Where/how To Watch F M A: Brotherhood Episodes - Compiled Info On Page 1, U. K. fans, see March 18, 2010 update on page 1!!! Options

[gg2qt4me]

I know that the new series comes out on April 5th in japan but where can i see it online?

(The following info was added by Tombow, updated as of March 18, 2010)

Available options to watch FMA: Brotherhood episodes so far:



Viewing English dubbed episodes

* In U.S., FMA fans can watch English dubbed Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episodes on AdultSwim programming portion of Cartoon Network, every Sunday 12:00 - 12:30 AM Eastern time, then same morning 4:00 - 4:30 AM Eastern time for rebroadcasting of the same episode.



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Viewing raw episodes in Japan

* In Japan, the weekly airing of FMA series-2 starts Sunday, April 5, 5:00 PM (Japan time) on MBS/TBS TV networks.


* Also in Japan, starting Friday, April 10, 2009, you can watch the episode (in Japanese) on your computer through "TV shows-on-personal-computer, GYAO anime station" web site. Each Friday, 12:00 noon the showing will switch to the newest episode. For details, please check Gyao site - anime page and Gyao technical support page (Note: I checked, and the service is limited to within Japan only.)

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On-line streaming of raw episode same time as airing in Japan

NOTE: Please be warned that the quality and reliability of simultaneous streaming of Japanese broadcasting of FMA-2 episode on Key-hole TV and TbAnts and MM have been sketchy, and you may or may not successfully get the streaming of the whole episode.


* In the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line (accessibility may vary from country to country, please check your local situation,) you can watch streaming of the episode (in Japanese) on-line through Key-hole TV.
KeyHoleTV is part of a project by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs testing out P2P (peer to peer) technology. It's free and legal, and it includes TV shows on TBS, hence you can watch FMA episode also.
You need to download and install a file to enable your computer to watch Key-hole TV. Check details on Key-hole TV site (the site is in English.)


* In the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line (accessibility may vary from country to country, please check your local situation): TvAnts is another program to watch the episodes on P2P (peer to peer) on-line. Check for TBS for episodes in Japanese, and TBS-TV for episodes with subs in Chinese.
(This info was posted by Linkdude20002001 here. Since I'm not familiar with TvAnts, please inquire Linkdude20002001 for further details.)


* In the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line (accessibility may vary from country to country, please check your local situation): For those who are having trouble streaming with Kay-hole, mms://stream.gundam.eu/tbs uses your regular media software (VLC, Winamp, RealPlayer, etc.) to watch streaming of TBS TV shows (that includes FMA) with reported very good results.
(This info was posted by Gukumatz here. Since I'm not familiar with this application, please inquire Gukumatz for further details.)


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Viewing officially subbed episodes OUTSIDE of Japan

* The following are LICENSED same-week/near-same-week distributions (either on-line or on-air) of subbed (in English, French, Italian, Cantonese Chinese, & other languages of the viewing countries) FMA episodes in North America, France, Australia, and Hong kong, Taiwan, Singapore & some other South East Asian countries & European countries through distribution partners who are officially licensed to distribute FMA series-2 episodes. These news announcements were taken from FMA-2 JP official web site.


On-line Viewing:
(Viewing is limited to within the specified region only)

NEW!!! (Updated March 18, 2010)
Good news, UK fans!! UK FMA fans can now view on-line streaming of FMA:Brotherhood episode!!! (English subbed, I assume ^^)

(As posted by Ksumisity here, here is the good news on AnimeNewsNetwork.)
* In UK, the British anime distributor Manga Entertainment has begun streaming the first five episodes of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series for audiences in the United Kingdom. Each week the company's website will add five more episodes of the series, which will replace the previous ones. Manga Entertainment's YouTube channel will run the same episodes for one week after they are taken down from Manga Entertainment's website. Once the streaming episodes catch up with the Japanese broadcast, the company will then stream one episode per week, one week after each episode airs in Japan.



* North America, and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line: On Funimation.com, Funimation.com, starting April 9, 2009, 12 noon
For UK fans, the access should be restored soon, according to Funi Rep's post on Funi forum here (scroll down to the middle of page there.) See update above.^^


* In addition, in the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line, HULU is now carrying Funimation English sub version of the episodes (episode line up on HULU is about two weeks behind Funimation.com)
Note: You can watch it on full-screen, with better streaming quality on HULU. ^^
(This info was courtesy of penguintruth on his post here.)

* France: On Youtube. Details TBA (to be announced later)
* Australia: On Madman.com. English sub. Streaming of the episode is available a few days after airing of the episode in Japan. Please check Madman.com for more details.


Following countries can view FMA:Brothehood also!! (as posted here)

* Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Russian Federation, & Turkey: On Youtube

* Each with sub in the official language of that country. There will be regional restrictions, and viewing may be limited to within certain countries only.

* Showing starts May 16, 2009, with one new episode added daily until 23 May, 2009, then afterward every Wednesday new episode will be added.

(Please double check Youtube site for more details.)

*Additionally, the following countries and areas are listed as newly able to access FMA: Brotherhood episodes on above linked Youtube site (though the episodes may not be subbed in the language of your country): Check the list of viewing countries (Please double check Youtube site for details.)

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* In addition, FMA episodes with French subs may be available on-line for other European countries such as Luxembourg, Monaco, Belgium and Switzerland, through Dybex on FMA: Brotherhood.Net. ...This info was posted by acaray here.
Please check Dybex site for further announcement on this.
Though I'm not sure the subs are the same official French sub on Youtube.. any info on this will be appreciated.. please post and let us know. ^^

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* FMA fans in UK, the word is around that the streaming of English subbed FMA: Brotherhood episodes for UK will start in July 2009, as posted here. Please keep your eyes open for future announcements! (See the above NEWS for UK fans!! ^^)



On-air Viewing:

* Singapore & other South East Asian countries: On Animax, starting
April 10, 2009, 10:30 PM (Singapore time)
* Taiwan: On Animax, starting April 11, 2009, 10:30 PM (Taiwan time)
* Hong kong: On TVB Digital, starting April 22, 2009, 11:30 PM (Hong Kong time)
....In Hong Kong, you can watch Cantonese dubbed episode, with Cantonese sub, with the optional choice of switching to original Japanese dub audio, and it's airs first on pay digital anime channel J2 with the option to turn subtitle on or off, then repeat of the same Cantonese dubbed Cantonese subbed program on TVB-Jade channel later on the same week.
....In addition, in Hong Kong you can watch FMA: Brotherhood episodes 2 weeks ahead of TVB/J2 schedule on Animax HongKong
(The above info was provided courtesy of tinlunlau and AA battery here.)


Following countries can view FMA:Brotherhood also!! (as posted here)
(Each with sub in the official language of that country)

* Italy: On MTV
* Central European countries, Hungary, and Czech Republic: On Animax & CANAL+
* Portugal: On SIC Radical

Airing schedule for the above newly added countries:
*Regular weekly airing starts on May 23, 2009, 8:00 PM local time for each countries, with the episode 7 (this episode will air in Japan on May 17, 2009.)
*The new episode will be available every Wednesday subsequently.
*For episodes 1 through 6, starting May 16, 2009 and through May 21, 2009, with one subsequent episode each following day.

(Please double check the on-air viewing channel of your country for more details. )


* For FMA fans in Philippines, (as reported by sToRm GodDesS here) starting Friday, May 22, 2009, and every Friday 7:30 PM thereafter, TV5's ANIMEGA will air Tagalog dubbed FMA-2 Brotherhood episodes for FMA fans in Philippines. (Please check TV5 for more details.)


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* Our board's designated IRC chat channel (#circleoftyrants@irc.rizon.net) can be used to chat in real-time while watching the episode or right after for post-ep discussion, and also links to the raw episodes, streaming, etc. may be posted there. (This info was posted by asunder here. For more details on our IRC chat channel, please inquire asunder.)


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* There are several fansub groups that have announced that they will be doing fansubs of the FMA-2 episodes. Please remember that the quality of translations varies from one fansub group to another. Here is some comparison of different translations by fansub groups. ^^
(Please use Google or other info sources for the fansub sites.)


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* And, if all else fails, you can try searching Youtube for "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood." Who knows, you might get lucky......


If you run into more news and info relating to where our members can watch the new FMA series-2 episodes (please remember that we have members all around the world!! ^^) please post on this thread and share the info with us!! Thank you!!


(Info last updated on March, 18, 2010 by Tombow)

[Sal_san]

No one knows... I know someone in Japan is bound to record the first episode, sub it and put it online. But it would take a while...

[Popogeejo]

I know someone in Japan is bound to record the first episode, sub it and put it online.

Japanese people rarely sub anime, they just stick it online for someone else to work with.

stupid name person, learn to use torrents or IRC. That's your best bet for subs.

[Flamez_Freak]

i know whos is gonna sub this..but is it okay to write their names here...

[asunder]

these are the groups that have announced their intentions to sub the series:
ACG, Darksoul-Fansubs, Destiny & Yuurisan-Subs & Yibis, Elricest, gSS, AniYoshi, KyouNoSubs-Tomodachi, Ayako, Your-Mom, Himatsubushi, Taka Fansubs

i'm sure many more groups will come out of the woodworks to sub the new series.

As long as the series is unlicensed, I'll grab a decent fansub as they come out. (keyword being decent...there are a lot of bad groups subbing this :/ ) Then send it to bryantq to upload on this site.

[Kasumisty]

I think the easiest way to get them is Youtube. Poor quality, but you can expect the episodes to be uploaded maximum a day after airing.

[Hagaren_4ever]

Um... I don't wanna be a buzz-kill, but isn't watching the episodes online just a little bit.... illegal? Or no?

[Popogeejo]

Only if it's licensed.

[Kasumisty]

I agree with Popogeejo. Every show is legal to watch if it wasn't licensed in the countries a "watcher" lives in.

[Turdaewen]

Also, as a side note, I think people from ANN forums are little butthurt. They think everything which concerns anime in internet is illegal : <

Well, they're not exactly wrong. It's illegal, but it's not a crime. It's not permitted by law, but there's no legislation that can put you through any kind of trouble for it.

But, in terms, it IS illegal, because even if the anime is not licensed in that country, rights should not be restricted by any means. If you own and created ANYTHING, the ownership should be protected worldwide. But that's kinda impossible to ensure.
And, since no one from Sony or Bones will come to your country and sue you for stealing their product (first, because it's not worth it; second because the law sue would be too complicated/long and could end up fruitless; and third, if the anime is not licensed in your country, you're actually doing a 'favor' for them, making the anime popular and, by so, increasing the chances of having the publishing rights for that country bought by some company) in practical means it's the same as being legal.

[Flamez_Freak]

I agree with Popogeejo. Every show is legal to watch if it wasn't licensed in the countries a "watcher" lives in.

Also, as a side note, I think people from ANN forums are little butthurt. They think everything which concerns anime in internet is illegal : <

the guys in ann forums should get their butts licensed...i am sick and tired over there..the only talk they do is how to crush fansubbing..those guys suck...

[Tombow]

the guys in ann forums should get their butts licensed...i am sick and tired over there..the only talk they do is how to crush fansubbing..those guys suck...

*ahem*
Before this gets escalated... Adding opinions on fansubbing situations in relation to the thread topic is appreciated, but please curve bad-mouthing of other forum sites on our board.

The topic of this thread is "where we can see the new FMA series," and to which Asunder has already responded, and basically, we have to wait for the airing of the series and then see if any decent fansubs would surface. I'm aware of the some of the fansubbing issues, and I have gone through lengthy discussions on them elsewhere also, but I would rather not to see this thread veering a course into a full blown discussion on the current fansubbing issues, or bad-mouthing of some of the fansubbers.

[Edward Cardinal ...]

While there is certainly something to be said regarding the observation of whether or not foreign parties often bother with the chore of exerting their intellectual property rights in the United States at the current point in time, what is obvious is that copyrights do indeed extend across national boundaries in principle. The simple fact that a creative work is brought into being outside of the jurisdictional precincts of the United States does not imply that it is merely protected from copyright infringement within its domestic market. Both the United States and Japan, in addition to the majority of the rest of the industrialized world, have signed the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention treaties. As such, copyright holders in either country enjoy the multilateral protection of their creations among all party nations. Given the intense effect that globalization and the internet revolution have had on the world, multinational collaboration such as this is really quite expected.

Given the above, I think that there are a few additional facts that one must keep in mind while examining copyright law. First, one does not necessarily need to "apply" or "resister" for copyright protection as it applies directly to the owner of any original creative work that is fixed in a tangible medium. Copyright protections extend to the regulation of derivative works that borrow substantially from an original piece. Case law in the United States has determined that the level of borrowing necessary to prove infringement is fairly broad in scope (see Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music for an illustrative example and 17 U.S.C. § 101 for the technical definition). In all reality, I believe that it is clear from the case law that exists on the topic that, in the specific case of anime productions, most fan-produced works of visual and literary art would qualify as infringing in the United States (that is not to say that I believe that this should be the case). What is even more evident, however, is that the copyright owner does not need to reside in the country where the infringement occurs in order to assert his or her intellectual property rights. Anime viewers have become accustomed to having free reign over fansubs until receiving cease and desist letters from a U.S. based licensee, but this process in no way indicates the true nature of the regulations that underlie the system as a whole. While it may be too costly for a Japanese company to pursue a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, this prohibition would obviously not apply to a domestic firm. A U.S. based licensee can easily bring a complaint to a U.S. court seeking remedy as the holder of domestic distribution rights, yet it is still important to note that absent a license agreement, the original content owner is free to bring such a case on his or her own terms.

Moral of the story: Just hold your horses for a little bit and wait to import the region two DVDs from Japan when they are finally released. Perhaps supplement this plan with some strategic and timely YouTube searching. Unfortunately, good things take time.

[Turdaewen]

Edward Cardinal Elric you're absolutely right.

But, also, for me, it depends on other things. For example: I live in Brazil. Most the anime here NEVER get domestic licensees, aside from the real popular ones. And, even when the rights are bought, most of the time it takes more than 5 years to happen. In my case, I could buy the original from Japan, but most people don't speak English fluently enough to understand a anime subbed in that language. It's is still illegal, of course, but, in this case, they have very few other options.
What is usually done here is that fansubs don't take any sort of profit from subbing an unlicensed anime. It doesn't make it 'more legal', but at least it makes more difficult to make grounds for any legal process. At the same time, most fansubs also encourage otakus to buy the licensed animes as soon as they reach the stores, to show brazilian companies that there's a substantial market for anime here.

That also depends a lot on how domestic laws understand copyrights and that differs from country to country.

And, either way, Tombow is right. This is not the place to discuss further where this situation stands.
Legally speaking, it's exactly as Edward Cardinal Elric said and ANN would not be wise to defend otherwise, even if they wanted to. But that also doesn't mean there aren't other sides to the matter.

[lunneth]

I think the easiest way to get them is Youtube. Poor quality, but you can expect the episodes to be uploaded maximum a day after airing.

yeah i used to watch them during year five and six on youtube by a person named omfganime. sadly they were doing ilegal video uploading. ah well at least we'll prolly be able to watch them on funimations site.