The new series of highly popular alchemy anime Hagane no Renkinjutsushi – Full Metal Alchemist, which we first heard of in the Bones scandal, has had its release date confirmed, along with its website launched.
Airing is due to start in April 2009, and we already have something of a preview of the character designs with these:
The short CM, visible on the newly launched website, also aired alongside Gundam 00, and interestingly we hear that the Gundam 00 director is set also to direct FMA immediately after/alongside.
Supposedly the new anime will follow closely the ongoing manga and dispense with the plot of the terminally adapted anime, though it remains to be seen just how this will turn out…
i dnt get what the can make a whole new series based of of what??? the movie kida ended any chance of a new series
Just finished watching the whole series+movie. The new series art looks great–if they stay true to the trailer and character examples–but I noticed right away that the eyes of Ed and of Roy Mustang are pinched. The eyes come off different than in the Original series. They may more ‘true’ to the manga version but in the trailer at least, and on the website, they come off as childish and distracting from the serious atmosphere. They are too simplified. Like the artists decided that ‘quality eyes’ was a corner they could cut. I don’t know about most of you but the eyes of a character are the most important factor in conveying a characters personality, emotions and purpose. When they changed that, the characters lost their believability–they were just cartoons. I like the original Ed and Mustang. Keep them the same.
Will the new series take place after The Conquerer of Shambala?
I don’t want a retelling of the story, why don’t they just continue on from where they left off on the show?
yeahhhhhh sha ney ney!
full metal back at it, cant wait