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Jun. 21st, 2011 11:43 pmI can't decide if this is amazing, awesome, or just a little insane. Maybe awesomely insane? Insanely awesome? Anyways, I give you - Fullmetal Alchemist themed food! It's a promotion/tie-in for the upcoming movie. I think they all look incredible... though I can't imagine chowing down on Ed's braid. Of course, I'm not in Japan, so I can't do so anyway, but still. C'mon, Disney, you should do this stuff! You could have... "Tangled" pasta!
Also in conjunction with the upcoming FMA movie, they recently published the original "Prototype" manga chapter. As I understand it, it's a single adventure pilot that was probably written/drawn to present the series' premise and sell the idea. Storywise, it's a combination of elements from the Liore and Youswell escapades with a corrupt military official lording over a barren town suffering from a devastating drought. But, it has the bonus of Ed gaining a Philosopher's Stone midway through. A Stone he uses with reckless abandon for some pretty wild stunts.* It's fun, and a number of familiar elements and running gags are present (Al mistaken for Ed, the inevitable dramatic reveal of Ed and Al's bodies). But, I much prefer the final version where Philosopher's Stones aren't so easily obtained and Ed is a much gentler character. (The villain is evil, but the way Ed coolly and deliberately kills him is a little jarring.) Still, it's interesting to see where things started.
* Which is how he comes to use that Stone up and leave the brothers questing once more at the chapter's end. I'm not sure if Ed using the Stone so flippantly is meant to be a character trait or purely to show off the potential of the series' central gimmick.
Also in conjunction with the upcoming FMA movie, they recently published the original "Prototype" manga chapter. As I understand it, it's a single adventure pilot that was probably written/drawn to present the series' premise and sell the idea. Storywise, it's a combination of elements from the Liore and Youswell escapades with a corrupt military official lording over a barren town suffering from a devastating drought. But, it has the bonus of Ed gaining a Philosopher's Stone midway through. A Stone he uses with reckless abandon for some pretty wild stunts.* It's fun, and a number of familiar elements and running gags are present (Al mistaken for Ed, the inevitable dramatic reveal of Ed and Al's bodies). But, I much prefer the final version where Philosopher's Stones aren't so easily obtained and Ed is a much gentler character. (The villain is evil, but the way Ed coolly and deliberately kills him is a little jarring.) Still, it's interesting to see where things started.
* Which is how he comes to use that Stone up and leave the brothers questing once more at the chapter's end. I'm not sure if Ed using the Stone so flippantly is meant to be a character trait or purely to show off the potential of the series' central gimmick.
