Finally started watching a new anime and this is quite interesting. Much better than I expected although the beginning was bit gory when Edward lost his left leg after that renkin ritual and blood was dripping from the wound. However, as the story progressed, it proved to be very engaging and looks set to hold my attention throughout the entire 51 episodes.The story begins with 2 brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric aged 11 and 10 respectively in the year 1910 set in Europe. Having lost their mother at a tender age, they decide to attempt the most forbidden renkin ritual of resurrecting the dead even though renkin is a scientific method of creating or changing things to a certain stage by using a combination of materials. In addition, the combination must be of the correct proportion or else the ritual would not succeed. And to attempt the renkin ritual out of nothing, you have to pay a big price which results in Edward losing his left leg and Alphonse losing his entire body. In order to keep Alphonse alive, Edward sacrifices his right arm to conduct a renkin ritual so that Alphonse can continue living in a metal armour.
4 years later, Edward and Alphonse proceed on their trip to find Kenja no Ishi (The stone of the wise) in order to utilise its power. At this time, Edward is already given the title of Tensai Renkin Jutsushi (Genius Alchemist) since he got his alchemist licence from the country in his teens and he's quite frank with his words to the point of hurting others at times. Alphonse, on the other is a kind and gentle guy lying within the heavy armour suit.
They come to a town called Rioru where there is a guy, Corello who calls himself the ambassador of the Sun God and is worshipped by the people since he gave them a lot of things despite them living in the middle of a desert. However, Edward and Alphonse see through the fact that Corello was able to create these so-called miracles because of the possession of Kenja no Ishi but Rose, the girl who is serving the temple so as to resurrect her boyfriend, refuses to believe Edward who tells her that there is a huge price to pay for that forbidden renkin ritual. When Corello tries to eliminate Edward and Alphonse, he and Rose then realise that the reason why they are called the Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi is due to some of their body parts being replaced by metal...
I like the theme song very much, Melissa by Porno Graffiti. Somehow, I tend to like theme songs by so-called established names rather than anime song singers who sometimes tend to be quite squeaky when it comes to especially female vocalists. I believe the target audience of FMA is not mainly kids so the production crew chose Porno Graffiti to come up with this song. I certainly don't mind hearing this throughout the entire series though.
It seems like the plot will thicken and go deeper into its central theme. One of the more memorable parts in this episode would be Edward dissing Rose's belief that her boyfriend will come back to life just by serving the Sun God when he and Alphonse paid the price for their attempt literally with their lives. That look of solitude in him is hard to forget.
Oh, the only familar name I can find in the seiyuu list is Okiayu-san as Scar but his role has not appeared here...I can only wait...
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