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OKong
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Since I have noticed that the Japanese version of Fullmetal Alchemist is Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, I wonder that that Japanese title translates to in English?
Also, there is something that is concerning me of the main protagonist Edward Elric throughout the series. If anyone at anytime refers Ed as a short person, Ed will always get pissed off each time it happens. What is the problem about being small? I don't see why Ed finds it a big deal unless they are making fun of him which some didn't mean it like that. Regardless, Ed is furious about it even if it is a prank or not. Some answers might help. |
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crow-kun
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1. Alchemist of Steel, but it is called Fullmetal Alchemist because Hiromu Arakawa says so.
2. It's called having a inferiority complex. |
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Randall Miyashiro
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It's often called Hagaren for short. Much like Kare Kano, Saikano, Gin Ei Den, and all those other really long titled series.
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Keonyn
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Ed's reactions to being called small are primarily comic relief, much like the antics of Major Armstrong. They're there to soften the mood and prevent the series from spiraling down in to an angst filled superdrama. It's not really meant to be taken seriously, it may be an actual developed facet of his personality but it's exaggerated for the sake of comedy.
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suna_suna
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i think that his height was explain as being related to the weight of his automail arm and leg, the source of the title. so he has stayed almost the same height since the grafting
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TAKAVAR
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FMA is great, but from what I see they wanted to make it intresting to younger audiance as well, so there is lots of comic releif injected to it, even at some very serious plot element.
but really, FMA could be a serious seinen serries with really heavy mood and all. Well, since its not, it makes it unique |
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TestamentSaki
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Actually...There are some things not suited for children... That's why it's rated T (at least in the Encyclopedia)
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suna_suna
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near the end of the series, i think the last several episodes, there are no comedic elements at all, because the plot had gotten to a point where it would have been both pointless and a little stupid
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Epinephrine
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Are there 51 or 52 episodes? When AS finished there run this time, there was an episode that didn't air in the previous run where Al resurected Ed and Ed resurected Al. The previous run on Adult swim ended when Envy killed Ed. Whats the deal?
Last edited by Epinephrine on Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kyuriko
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1. It translates literally to "Steel Alchemist" or the "Alchemist of Steel." I think that Fullmetal was a better choice of words though, and I'm glad Arakawa Hiromu chose that because it's more catchy for the title of a series.
2. I'm short, and after the five thousandth comment about your height, believe me, it becomes a little annoying, especially when it causes you to look younger than your age, hence, people sometimes not taking you seriously enough. I don't think there's a need to get furious over it, but it's irksome. I suppose that might just be a character or personality trait of Edward's that he gets so upset about it. |
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BlooDrAgOn
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Also, I'd be pretty pissed off if someone mistook my little brother for me, a powerful State Alchemist, just because he's so much taller than me. |
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hanachan01
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There are 51 episodes, the last episode involving spoiler[Alphonse resurrecting Edward by sacrificing himself. Ed is upset by this, so he uses himself and Al's memories of their time since attemting to bring back their mother in a transmutation to restore Al, and his human body. Ed ends up on the other side of the gate, which is our world, circa 1921 in Munich, Germany. Al ends up in his own world as a 10 year old boy with no memory of his travels with his his brother. He goes to train with Izumi once again, wanting to gain more alchemic knowledge so he can find his brother. Edward also wants to return to Alphonse, and is leaving to study rocketry, which he think may lead him to his own world. The last scene in the series is of the Elric brothers reaching out to the sky, Ed on a train to meet a professor, Al on a train to train with Izumi in Dublith, vowing to find each other. Oh, and Roy kills Pride and loses an eye, and Gluttony eats Dante!  ] This episode did air on [as], albeit with a warning for its extra violence (spoiler[Which mostly comes from Roy and Pride's fight])
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goins007
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They didn't air the last episode for some reason. The night it was supposed to air CN aired the first episode and just kept going. |
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Epinephrine
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Thats what I remember. I thought it was a rather lame ending as far as Ed dying and then nothing but I figured it was set up that way for the movie. Then I watched it all the way through again to find out I was jipped an episode. Man AS pisses me off! |
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Kouji
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