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Odd censorship for Al in Fullmetal Alchemist




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Dune



Joined: 11 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:46 am Reply with quote
Um, slight movie spoilers, I guess.

Has anyone else seen this? There's an interesting little tidbit from the new limited edition movie/ Japanese commentary.

Per Mr. Mizushima, the director (plus actors):

Quote:
Al's eyes are going to show up.
-Ouch ouch ouch!
-Man, he's so cute.
Al has his eyes closed here. See?
-You're right!
We didn't do that in the series, we weren't allowed to, but the ban was sort of lifted for the movie.
-I had no idea!
-Why couldn't you do it?
He didn't have eye-blinks and things in the series.
-He didn't?
Well, it's not like he's alive, so... And this one... got approved somehow. spoiler[Well, this is different from the Al armour from before, since his soul's only transferred to it, so it's like, "Maybe it's okay for it to be a little different."
-Oh, but it was easy to see that his soul was inside for this movie.
When Al transfers his soul into the other ones, their eyes close too.]

So with everything they got away with in the television series, they couldn't show Al blinking... Bizarre.
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hanachan01



Joined: 11 Dec 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:34 am Reply with quote
It wasn't censorship, but since Al isn't technically alive, he doesn't need to blink. Why spend money to make him do so when it's unneeded? The movie had more of a budget, so they probably threw it in just to look cool.
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