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Offline Liberator

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Some anime questions...
Okay, Adult Swim recently updated their lineup, bolstering Inu Yasha with Fullmetal Alchemist and GitS:Stand Alone Complex(which ranks as having the single coolest intro AMV ev4r, "Inner World" rocks)

Now I have some questions and comments.

1)Is it just me or is FMA very dark despite it's misleading bright and cheerful animation style?

2)As a GitS n00b I am confused, does everyone above a certain age have a cyber-brain/artificial body?

3)I realize "the Major" is the character from the movie(which I haven't seen), but I thought she was a full android that gained consciousness not a human put into a robot body due to massive injury/illness?
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

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Offline Fury

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1) FMA is very dark and sad at times, although there are cheerful moments.
2) It's an age where cyberbrains and artificial bodies are just as common as cars are today. Those who can afford it, have them.
3) I think it was in the second season of GitS: SAC where it was referred how the Major got her cyborg body. It was not said in the story that the kid was the major but I am quite sure she was. Anyway, I won't tell you about that because you obviously aren't that far yet. She is just as much a human as Batou is.

 

Offline Liberator

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In reference to #3, the Tatchikoma(s)(sp?) are my favorite characters.  Something about a mecha with heavy(ish) firepower and stealth combat options with the personality of an 5-6 year old who's extremely eager to please and charming...their cute.
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Offline kode

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fury got them all correct. fma is dark as, err, coal. heck, two words: shou tucker.

oh, yeah, and most people in gits have cyberbrains. some doesn't for various reasons - which makes them somewhat immune against the laughing man, iirc.

and the major was human once, yeah. there's some backstory on it in an episode. I suspect somewhat that the boy in it has something to do with the particularist eleven or whatever they were called.
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Offline Nico

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Re: Some anime questions...
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Originally posted by Liberator
3)I realize "the Major" is the character from the movie(which I haven't seen), but I thought she was a full android that gained consciousness not a human put into a robot body due to massive injury/illness?


Nah, Kusanagi has aways been a cyborg, in any version of GitS.
Regardless, the things you'd see in the movies ( there's two ) have no relevance, SAC and 2nd GiG happen in an alternative universe where the major never met the puppet master. The mangas are in their own timeline too, the first movie is loosly based on it, and the second movie is a sequel to that first movie, even tho it's been made y the studio that makes the two TV series.
Final point, Innocense ( the second movie ) focusses on Batou, not the major.
And, Kode: I don't think the boy is related in any way to the particularist eleven: it's an "individual episode" ;)
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Offline kode

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Re: Re: Some anime questions...
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And, Kode: I don't think the boy is related in any way to the particularist eleven: it's an "individual episode" ;)


1. who is Kode?
2. frankly, the difference between the two kinds of episodes are a lot fuzzier in season 2.
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Offline Nico

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Well, it's dividual when there's a some kind of link to the main plot, like the episode about the kid. You can assume there's no link at all if it's an individual episode.

and, well, kode, that's you, no? :p
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Offline kode

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kode is me, yes. however, Kode is not.
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Offline delta_7890

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1) FMA has its humorous moments, but it becomes VERY dark and even disturbing in times, especially towards the end.  I've seen the entire series fansubbed, and without giving anything away, I will tell you that it is nothing short of amazing, and the ending will totally blow you away.  It's one of my favorite series of all time.
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Offline Fury

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On top of that, there's FMA movie coming sometime next summer which should properly end the series.

 
I hate anime.

 

Offline Liberator

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Why, it's superior to all other forms of entertainment.:D
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

There are only 10 types of people in the world , those that understand binary and those that don't.

 
I just think alot of it is just stupid. I'll watch Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, and South Park over any anime show.

 

Offline Ransom

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That's quite a bizarre statement, since anime is just another medium, not exactly a specific genre. To hate an anime show because it's anime is like hating Earth because it's a planet.
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I don't like the way it is drawn, the cruddy voiceovers, or the story lines of the shows.

 

Offline Anaz

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The FMA ending pisses me off for some reason. I can't quite place it, but it really annoys me. Loved the rest of the series to death, but the ending made me go "GAH!" when I watched it the first time.
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we're just comeing up to the eppisode were ed and mustang fight, I know that a rather nasty eppisode is comeing up before too long, invloveing the philosipher's stone and mass genocide. I'm trying to act like I don't know it's comeing, but I peaked, I'm weak.
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Offline Ransom

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I don't like the way it is drawn, the cruddy voiceovers, or the story lines of the shows.

Again, saying all anime has cruddy voiceovers and storylines is like saying the same thing about all American films. As far as voiceovers go, yes, a lot of them do have crappy English dubbing, but if you look at a lot of (filmed) foreign movies with English dubbing, you'll probably find it's not much better. And about storylines and drawing style, I guess that's just a taste thing. But there is anime out there with storylines that wouldn't feel at all out of place in a normal American film.

 

Offline Anaz

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we're just comeing up to the eppisode were ed and mustang fight, I know that a rather nasty eppisode is comeing up before too long, invloveing the philosipher's stone and mass genocide. I'm trying to act like I don't know it's comeing, but I peaked, I'm weak.


You've got a ways to wait, IIRC, if you're talking about the one with Scar...
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