Fullmetal Alchemist: Season 1, Part 1 Box Set
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Artist: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS, LTD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 400 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Funimation Prod
Movie Reviews of Fullmetal Alchemist: Season 1, Part 1 Box Set
Movie Review: The first of 4 Boxes you want to collect- Don't confuse Full Metal Panic and Full Metal Alchemist!
Summary: 5 Stars
Full Metal Alchemist is one special anime. Although I have a childhood affinity with Dragonball and its 300+ episode glory, stuff like that, orNaruto, just isn't what you want to see too much of in anime.
Not to mention they usually have terrible english dubs. Full Metal Alchemist (FMA) on the other hand, deserves its fanbase. The box itself is nicely designed including the inside booklets from each of the volumes before it's Boxed Release (I think but not first handedly sure). Sliding it out, I knew it was the right choice I bought this after having watched it before on another source. I think only the best can be watched, already and Then bought for principles sake. The foil on the inside sleeve of the box reflects that glistening in my eyes as I begin to watch this great series once again!
Well, it has memorable characters, mostly because of a lot of development in them from the first few episodes on. You can sympathise with Ed and Al, the two young brother protagonists of the series. Hopefully you rent put off by Ed's not so cool look, as he is, as referenced frequently as a joke in the anime "pint sized", his character and dark past make up for his non macho or pretty boy look. The sense of morality, brotherhood, questions on the world parallel to one similar to our own involving War and Religion are some of the passing topics of this series.
But this first box, creates the topics I listed, set up for the brothers and their allies to confront in the later boxes.
But most importantly, I need to tell you this. The English Dub, us Great!
It somehow makes Ed alot more mature and cooler than the japanese dub. And subtitles, you get the choice of the English Dubtitle, or English subtitle translation of the japanese voice acting. Which is nice to know the original meaning and dialogue as well as to get some of the japanese thinking or nominclature.
But the only problems I had is with the unskippable Advert at the start of each of the discs. Although, to be honest I saw some interest in the movies that I meant to have picked up on DVD. But Funimation should have made them skippable, like the Disney Ads CAN be skipped or we can use it to fill up the popcorn bowl or pour some drinks...
Cmon friends, fellow humans, Give FMA a watch. You'll like it. It's not all serious, there are laughs in between each serious event to lighten the load.
Summary of Fullmetal Alchemist: Season 1, Part 1 Box Set
Under stormy skies, Edward and Alphonse Elric exploited the clandestine science of Alchemy in attempt of the forbidden ? To resurrect their dearly departed mother. But every art form has its taboos and every science its laws not to be broken. The tragic failure of the young brothers unleashed an unholy reaction that ripped their bodies apart and their innocence asunder.Four years later, an evil lurks behind the false face of freedom, its growth unchecked. A lone State Alchemist combs the countryside in search of a mythological stone. If found, the stone could amplify natural talents and harness a power equal to the restoration of things once held precious, now lost. If found, the stone would also allow the State Military to senselessly obliterate countless more in the ongoing struggle. The youngest State Alchemist in history is soon faced with harsh truth: The power to create is but a breath away from the power to destroy
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