Fullmetal Alchemist: Season 1, Part 1 Box Set
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Actor: Fullmetal AlchemistBrand: FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS, LTD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, 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: Sometimes sacrifices have to be made to reach your goal
Summary: 5 Stars
Edward and Alphonse Elric are two brothers who made a huge sacrifice. Too bad they came up very short and missed their goal by a light year. The Elric brothers learned a science driven practice based on equivalent exchange called alchemy. After their mother died, they attempted a forbidden science to bring her back. The spell back fired. Edward had to bond his brothers soul into steel armor, plus he lost an arm and leg in the process. Together they try to find an artifact called the Philosopher's Stone to repair the damage.
I'll try to keep this short because there's three more sets to cover. And the series continues to get better. This is a very strong and well crafted start. Full Metal Alchemist(FMA) accomplishes so many things in these first 16 episodes, other series can't pull off in 26. There is a nice blend of comedy, drama, and action. The characters are easy to identify with and the writing is superb so far. The stories are not repetitive rehash slop. Yes, some earlier situations are revisited but this is working towards the character development. There's quite a bit of imagination here.
The soundtrack is excellent and I never get tired of the opening and closing themes. The animation is very good with nice character designs and the CGI works out pretty well.
I've seen the entire series and I do believe this is a series worth getting. The only problem(which is small) that I really have is the use of comedy. Yes, it's one of FMA's strengths and it can be very funny at times. But I just feel it happens at the wrong times and this is often. You have to see it to get what I'm sayin'. Other than that, I find this series very entertaining and I do recommend picking this up. The first set is 4 DVD's containing the first 16 episodes.
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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