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Japanese comics and cartoons aren’t just for the nerds, Part 1

There’s a lot of public opinion that most of the shows and comics coming out of Japan, or even just Asia, are rather badly scripted and for little kids. Much of this opinion seems to be based on whatever was aired on Adult Swim or even Toonami, which really isn’t a good sample of what [...]

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FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Subbed by FUNi

The second anime series for FullMetal Alchemist airs soon. It has been recently announced by FUNimation that they have acquired the rights to it. They will also stream the episodes with Japanese dialogue and English subtitles via funimation.com and other sites. So when will this take place? Well, the first episode [...]

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FullMetal Alchemist movie goes Blu

With an upcoming release from FUNimation, the disc contains a trailer for the FMA movie on Blu-ray. This was previously rumored, but is now confirmed. This title was previously announced for a release in Japan, but one would need to order a ridiculous box set to get it. I say ridiculous because [...]

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FullMetal Alchemist 2 – Confirmed

In volume 20 of the manga series FullMetal Alchemist (aka Hagane no Renkinjutsushi), there is an announcement for a second television series.    What the series will be isn’t known.  I think it pretty much boils down to a continuation from where the movie series left off (most likely) or a series to follow the manga [...]

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