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Another thing I noted - with scorn on my face, no less - is that apparently both Takeda and Mizushima mention that Ed having a prosthetic arm and leg was viewed as an obstacle to having FMA animated at the time. Because showing a character with disability on screen is objectionable why...?

It does seem some of his journalism background rubbed off on both shows, especially with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq being a well-known influence on SEED.

About the most surprising thing to learn from this article was that the 2003 FMA anime was produced by Takeda Seiji of MBS. Takeda started out in newsbroadcasting and journalism before moving on to the anime section of MBS, where he was in charge of first Gundam SEED, then FMA.

『鋼の錬金術師』の2003年版アニメについて｜たね 『鋼の錬金術師』の2003年版のアニメが話題にのぼると、必ずと言っていいほど耳にする言葉があります。それは、 「原作を改変したアニメでしょ？」 「原作者を激怒させたんだっけ？」 というものです。 私は2003年当時、あのアニメを観ていました。 そしてあの作品からたくさんの感動と思い出をもらいました。 ただ視聴していただけではなく、ラジオを聞き、アニメ誌やガンガンの記事を読んでいました。 だからこ...

Interesting article about the much-maligned 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime. Dispels some of the common myths going around, such as "the story was changed around willy-nilly without Arakawa's consent"

『鋼の錬金術師』の2003年版アニメについて｜たね note.com/inukawaiine2...

Nendoroid 2.0 re-releases of Haruhi Haruhisuzumiya, Konata Luckystar, and Louise Familiarofzero. These cartoons are all old enough to vote.

The 20-year nostalgia cycle strikes a critical blow on the AmiAmi new listing page today

2/15の🌹『鉄華の祝祭』🌹もりだくさんイベントパンフレットにはイベント用のみんなのおめかし衣装の原案も載ってます
おいでになりますお客様、記念にぜひです🙏

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Beautiful garage kit paying tribute to "Future Boy Conan" and the late Yasuo Otsuka.

レトロアニメ調の2人協力プレイアドベンチャー「オービタルズ」の最新映像が公開に。2026年夏発売

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レトロアニメ調の2人協力プレイアドベンチャー「オービタルズ」の最新映像が公開に。2026年夏発売

Yes! It's from 1996, and part of Bandai's Metal Master line.
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warms your TL with an explosive summer #Elegg 🥚

#NIKKE #ニケ

My first workout in a week+ and I had to finish halfway through because I was getting dizzy. Dammit I though things were going to be better in February :(

I'm tired and misread the name of the new Hathaway suit アリュゼウス
Alyzeus as アゼリューゼ Auserlese so now I'm stuck with the mental image of Aura as an UC MS pilot

Staff member running around the park with a red panda stuffed animal on his head

Staff closing in on the escapee

Staff surrounds the "red panda" in a net

The wild beast is netted and subdued

The Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya ran a red panda escaped animal drill. To be safe & humane, the panda was played by a staff member with a stuffed animal on his head. It took staff 30 minutes to contain the wild beast.

ヒルマリ

X/1999 The future of the universe rests on one young man, Kamui Shiro, who must destroy either the Dragons of Earth or the Dragons of Heaven - two opposing armies. He alone must decide whether humanity shoul...

12. X/1999 myanimelist.net/anime/155/X_...

Very entertaining to watch named characters die with the approx speed of one per frame. Probably not that good as an adaptation, but I like Rintarou as a director and I got what I wanted. Koyama Mami was very sexy as Karen

Also the staff is so stacked, it almost feels unreal - original designs by Inomata Mutsumi, anime char desings by Yuuki Nobuteru, animation direction by Kise Kazuchika, not to mention direction & script by Mashimo Kouichi. So yeah, not only is this an engaging movie, it is also incredibly pretty.

Kaze no Tairiku Three adventurers—a warrior, a priest, and a young woman—traverse a land devastated by centuries of environmental calamities searching only for a way to survive. In their journeys they stumble across ...

12. Kaze no Tairiku myanimelist.net/anime/1777/K...

This is how I like my anime fantasy, with broad-shouldered, long haired guys, magical locales and theme songs by Arai Akino. It's very obviously a piece of a larger epic narrative cut to movie length, but that doesn't hurt it a bit. V v good

Amrita no Kyouen On their way home from high school, Tamahi and some classmates are shocked as they witness someone fall from the rooftop of nearby apartment. Panicked and confused, they rush to the building only to f...

11. Amrita no Kyouen myanimelist.net/anime/41029/...

Not A Good Movie but I had a blast with it, part 2. This one veers into a different direction with time loops and alt universes and a really great piece of Wierd Architecture. The story still makes no sense, don't care, love the setting & visuals

concerns, Minamata disease publicized etc) -> actually actually it's the legacy of inhumane wartime experiments on humans within the Imperial army rising its ugly head (50s postwar self-reflection) -> actually maybe it was a yokai all along...

Yeah, they went for the full course, because why not

Funny thing, this movie speedruns you through the history of modern Japanese horror motifs. Creepy murders occur -> it's a disturbed serial killer! (90s lost generation) -> actually it was all because of these parasites mutated because of industrial waste dumped into the river (70s enviromental

Aragne no Mushikago Life could be better for shy, anxious university student Rin. The apartment she has rented is hardly the sunny palace the rental listings suggested. The housing complex is rundown, grim and haunted by...

10. Aragne no Mushikago myanimelist.net/anime/34974/...

Now this is objectively Not A Good Movie, but that doesn't change the fact that I unabashedly loved it. The animation is clunky, the story is just vibes and some pretty imagery - don't care, love how they just go through every J-horror cliche.

Spriggan Long before the era of prehistoric man, an advanced alien species inhabited Earth. Negligent of the power they held, these beings ultimately caused their own demise. However, the aliens left behind a ...

9. Spriggan movie myanimelist.net/anime/420/Sp...

A sakugafest if I ever saw one - Eguchi Hisashi as char design & animation director, Umezu, Itano, Morimoto etc as animators... Unfortunately eyecandy can only carry a movie this far. Basically Akira-lite, pretty but not that engaging.

Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? One summer, Norimichi Shimada and his friends want to know if fireworks look round or flat from the side. They forge a plan to find the answer at Moshimo Festival's fireworks display. However, Norimic...

8. Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru ka myanimelist.net/anime.php?id...

I expected to not to like this from the synopsis and the original creator (not a fan of Iwai), but didn't expect to actually fall asleep during my watch. Mostly just wanted to see what Shinbo is up to these days. Yawn.

Kamiarizuki no Kodomo Sixth-grade student Kanna Hayama's love of running becomes a source of grief when she loses her mother Yayoi, whom she shared this passion with. However, her disposition changes after she accidentally...

Continued.

7. Kamiarizuki no Kodomo myanimelist.net/anime/41877/...
Not bad, but there's a preachiness and artificiality to it that made me balk. Also, can we stop it with loss of a parent as the go-to trauma explored by childrens' movies? Why not something more viewers can relate, like bullying...

#Pokemon

Digital illustration of the character Alita from the manga Battle Angel Alita. She is sitting facing away from the view looking back over her shoulder. She has purple eyes, fair skin and chin-length blue-black hair. From the neck down her body is entirely cybernetic, made of segmented blue-grey metal. In the background is the faint image of chaotic and jumbled industrial pipes and machinery.

Battle Angel #BattleAngelAlita #Alita #cyborg #cyberpunk #fanart

And what do you know, after years of radio silence they announced they're putting out short sequels to this and another of their novels in doujinshi form. And now they've made them available on Booth!

I pushed the purchase button faster than you can say "take my money", I'm so fucking happy

The author wrote a few other books, but seemingly stopped publishing some 10 years ago. I still kept up with them through their barely-alive blog and later Twitter account.