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NEWS: Fullmetal Alchemist's 2009 Anime Cast Revealed

penguintruth wrote:

Vic can't overract. He can't act period.

You guys are just jealous. He's one of the many voice actors that actually made me feel what the character was feeling. He made my heart squeeze in a good way. How do you think he won an award for playing Edward?

if ur not leaving the anime because of the cast,,then wy do u want funimation to get the same cast as bfore...

and by the looks of ,,it looks like people didn't like fma as an anime but rather liked the cast....if that is the case ,,then i advice u people to go watch animes which have the guys who did the voice acting for fma characters in the first anime...that would really filter the FMA anime fans from the FMA cast fans....

Haha, you know, it's not impossible that Ed could have a son that looks like Al - my cousin looks more like his uncle than he does his father. That, and they weren't his kids anyways, they were his grandkids. Or great grandkids. Or whatever. Either way, I think you're reading a bit too much into it.

I wouldn't consider it incredibly canon, either, I just think they meant to suggest that, yes, they stayed here.

The theme of FMA, to me, is not that perseverance results in a perfectly happy ending. Like I said before, I find the main theme to be sacrifice. And I really don't see them as having given up. They did what was necessary. It was more realistic than fantastic(speaking of course in terms of the tone, not quality), and I can see why that might have rubbed some people the wrong way, but I found it to be very fitting. Honestly, an all's well that ends well type of ending where they get everything they wanted because they fought hard and whatnot really would have bothered me terribly. That would go more against the themes of the series, imo, and it's just so much more devoid of the many deeper themes that are otherwise incorporated. But I've argued all of this before and don't really want to hijack this thread any more by getting back into the specifics - I've probably already rambled too much as it is

I would love to see some of the extras section animated, too, haha. But there's so much of it to choose from! It is Arakawa's favorite part of doing the manga, according to one of her author's notes, after all Now I'm going to have to flip through all of the volumes to look for my favorites

LiuXuande wrote:

It's not hate, it's dislike with reason. That one AN Nina comic about that English VA is Vic personified...except insert several instances of Vic spouting opinions like they're canon fact (and his fans eating them up) and him acting like FMA is his to call his own. I had the "pleasure" of meeting him at ACen once. He's best compared to a band's lead singer (there are exceptions, but you know what I mean), a jerk all-around. Compared to Travis, Aaron, etc. who were much more civil and professional (while still having fun...sort of like most Japanese seiyuu at panels and in person, etc.), he just bothers me. I'm sure a similar reason is why people dislike JYB so much as well...except he's just full of himself without a ridiculous fan following.

I could give a damn less what any of the voice actors I listen to are actually like when talking with them in person, so long as they continue to deliver good performances for characters that I enjoy. For my money, Vic did so exceptionally well as Ed, and so he earns my praise for that, as does JYB for his work as characters like Vash the Stampede.

Considering that Hiromu Arakawa has never stressed sacrifice, I don't see how that's a theme.

Equivalent Exchange means that if you want something you have to work for it which was based on the fact that in her childhood everyone worked on the farm.

As Ed stated he doesn't want to see Al's smiling face anymore, he wants to see everyone's smiling face.

The fact that the military is for protection, and you shouldn't follow orders blindly is a theme.

The fact that you must endure hatred of a race instead of keeping the cycle of hatred going is a theme.

Where's my apple pie Mizushima!

I do love the poster for the homunculi