FMA:B in English

Hi all,

Speed Post: fullmetal alchemist:brotherhood will be telecasted in the US on Adult Swim fron Feb 14 in ENGLISH.

Vic will reprise his role as Ed, but Al will be voiced by Maxey Whitehead. (i personally think that Aaron would do better as Al. Let's hope Maxey turns out to be a good Al too.)

-mystic

P.S.Since i am posting this, I'd like to mention that Animax already broadcastes FMA:B in english from Monday to Thursday at 7p.m. IST.

FMA:B ED 1 Uso by SID

HI ALL!
Most of you must have known that Fullmetal Alchemist's ending theme Uso (Lie) by SID has topped Japanese CD Single sales in the week of April 27 to May 3. You can listen to the songs if you further scrool down. Enjoy!








You can even listen to the Opening 'Again' by Yui.




CREDITS- News: ANN
Videos: Youtube

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST and TSUBASA CHRONICLES ALIKE?

Hi all.

I know what all of you must be thinking. Fullmetal Alchemist and Tsubasa Chronicles are poles apart. But what is it that is common among the two? Well, this might be rare, but the length of these two animes is quite the same.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an ongoing series about two brothers who lost all that they had, even their bodies after performing Alchemical taboos. Now they are on a journey in the search philosopher’s stone which holds the power to revert their mistakes. It’s a remake of Fullmetal Alchemist and has telecasted only 5 episodes as yet and is being telecasted almost around the world including South-East Asia, India, Japan, Australia and the U.S.A. The anime’s first production had telecasted 51 episodes and 1 full-length movie, 5 OVAs along-side a lot of merchandise. The original manga still continues with 21 volumes having been released.

On the other hand, Tsubasa Chronicles is the love story of Sakura and Syaoran, who are journeying with Fye and Kurogane to retrieve Sakura’s feathers which holds a part of Sakura’s soul and memory each. Without them, Sakura shall die. It had all begun when Syaoran, Sakura, who is a princess, is a childhood friend of Syaoran and now the latter needs to bring back Sakura’s feathers who journeys along with Fye and Kuogane. It’s an ongoing Manga and Anime, with manga having released 23 volumes and the anime having 2 seasons and 3 OVAs. However, the 2 season and OVAs haven’t concluded the story as yet.

At the conclusion of Volume 23, on the last page of Chapter 182, the authors of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle announced the manga was entering its final arc. It is expected that Tsubasa and its sister publication, xxxHolic will end prior to the 2009 publication of Clamp's new shōjo manga.

But what matters is that the FMA manga has not concluded and is expected to run longer and the TC manga is still running. And since the FMA remake will closely follow the story of the manga this time, unlike the first production, is it possible for even FMA:B to outrun 2 seasons, that is almost 50 episodes just like TC? In that case FMA:B should be telecasted for longer than a year. Who knows, maybe that might just happen…

Fullmetal Alchemist OVA on 1st Brotherhood Disc

HI ALL

The first Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume for the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series will include a Mōmoku no Renkinjutshi (Blind Alchemist) OVA when Aniplex ships it on August 26. The OVA is based on the side story of the same name that manga creator Hiromu Arakawa drew for the Fullmetal Alchemist Guidebook. The first Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood disc release will also feature the first two episodes from the television series. The Limited Initial Edition will add "Hiromu Arakawa's 4-Panel Theater," which will be the first time that Arakawa's four-panel gag manga have been animated. The other extras will include an "Eye Catch Card" illustrated with the commercial bumper artwork from the anime and a 16-page Alchemist's Log about the behind-the-scenes production. Hiroki Kanno is drawing the disc jacket illustrations. Arakawa herself will illustrate a "Rouge" box for the first four volumes.

CREDIT- ANN

Review for FMA:B ep 2 and 3

HI ALL!
This is my review for the episode 2 and 3 of Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood (पुर्ण धातु कीमियागर: ब्रदरहुद)
Overall, both were equally good, compared to the first episode of FMA:B. Obviously, Yasuhiro Irie has changed the script a little, that is the way the identity of Father Cornello is revealed to the people and the way he dies and some minor changes here and there. However, episode 2 was much, much better as compared to the first production. The past of the 2 brothers is better defined and doesn't leave a mark of doubt. But yeah, in the first production, doubt was well used. The description of the gate is better. There were also enough number of hilarious scenes to make things lighter. But what I really liked was how God was shown right before Ed saw the truth. That was really amazing that Ed sort of met God and still doesn't believe in his existence. That part is really catchy. The facial expressions of Ed weren't as appreciable as earlier, but it was good enough. I guess Yasuhiro Irie will prove to be a better director that Seiji Mizushima!

All in all, the first 3 episodes show signs of a good anime ahead of us. So be on the watch out for this one!

LaMB review

HI ALL! The LaMB movie was telecasted for the last time on Animax yesterday. Here are my views about it.

STORY
The story of the movie had been highly compressed and was not at all elaborated. The first half was stretched a lot. It was only about how Jack comes to Cerra and in terms with Eve. It doesn't convey much except for Jack's past. He doesn't even get to know the real truth abot lamination.

As far as the second part is concerned, its even shorter! There simply is a conference about Jack's progress of making the planet green, Sara's past and a fight between Eve 1135 and laminated Keiko. The latter did not relly convey anything much. It was not shown why did the two fight. Pretty brief, huh? Then in the end, Sara and Jack come together and the planet has turned green.

Nothing was shown about theor fight against lamination, nothing was known about the other characters-Keiko Suzuki and Rita Golberg. In fact, Keiko was shown against lamination, then why did the two fight against eacch other? And what about her revenge against Sara?
The story did not relly answer any of these questions. The solution to this would have been to make the movie a little longer.

ANIMATION
This was something that was relly looked forward to in the movie. But it was really not very precise. Even though the robots were well-aniamted, the humans and LaMBs' animation could be worked upon. All in all, the animation could hav ebeen better.

MUSIC
The music was something that really was good, irrepective of the other lackings. Not only 'Summertime' and 'I Can Wait Forever', but even the background music, the opening and the ending were good. I wouldn't mind if they bring out a soundtrack CD of it!

CONCLUSION
The movie lacked in several phases which could be worked upon, but if expanded a little, it will turn out to be a good movie. The music should be kept and animation should be made more elaborate.

NOTE: Know more about LaMB here.

Fullmetal ALchemist:Brotherhood premiere through out the world

FMA remake entitled 'Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood' will premiere in Asia, Australia, Japan and North Ametica. By Animax-Asia in Asia, MBS and TBS in Japan, Madman in Australia. But that's not all! ANN has reported today that Funimation has acquired the right to digital, broadcast , DVD and merchandise of FMA:brotherhood. Starting from April 9 12 p.m. they will be streaming, for free, the japanese audio episodes of FMA:Brotherhood! They will containing English subtitles. Read the article on here.Also YouTube video will be streaming the episodes in France! Now isn't that great. This year just might be the best, considering that the most anticipated anime of the year 'Fullmetal Alchemsit:Brotherhood' shall be available for viewing to most Anime lovers legally.

And if thats not all, its all within 1 week of the original telecast of the show! Anime Fans, be on the look out for this anime!

Fullmetal Alchemist trivia and schedule. Tears to Tiara schedule.

Hi All!
Here are some few facts and trivia about Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood. It will be airing on Animax on April 10 at 8:30 p.m. (Scroll down further for complete schedule).
1. It will follow the story of the manga much closely unlikely the first time it was made. This is because earlier there were only 3-4 volumes of the manga that were released, now there are 21. Here is the confirmation on ANN here. See the paragraph under the first video.

2.It has a character Isaac who did not exist earlier in the anime.

3.It will simulcast on Animax 6 days after the original telecast in Japan. Confirmation is available on Animax-Asia news page on here.

The schedule for FMA:BRotherhod telecast on Animax is:

Friday 04/10/09 Animax Southeast Asia 08:30 PM - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Friday 04/17/09 Animax Southeast Asia 08:30 PM - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Episode 2 Anime Series
EPISODE 2

Repeat telecast of the first two episode together:
Saturday 04/18/09 Animax Philippines 12:00 AM - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Saturday 04/18/09 Animax Southeast Asia 12:30 AM - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Episode 2 Anime Series
EPISODE 2

I have removed some of the timings which are simply of the repeat telecasts. Read the complete schedule on here.

This is the schedule for Tears to Tiara:
Monday 04/06/09 Animax Southeast Asia 12:30 AM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Monday 04/06/09 Animax Philippines 12:30 AM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Monday 04/06/09 Animax Southeast Asia 08:30 PM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Monday 04/06/09 Animax Philippines 08:30 PM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Tuesday 04/07/09 Animax Southeast Asia 12:30 AM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Tuesday 04/07/09 Animax Southeast Asia 12:30 PM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

Tuesday 04/07/09 Animax Philippines 12:30 PM - Tears to Tiara
Episode 1 Anime Series
EPISODE 1

View the complete schedule on here.