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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 16 ENGLISH DUB Review

Episode 16, "A Comrade-In-Arms’ Footsteps"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Edward, Alphonse, Winry, and their Xingese aquainances arrive at Central, where Ling disappears and is picked up by the military for entering the country illegally. Winry goes to visit the Hughes household. Roy has a conversation with Armstrong about the brothers in relation to Hughes’ death. He ends up lying to them about it, but Maria Ross accidently causes Ed to realize it. Ed and Al go visit Gracia and tell her and Winry about Hughes helping them out. Gracia tells them to continue on their quest to regain their bodies. The homunculi discuss current events and decide to keep Roy busy with something. Ross is arrested for the murder of Hughes while Havoc goes on a date with "Solaris", who is actually Lust. read more

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In Progress – RX-78-2 O.Y.W. 0079 – 1/100 MG – Update I


My first “official” gunpla, started in late February. By official, I mean sanding, inking, and taking my time to carefully build the model, not just speed building it, like I had done with a 1/100 NG Gundam Exia from late May 2009. I know it is already June 1st, and I haven’t made a whole lot of process, but that is truly the beauty of modeling. I can just pick up right where I left off; whenever I have free time or want to spend a few hours working on it I can.

Right now I would have to say I am roughly halfway through the model, the upper body, head, and arms are completely assembled and inked. I really an enjoying the process of building it, at first it seems like it is slow, with little to no progress. However, as each limb, body part, and extremity is assembled the big picture is soon seen. read more

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Scribble Defense rips off Gurren Lagann? – Updated


I see what you did there…

It’s come to my attention a new tower defense type game has been released on Xbox Live featuring some suspicious cover art.

Scribble Defense is a new, yet well received, take on the tower defense genre. While the game appears innocent enough, fans of Gurren Lagann might find the cover art oddly familiar…


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Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. It looks a lot like the ultimate antagonist, the Anti-Spiral…

Now, it could be a homage, but they’re generally a lot more subtle than this. Perhaps it’s just mere coincidence? I highly doubt it. The developer, Elbert Perez, posts on Twitter as mechaghost and even launched his website with a little Gurren Lagann image. He strikes me as the kind of chap who would’ve seen the series through. I can’t find any other references to the series on his site. read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 107 (SPOILERS)

My thoughts on Fullmetal Alchemist chapter 107:

So, wow, I’m just about as late with this review as I was with the last one. Well, I have all the time I want for the next, because it’s the final chapter, which makes this the penultimate chapter of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist!

What have I said about cliffhangers in Fullmetal Alchemist? They. Never. Pay. Off. This is the second or third time Father has unleashed a great blast of energy that envelopes everything and again, our heroes recover, though Al is much worse for wear and Hohenheim isn’t looking good. Not surprisingly, Roy and Riza team up so he can use his flames to fight Father, but happily it does nothing. I like that now he’s using clapping alchemy, since he can, having seen the Truth. (Oooh, having seen it… sorry, Roy.) read more

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Episode 58 Review

Episode 58, "Human Sacrifices"

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis: Edward finds himself going through the same experience he had when he saw the Gate of Truth as the gold-toothed doctor’s array is activated. Greed and Wrath fight fiercely, until they end up hanging from a high spot. Ranfan grabs Greed’s hand. Briggs soldiers shoot Bradley and he drops into the water below. Helped up by Ranfan, Ling is devestated that Fu is already dead. Central soldier open fire on him. Ling lets Greed come out in full-force by a dying Buccaneer’s request and takes on Central soldiers. Buccaneer dies with a smile on his face. Olivier is informed of the status at the front gate of Central HQ, and decides to continue down the stairs into the basement. In the depths of Central, Edward and Izumi materialize in Father’s lair, where he has disabled Hohenheim. Father is disappointed that a fifth sacrifice has yet to be prepared. The gold-toothed doctor has Riza Hawkeye seriously injured in hopes Roy will peform a human transmutation, and he seems to give in. read more

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