Fullmetal Alchemist

[telophase]

Toby and I are watching FMA right now--I wanted to rewatch it before starting on Brotherhood, and convinced Toby he would like it.

I'd forgotten how compelling it is, where each episode ends on a cliffhanger or a question that makes you want to watch the next one to get closure, but which then asks another one to get you to watch another and then you surface at 3 AM having watched 23 straight episodes and totally strung out from the emotional ups and downs.

We've been good at only watching 1 or 2 episodes a night--once watching 3--but it means the cliffhangers are driving Toby nuts. XD He also didn't realize how emotionally wrenching it was going to be, and the other day after a particularly angsty episode, suggested that we watch a more lighthearted anime to recover, like Evangelion.

If you feel like discussing FMA, we're in the middle of the Greed mini-arc. Any spoilers beyond this, please rot13.

Comments

[kate_nepveu]

I will be very interested to hear what you think of this and _Brotherhood_!

[telophase]

Will report back! Toby's interested in Brotherhood also, but we'll probably take a break between them and watch a series given to us by a friend whose name I've temporarily forgotten.

Er, the series, not the friend.

[kate_nepveu]

They are sufficiently different that I think a break would probably be good
so as to not entirely wreck your brains!

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[telophase]

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[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten how compelling it is, where each episode ends on a cliffhanger or a question that makes you want to watch the next one

Yes, as I recall, Pavlovian conditioning made it so that the closing music made the hair on the back of my neck prickle.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:) I'm getting used to hearing Toby curse as the closing music starts!

[viridian5.livejournal.com]

I've gotten involved in a few arguments by telling people I prefer the original FMA anime to Brotherhood. I appear to be in the minority. For me, it took too long for Brotherhood to hook me, and in the first 20 or so episodes it seemed that the important stuff happened when the Elric brothers weren't there and the Elrics didn't do much for themselves. I'm also more fond of the original's explanation behind the homunculi.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I'll report back once we've watched it, although we'll probably watch a series a friend gave us on DVD (which title I've forgotten temporarily) just to give us a break in between.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I never watched Brotherhood, but I actually preferred the manga/Brotherhood background for the homunculi: V gubhtug gur svefg navzr'f rkcynangvba jnf jnl gbb pyvpurq, naq V yvxrq Fpne'f oebgure'f fgbel sne zber va Oebgureubbq/gur znatn.

[viridian5.livejournal.com]

I wasn't much of a fan of the manga either. *g* Gubhtu V rawblrq Byvivre.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

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[viridian5.livejournal.com]

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[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

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Lrnu, ohg gurl xrcg tbvat rira jura gur crbcyr jub perngrq gurz jrer tbar (hayrff Fpne'f oebgure jnf fgvyy nyvir...ohg ur jnfa'g, evtug? vg'f orra lrnef). V guvax Ghpxre qvq vg zber rssrpgviryl.

[viridian5.livejournal.com]

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