Thursday, April 12, 2007

Lame shit I've been up to

I'm been watching a lot of anime lately. This is not the same as watching amines. They are totally different.

My new favorite has to be Full Metal Alchemist.

It's a rather popular anime series, and with good reason. It's 51 episodes long, and they are fucking awesome.

The two main characters are the Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse, who both practice something called "Alchemy". It's basically the ability to transmute matter into other things, and is seen as the "science" of this world.

The story beings with Edward and Alphonse (or Al, for short), basically messing around with Alchemy in a way they really really shouldn't have. It costs Ed his leg and arm, and Al his entire body; he is forced to exist henceforth as an empty suit of armor.

Anyway, I could talk about the many themes (It's a Square-Enix production, so don't expect war and religion to get off lightly), the cool characters, the battle scenes and the humorous elements, but you should just go see it for yourself.

*cough* *cough* Dailymotion *cough*

Oh, and watch the Subbed version. Voice acting in this case is best left to the Japanese. Actually, a lot of things are best left to the Japanese. But that's a discussion for another day.

You find a place to feed your greed, and I'll find a place to rest.