FMA: BH ep 8 - The Fifth Laboratory

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 23:03:22 GMT

( The Fifth Laboratory episode reaction. No spoilers, please! )

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FMA: BH ep 4 - An Alchemist's Anguish

Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:23:31 GMT

Today is one of my weekend days, so two episodes! Possibly three! Luckily, writing these is slowing me down.

my_daroga's comment before this episode: "So far I thought this whole show was kind of the alchemist's anguish?"

( An Alchemist's Anguish episode reaction. No spoilers, please! )

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FMA: BH ep 3 - City of Heresy

Sat, 10 Aug 2013 00:10:22 GMT

( City of Heresy episode reaction. No spoilers, please! )

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FMA: BH ep 2 - The First Day

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 02:01:21 GMT

( The First Day episode reaction. No spoilers, please! )

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Fullmetal Alchemist

Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:05:47 GMT

Today I started watching Fullmetal Alchemist. I have no idea what it's about, but recently saw likeadeuce mention it, and thought, "Hey, I always meant to watch that." I did a little research re: FMA vs FMA:Brotherhood, and decided to watch Brotherhood. As I understand it, FMA was begun before the manga was completed, and Brotherhood was begun after and follows the manga more closely. I really should actually read the manga, but I'm better at reading just-text or watching things than I am at comics and manga, and I felt like watching would probably be a lower investment of time and money (in case I don't get into it).

Anyway, I feel like many manga are written with A Plan and a vision for the characters. Meanwhile, anime based on unfinished manga are often cashing in on really popular manga. As my_daroga points out, this does mean that there are some anime that have a fanwork feel, but when it's a commercialized work that's being produced to make money off of something popular, I'm more leery of the content. Also, there's just a lot of filler stuff in anime based on unfinished manga. I'd rather have the full experience of the manga in anime form, so I picked Brotherhood.

Most of the research I did said Brotherhood is better anyway, though one person I talked to said she likes FMA better. She did admit that that might be because she watched FMA first. Also, she said that Brotherhood is darker. While I don't like dark for dark's sake, I really like things that take tough concepts seriously, so that's why I picked Brotherhood.

Near the beginning I told my_daroga that I was excited about watching this, because stultiloquentia really liked it. I told her that the last thing I watched because of stultiloquentia was Avatar: the Last Airbender. Partway into the first ep of FMA:B, my_daroga said, "Maybe stultiloquentia just really likes elemental-based powers." I'm trying to figure out whether this is the case . . .

I'm also hoping to post about this show ep-by-ep, because I always love reading those for shows that I love. I have no idea whether I'll love this, but I do know a bunch of cool people who love it, so here's hoping? Please, please, please don't spoil me for future eps. I really have no idea what the series is about or what will happen.

( Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episode 1 )

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forget your Unified Theory of Everything

FMA: BH ep 8 - The Fifth Laboratory

FMA: BH ep 4 - An Alchemist's Anguish

FMA: BH ep 3 - City of Heresy

FMA: BH ep 2 - The First Day

Fullmetal Alchemist