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penguintruth
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Ugh, for some reason, when I try to watch, an annoying little menu of "Channels" opens up right over the little viewer and it's a pain in the ass to get rid of it. My suggestion is that Funimation put the viewer down lower so that doesn't occur. Other than that, I have no major complaints. Of course there was going to be quite a wait for it to load.
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Zalis116
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 Posts: 6878 Location: Kazune City |
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I'm pretty sure the kanji/kana song "subs" were in the broadcast raw to begin with, not added by Funimation. Otherwise, they wouldn't look exactly the same in the two fansub versions I checked out. @Steel Angel: I imagine it would be 4 boxed sets, if it's a ~52 episode series. Looking forward to watching more episodes from Funimation and not having to find 12 GB of space just to collect the SD version. |
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population_tire
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What's the point of FMAB? I thought it was going to redo the series to stick closer to the manga, but episode 1 wasn't even from the manga.
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Steel Angel
 Posts: 274 Location: Texas |
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True enough. Was just saying boxsets are easier all the way around, even if they are not the "complete series". Are also better both price wise (most often) as well as space wise. |
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Forlorn Hope
 Posts: 122 Location: Utah, USA |
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Funi must hate me since when I go to the episode page and click on the big arrow, nothing happens. I click and I click, and I click and there's no change at all. I've waited 4 days to watch this legally
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KingKaos
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It was a prologue to the manga... it was well done in my opinion. You get a good introduction to the first manga, more of a back story... also this episode made tons of links with the manga |
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Dorcas_Aurelia
 Posts: 5344 Location: Philly |
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Where's Fullmetal Alchemist on this list? And where's Mazinger? FMA can get away with it more easily because it has a massive fanbase, and Mazinger doesn't. Or, since the reviewers are familiar with FMA and not Mazinger, they don't notice the things that aren't quite explained in FMA, but find it glaringly obvious in Shin Mazinger Z. |
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Splitter
 Posts: 1276 Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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I've only got 5 minutes of it after an hour of loading, and checking the other videos the situation isn't much better. The server is definitely flooded. |
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SongstressCela
 Posts: 615 Location: Pennsylvania |
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Watched an HD fansub first, since they come out earlier than the official subs. I'm watching both, though, I'm a big enough fan I don't mind. xD
Anyway, fantastic episode. Between the epic new soundtrack (especially near the end!) to the conflict in general, holy crap. Way, way better than the last series right from the get go. |
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bayoab
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Altorrin
 Posts: 314 Location: Florida, United States |
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I know the kana was there to begin with. I'm just saying that if I wanted to sing along, I'd look at the kana and that if I could choose between a translation for the song and romaji, I'd definitely go with romaji. (What's the point of FMAB? I thought it was going to redo the series to stick closer to the manga, but episode 1 wasn't even from the manga. ) The point is, indeed, to stick closer to the manga. Episode 1 isn't from the manga because they knew that people who saw the first anime would get bored watching the Lior arc again, with minor changes (whoop dee do. This time he turns a flower into a bigger flower rather than wine into more wine. That doesn't warrant redoing the whole episode, contrary to what some fans believe). It's pretty clear they know that we, the old anime fans and the manga fans, are watching because they don't explain alchemy at all. Not even a little. That's why I think this show's gonna fall apart. They have to explain it by next episode. At least last time Rosé was there to stand in for the audience and ask our questions. Now it's just military guys and other alchemists who all know what they're doing and so don't need to explain it to each other. |
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Mikuru
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Exact same thing happened to me also. Tried it with Firefox and Opera. |
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Animerican14
 Posts: 963 Location: Saint Louis, MO |
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Well, glad I wasn't the only one stuck with a long loading time. Good to see Lance the [insert something different here] Funimation Guy commenting on getting the servers prepared-- can't wait for next week's episode.
As an introduction episode, coming from the perspective of a big fan of the first series who expected an introductory episode, I was pleasantly surprised. It was great not seeing everything begin with all the Liore schtick, but instead start off with an original self-contained story that not only provided some fanservice with a bunch of fan favorites (Hughes!), but also alluded to some major series elements like the *big plan* of the Homunculi. While I can't wait to see all the manga-exclusive big scenes and plot developments, I hope the makers will still inject some creativity and provide some spin on the portrayal of several scenes (i.e. not put too many scenes that look strictly like the manga panels' depiction and some added character interactions). If so, then there will still be freshness for the manga reader...I just got done with volume 12 of the manga, and it doesn't look like I'll be able to put the series down for a while in order to keep the new series "brand-new". Also loved the opening and ending themes...better not watch/listen to them too much separately, or I'll get sick of them long before their last run (?) in episode 13. By the way, did everyone catch the english omake panels in the latter theme? It would be awesome if those will change from episode-to-episode. Still, I definitely won't go as far to say that this is "way, way better from the last series right from the get go". Still a great start, but not even "as good" yet, IMO. |
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jonindarkrai
 Posts: 43 Location: Wisconsin |
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Im confused spoiler[didn't mass huges die in the last series how did he beoome alive again. and theve alrady meat to. Help someone help me understand this.]
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saiyajedi
 Posts: 104 Location: Osaka |
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*facepalm* |
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