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tiashome, I'm trying to yousendit.com the first 3 episodes of FMA to you, but I'm not certain they're getting through. The page keeps either cutting out completely, or returning to the main yousendit page, so I don't know. Let me know if you get them sometime within the next few days.You have expressed an interest. I will not let you escape. You will watch this show and you will love it. *musical note* I guarantee it.
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Date: 2004-10-05 10:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-05 11:03 pm (UTC)I think the latter eps can still be found at http://www.suprnova.org. Though you might have to get them in packs. I know there's at least a 1-40 pack on suprnova.
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Date: 2004-10-05 11:15 pm (UTC)Thanks for the DL info!
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Date: 2004-10-05 11:21 pm (UTC)Because it now surpasses everything and is comparable to nothing. Other things should be compared to it.
::yes, am still in awe::
I can't wait to see your reaction to more episodes though. The last 5 episodes of the first season are a blast, very tightly written and swift moving. And then season 2... oh my god the drama.
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Date: 2004-10-05 11:31 pm (UTC)And ... am I reading way too much into the military to liken them to Nazis? I mean, Jesus, they even call their leader the Fuhrer. Of course, I'm none too smart and, sometimes, the most obvious things are never obvious to me.
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Date: 2004-10-06 01:39 am (UTC)Episode 7 was a sucker-punch to the gut. They really let you know that they're not fucking around. This anime is serious even if it's funny. And episode 8, when you can see Ed's fear and you know he's so young and so angry and so terrified... gah this show kills me.
The comparison to Nazis and fascists is prevalent yet subtle throughout the show. Well, subtle except for the Furher thing. But basically the country they live in is a stratocracy-- ruled by the military and martial law. As you've already gotten some exposure to, by episode 15, racism comes into play at a political level-- Ed's / the military's country is basically some blend of German/English/Russian culture, representing the West, and the people of Ishbal represent the Middle Eastern culture, and the imperialism/genocide therein. It's set circa the 1910s-20s --- not really our 1910s, but the AU equivalent.
It's a very ambitious series in its overall scope. Don't be afraid to read into it-- you'll be rewarded.
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Date: 2004-10-06 09:44 am (UTC)When they spoke of and flashed back to the Massacre, I couldn't help but think of the Aremenian Genocide back in World War I, perpetrated by the Turkish Empire. The background for Scar's character turns him into one you can't hate, even though he's constantly trying to kill the main characters. I understand why he does what he does, but repaying genocide with genocide isn't the right answer.
It's a very ambitious series in its overall scope. Don't be afraid to read into it-- you'll be rewarded.
Thanks so much for sending me those discs! I may need a FMA icon or two now. :)
Are there any other anime/manga series' that you would recommend (and think I may enjoy)? You've seen the list of things that I've watched/read and dug, so that'll give you an idea of what I'm into.
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Date: 2004-10-06 10:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 10:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 11:59 am (UTC)Fruits Basket I definitely suggest you watch/read. I don't typically like shojo, but this series really sets itself apart in terms of quality and characters and drama. It's on my top anime series list. I fell fiercely in love with it-- it's mostly a sitcom (and oh my god, it has the funniest scene I've ever seen in anime), but there's always this drama underneath that rears its ugly head every once and a while to bring The Pain and remind you that everything isn't so cute and cuddly and funny as it seems on the surface and that the characters are anything but simple.
The InuYasha manga is pretty good, albeit it gets repetitive in later volumes. But Rumiko Takahashi is nothing if not entertaining.
For anime... well you've got a pretty good list there. I would add to it these, in this order:
The Vision of Escaflowne - the series, NOT the movie. Because until FMA finished, I held this up as the best anime I'd ever seen. Better than CB or Trigun. In fact, Yoko Kanno did the music for Esca as well as CB. It seems longer than it is at 26 episodes, because its very packed. A great adventure story and the most complete classic love story I've seen on anime. It's a beautiful series. I actually have not really read fanfic on it because I was so pleased with how it ended that I never got the urge. The dub and the sub are both good.
As far as I've been told, the manga for Esca is very different than the anime, but I've never read it so I can't testify to its quality.
Fruits Basket - I love every character in this show so deeply. The metaphors and symbolism in this series and the themes are so pervasive and developed that it's fascinating. And good news-- the manga is almost identical to the show, but extends past it. I'm going to buy volume 5 tomorrow when it comes out. -- the dub and the sub are both well-done.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - This is a very hyped series. In many ways it is worth it; in other ways it is not. This show does have the prestige, however, of being the first anime to ever scare me, due to one particularly violently disconcerting scene in episode 18. However, the last two episodes are crap shit... you get through this very interesting provocative series and then the last two eps leave you burned like nothing else will. I guess they put out a movie to remedy that, but I've never watched it. Nonetheless, I highly reccomend you watch this. It's very interesting, very dark, full of symbolism, in some places will break your heart. It's not perfect, but it's very good. It was, I think, the 4th or 5th anime series I watched in entirety; I reccomend the sub a million ways over the dub on this one. The dub on this made me scream at the tv, it was cast so wrongly.
Also-- and this may or may not be of interest to you-- there's definitely a fan commeraderie that sort of comes with watching this show. It's like FLCL in that way-- you can go up to someone who you don't know who's seen Eva, and start an hour long conversation about this show and your reaction. Eva is, most definitely, a conversation-starter. You will not run out of things to talk about for it.
That's all I can think of at the moment. You've already watched Hellsing and WHR, which are also both interesting.
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Date: 2004-10-06 06:02 pm (UTC)You've already watched Hellsing and WHR, which are also both interesting.
Have you read any manga for Hellsing? I know I've bitched my ass off about not liking it much before, but after the fourth Volume, the story is less off the wall silliness at inopportune times and more serious and layered. The first two books left me cold, the third warmed me, the fourth interested me and I'm almost done with the fifth and Kouta Hirano finally has me.
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Date: 2004-10-06 11:39 pm (UTC)