Given the fact that nobody ripped it yet (and it's been already over a week), is there any possibility you can rip it from your DVD and share?

Can't unfortunately. I have a copy of the Blu-Ray version of the volume and my only bd player is my PS3.

awesome screenshots..cant wait for the ova now...

Finally watched the OVA with Roy and Hughes, and it was great. I can't wait to watch it with subs again to understand everything. The group that subs the OVAs also has the raw, so I think the subbed version will be out soon.

If anyone wants a link to the OVA, PM me.

The punches dealt in the alleyway really looked like they hurt! I felt so sorry for that Ishvalan! The war scene looked really good, and the gaiden portion looked brilliant! Loved the choice of BGM, too.

I really love the look of this OVA, I can't wait until it's subbed, I thought it was never going to emerge!

Still waiting for it to download. How long exactly is that OVA?

It (the whole video) is 17 minutes and 49 seconds.

@Michiyo below Definitely, I agree!

And without credits it's 16 minutes and 11 seconds long. So I think it's the longest OVA. And the best one, in my opinion. Everything was perfect, the animation, the music, the story, the voice acting were all great.

Definitely like this one more than Tales of the Master, which was my favorite. While that one is pure comedy, this one has comedy and drama. And more Ishval and Hughes is good as well. BGM placement was on par with episode 60, which I thought had the best placement in the series. "The Intrepid" starting up and then skipping to the end was the only thing I found weird.

At first, I was worried they were adding anime-original scenes to "His Battlefield Once More", but they managed to improve on it. I liked the story with the Ishvalan. Without spoiling, one scene happened really fast and I'm glad they didn't draw it out like they have tried in some episodes.

-Didn't know Mustang was THAT upset about that quiche XD
-Great animation - top notch!
-Wow, a lot of racism in this one.
-I wish I could understand what they're saying...'cos there's a lot of dialogue.
-The battle sequence was soo good
-So that's how we should solve problems - by beating the sh*t out of someone!
-Wow, confrontation on the battlefield, I did not expect that.
-Hughes looks terrifying when angry...


Great extract from a war.

The best OVA in my opinion as well.

I'm so eager to see it with the subtitles.

Anybody know were I could watch/download the raw? I've dying to see this.

I leave a little raw from OVA 4

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R6FFOC46

OMG! Thank you so much! *hugs and kisses*

Roy looks so darn cute! Especially with the backwards cap...
This seems like an interesting story with the Ishvalan, so I can't wait to see what they are saying! It really showed the two sides of Roy - the dreamer and the killer. The part about the Ishval annilation nearly made me burst into tears. Man, Hughes was such a great friend... *sniffle*

Yes! I can't think you enough I've been searching for this for a while now thanks again.

Ah, it's good that the RAW is finally out there. Hopefully, it won't take them too long to sub it.

Thank You very much, @Anna Contrado! I was waiting for this... really, thank you!

Thanks for sharing!!Anna Cotrado
but I can't get this file in hong kong's server /owo\

Here's the Sendspace mirror: http://www.sendspace.com/file/havtg1

OHH!!!!thanks a lot!!Kasumisty~~~

*is downloading*
oh my can't waait!! thanks a lot!

How can we get the download links?

Edit: Blind moon is blind. Thanks everyone!

No subs yet?

The group that subs the OVAs are working on it, but it's not finished yet.

The subs are here!

http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BHi...%5D.mkv.torrent

Mirrors:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VE6DKNYT

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9ovlw2

EDIT: Watched it subbed. What a great OVA. I love this way of FMA - the main plot is just a piece of the whole story, something like 40-50% of the FMA, the rest is profile books, guide books and OVAs. I love how the story tells us about the main concept of the war.

I especially liked how it shows us more Maes Hughes - because the main manga series does not tell us much about his character. Makes me like him even more.

It's even better with subs!

I didn't actually realise the first time when I watched the RAW that it was the Ishvalan Roy and Maes befriended in the academy that Maes shot on the rooftop. That was heart-wrenching. The Ishvalan has a weird name though; it says Heiss Clif in the subs, but I can't help but think Heathcliff.

I also really love the facial expressions, especially the weariness around the eyes. It just shows amazingly the affect the war is having on them.

The gaiden part was awesome, too. I was tearing up when Roy asked for 30 seconds, because it must be so hard to compose yourself in such a small amount of time; not even a minute, which I'm pretty sure Maes let him have.

Oh, and I got confused at one part - it was told that the "bullies" were a year higher than Roy in that academy. Then Roy sees Maes chatting with them on canteen and deduces that he must be friends with them. I got a feeling that Maes must be a senior too, but in profile books it's written that he is in the same age as Roy...

...Well, or he simply just talked with seniors.

Thanks Kasumisty!
Well there goes a bunch of fan-theories of how they met. I really like this version, it was such a surprise! I knew that they'll get along, and I figured out how pretty quick, but still, it was really good.
The second half is based on the gaiden with the same name, right? But I don't recognize the first half.
Gracia was so pretty! And Hughes, ;_;

And maybe some people that was unhappy about the lack of Mustang in the new gaiden get a little bit happier now? :3

Awesome, thanks so much, Kasumisty! I'm glad to finally watch the subbed version.

...God it was so sad... I really teared up when Maes was telling Roy that living with the woman he loved was the greatest happiness he could want and how he was going to be strong and smile when he was with her. T_T I really enjoyed watching it.

The whole quiche thing made me laugh though. Roy must REALLY like quiche. He acted like Maes was his mortal enemy for taking the last slice. XD


Maybe Maes entered the Military Academy a year before Roy? They could still be the same age, just in different year levels.

.avi version:

http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=torrentinfo&tid=159496

or:

http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=159478

Oh wow - I consider myself to be a pretty big FMA fan, but I had no idea that this material existed, gaiden or otherwise, so it was a real treat when I stumbled upon this.

Maes is my favorite character in FMA; this new story really added to the history of the Ishvalan War as well as shed some light on Hughes' enigmatic comments throughout the anime about witnessing hell and shouldering personal burdens.

The scenes with Roy, Maes, and the quiche were funny - guess that explains why Gracia got so good at making it for him!

Love how Roy was furiously taking notes in class while Maes was dozing off in boredom, and the scene in the alleyway had me smiling from ear to ear. This OVA accomplished so much in so little time...makes me wonder how the director and animators could mess up the pacing so badly in some of the main story episodes.

I have to agree with the comment that this episode has excellent musical selection - definitely my favorite use of Lapis Philosophorum in the entire series; the emotion in the tent when Maes almost snaps struggling with his inner turmoil was heart-wrenching. This just cements beyond a shadow of a doubt how twisted it was that Hughes died...and killed by his own 'wife,' no less. The scene at the train station was SO SAD.

For me, this OVA went a long way towards answering the question of Mustang's motivation for such fierce vengeace over Maes' death...besides the obvious factor of 'best friend' status. Some great character development here.


Oh, and where are my manners?!

Thanks to EveningAlchemist for the RAW link and Kasumisty for the subbed version - my FMA craving has been assuaged.

Small thing I noticed - Maes gave Roy a whole minute, not just 30 seconds.

Thought I would share, lol.

^Yeah, I mentioned that in my post.

I thought it was really sweet, it actually bought a tear to my eye! And I just keep thinking about how agonising that minute must have felt for Roy, knowing what he had to go out and do after his time was up. (Well, even more-so if Hughes had stuck to the originally requested 30 seconds!)

That's what friendship is all about - those little, unexpected, and unappreciated gestures. It was a great moment for canon Roy/Hughes friendship, and I am extremely happy with its inclusion; even more so now that I've had the chance to actually read the original gaiden work and appreciate the anime-only additions.

For all my issues with Brotherhood, it's moments like these (and seeing Wrath's fights animated) that make me happy it was made.

Can someone post the Youtube link if and when it comes out on YouTube?

Arigato Gozaimasu! Kasumisty!!!

the animation was ragged and the art was wonky , but i liked the ova ....

I thought the animation and art were great.

^ I liked the animation and the art also. ^^
In fact, I really really liked this OVA. The story, music, animation.. they all come together nicely, IMO.
(I may write more detailed review sometime later. ^^)

~ Bonous Epsodes: There are fillers? ~

I was on fma wiki and noticed a few epsodes I do not have
Bonus Episode OVAs[edit]
Bonus Episode: The Blind Alchemist
Bonus Episode: Simple People
Bonus Episode: Tales of the Master
Bonus Episode: Yet Another Man's Battlefield

Where would I look for them? The youtube upload ones are crap and my conection does not stream that well,

@Bigjake52 - Those are "gaiden" bonus videos you get when you buy Japanese edition of FMA:Brotherhood DVD sets, and they are discussed on FMA:Brotherhood "Gaiden" OVAs (from FMA DVD/BD Sets Bonus) thread. Please check out that thread for the info, and afte checking out the thread if you didn't find what you're looking for, or you still got more questions, please post that on that thread, and hopefully some of us can help you there.


Next time, please use search for existing discussion thread for your topic, and after reading the thread if your question is still unanswered then add your post to that thread instead of opening a new thread for each of your FMA question.
If you can't find the relevant thread for your question, each of FMA anime-1, FMA:Brotherhood anime, FMA manga, and FMA Character discussion forum has own Q&A thread, and you can use these threads (please post your question on the relevant Q&A thread depending on the subject) to post your question.

FMA-1 anime General Q&A thread
FMA-1 anime episode content Q&A thread
FMA:Brotherhood anime General Q&A thread
FMA Character Q&A thread (for questions on FMA characters from any series)
FMA manga General Q&A thread





This thread will be merged to FMA:Brotherhood "Gaiden" OVAs (from FMA DVD/BD Sets Bonus) thread shortly.

Does any one have a link of all 4 hardsubed?

Hey, I know it been a long time but what happened of the 4komas with the rest of the dvds to the series. so far, I can only find up to dvd 8.



<Sent you a PM. ^^ ~Michiyo>

- Any word on the Brotherhood OVA English dubs? -

^Topic. I enjoy the English voicework quite a bit, and I'm hoping for dubs of the OVAs.

I'm also interested in this. The FMA-1 OVAs were included with the dubbed movie stuff IIRC, which could mean they will do the same for MiloStar.

The 4-koma theater would be interesting to see dubbed, so I'm hopeful about that too.

I would also like to know about this. I'm disappointed they weren't put on the DVDs/Blu-rays from the start. But hopefully Funimation will release something when the movie is released.

I haven't heard any news at all about this, but I really do hope that they release the OVAs in English at some point--especially "His Battlefield Once More". That's by far my favourite OVA! Perhaps they'll be released separately like the FMA-1 OVAs.

Since we have a FMA: Brotherhood "Gaiden" OVAs thread in which any discussion pertaining to Brotherhood OVAs can be held, this thread shall be merged with that one soon.

(Will merge posts later!)

I read on Funimation's website that they've acquired the OVAs and four-panel comic theatre... (As well as announced MiloStar dub cast.)



I hope we get more info soon!

I'm looking forward to the releases!