Fullmetal Alchemist
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"You can't gain something without sacrificing something else of the equal value. This is the principle of the equivalent trade."
The story takes place in an alternate world from ours in the early 1900's. Two young brothers, older Edward Elric and younger Alphonse Elric, live with their mother Trisha in the small village of Resembool. Their father left home when they were still very young, but Ed and Al inherited his passion for alchemy.
1909. On a fine day, Trisha dies of an unknown illness, leaving her two sons orphans. Ed blames his father for Trisha's death and wants to find a way to bring her back to life. At this time, Ed was 10, Al 9. When Edward finds out about flesh forging in an alchemy book that belonged to his father, he engages in an intense training with Al in order to be able to perform a human transmutation.
On February 1910, the Elric brothers cross the forbidden line trying to resurrect their mom. The attempt ends in a complete failure. In the process, Ed loses his left leg and Al his whole body. In a last try full of despair, Ed uses alchemy to restore his brother's spirit putting it in a suit of mail, at the further cost of his right arm. When Al wakes up in the armour, he suddenly realizes what happened and takes his unconscious injured brother to the neighbours, the Rockbells.
After that day, the two decide to embark on a journey to find the legendary Philosopher's Stone, rumoured to create anything from nothing, in hopes of getting back their original bodies.
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Dizburazngurl's Fullmetal Alchemist Tv Review
Overall, Fullmetal Alchemist had a steady pace but did happen to drag along at
time-piling the suspense. Near the end, it did seem to be rushed quite a bit but
it could also be that the producers planned it that way. They wanted it to be so
much at one time to increase the drama and intensity.
What made Fullmetal Alchemist such a prized anime, was that it had just a bit of
everything-not to much or not to little. Filled with lots of humor, intense
action and even the horrors of reality.
Fullmetal Alchemist is overall not the average predictable anime that you'd
expect. For one, not everything turns out perfectly.
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Kukuru's Fullmetal Alchemist Manga Review
Extras
Each release of a new manga volume contains fun little manga!! The novels (with
the dust covers) contain covers with fun scenarios and the spines have images of
the people who die in the manga ascending as angels (just a word of warning if
you want to avoid spoilers ;) ) For those buying the Viz version, these panels can be
found at the back of the book.
Also, often at the back there are four 4-panel skits where the author has some fun with the characters. It is these little things that increase my eagerness to purchase my next copy of FMA. Much to my delight, Volume 12 came with a little book full of these little skits.
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Shoujoboy's Fullmetal Alchemist Tv Review
It seems almost pointless to write a review of a show that pretty much everybody on the planet Earth has seen, but I'm gonna do it anyway. This show is probably one of the biggest fan favorites in animation history, and with good reason. I certainly think there is better out there that many may never see, but there isn't much. The only things I can knock the show on is the missed ending and the drawn out episode count. If a bit had been skimmed off and made into say a 39 episode show, then maybe it would have had much more of an impact. I give credit where credit is due. The show had a wonderful story with characters to love and hate. Great and unforeseeable plot twists. Solid animation and sound. And there wasn't any flashback episodes (which I despise).
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