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Fullmetal Alchemist: Season 1, Part 2 Box Set | 
| Actor: Fullmetal Alchemist
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 5778
Format: Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: FMADFN08177D
UPC: 704400081774
EAN: 0704400081774
ASIN: B000WE5I1U
Release Date: November 20, 2007
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The second half of the first season of the hit fantasy-adventure Fullmetal Alchemist offers some of the most emotionally intense moments in the series. Dr. Marcoh's research into the creation of a Philosopher's Stone leads Edward and Alphonse Elric to the secret Military Laboratory #5. In its dungeons, the brothers find that Shou Tucker has continued producing chimeras, helping to draw them to the Lab. But Tucker is just a pawn for the Homunculi, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony, who want the Philosopher's Stone--which they believe Ed can create. Edward is faced with the terrible choice of losing Al or committing multiple murders when the experiment is interrupted by Scar, the avenging survivor of Ishbal. The Elric brothers' inner struggles eclipse the violent external battles: Al has begun to doubt that he ever existed in human form; Ed fears that Al hates him for delving into the forbidden knowledge that destroyed his body. After escaping from the Lab, Ed and Al meet up with the one individual they fear: their brutal but loving instructor Izumi. Realizing that the Elrics committed the crime of attempting human transmutation, Izumi sends them back to the island where they began their apprenticeship. The filmmakers intercut the Brothers' present sojourn with flashbacks of their early training, suggesting the ongoing journey to mastery of the art of alchemy. The dramatic episodes are balanced against comedic moments with Winrey, Major Armstrong and Col. Hughes. The brothers share a rare, carefree moment in Resembool, sparring and roughhousing. Despite his mechanical limbs, Ed frolics unselfconsciously in a sleeveless shirt and shorts--something no American animated character could do. Many anime series lose momentum after their first season; Fullmetal Alchemist only gets better. (Rated TV PG: violence, grotesque imagery, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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Weary of limb and sore of heart, the Elric brothers return to the village of the childhood after four long years. And despite much needed auto-mail care, this homecoming proves bittersweet as the boys sift through the ashes of their innocence. But as Ed refocuses on the future where a startling secret waits to be uncovered, Al begins to worry about his loss of the past…While memories fade, shocking information about the true nature of the Philosopher's Stone is revealed. And the deeper Ed digs, the bloodier that truth becomes. How are the brothers to reconcile their desperate desire to reconstruct ruined bodies against this knowledge of the stone's gruesome cost? Deep within the confines of a secret State laboratory, Ed's morality will be put to the ultimate test, even as elsewhere Al is left to battle for his life and sanity both. And as rumors of military corruption and conspiracy draw others into the investigation, those closest to the Elrics look to suffer the most.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
Awesome! September 30, 2008
M. Pike (Oklahoma, USA)
FMA is an excellent series in either language (not an easy task for an anime). The DVDs arrived quickly, worked perfectly. Plenty of box art and art book thignies and whatnot to keep me entertained thru the ads.
Unfortunately the start of each DVD is pretty ad-heavy. Go grab a soda or something.
Great Buy September 5, 2008
Marie Huddleston (USA)
If you love Full Metal Alchemist then you'll love owning the complete box set. The show itself has a deep storyline that grabs you combining the tragic loss of their mother, learning of life lessons, while driven by the determination to find the philosophers stone. It is a overall enjoyable must-see show for any anime fan. I highly recommend buying this product. Also, this is probably the best price on-line to find it.
Awesome! August 30, 2008
John Lee
In typical fashion amazon delivered the dvds quickly. This is my favorite anime series. It has a memorable characters and a wonderful story.
Continues to move in the right direction July 13, 2008
THE MAIN MAN (Central Bookin', NY)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Full Metal Alchemist maintains a very good pace and continues to tell a damn good story. Unlike many series that would eventually fumble around this point. FMA focuses on the things that work.
The characters are still a plus. Everyone who is introduced has a purpose and there has been no wasted potential so far. Some of the characters prove to have some depth. The storytelling gets deeper. The episodes only have one way to go and that's up. The episodes take a darker turn concerning the action, drama, and darker themes. The stories concerning the philospher's stone happens to be the most gripping for me. The animation constantly gets better along with the soundtrack.
If you saw the first season half and enjoyed it. It would be fine to set your expectations a bit higher before seeing this one. FMA up to this point delivered on every end for me. This season set contains episodes 17-28 on three disks.
Continuing the series, this is a GREAT set to buy- pros and cons here June 3, 2008
Keri Okawa
Even though the series has been over for a while now and the movie has come out, I am still a very big FMA fan (as well as a Bleach fan, though it's not as good as fma).
Now, this box set covers episodes 17-28 (3 disks). Ed reunites with the Rockbells (since Scar destroyed his automail), discoveres how the Philosopher's stone is made, battles in Laboratory 5, sees his "fave teacher" Izumi, gets shipped off to Yock Island, and discovers a mysterious boy with unhuman powers.
First of all, this set is not a good starting block when you are trying to bring someone into the series. It continues from where it left off in the "first season part one" set, and the story gets even more complicated. However, it does have more action, philosophy, and adventure than the first set, showing Ed's pure heart, Al's perhaps too trusting personality, and Winry's sisterly care for them.
I love this set the best out of the first three sets, though it cannot be compared to the last set, which, if you have watched all previous sets, is tear jerking and beautiful. Hiromu Arakawa really thought this series out, as well as the directors, and it shows.
My only complaints are with the packaging and the fact that after episode 28, it strays off from the manga. There are only three disks in this set, as opposed to four the first and third sets. I really enjoy seeing sets with individual DVD cases, but this one folds out like a brochure, and has some DVDs lie halfway on top of each other to save space. A box is home to this "brochure", and also contains another box with the guidebooks in it.
I do not like the fact that the episodes after 28 stray off from the manga, but it was inevitable, since the decision to make fma a tv series was made early. The directors came up with a great plot though, going off from volume 6 of the manga, touching on #7 with Greed, and then going off course by episode 40 or so with Dante and Wrath. It has a great ending though, and in some parts, I think they did better than Arakawa actually. It is nice to only follow one plot with characters though.
All in all, you should buy this set, and complete the series by purchasing the other sets. Heartfelt and well thought out, hilarious and outstanding, this is truly a work of art.
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