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Anime Vice Now has a Completed Catalog on the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime!!

I've undertake a few series projects in my time here as a member and Mod on Anime Vice. All in order to try and create a more solid site with extensive information on popular series. To make sure that if someone wanted to learn about the series that Anime Vice is the place to go. I have worked on series such as Negima!, Strike Witches, Okamisan, One Piece, and others. Now, I've turned to fleshing out the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
 
Originally, I wasn't too interested in this series. I already watched the first season. While i enjoyed it, the finale was an absolute let down that left me feeling unfulfilled, and that movie didn't help things. I wasn't sure why I would want to put myself through that again. Even if the ending was different. Iknow this series was more designed to follow the canon of the manga. That the first 2003 anime went off on a wild direction. It was a once bitten and twice shy scenario I found myself in.
 
Everyone was telling me to watch it, but like with most things I can be pretty stubborn. It didn't help matters that I already knew that Martel dies in both versions the very same way and even faster in this series. It wasn't until Christmas Eve of last year that I actually sat down and gave Episode 1 of FMA: Brotherhood a try. It was weird how wildly un-canon the episode was, but I stayed in. It took a few episodes in, but I was really pleased with how things progressed the canon became stronger and more so.
 
Arakawa may of killed off the adorable Martel, but replaced her with someone just as nice. That being the lovely and fearful Olivier Milla Armstrong. She is so entertaining to watch. Equal amounts power, strength, and passion. I'm not one who's much for figures, but I'd like one of her.
 
I will say that I was rather disappointed in the Anince Vice community when I saw just how poorly filled out the FMA: Brotherhood episode profiles were filled out. For a series that everyone was telling me to watch. Almost no one was doing much of anything with them. Many characters were missing from episodes, concepts weren't filled out, and almost no object associations. Well, I couldn't really tolerate that. So, I undertook it to fill out the episodes and create character profiles while I was already marathoning the series off FUNimation's official youtube site. I made sure each episode page had at least one picture, and all the major cities of the story now have profiles as well.
The idea was to try and catch up with Tom Pinchuk's Watch & Learn articles on the new page, but those have seem to be coming less and less frequently. I eventually caught up with the series and got impatient. I instead polished off the rest of the series. Now, all 64 episodes have intensive detail on each page and full cast listing. I only need to make some episode profiles for a few minor characters.

The finale was truly incredible. I was disappointed in one tiny, tiny aspect of the finale, but I wont mention anything in case of spoiling for those following Tom's articles. Past that, it was an incredible anime. This is one of those times I am so happy to be wrong about something. I was so entertained by this series, it has made be very seriously question lifting my blanket boycott of all VIZ Media manga for this series.That should tell you something about this story and how good it is. VIZ can just be such pantywaists. I already know in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga they call Bradley President in place of "Fuhrer".

All that is really left to be done is to fill out the voice actor and other credits on the pages. 

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood VA Master List

I'm making this list because trying to hunt through Anime News Networks (ANN) jumble of characters takes an absolute eternity to go between English and Japanese. That's because they organize alphabetically by the actor and not the character. I'm trying to fill out those profiles, having a list of them in alphabetical order will just make things faster and much less annoying. I do still need to hunt for some names that ANN didn't list. (Note: Some characters don't have an English VA listed because these characters appear later in the series, and the English dubs had not been release to that point. I will try and update this list when available.)

Main Cast

Character	Japanese	English
Edward Elric	Romi Park	Vic Mignogna
Alphonse Elric	Rie Kugimiya	Maxey Whitehead
Winry Rockbell	Megumi Takamoto	Caitlin Glass
Van Hohenheim Young Van Hohenheim	Unshou Ishizuka  Daisuke Namikawa	John Swasey Aaron Dismuke
Trisha Elric Young Trisha Elric	Yoshino Takamori Yuuki Mitsugi	Lydia Mackay
Scar	Kenta Miyake	J. Michael Tatum
Ling Yao  Greed 2	Mamoru Miyano Yuuichi Nakamura	Todd Haberkorn Troy Baker
Lan Fan	Nana Mizuki	Trina Nishimura
Fu	Katsunosuke Hori	Kenny Green
May Chang	Mai Goto	Monica Rial
Shao May	Rie Kugimiya	Tia Ballard
Olivier Milla Armstrong	Yoko Soumi	Stephanie Young
Alex Louis Armstrong	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher R. Sabat
Maes Hughes	Keiji Fujiwara	Sonny Strait
Izumi Curtis	Shoko Tsuda	Christine Auten
Narrator	Iemasa Kayumi	Kent Williams

 

Mustang's Squad

Character	Japanese	English
Roy Mustang	Shinichiro Miki	Travis Willingham
Riza Hawkeye	Fumiko Orikasa	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Heymans Breda	Biichi Satou	Jeremy Inman
Jean Havoc	Yuji Ueda	Mike McFarland
Kain Fuery	Tetsuya Kakihara	Kevin M. Connolly
Vato Falman	Kenji Hamada	Kyle Hebert

 

Homunculus

Character	Japanese	English
Father	Iemasa Kayumi	Kent Williams
Envy	Minami Takayama	Wendy Powell
Gluttony	Tetsu Shiratori	Chris Cason
Greed	Yuuichi Nakamura	Chris Patton
King Bradley Young King Bradley	Hidekatsu Shibata  Hidenobu Kiuchi	Ed Blaylock Christopher Bevins
Lust	Kikuko Inoue	Laura Bailey
Selim Bradley	Yuko Sanpei	Brittney Karbowski
Sloth	Fumihiko Tachiki	Patrick Seitz

 

Supporting Cast (Alphabetical)

Character	Japanese	English
Barry the Chopper/ Number 66 Barry's Body	Hideyuki Umezu Kenji Hamada	Jerry Jewell Jason Grundy
Basque Grand	Shin Aomori	R Bruce Elliott
Berthold Hawkeye	Atsuki Tani	Bob Magruder
Bido	Yuji Ueda	Greg Ayres
Bobby	Takashi Hikida	Tyson Rinehart
Briggs Doctor	Risa Hayamizu	Lucy Todd
Bucaneer	Ryuzaburo Otomo	Phil Parsons
Cathrine Elle Armstrong	Rie Kugimiya	Kate Oxley
Charlie	Rintarou Nishi
Clemin	Kiyoshi Katsunuma
Cornello	Seizo Katou	Andy Mullins
Cray	Hisao Egawa
Damiano	Masayuki Shouji
Darius	Masuo Amada	George Manley
Denny Brosh	Yuuki Hayashi	Jim Foronda
Dolcetto	Anri Katsu	John Burgmeier
Dominic	Shozo Iizuka	Greg Dulcie
Edison	Masuo Amada
Elicia Hughes	Misato Fukuen	Cherami Leigh
Fessler	Bon Ishihara	John Gremillion
Flower-Lady	Chie Sato
Focker	Shinsuke Nagashima	Brian Mathis
Fox	Shinya Fukumatsu
Gamelan
Gardner	Hiroshi Ito
Garfiel	Kenta Miyake	Antimere Robinson
Gartner	Masaki Terasoma	John Gremillion
Gerso	Tomoyuki Shimura	Andrew Love
Giolio Comanche	Tadashi Miyazawa	Charles Campbell
Gold-Tooth Doctor	Bon Ishihara	Mark Stoddard
Gracia Hughes	Tomoe Hanba	Anastasia Munoz
Grumman	Rokuro Naya	Bill Flynn
Hakuro	Tora Take	Phil Parsons
Halling
Han	Tetsu Shiratori	Charles Campbell
Heinkel	Shinpachi Tsuji	Bradley Campbell
Henry Dougals	Yasuyuki Kase	Rob Mungle
Henschel	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Cole Brown
Isaac MacDougal	Kouichi Yamadera	Bryan Massey
Ishvalan Boy	Atsushi Abe	Micah Solusod
Ishvalan Leader	Yoshinori Sonobe
Ishvalan Old-Man		John Swasey
Karley	Jin Horikawa
King of Xerxes	Takkou Ishimori
Knocs	Kinryuu Arimoto	R Bruce Elliott
Kyle
Liam	Kiyotaka Furushima	Ian Sinclair
Liore Shopkeeper	Tadashi Miyazawa
Logue Lowe		T.A. Taylor
Madam Christmas	Youko Matsuoka	Pam Dougherty
Madam Shan	Noriko Uemura	Linda Young
Madeline
Maria Ross	Kaori Nazuka	Meredith McCoy
Martel	Takako Honda	Tiffany Grant
Mason	Shuuhei Sakaguchi	Josh Martin
Mick	Mitsuru Ogata	Greg Dulcie
Miles	Kazuya Nakai	Jason Douglas
Mrs. Armstrong	Romi Park
Mrs. Bradley	Ai Satou	Dana Schultes
Neil	Tooru Nara	Justin Cook
Nina Tucker	Sumire Morohoshi	Brian Mathis
Paninya	Akemi Okamura	Cynthia Cranz
Philip Gargantos Armstrong	Kenji Utsumi
Pinako Rockbell Young Pinako Rockbell	Miyoko Asou Mami Koyama	Juli Erickson Shelley Calene-Black
Raven	Katsuhisa Houki	Christopher Ayres
Rebecca Catalina	Naomi Shindoh
Rick	Yuka Nishigaki	Jamie Marchi
Ridel	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Christopher Bevins
Roa	Tetsu Inada	John Gremillion
Rose Tomas	Satsuki Yukino	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Sara Rockbell	Yuri Amano	Caitlin Glass
Satera	Sayuri	Susan Huber
Scar's Brother	Takehito Koyasu	Robert McCollum
Scar's Master	Yuzuru Fujimoto	Grant James
Sheska	Chika Fujimura	Gwendolyn Lau
Shou Tucker	Makoto Nagai	Chuck Huber
Sig Curtis	Seiji Sasaki	Bob Carter
Slicer Brother (older) Slicer Brother (younger)	Dai Matsumoto Kenji Nojima	Bill Jenkins Duncan Brannan
Solf J. Kimblee	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Eric Vale
Smith		Shelton Windham
Storch	Gô Shinomiya	J Paul Slavens
Testu	Yuki Kodaira	Leah Clark
Tim Marcoh	Masayuki Omoro	Jerry Russell
Urey Rockbell	Masaki Terasoma	Joel McDonald
Vanessa	Seiko Ueda	Leah Clark
Yakovlev	Kiyoshi Katsunuma	Brad Hawkins
Yoki	Kazuki Yao	Barry Yandell
Zampano	Takashi Hikida	Chris Rager

(** Currently no Anime Vice profile)

This will make things much easier to do the credits. Jana.
 
-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ animevice / @ FoxxFireArt

Well, it's been a hectic 12 hours since Anime Vice when all Hellen Keller. No could write much of anything. I was even right in the middle of working on this week's Anime Vice Japanese Lesson. While that's still coming, I wanted to share with you some of the latest purchases I made in the world of manga and anime today.
 
Back when I first reported on Anime Vice that Yen Press would start releasing Highschool of the Dead to the US. I was really excited. I wanted to start covering that and I looked forward to the release for Jan. 25 since I first heard that date last month. I waited all month and held off using any of my holiday gift cards. I drove to my local Borders only to find that Borders will not be carrying Highschool of the Dead in store. You can only purchase it online. Now, that is irony. I held off pre-ordering, because I wanted to get it on it's release date, in place of waiting a week or so for delivery. I really wanted to write a review of Volume 1 and submit it as an article for Anime Vice. Saying I was disappointed would be an understatement.
 
I did order Highschool of the Dead online, but through Amazon. Borders.com wanted $13 for this. I got it on Amazon for $8.26, and yet Borders still wonders why they can't compete. Once you have removed the convenience factor of having the product same day. They're pretty well screwed. While I was at it, I also pre-ordered Summer Wars on blu-ray, which if you been following the Oscar buzz was denied a nomination. Good news, I'm getting two things I wanted. Bad News, to get the free shipping. I will have to wait until February to get that Highschool of the Dead volume with my Summer Wars.
 
I did use my roughly $90 worth of gift cards today, anyways. Borders was having a special of Buy 4 Manga and Get 5th Free. I really couldn't pass up on that kind of deal. So, here's what I got.
I know some of you are probably going to be pretty shocked about what you might see here. The selection is a bit random. I tend to buy volumes that have scenes I really enjoy and fill in from there.

FoxxFireArt's Pull List

• Fairy Tail Vol. 5
• Fairy Tail Vol. 12
• Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 10
• Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 17
• Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 21
• The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan Vol. 1
• One Piece Vol. 46
• One Piece Vol. 53
• Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Vol. 2
• Soul Eater Vol. 4

 
That's right, mixed in with the Del Rey and Yen Press books are VIZ Media mangas. I've been considering for a long time relaxing my boycott of VIZ manga. Just seemed as every time I started to soften. Someone would make an absolutely ignorant comment to make excises for censorship. New Flash, people. There is no excuse for censorship of books. Censorship has never improved anything. The ball started rolling with just how great Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood way. I recently finished the anime and was very impressed.
Just don't get the false impression that means I'm not going to keep commenting against VIZ Media any changes I get. Nor am I going to stopped using scanlations for VIZ series. Here's the funny thing. Since it was a "Buy 4 and Get the 5th Free" deal. I technically paid more money to Del Rey and Yen Press. I didn't pay anything for those two volumes of One Piece.

It was hard to select which Fullmetal Alchemists to get. I kind of went with a theme. One is Riza Hawkeye, Olivier Milla Armstrong, and Lan Fan.

I plan to read and review all of these volume for Anime Vice. I've currently written 64 reviews on Anime Vice and I have a have a 96% recommendation rate on my reviews. No one on Animce Vice as written as many reviews, and I'm not even staff. You can see complete list of all my reviews HERE
 
I kind of wish I could be a staff writer for the site. I could afford to then buy more manga and anime and write even more reviews. I am a little green in the eyes how Tom Pinchuk was sent a big batch of anime DVDs by FUNimation. Still, I'm happy for him, too
 
So, that was my day. How was your's?

-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ animevice / @ FoxxFireArt

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Dynamic Theme Now Available!!

  
The science of alchemy may be out of reach for most of us, but you can enjoy it on your Playstation 3(PS3) every time you press the power button. Now available on the North American PlayStation Store you can download a dynamic theme based on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (FMA:Brotherhood), courtesy of FUNimation. It's not just still images, but semi-animated as it shows both Alphonse and Edward Elric as teens to their childhood versions when the image changes. The animation is mainly blinking of the eyes with their clothes and hair constantly flapping in the wind. The background also subtly changes from day to night. The icons that adorn the different options on the PS3 are also replaced with new character icons from FMA:Brotherhood. They include Ed, Al, Roy Mustang, Maes Hughes, and Riza Hawkeye. The video preview FUNimation offers mentions that there are custom sounds you will hear as you browse the menu, but none are displayed in the video.

Finding the theme may be a bit tricky, but just do a search for "Fullmetal Alchemist" and it will pop right up. 

This dynamic theme is priced at $2.99(USD).

Along with a new dynamic theme, the Playstation Movie Store is also offering for download both FMA: Brotherood Season 1 (Ep. 1-26) & the full series of the original anime Fullmetal Alchemist. Each episode is priced for download at $1.99(USD) and only offers the English audio (no subtitled option shown).

Source: FUNimation Blogs

 -Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.-

I recently took a quiz on what deadily sin I am and I got: 
 

You Scored as Gluttony WHOA!! Your sin is Gluttony!! People dont take you out to eat very often...on the off chance you order 3 special combo meals and XXL soda. Exercise and diets are not something that interest you very much. You may or may not like it, but food is one thing that your life cannot decrease. People often wonder where the moon floating around you is... Lust 60% Anger 60% Gluttony 60% Sloth 50% Pride 30% Greed 30% Envy 30%

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So tell me what you guys get and post it here, here is the quiz  http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/AllSinsBelong2m/what-sin-do-you-commit-most/    
 
 
Funny because I always liked Gluttony
 
 
This guy explains him well      
In fact I like him so much when I get older I am getting this tatto, either on my tongue or left hand

I'm a bit tired of androgynous anime characters. I mean, if they've got a reason, like Moulin from the Disney movie or what ever, then by all means go ahead. But let's take Envy from FMA for example. Envy is refereed to as 'he', yet he looks more like a girl in my opinion and runs around in a skimpy tank top and a skirt. It gets on my nerves. I also despise clearly feminine characters, then all of a sudden it turns out there actually a boy. Like China in Hetalia. I've heard he's even voiced by a girl!!! :( It's a bit too confusing. This is probably just me being picky, but the androgyny needs to be toned down a bit, unless there is a reason for it.

So I just finished watching Evangelion, and wow. I got really anxious toward the end of the last episode, I was like "how are they going to wrap everything up?!" I just love how almost the entire last 2 episodes are completely in Shinji's mind. And even at the end, even though everyone's saying congratulations it's still in his mind, he's still thinking to himself. I think that's why I felt uncomfortable at first with the ending. But it is so amazing and everything from the first episode to the last just comes together so well, to produce an almost unforgettably hauntingly poetic experience.. 
 
okay.. anyways. *somewhat flustered* here's "myanimelist", (url if link isn't working: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/ollixo )so you can see what I've watched haven't watched, thinking about watching etc.
 
I'm also thinking about watching FMA, but (long story short) a friend of mine pretty much ruined the anime for me by promising to take of her shirt for me if I got through the entire anime in a week (I was like 12). So I ended up fast forwarding alot and not understanding anything. But I think maybe I should go back and start from the beginning, or maybe just watch Brotherhood? 
 
Also I hear alot about Bleach, One Piece and Naruto... Was never really into Bleach or One Piece mainly because the art style turned me off and I never really liked the characters, but maybe i'm just judging a book by its cover. Naruto I liked, but I was watching the dub, and I think the Naruto voice actor got on my nerves so I stopped watching. 
 
Recommend away Anime Vice! I probably wouldn't have watched Evangelion if it weren't for this site, or Eden of the East, or Time of Eve, or Tokyo Magnitude. So for that thankyou.