Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 63

So it is finally here; the day we’ve been dreading and looking forward to for nearly seven years. It sure doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but Fullmetal Alchemist has finally come to an end.

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Episode 62, “The Violent Counterattack” picks up where last week’s episode left off. Father, now in a weakened state, though still immensely powerful, has headed above ground in search of Philosopher’s Stones. …Continue Reading

Right off the bat, I want to say that it was such a pleasure to read Fullmetal Alchemist for these last 6 years. The length of this story was perfect; little to no filler, no fooling around.

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“Eye of Heaven, Gateway of Earth.” Such a fitting title for this episode—straight and to the point. So finally, after 59 episodes, we have reached the point in which the series has been building up to. But before we get there, I want to start from the beginning.

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Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 59

The more I fangasm over this series, the more I realize how much I’m going to miss it when it ends very soon. …Continue Reading

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 57

It’s been quite a rough week trying to keep up with reviews and rest/deal with healing this damn broken ankle of mine, so this one will cover both 57 and 58. …Continue Reading

Episode 55

Let me just apologize for my extreme lateness on these two reviews. Due to some stupidity on my part which resulted in a broken ankle, I’ve been in pain and drugged up, but still keeping track of the episodes. This review will cover both 55 and 56, so it will be a bit longer.

Episode 55 is aptly entitled “The Adults’ Way of Life” and focuses on the grown-ups taking care of things instead of the kids. Thus far, Ed and Al have been in the spotlight for the majority of the time, but it is up to the adults to really start chipping in—an homage to the way they do things. After a bit of bickering between Ed and Mustang, back in Central, brother and sister team Alex and Olivier are still fighting off homunculus Sloth. Unfortunately, he continues to regenerate himself after each attack. It seems as though they will never gain the upper hand when, from out of nowhere, Izumi appears. She’s been sent by Buccaneer to lend them a hand; even taking Sloth down in one go, flipping him over her shoulder. Sig, Izumi’s husband, catches the homunculus on the rebound with a clothesline, sending him straight into the wall. Thus, a display of raw, physical power, brute strength and rippling, bulging muscles commences. Alex and Sig show of the goods for a brief moment before taking Sloth down once and for all. …Continue Reading

Last week’s episode left off with a bit of a cliffhanger, but before we jump right into this week’s installment, episode 54 begins in the past at the end of the Ishbalan war. We see a young Riza Hawkeye making a grave for a child that had been shot and left for dead on the side of the road while …Continue Reading

Well, I just gotta say that the first half of this episode is nowhere near as epic as the second half. I think the problem here is that it doesn’t really start to advance the plot much. All of the events that have happened in the last few episodes is reiterated for the characters of the anime by way of Mrs. Bradley. She has been taken to a radio station, telling her story about how she was kidnapped and rescued from her own military. She does, however, finally learn of her husband’s disappearance and faints upon hearing the news, but only for a brief moment. It seems that not only the citizens have been listening, but the military as well. They attempt to stop the broadcast with threats; however, one of the station employees puts on a good enough show and hangs up before anything more is said. …Continue Reading

We start in the midst of battle; Al fighting alone against Pride and Kimblee but with the help of a Philosopher’s stone. He attempts to use some of the very basic tricks: smoke screening in order to hide himself and trapping the homunculus inside of yet another dome, but Pride is not stupid enough to fall for the tactic a second time. His flash bangs do work, however, allowing Al enough leeway in order to seal Pride up in once more. It is just him and Kimblee sharing a rather interesting conversation. The scene breaks back to Central in the midst, back to Olivier and her brother Alex battling Sloth. …Continue Reading