itself was done properly at least and definitely gave me the creeps and this time, unlike some real characters, apparently Nina and Alexander morphed together were able to show us some real emotions! With barely any of a vocabulary to begin with, when the chimera was just crying as its “dad” got shot I actually felt bad…So the next episode is apparently going on to another fight with scar, which is really a jump in time. Thinking over some past episodes, I hope they won’t skip certain ones that I liked altogether with, but from the looks of it, it seems the creators only really want to get the old plot lines out of the way to make for the new. So, it’s hard to really judge the series as it is now because I’m thinking it will be about 10 episodes before we get into the new stuff and before then it really is only a sort of really well done recap.
Best Moment: Doggie!
