I'm a 21 year old I.T technician, living in England but hoping to move to America~
I'm a 21 year old I.T technician, living in England but hoping to move to America~
Member since:04.12.2006
Reviews:2
This DVD has the first 4 episodes of an anime series which is 51 25-minute episodes long - the series continues into a Full-Length Movie called Conqueror of Shamballa.
It follows the Brothers Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric as they embark on a long journey to 'restore that which they lost'.
As an anime, Fullmetal Alchemist has to be one of the best I've ever seen - the characters not only age, but develop over the course of the series. The plotline is intricate and well planned out, with a different approach to 'alchemy' than I'd witnessed before. The main protaganist [Edward Elric] is someone you cannot hate - and his emotions and reactions to events are so genuine. The relations between all the characters are realistic and understandable, and by the end of the series I found that I had fallen in love with them all. (Although perhaps not the 'bad-guys')
Overall this anime is filled with humour, suspense, mystery and also sadness.
If you haven't watched any anime before, or haven't had the pleasure of seeing any series-anime then I would highly reccommend this to you.
Unfortunately, I have nothing negative to say in the face of this series, only that I wish that it would be longer. (But that's what th Fullmetal Alchemist manga is for.)
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Advantages: Some fantastic characters, DVD features both Japanese and English dub Disadvantages: Takes a while to get to grips with the basic storyline
Advantages: Very funny, emotional storyline (to the point of tear-inducing), very cool soundtrack (if you like J-Pop/Rock) Disadvantages: Suffers the same fatal flaw as all anime in Europe: expensive to purchase entire season
Advantages: Very funny, emotional storyline (to the point of tear-inducing), very cool soundtrack (if you like J-Pop/Rock) Disadvantages: Suffers the same fatal flaw as all anime in Europe: expensive to purchase entire season
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