Well the box set released this week comes with the volume 1 DVD, a tin box for the first five DVD volumes, and the 1st original soundtrack for Fullmetal Alchemist.

I was just thinking that it would be great if one of the special edition box sets came with a State Alchemist Pocket Watch. That would be so sweet and wicked awesome.

am the only one that it drives nuts that we are forced to watch that annoyinog dragon ball z commerical/trailer EVERY time we put the dvd in?

Funimation does that with all their DvDs, it is sort of annoying but it is over quickly. I just find it amusing that the preview for DBZ movie 10 really doesn't reflect what the movie is about at all.




I agree, I am hoping for that too

@ Kirara, for the pocket watch, go to ebay.

Hay I burned the FMA series, put them on disks for my comp. and then burned them into a DVD-R for my tv.

I don't like it either, especially since you can't skip it. But at least they only put one trailer at the beginning.

k just wanted to know a few q's

The dvds come with a jap audio track+subs right?

do they keep the original intros (like ready steady go, rewite, etc)?

never watched the dubbed FMA on funi. Did they change teh shows theme songs? or did they leave it alone?(pls say they left it cause i loved all the scores)

does the soudtrack have the funi intro songs or the jap into songs on it?


thanks

Yes.



Yes, but none of those you mentioned are on the first DVD. Just Melissa by Porno Graffitti.



They are showing Ready Steady Go for all the episodes that will be broadcast on Adult Swim. The original openings will be on the DVD's. The endings have been edited due to time constraints.



There are no "funi intro songs." All the music on the soundtrack is the original music from the series.

does the started box set have just the first 4 episodes like the regulard DVD or does it have more? cause if it does......*shakes fist at Funi*

No, it's just the first four like the regular DVD.

Hey guys, here's how to find the HIDDEN EASTER EGGS on DVD Volume 1!:

yeah. i figured that out myselfzzzz. its nice little tidbits. i like the one where Al thinks he'll be the girl in the next episode or something like that.

I wonder why they make these as easter eggs when the R2 and R3 have them as regular extra features... I prefer the one where a EdxWin moment is mentioned (around preview ep18 or so)

Eh, not sure. But I'm glad they are on there, hidden easter eggs or not.

I'm glad that they will be playing Melissa for the first 13 episodes, as it it supposed to be. Those people complaining about no Ready Steady Go will just have to wait for Volume 4 Besides, if you only listened to one opening song for the entire series, you'd get bored with it. These guys aren't "quite" bored with it yet, because they've only seen the first 13-14 episodes.

Anyways, I have to wait until March 5th to buy the starter set in Canada. But what's this I hear about an "edited ending theme due to time constraint"? I want the endings on the DVD to be 100%

Chill Greensky, do not fret. That was just referring to the Adult Swim broadcast, where yes, the ending videos are edited/cut due to time constraints. All the original endings will be restored and intact for the DVD releases.

Phew... thank god. The songs and opening/ending scenes are so important to me, haha

Just got the starter set. Im lovein it, but one thing is thoroughly pissing me off. Right on the tin holder, not 1 but 2 "As seen on Adult Swim" stickers. At first glance I thought they were on the plastic wrap, but no, theyre right on there, and not easy to remove! NOT COOL!

Beyond that, it's great!

So the DVD's are like 20 bucks and in english at best buy?

And what episodes are included in Volume 1?

Wait volume 1 only has 4 episodes on it?

Volume one is the 1st four episodes and I saw it for $19.99 at Best Buy. I got the starter set for about $30 a few days after it came out, but I was there a few days ago and they only had the standard sets.

Have anybody bought DVD's from here?
HobbyCube
Discs: 2
Episodes: 1-8
Dialogue: Japanese
Subtitles: English/Chinese/Off
Runtime: 8x25 min
Price: $19.98

To me it would be $29.48, 'cause shipping is $9.50. But Finland's currency is euro, so it will not be so expensive.

Yeah I had the same battle! The day I bought mine it was a slow day at work and I spent like 45 minutes getting them off! It was insane X_o First I pulled off the sticker and of course like 3/4 of it stays on the tin and it left all this nasty white residue that refused to get off, I eventually had to bust out with Goo Gone or whatever it's called, it's for removing that kind of stuff. So yeah I'm all like YES! The nightmare is over! And then I'm all happy and then I turn over the box...and I was like NOOOOOOOOOO so yeah I'm going to punch someone in the face if they do that with the other 2 boxes

I got the dvd but not the box set. When I got mine I was like "Finally" then I got home and watched it and it froze after the first 5 min. and on the back of it were f****ing scratches!!!!!! So now I have to go and get anothe one *starts crying*

Make sure you try to return it first and not just pay for another disc.

Don't worry cause even if they do put those stickers on again we've got 8 months before we have to worry about taking them off. Plan your strategies well.
HA HA HA

I plan on getting the starter box thing, and I'll probably end up buying all of the series for the sole reason I love it so much. I am by no stretch of the imagination a fan of the dub, but I love FMA too much to not own it.

"I got the starter set for about $30 a few days after it came out, but I was there a few days ago and they only had the standard sets."

What is the starter set?

It is the first DVD with a tin to hold the first 5 DVDs and Original Soundtrack #1. If you read some of the other posts on this topic you would have already known that.

I wonder what the reason for that was. I pre-ordered the starter set on Feb. 2 from amazon.ca because it said the release date was Feb. 8 - NOW the site says it comes out in March

If that's the case for the next volume that comes out, I might just have to order from amazon.com.

are the episodes on the dvd uncut or edited?

^ they are all uncut

i've already bought the US version of FMA and i love it and i thought it was good and you dont even notice any voice problems if there is any and i even have bought the game and i loved that to the gameplay is (priceless) and the movie is to plainly i love it all.

I have the fansubs on my computer, but I'm not a huge fan of being illegal, so I'm buying the DVDs as soon as they come out.

I just got my Starter Set today and it's pretty good and worth the money. It has good japanese subs that are similar to the fansubs.[Akeep,SS, Fork O_o] It has great extra's too. I highly recommend it for anyone who is a huge FMA fan.

The Fullmetal Alchemist DVD boxset is coming to Australia next month with a tin box, DVD 1 and the soundtrack but I don't want to waste over $40 for the the DVD, boxset and the soundtrack when I don't even understand Japanese, so I will have to buy the DVD's separately. I hate waiting, I prefer buying the whole series at once or buying an anime that has all the DVD's in a boxset out already but Fullmetal Alchemist is really great soo I guess I will just have to bare with getting the DVD's individually .

I don't have too much money...
so I don't want to pay extra for the shipment to Europe. I wait untill I can buy the DVDs here or at ebay, maybe.

Uh... the DVD in the boxset is the same as the DVD sold individually... So it has English subs and dubs too.

That is a bootleg set... 8 episodes on 1 DVD with English AND Chinese subs to boot... good grief, how can you not be able to tell...

Of course I will buy it! I alredy own the first volume ^^ I can't wait for the second already.

actually there is a full box set with all 13 DVDs and 1 CD released in Japan--all in a tin box--right now i'm considering getting ALL at ONCE--at a later time, tho~~

Of coruse i will! I already have the Starter Set! I was a bit uncertin when my friend siad i should buy it, but after watching it i can see that it is one of the best if not the best anime of all time.

P.S. Evangelion is a really awesome series, but it ain't THAT good.

Wait i'm dissappointed! Why ain't the dubbed dvds in what is it called where the black bars are at the top and bottom of the screen? Well why ain't they on while watching the show? With them on the show would look 10 times better! WHy didn't they put them on? I'm very dissapppointed in this!? Or is it that I have a defected copy where they don't play them? Plz someone respond and let me know and thanks is everyone's copy like that too? Also I have a big screen tv so how do I put the black bars on the show or can i not do that even if it's on the right options? plz let me know and thanks

I do not have the dvd but I doubt fma is in widescreen as it was designed for tv ratio for tv broadcast.

Just so you know Kis, it is calle widescreen. The reason that it's not in widescreen format on the DVDs is because it is not in widescreen when it is aired on TV. If they edited it to be widescreen for the DVD everything would be smushed down and also wider than its supposed to be. It wouldn't be pretty, trust me. The only show that I can think of that airs on TV in widescreen is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. There are probably other shows that do it to though.

I got the 2nd DVD and am waiting for the 3rd to come out in a few days. Man I love the US But they didn't have the 2nd DVD with the tin box and everything (like the special edition in Japan). Oh well.

I have the first two dvds but somethings they skip.

i have the first 3 dvd's and the first manga im too lazy to log in my accnt is Maes-Hughes

The third one? I though it wasn't out yet.

Actually it is out on online stores but that is all they don't have it at stores in the mall or anything like that until may 31st

I usually just get it at Bestbuy or the bookstore. I don't have to pay shipping and handling and sometimes it actually is faster unless you pay like $10 just for next day shipping. I have the 1st manga although I've read up to the 47th chapter online.