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cowgirled this was her con experience last weekend at Acen and what was said at Funimation's panel. Hmmm.....do ya think that the ppl that work for these companies actually watch the fansubbed eps too in order to get a grasp on what the series is going to be like? I mean they already got fans of the series who work for Funi so they had to watch it somewhere.
Here is the rundown::
---FMA will indeed be airing on Adult Swim and not Toonami.
--The anime is slated for an October airing date, and the DVD releases will begin in January.
--Winry is Winry Rockbell and Riza is Riza. Ed, Al, Roy, Hughes, etc remain the same of course. The romanization is being kept the same as it appears on Japanese merchandise by all counts so far.
--They are keeping "Melissa." They just chose not to use it on the trailers. However, it was used as part of the promotion video reel at the con. I've heard that due to licensing issues beyond their control they may have to translate the songs and rerecord them in English, but they're working their hardest to keep the original openings and closings. They have several months to resolve the issue before it comes time for the series to air. This isn't something that was discussed either way at the panel.
Other misc things::
The staff member who ran the panel himself is a HUGE fan of the series already. In fact we spotted him in the dealers room buying some FMA pencilboards. XD
One of the women who was working their promotional booth in the dealers room wants to cosplay Riza at Anime Expo, and another staff member was cosplaying Ed.
These people are anime fans themselves, and already fans of this particular series. I don't think that there is any danger of them screwing it up.
At the panel they gave out cute pins each featuring one of the main cast of the series- Ed, Al, Winry, Hughes, Riza, Roy, Scar, and Armstrong. All the badges featured the names of the characters, so that- along with the fact that the Funi staff repeatedly said their names correctly confirmed that issue.
WAIIIIIII!!! *sniffles* Would be nice if they did this for Akon too but I doubt it.
And best of all... Giant Al! Funimation had pictures of two 8-foot tall Al statues they'll be lugging to conventions this summer for promotional display. (Although unfortunately, neither of them could be at Acen.) I believe they will be taking one of them to Project Akon in Texas early June for his first appearance.
The more I think about this, the more I need to be hit over the head. I think I could do a good job as cosplaying as Riza Hawkeye but damn that uniform looks like it would be a pain to make. *slinks away from her beatings* Even cosplaying as Ed would be neat, except the metal arm would be hard to get a hold of or make. Plus he's just my size too *lol*. I don't, don't, don't need anymore costumes damn it!!!
My thoughts about eps. 32. Hmmm.......is Ed and Al's father really dead or is he hiding somewhere???? And what role is Tucker playing in this? He was the one disguised at the bar near the beginning.
cowgirled this was her con experience last weekend at Acen and what was said at Funimation's panel. Hmmm.....do ya think that the ppl that work for these companies actually watch the fansubbed eps too in order to get a grasp on what the series is going to be like? I mean they already got fans of the series who work for Funi so they had to watch it somewhere.Here is the rundown::
---FMA will indeed be airing on Adult Swim and not Toonami.
--The anime is slated for an October airing date, and the DVD releases will begin in January.
--Winry is Winry Rockbell and Riza is Riza. Ed, Al, Roy, Hughes, etc remain the same of course. The romanization is being kept the same as it appears on Japanese merchandise by all counts so far.
--They are keeping "Melissa." They just chose not to use it on the trailers. However, it was used as part of the promotion video reel at the con. I've heard that due to licensing issues beyond their control they may have to translate the songs and rerecord them in English, but they're working their hardest to keep the original openings and closings. They have several months to resolve the issue before it comes time for the series to air. This isn't something that was discussed either way at the panel.
Other misc things::
The staff member who ran the panel himself is a HUGE fan of the series already. In fact we spotted him in the dealers room buying some FMA pencilboards. XD
One of the women who was working their promotional booth in the dealers room wants to cosplay Riza at Anime Expo, and another staff member was cosplaying Ed.
These people are anime fans themselves, and already fans of this particular series. I don't think that there is any danger of them screwing it up.
At the panel they gave out cute pins each featuring one of the main cast of the series- Ed, Al, Winry, Hughes, Riza, Roy, Scar, and Armstrong. All the badges featured the names of the characters, so that- along with the fact that the Funi staff repeatedly said their names correctly confirmed that issue.
WAIIIIIII!!! *sniffles* Would be nice if they did this for Akon too but I doubt it.
And best of all... Giant Al! Funimation had pictures of two 8-foot tall Al statues they'll be lugging to conventions this summer for promotional display. (Although unfortunately, neither of them could be at Acen.) I believe they will be taking one of them to Project Akon in Texas early June for his first appearance.
The more I think about this, the more I need to be hit over the head. I think I could do a good job as cosplaying as Riza Hawkeye but damn that uniform looks like it would be a pain to make. *slinks away from her beatings* Even cosplaying as Ed would be neat, except the metal arm would be hard to get a hold of or make. Plus he's just my size too *lol*. I don't, don't, don't need anymore costumes damn it!!!
My thoughts about eps. 32. Hmmm.......is Ed and Al's father really dead or is he hiding somewhere???? And what role is Tucker playing in this? He was the one disguised at the bar near the beginning.
