30 Days of FMA #2

[catystorm]

Day 2- What was the first episode you saw of the series? What were your thoughts then?

So yesterday I talked about how I stumbled upon the first episode; well before there was a huge all-consuming fan-base to catch my interest. That first episode was raw, and my grasp of Japanese pretty poor. My roommate and I stopped the episode early in due to our confusion but I had to admit, my interest was piqued.

I took to the internet. It was the budding days of bittorrent, which meant you had to be far savvier to find what you were looking for than today with all those aggregators and feeds and whatnot. (Off my LAWN etc.) It took a little while but I found a fansubbed copy, and I sat down to watch the first episode.

To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure what to think of it. I remember being certain that Roze was going to be the main female character; mostly because the way that most shounen shows opened included picking up strays who followed you around. I was greatly confused at the usage of alchemy in the show (which would be cleared up over the next few episodes), mostly because all my readings focused on, well, the Philosopher's Stone. And then of course the Stone itself made mention.,The tale of Icarus that got nudged in there made me roll my eyes a lot, I do recall. I either did not read those manga scans I had downloaded probably months before or did not remember them; either way I was not expecting automail. Or rather, I did not expect Ed's automail to be actually his limbs, I thought it was armor of some kind until the second episode! (My first initial reaction was that it was something similar to Van Fanel's single-sleeve armor in the Escaflowne movie.)

But boy howdy, this show had me hooked. I wanted the next episode, and I wanted it now



Day 3- Your favorite character
Day 4- Did you read the manga? What did you think?
Day 5- Who's scarier? Izumi or Hawkeye? Why?
Day 6- Your favorite Homunculus
Day 7- Did you see Conqueror of Shambala? Your thoughts?
Day 8- Your favorite antagonist
Day 9- Your thoughts on the first anime
Day 10- Barry the Chopper: love him or hate him?
Day 11- Your favorite fight
Day 12- Your all-time favorite line(s)
Day 13- Would you ever take the risk and do human transmutation?
Day 14- Which artistic style did you prefer? The first anime or the manga/Brotherhood?
Day 15- Your favorite animal/chimera character
Day 16- Do you have a favorite episode and/or manga chapter? Why?
Day 17- Do you have a favorite ship or crack pairing?
Day 18- Your thoughts on Brotherhood
Day 19- What is your overall favorite moment in the series?
Day 20- Your favorite anime OP/end
Day 21- Do you think Maes Hughes is an adorable and loving father or just creepy?
Day 22- Your opinion on the anime: raw or dubbed?
Day 23- Do you have a favorite Elric brother? Why or why not?
Day 24- Do you have any opinions of the OST? What are they?
Day 25- Roy Mustang: What do you think?
Day 26- Has the series impacted your life in any way? How?
Day 27- What attracted you to the series overall?
Day 28- You know someone is an FMA fan when.
Day 29- What did you think of the series' end?
Day 30- What do you think happens to the characters after the series ended for good?

Comments

[eight-demands.livejournal.com]

I still don't know how to use bittorrent. It's all very sad.

I think I caught part of an ep on adult swim and then got the DVDs through Netflix - I never really expected to love it, just to enjoy it as sort of background while I did stuff around the apartment. I was like you, though - hooked from the start.

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

Bittorrent is a hell of a lot easier to use now. Download a program, double-click a torrent and presto: you've got a download!

I think something else that really hooked me with FMA was getting in on the ground floor, so to speak. It was fascinating and the fandom wasn't there yet, so it was interesting to see how things grew and developed. xD;