I agree. The opening and ending seem very similar. That ending seems to be all over the place actually. The way they show moving shots with Ed and Hawkeye and stuff... then move to the still shots with Roy, Hoho and Trisha... then the action shot with the chimeras... it's everywhere, I dont like it. The opening is nice though. Composition is nice, the animation it self seems about the same quality as the episodes though.

I kinda liked the OP-song after listening ot it several times, until...

Oh, noes! It DO sound very "schlager"! I can see glitter and smoke-machines in front of me D:
Nah, I still like it...

My favorite part of the animation is when all the people "gather" around Al and Ed, 'cause this isn't just about them, they have so many friends now! And the sencond after: Al's body. YEY! But, it seems too "alive" to be just the body, so I'm thinking, it's Al in there!
Lalalalala...I don't really like fightings-scenes sooo...But I get a omnious feel when the Gate scatter....*shudder*

How it stands among the other songs...The first three OP were just genious, in my opinion. Three of the best songs I've ever heard, even if I was unsure about 'Golden time lover', it just caught me! Now, hearing the 4th OP for the fifth time, I really like it, it's not genious, but freaking good!

The ED...hm, the animation...We get a smiling Hohenheim, that's something! I like the hands in the end, and going in and out of the tunnel, but Winry just walking annoys me to no end!! I like Winry, but the Walking!

Of the other endings I think 'Let it out' was awesome and the other two were tied "very good". This song 'Shunkan Sentimental'...I really don't know...gah! I don't know...It's defenetly not love at first sight...

Sorry for ruining it! xD But it is very schlager, isn't it? Weird thing is I didn't think so at all before I heard it in the OP XD



The first Ending, can't recall what band did the song, shares first place of best FMA ending ever along with "Tobira" - something (through the door), from the first series, IMO.

Same with the first OP, Yui's Again, simply best, followed by "Ready, Steady Go".

My one thought on the hands was it was perhaps a symbol of what might be. As the lyrics mention a right hand (I believe) I thought they might be suggesting Ed with his right hand returned to him.

Otherwise, it is probably no-one in particular.

Oh, don't worry. As long as it's not anything the UK did in Eurovision. *Shudders*

I also wish that the still images were moving in the ED, I agree with those who thought it was a bit of a mish-mash of still and moving imagery. @_@

lovin the new op and end!! One thing i do love about the op is how equal to Ed Al is!! the first anime pissed me off cause Al was such an unloved character, overshadowed by Ed and Ed allways gets focus over him in things like ops, but in this op it was very apprent to em there is equal ed and al-ness (a little more Al acutually counting his body XD) and since they're allways seen together I'm feeling the brotherly bond! lololol well yeh dont know if anyone else noticed it but it seemed a very al empowering op to me, they even showed him with mei before ed got shown with winry so their even matching his and ed's op pairing-ness XD I really like the fast paced ending even though its kinda op-ish, bar ending 1 the other 2 were a bit boring to me, and i love both songs think der greeeeat, oh one thing about the end, was what was the hand thing about? I assumed it was like the 'child' brothers rejoining with their present selfs because they want to go back to before they lost their bodies, but rewatching, the adult hand just seems to be too big for Ed's hand, out of everyone that come directly to mind it looks most like Hoho's but yeh, whats that part there for? XD

Nah, I was mostly thinking of the "Eurovison sound" in general, very pretty, plastic, shallow and sleazy etc... It feels like you have heard several songs resembling this OP in sound, but I can't quite place a specific contribution (man, now it sounds like I actually use to watch this crap). Sounds like something that might come out of Turkey or Greece, maybe

^I know what you mean by it. =P I was just saying the UK entries always sounded the worst and I'm glad the OP at least doesn't sound like that! xDxD

Oh okay ^^

Full version of Shunkan Sentimental - http://www.mediafire.com/?dwiiqtydmjo Credit goes to whoever found it first. Sorry if already posted / wrong thread / anything's wrong.

Could you (or anyone else) upload it somewhere else, please? This hosting doesn't load the download link.

Thank you, Levive!!



Really? Umm.. after some wait, it did open up the download link for me. (... tho, it's too bad I can't download because my connection is too slow. >.<)




ETA: @Kasumisty - Oh, all right. Feel your pain.
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Somebody, if possible, could someone make a mirror on some faster host??

It may also have to do with slow connection I have today. Anyway, it's not the first time that host did that to me, so I would prefer not to wait guilibly for it to show. ....*waits anyway* EDIT: It works now!

Don't think it's just you, Kasumisty, I had the same problem So here's a MU mirror for all those who can't make mediafire work: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WFKB9YTV

Thank you, SneakyRuler!!

First of all, thank you Levive and the one who uploaded this in the first place. The whole song is very catchy, but for me, it gets a little too chaotic somewhere in the middle, around the solo (and the solo itself). My favorite parts are that riffs that are, unfortunately, only at the beginning and ending of the song (and ending is cut a bit: <). Overally, a good ending. IMO better than the previous one and breaks the convention of slow endings. This one really suits FMA.

EDIT: Upon hearing the song for the second time, I find it very nice. Only parts that ticks me off are that high pitched ones.

....*puts it on the loop*

...*wanders into the thread*

A friend of mine who lurks on these forums, ah... persuaded me to post on this thread because I made an attempt to translate Lapis Philosophorum the other day. I took Latin in high school for two years, and the last time I'd ever touched my Latin books was three years ago, but I did my best with translating this song because it was my favourite off of the soundtrack and because I myself was really curious to see what it was about.

Lapis philosophorum lapis ruber lapis quantus sacrificium vis caputo felicitas
Stone of philosophers, stone of red, stone of immeasurable sacrifice, see the beginning of happiness

Debes sapio debes ibi multa miseria tua retro calamitatis habes saputo felicitas
You, who ought to be wise, ought to be there to accept the multitude of suffering in your unfortunate past to discover happiness

Ubi es inpedis terra e tempus anteactus
Where are you, trapped land from the past
sapies eo quam erant cadeveris infinitatis
You, who are wise, prepare for how they endlessly died

Debes sapio debes ibi multa miseria tua retro calamitatis habes saputo felicitas
You, who ought to be wise, ought to be there to accept the multitude of suffering in your unfortunate past to discover happiness

Ubi es inpedis terra e tempus anteactus
Where are you, trapped land from the past
sapies eo quam erant cadeveris infinitatis
You, who are wise, prepare for how they endlessly died

Specta mortuus specta si denuo desiderium
See the dead, see if it renews your desires
Sapies habebis tueri sanguinem brachi pedis rubus
You, who are wise, who has seen the red blood of arm and leg
Lapis philosophorum lapis ruber affecto quam res...?
Stone of philosophers, stone of red, how many more things will you affect...?

Now, I'll admit I had a lot of trouble translating this. There are multiple meanings for a lot of verbs, and I had to puzzle out what the rest of the words meant before I could settle down upon one meaning. In several instances, whoever wrote these lyrics isn't following a proper grammar structure, not to mention "brachi pedis" literally translates to "arm foot" and "brachi" isn't even the proper word for "arm" in Latin.

"Sapies" essentially translates to "wise", but in the context it's being used it translates to "wise man" or "philosopher". I opted to translate it as "he who is wise" to make it sound more formal to suit the tone of the rest of the song, and because "philosophers" as a word was already used with "philosophorum".

Worst parts to translate were "inpedis terra" and "debes ibi multa...felicitas". That last phrase especially caused me a hell of a lot of grief.

And for the record, to sound at least up-to-date on this topic, I really like the new opening and ending songs, but I wish the ending had less stills and more action. xD

@Blacksteel - Welcome to our board, and thank you for the translation!!


DL links, links to Blacksteel's post with the translation, and other info are all added to the first post of the thread. Thank you, everyone!!

Thank you very much, and you're welcome!

I might translate "Trisha's Lullaby" too, but at a later date. The frustration in this translation is still too fresh in my mind. xD

Thank you, Backsteel, thank you very much for translating it. Had a little Latin in high school but I would be never able to put it together so it makes sense! You're awesome!

Forgot to thank Levive for bringing full ED song Thank you as well! I guess this song os something you just get used to. I loved Tsunaida Te immediately, the first time I saw the ED (loved the song, the ED however.... was a little still to my liking). Shunkan Sentimental is... don't know what to say. It's a good thing the song's structured into more parts, have to listen more closely to create an opinion.

Thanks heavens for 'Edit' button, you wouldn't believe how many typos I tend to find after posting.

Just to make it 'even' to Period - Shunkan Sentimental PV here. This time I see some references to... PV for Hologram. No, really, I'm serious.

Thank you!

IMO there's nothing special in this PV. No comparison to the Period one.

Well, the girls are pretty.

Thank you, Levive!!! Added the link to the first post.


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<REMINDER>

Everyone, this thread is for discussion about the theme MUSIC for FMA: Brotherhood ED/OP/OST.

IF you would like to discuss about the VISUAL (video content) part of FMA: Brotherhood OP/ED vids, please use the following threads:

For OP video content discussion: FMA:Brotherhood OP Theme Vid Discussion thread, including discussions on visual, and sound

For ED video content discussion : FMA:Brotherhood ED Theme Vid Discussion thread, including discussions on visual, and sound

Thank you!!

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QUOTE (shanryelric @ Jan 15 2010, 11:14 AM)

LOVE the OP and ED. love the tattoo scene!!! Riza is smokin'.
anybody realised? in the OP, realised that Al's armor hair is so short (because of the incident with Buccaneer.) but at the 'many pepople shows up' scene just before the Reff, Al's armor hair back to be LONG again!!! hahaha....

@shanryelric - I moved your post to FMA:Brotherhood OP vid discussion thread. I know your post also contains discussion on the ED vid, but I can not divide your post into two parts and move each part onto the corresponding thread. Hence, if you would like, please repost the part about the ED vid to FMA:Brotherhood ED vid discussion thread. Thank you!

QUOTE (edo little kid @ Jan 15 2010, 04:30 PM)

Hmm ,,, I was wondering too about the the claspin hand...
I was thought that hands are Hoho papa's big hand , and Trisha Small hand.

@edo little kid - I moved your post to FMA:Brotherhood ED vid discussion thread.

Thanks for the translation, Blacksteel!!

Do we have the cover of Period Chemistry? Or at least the title of the CD? I hate not filling properly my songs on iTune -___-''

Just got this today and can't wait to listen to this in the car:



Back of CD (actually it's a sticker ):


Pardon the cellphone-quality of the pics...

^ That second picture is brilliant! xD Looks like they're dressed like CHEMISTRY!

ZOMGBBQ HOW!! HOw U GET ALL THESE FMA THINGS?? THE WORLD IS SO UNFAIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRR =3=

You get what you pay for If you're willing to pay shipping expenses from Japan you could get these things too.

Actually, if you look at the sticker in the top corner of the pic of Roy and Ed, I got it at Kinokuniya Bookstore - which is about a 15min. bus ride from my work. So, all I really paid was for the cd itself and sales tax (which was waived since I have a discount card with them).

Okay, then you ARE a lucky bastard xD

hmm... let's see.. the price is?? can't see it.. hmm..
yeah, i bought some thing from amazon.com too... but I Can't find the roy-cover blu ray you have. where did u buy your FMA things?

The price was cut from the photo, but originally it was about $15. As for the Roy Brotherhood blu-ray, I got it off of Amazon Japan, since it's not available in the US.

~ Fma: Brotherhood Op4 - Period, Chemistry - Period ~

I LOVE THIS SONG. Have been looping it on my music player for a while lol. File found on a random forum.

Period (mp3 only)- http://www.sendspace.com/file/gf2e2n
Full single (zip) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/l9a71t

Back to homework OTL

(I won't make a fa!ltube version this time as it has been deleting my vids recently...)

Thanks for the link to the full single, AA battery! ^^ I love this song too.

ok. i tried amazon japan, but we have to make new acount? I can't read Kanji yet... it's hard to sign up T.T

^I managed to get onto the Japanese Amazon with my existing English Amazon account...Of course, it helps if you understand it. =P

I find that PlayAsia is a good place to get CDs...That's where I get my anime CDs and stuff. (But make sure to check up on duty tax if necessary...I bought the Fairy Tail Soundtrack which was over £20 and found out that I had to pay £15 duty tax at the door or I couldn't get my package. @_@ In the UK orders over £18 get charged with duty, but usually people get round that by marking it as a gift because that makes the margin go up to around £35. I'm not sure how it goes for other countries.)

And thank you for the upload, AA Battery!

OT: I'll tell you how I ordered from Amazon Japan. There's a link on the main page that says: "In English" and it'll translate the page into English, as well as show you how to place your orders, set up your account, etc. The search field will take English words, so don't be afraid to use it. As for Play-Asia, I use them as well, usually for games and CDs. They didn't have Gangan so I went with Amazon Japan this time.

Hopefully I'll be able to get SCANDAL's maxi single next week, it's definitely become my 2nd favorite ED.

Wow! I didn't know that! I've never noticed the "in English." D'oh! xD

I'll have to keep this in mind for future orders. Thank you for that, Kale Mustang!

wow kale mustang thanks A LOT!!! tried it!!! thanks A LOT!!

tried it. but i cant sign in using my amazon.com account. i have to make a new one and donno whch one to lick and what shold i type! anybody could help please T.T?

can someone upload the period cover
i mean the one havin roy and ed.....i want a pic...not a scan....id be really helpful if someone helps me out....

http://www5.diary.ne.jp/user/538725/

Okay... so he mentioned in today's blog something about an OP and an ED
Please tell me he is talking about the 5th opening and ending. Anyone have more info on this?


Deet: Have moved this comment to the Op/Ed themes discussion, hopefully you'll get answers soon - Chi

@deet-tastic - Thank you for the link! ^^

(FMA OP/ED related entries from the above linked blog of FMA:B director, Yasuhiro Irie, as posted by deet-tastic above.)

what? what?? a 5th opening theme? really???

<This info is OT and I will probably move to "FMA Merchandise" thread shortly. ^^>


@shanryelric - I think we can use Amazon U.S. account there, but not quite sure... anyway, for Amazon JP registration:

First Page (Log In page): To get to the "Registration" page, fill in this page and click on the Orange button.



Registration page


If you need to know your (real life) name in "Katakana," use any conversion page on the web, or ask any Japanese speaking member to convert it for you.

I didn't get to the next page because by then my web connection got too slow. If you would like to know the translation for the next page, make the screen cap of the page for the next step and post it here, and I can translate it for you, and then we can also post this info on "FMA merchandise thread" later for anyone who might be interested.

wow Tombow, THANKS A LOT!!!!!! made it. now i can access my account, thank you ver much!!!!
*go sightseeing in FMA things*

Useless information yey!:
I saw the 46th episode today and noticed during the OP, when it says [Period], two names I found completely out of context: Jonas Myrin and Peter Kvint. (the "context" being a japanese TV-show)
I was like, "omgosh, they sound swedish!". And, oh dear god, I looked them up, and they are!! Kvint is a musician, songwriter and musicproducer and Myrin is a singer, musician and songwriter, "He recently worked on the song, "Period", with Chemistry as one of the composers, which was the fourth opening to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood." (Wiki knows it all >:])
Sweden have(has?) a tiny tiny part to do with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, I'm so proud (it's a wierd thing to be proud of, really. I mean, I didn't do anything...)

Oh, maybe someone can translate what it says in that frame? Before the names, at least. That would be great!

oh i noticed them too.. whaw that's cool!!! so they're also non japanese people involved..

News! The 5th OP/ED artists are up on the official site!
http://www.hagaren.jp/about/artist.html

OP: Rain by Sid
ED: Ray of Light by Shoko Nakagawa

And the OP/ED will change in April.
I'm really looking forward to hearing the songs!

Thanks for letting us know, Michiyo!

I can't wait for these, especially the opening. I really like Sid! : )

Edit: Holy moly, I just realised that's next month. =X Yay!