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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2863374" data-attributes="member: 30035">Fullmetal Alchemist is an anime that is currently running on Cartoon Network and has just begun releasing on DVD here in the US. It is set in another world that resembles the real world in the 1920s - they have cars and telephones, but not a lot of high tech. 'Alchemy' is considered a science, but we would call it magic. The main characters are two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are both talented alchemists. The story follows them as they try to fulfill some very important goals and learn more about both alchemy and the political situation in their world. The title refers to Edward Elric's nickname, which is given him for reasons that will become obvious if you watch the series but I don't want to spoil it for you.The series had a lot of emotional resonance for me and I thought it was very well written, although it does occasionally devolve into superdeformed characters and some of the sillier aspects of anime. As far as what I'm watching tonight: I don't know what I'll be watching, but last night I watched 4 episodes of The Venture Brothers, which just came out on DVD this week.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 2863374, member: 30035"] [B]Fullmetal Alchemist [/B] is an anime that is currently running on Cartoon Network and has just begun releasing on DVD here in the US. It is set in another world that resembles the real world in the 1920s - they have cars and telephones, but not a lot of high tech. 'Alchemy' is considered a science, but we would call it magic. The main characters are two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are both talented alchemists. The story follows them as they try to fulfill some very important goals and learn more about both alchemy and the political situation in their world. The title refers to Edward Elric's nickname, which is given him for reasons that will become obvious if you watch the series but I don't want to spoil it for you. The series had a lot of emotional resonance for me and I thought it was very well written, although it does occasionally devolve into superdeformed characters and some of the sillier aspects of anime. As far as what I'm watching tonight: I don't know what I'll be watching, but last night I watched 4 episodes of [B]The Venture Brothers[/B], which just came out on DVD this week. :) [/QUOTE]

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