I, uh, might've just spent a lot of money on getting the entire 2003 FMA on blu-ray, including what will be the fourth copy of "Conquerer of Shambala". I'd complain about the great unfairness of NA getting the BR and Europe having none, but that isn't the case, and my one big issue would just be that German dubbing in general is so shit. None of ( Read more... )

Yeah, I was going to be watching Honey and Clover, but then I was mentally exhausted and wanted something nicer. I ended up re-watching Fullmetal Alchemist instead. I don't know if all the blood and difficult moral questions qualify as 'nicer', but it's a lot more fun.

( Bullet points about what it felt like to watch it again eight years later, spoilers for everything )

The Best Ouran Fic EverSpeaking of Ouran: did anyone follow the manga? I bought the first few volumes, but never could get into it the way I did the anime. It was the same story with Fullmetal Alchemist - manga and anime differ on some fundamental level of both plot (okay) and genre (not so easily ignored). In both cases, I fell so hard for the ( Read more... )