++DRAMA++
Before we begin: Honey, I'm sorry for the trouble that occurred during all this, you know who you are, and I didn't expect all of this to be blown out of proportion ;____;. Although it was my older sister pressuring me with all of this, I'll take full responsibility for what happened. ;____;.
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I-I wonder if its normal for drama to pop up during convention season. *Had an insane amount of drama occur but it died down a little but still is doing its steady steady damage like I'm sitting on a pile of hot coal*

And from what I see i'm not the only one who's experiencing Drama. No wonder i dislike going to conventions nowadays, the chaos is eating at my brainn.

All this pre-planning and deadlines are worrying me, half of which i don't even know if they'll be sent to me on time before otakon, and the other half is i didn't even make yet . Stress! Oh the Stress!

Special thanks to and for helping me get through this. I would be dead without you guys ;___;.
Curse you art block! You may have your grip on me now, but I WILL PREVAIL.
*orz* ...

++++On the up-note++++
STUDIO BUMBLEBEE'S 3RD THEME HAS FINALLY BEEN CHOSEN.

Theme number 3: Steampunk Western
chosen by

We're hoping that this Issue will be released by the time of NewYork AnimeFest and maybe Small press Expo, so if you guys are around search for the SVA tables and you'll find Studio Bumblebee's work.
Speaking of which: Special thanks to and for providing your services during the aforementioned conventions. Even if its a "maybe" It really really helps alot .

(i'm more surprised that this lil comic group is still very much alive and very much thriving)

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+FULL METAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD RANT+

TL;DR:
-Brotherhood (new anime series) went to the craps lately
-Manga = Still the pwnage.
-Old series TOO SLOW

I-I had such High expectations for this series what happened ;___;? The first 11 or so episodes started out perfectly, No Fillers (aside from the First episode, but i liked it even tho it tossed everyone at you. It clearly shows "HEY, We're REDOING THIS ANd its so full of action cuz its better than that slow moving first series",) perfectly paced and added dramatic tense scenes.
The episode involving everyone's favorite family man was MORE THAN PERFECT, It oozed with Perfection, the pacing, the art, the tension. And the Episode with Winry and Rush Valley was TOTALLY AWESOME. New respect for Winry.

But then all of a sudden when Izumi comes into the picture EVERYTHING IS SUPER RUSHED. They crammed the entire island training scene, Izumi's intro and 3 Izumi flashbacks in one episode one after another. It-It was... like someone pulled my heart out and shoved it in my mouth. Fast is ok, I love fast paced animes (and the old series was wayyy too slow), but this episode was just choppy.
And- And Greed ;___;. My Poor Greed and his devil's nest posse was totally butchered. Everything moved so fast even me, a reader of the FMA manga was utterly confused at the pacing. Wtf are you guys doing Bones?

You can easily tell confusion when MASON (the guy who works in Izumi's shop and was the angry island native during the training session DID NOT appear on the island at all and magically popped up in the next episode with Greed.
If you're new to FMA, you'd be like WHAT? WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? The same goes for Yoki (the owner of the coal mining town who also appeared out of thin air).

I had issues with the New Series totally skipping out on the Yoswell coal mine episode, And the Train jacking episode. I know they already showed in the first series, but to skip them out entirely was bad planning from the director. Seeing as they can easily Cram 4 FMA chapters in one episode, it shouldn't be hard to put the trainjacking and the Coal mine episode as one. Since they both happen approximately the same time after the other and the Manga version is really quick too (they only took up one chapter each). With no filler characters like Lyra and a Random Hughes on the train just to add more time.

They would also compliment each other really well (the yoswell coal mines would deffinitely show how Ed didn't sell his soul to the military, and introduce Yoki easily) and (the Trainjacking will add alot of action to make this episode seem alot more interesting).

well since they decided to toss Yoki the coal mine lieutenant at us all of a sudden, i sincerely HOPE that there will be a flashback episode to explain it all. Or else Yoki's purpose in the story = Dead. And all the new fans would be so utterly confused they'd be bleeding out of their ears.

The Art: The art was beautiful but I think Studio Bones must be too use to drawing Kawaii bishounens like with Ouran Host club. Because i can see they are trying to imitate Hiromu Arakawa's manly style (with Scar and Greed) but in the recent episodes... they look... kind of bad.
Ugly even in some parts of the animation .

Its not too late tho. This series can save itself... slowly...
I just hope Studio bones realizes that soon .

In the End: The manga = Still god.
I'll tell you guys when the series gets good again. Because I still have hopes... even if its dwindling slightly now.


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