b/c thats what eds dad is named after. lol
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hehe, actually that city is named after Hohenheim, the alchemist probably b/c thats what eds dad is named after. lol
b/c thats what eds dad is named after. lol
I doubt that's true, since the alchemist (whose full name currently escapes me) was "von Hohenheim", which means "from Hohenheim"...
QUOTE(RocketJess @ Jul 18 2005, 02:14 PM)
I doubt that's true, since the alchemist (whose full name currently escapes me) was "von Hohenheim", which means "from Hohenheim"...
Your translation is right, but the 'von' just shows that the Hohenheims were nobles. But it could be that the city got it's name from that family.
One thing is sure: The city was not named after the alchemist (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim / Paracelus), because it got its name about 200 years earlier.
Im guessin germany 2.
It occurred to me that Ed's birthday has to be between October and February.
The two definite dates that we have to work from are February 1910, when they attempted to resurrect their mother; and October 3rd, 1910, when they left Resembool. Ed is 11 at both these points in time. So Ed's birthday has to be between the two dates.
Leading on from that, Al's birthday has to be between Ed's birthday and February. The brothers are more than a year apart in age (since Al gives his age as 14 in episode 30-something, after Ed's 16th birthday) and so Al would have been 9 when Ed turned 11, but their ages are given as 10 and 11 in February.
The two definite dates that we have to work from are February 1910, when they attempted to resurrect their mother; and October 3rd, 1910, when they left Resembool. Ed is 11 at both these points in time. So Ed's birthday has to be between the two dates.
Leading on from that, Al's birthday has to be between Ed's birthday and February. The brothers are more than a year apart in age (since Al gives his age as 14 in episode 30-something, after Ed's 16th birthday) and so Al would have been 9 when Ed turned 11, but their ages are given as 10 and 11 in February.
QUOTE(animefan101 @ Mar 5 2005, 01:20 PM)
Have any of you ever wondered what time period F.M.A. takes place?What down what you think and post it here.
Sorry ment write down. You know what I mean.
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FMA I think takes place in the early 1900's?Sorry ment write down. You know what I mean.
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wow i didnt think it was in that time...hehehe....i dont pay attention
QUOTE(Atrius @ Mar 17 2005, 01:13 PM)
The FMA world has to many modern things for their supposed time period. If I had to guess, I would say the it was 1910 or 1911 in a parrallel universe that almost mimicked our own.
thats kinda what I'm feeling
This is very interesting. It only occured to me now to wonder what time it takes place in, although I would have never guessed the early 1900s, lol 
. And now that you mention Germany.........good to know! 
. And now that you mention Germany.........good to know!
if u guys are talkimg about the FMA taking place in Germany i dont think thats true i think it takes place in Amestris which i dont think is a real place its just "made up" and i think it takes place in the early 1900`s because Ed was born in 1898 and their mom died in 1910
We know it's not a real place.We're just speculating on which country/culture it's based on.
OMG I'm really glad I found this thread. I was trying to figure out how old Ed would be this year (2006), given he was still alive. Things didn't add up:Born:1898
Left his home at age twelve:1910
Was sixteen in Germany:1921
??? But wait, 1921-1898=23 years old?! What?! So that means Amestris is seven years behind our world, right? So when Ed was sent here, his age didn't alter with the change of worlds. Weird, its like he went into the future...
And is Al only ten at the end of the series, right? So when he goes to Germany, he's only twelve? ...Right? He and Ed are six years apart now. Or did I calculate wrong?
Ed is 15, almost 16 when he comes to our world.
He was 22..?? when the movie took place, in 1920.(I don't know what his age actually was if you add it up he would be about 22, but people say he was only 19..And the would help back-up the theory that there is a time difference between the two worlds.)
Al was 14 when he went to our world.So they're 8 years difference between them.
There is a few years between the time the show ended,and the movie began.
But I think there is a time-difference in our world and theirs' because Al's alter was 18.and that would make him 4 years younger than Ed, but if alters are born at the same time, then he should only be a little over a year younger than Ed.
He was 22..?? when the movie took place, in 1920.(I don't know what his age actually was if you add it up he would be about 22, but people say he was only 19..And the would help back-up the theory that there is a time difference between the two worlds.)
Al was 14 when he went to our world.So they're 8 years difference between them.
There is a few years between the time the show ended,and the movie began.
But I think there is a time-difference in our world and theirs' because Al's alter was 18.and that would make him 4 years younger than Ed, but if alters are born at the same time, then he should only be a little over a year younger than Ed.
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So that means Amestris is seven years behind our world, right? So when Ed was sent here, his age didn't alter with the change of worlds. Weird, its like he went into the future..
It's like going to Austrailia from the UK. You don't actually go back/ahead 24 hours do you?
Just because Ed went to a world thats started counting it's years 7 years before his world doesn't mean he will age accordingly.
Maybe time goes faster in their world compared to this world.
I remember seeing a video clip..
[spoiler]Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.[/spoiler]
So, when was the movie made again?
I remember seeing a video clip..
[spoiler]Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.[/spoiler]
So, when was the movie made again?
The movie took place in Munich,Germany, in 1920.
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Maybe time goes faster in their world compared to this world.
I remember seeing a video clip..
Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.
That would be one of the OVAs. They aren't Cannon which means they aren't "fact" in the FMA world but meerly a "what if?"
Even if Ed is 100 that shows know sign of faster time which is a theoretical impossobility. He was roughly 18 in the film which was set in 1920-1 so him 100 is unsuprising.
here's a very precise answer:
before you were born!
hehehe...
before you were born!
hehehe...
like a long time ago. duh 
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1900 - Ed & Al born (based on assumption that Ed is born January, Al is born December)
Kinda hard to imagine. Because we saw a scene from anime, when Trisha helding baby Alphonse in her hand on the bed, Edward (who was standing right beside pointing at baby Alphonse >w<) is already able to walk and (seems to be) possible to talk. Real baby with 11 months differences couldn't have that much different? x3
1899/1900 (Ed and Winry born, Al born)- 1923 (movie)
I LOVE the time period it's in. That's one of the things that drew me into obsessing over the series so much
I LOVE the time period it's in. That's one of the things that drew me into obsessing over the series so much
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I remember seeing a video clip..
Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.
Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.
No, it says 'Somewhere in the world, Edward Elric celebrated his 100th birthday'.
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I remember seeing a video clip..
Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.
Ed's three grandchildren were there, searching for his house. when they got there, they greeted him a happy birthday. The three looked exactly like Ed, Al, and winry when they were little.I also remember a line there saying that Ed and Al now lives in this world, in Germany, and Ed is about a hundred years old already.
No, it says 'Somewhere in the world, Edward Elric celebrated his 100th birthday'.
The one I saw said Ed turned 100 in 2006 or 2005. That can't be right because Ed was born in 1899, meaning he would have been over 100 by then. Of course, could've just been a badly-translated one... Oh well.
Okay, here's what I think:
Ed was born in 1899 - in January sometime.
He left home in 1910 - 1911 (I'm not sure which one)
He went to Lior in 1914.
The Lab 5 incident took place in 1915 (seeing as how Ed turned 16 in the hospital)
When he came to our world it was 1915 in Amestris, but it was 1921 in our world (The FMA world is 6 years behind us)
The movie takes place in 1917 in Amestris, and 1923 in the real world.
That's what makes the most sense to me.
Ed was born in 1899 - in January sometime.
He left home in 1910 - 1911 (I'm not sure which one)
He went to Lior in 1914.
The Lab 5 incident took place in 1915 (seeing as how Ed turned 16 in the hospital)
When he came to our world it was 1915 in Amestris, but it was 1921 in our world (The FMA world is 6 years behind us)
The movie takes place in 1917 in Amestris, and 1923 in the real world.
That's what makes the most sense to me.
QUOTE(Kisara @ Apr 18 2007, 04:34 PM) [snapback]532221[/snapback]
Okay, here's what I think:
Ed was born in 1899 - in January sometime.
He left home in 1910 - 1911 (I'm not sure which one)
He went to Lior in 1914.
The Lab 5 incident took place in 1915 (seeing as how Ed turned 16 in the hospital)
When he came to our world it was 1915 in Amestris, but it was 1921 in our world (The FMA world is 6 years behind us)
The movie takes place in 1917 in Amestris, and 1923 in the real world.
That's what makes the most sense to me.
Ed was born in 1899 - in January sometime.
He left home in 1910 - 1911 (I'm not sure which one)
He went to Lior in 1914.
The Lab 5 incident took place in 1915 (seeing as how Ed turned 16 in the hospital)
When he came to our world it was 1915 in Amestris, but it was 1921 in our world (The FMA world is 6 years behind us)
The movie takes place in 1917 in Amestris, and 1923 in the real world.
That's what makes the most sense to me.
*nod, nod*
1910 perhaps? watch the series! it will reveal the answers...
Well..I once made a timeline for the anime.. but it was kind of too long to post here, so I'll just post a short ( well.. slightly short ^^; ) version.
For the Anime version, because things happen differently in the manga..
1899 - Ed was born, Winry was possibly born a few months later
1900 - Al was born
- On the orders of the Fuhrer, the Special Op's team are sent to Ishbal and slaughter some Ishbalan's in a temple.. this sparks the beginning of the Ishbal war.
1907 - The State Alchemist's are called into the Ishbalan war.
- Winry's (8) parents die at the hands of a young Roy Mustang since he got orders from his superiors to kill them for treating both allies and enemies alike.
- The Ishbal War finally ends.
1909 - Ed (10) and Al (9) lose their mother to an illness, are taken in by Pinako and Winry..
- At the same time they start to study up on human transmutation but find that they need the skill to be able to perform it.. so they need to be trained, that's when they meet Izumi who eventually agrees to train them.
- This was also the time that Shou Tucker created his first talking chimera.
1910 - Ed (11) and Al (10) attempt to bring back their mother using human transmutation..
Ed ends up losing his left leg ( after seeing the truth) and Al ends up losing his whole body..
Ed then loses his right arm in order to get Al back..and bind's Al's soul to the suit of armour.
( Had to make an edit on this particular point ^^; thank you Alchemical! )
- Edward gets an automail arm and leg.. while he's recuperating, he also meets Roy Mustang who says about him becoming a State Alchemist so that he can find a way to return him and his brother's bodies to normal.
- On October 10th, the Elric brothers burn down their house and leave Resembool for Central..
- The Mahajal incident happens.
- The Train incident happens, we also meet Maes Hughes, Vato Falman and Riza Hawkeye for the first time.
- Gracia is five months pregnant at the time. ( I honestly don't believe the whole thing about Riza making up the thing about babies not being born in five months.. she could of been telling the truth)
- Ed and Al meet Shou ( I prefer to think he was 29 at this time ^^ ) and Nina Tucker ( 4) ..as well as Alexander XD and stay at the Tucker mansion where they spend the next five months studying for the alchemy exam.
1911 - Ed, Al and Nina are invited to Maes Hughes's house for young Ed's 12th birthday.. in the evening, Gracia goes into labour and Elicia is born.
( If Ed's birthday is in March.. can I just say that over where I live.. it's not really that uncommon for it to snow in that month and the FMA world *is* meant to be set in Britain)
- Ed takes the alchemy exam and passes with flying colours.
- Shou ( 30) makes his second talking chimera..
1914 - Ed ( 15) and Al (14) ..this is when the series of FMA starts
- The incident with the church in Lior happens.
1915 - Since this is starting to carry on a bit now.. I'll just say that this is the year that the series ends in.
For the Anime version, because things happen differently in the manga..
1899 - Ed was born, Winry was possibly born a few months later
1900 - Al was born
- On the orders of the Fuhrer, the Special Op's team are sent to Ishbal and slaughter some Ishbalan's in a temple.. this sparks the beginning of the Ishbal war.
1907 - The State Alchemist's are called into the Ishbalan war.
- Winry's (8) parents die at the hands of a young Roy Mustang since he got orders from his superiors to kill them for treating both allies and enemies alike.
- The Ishbal War finally ends.
1909 - Ed (10) and Al (9) lose their mother to an illness, are taken in by Pinako and Winry..
- At the same time they start to study up on human transmutation but find that they need the skill to be able to perform it.. so they need to be trained, that's when they meet Izumi who eventually agrees to train them.
- This was also the time that Shou Tucker created his first talking chimera.
1910 - Ed (11) and Al (10) attempt to bring back their mother using human transmutation..
Ed ends up losing his left leg ( after seeing the truth) and Al ends up losing his whole body..
Ed then loses his right arm in order to get Al back..and bind's Al's soul to the suit of armour.
( Had to make an edit on this particular point ^^; thank you Alchemical! )
- Edward gets an automail arm and leg.. while he's recuperating, he also meets Roy Mustang who says about him becoming a State Alchemist so that he can find a way to return him and his brother's bodies to normal.
- On October 10th, the Elric brothers burn down their house and leave Resembool for Central..
- The Mahajal incident happens.
- The Train incident happens, we also meet Maes Hughes, Vato Falman and Riza Hawkeye for the first time.
- Gracia is five months pregnant at the time. ( I honestly don't believe the whole thing about Riza making up the thing about babies not being born in five months.. she could of been telling the truth)
- Ed and Al meet Shou ( I prefer to think he was 29 at this time ^^ ) and Nina Tucker ( 4) ..as well as Alexander XD and stay at the Tucker mansion where they spend the next five months studying for the alchemy exam.
1911 - Ed, Al and Nina are invited to Maes Hughes's house for young Ed's 12th birthday.. in the evening, Gracia goes into labour and Elicia is born.
( If Ed's birthday is in March.. can I just say that over where I live.. it's not really that uncommon for it to snow in that month and the FMA world *is* meant to be set in Britain)
- Ed takes the alchemy exam and passes with flying colours.
- Shou ( 30) makes his second talking chimera..
1914 - Ed ( 15) and Al (14) ..this is when the series of FMA starts
- The incident with the church in Lior happens.
1915 - Since this is starting to carry on a bit now.. I'll just say that this is the year that the series ends in.
QUOTE(Becca-chan @ May 19 2007, 05:27 AM) [snapback]544970[/snapback]
1910 - Ed (11) and Al (10) attempt to bring back their mother using human transmutation..
Ed ends up losing his right arm ( after seeing the truth) and Al ends up losing his whole body..
Ed then loses his left leg in order to get Al back..and bind's Al's soul to the suit of armour.
Ed ends up losing his right arm ( after seeing the truth) and Al ends up losing his whole body..
Ed then loses his left leg in order to get Al back..and bind's Al's soul to the suit of armour.
Yeah, you're time line sounds right. Though, I thought Ed lost his left leg and saw Truth, and he gave his right arm for Al's soul. Not the other way around.
:: smacks forehead as she did get it wrong:: No it's okay Alchemical, you did get it right.. I ended up getting mixed up for that moment @.@;
Ed lost his left leg when seeing Truth and lost his right arm when getting Al's soul back.
Thank you for pointing it out! ^^
Ed lost his left leg when seeing Truth and lost his right arm when getting Al's soul back.
Thank you for pointing it out! ^^
QUOTE(Becca-chan @ May 19 2007, 02:27 AM) [snapback]544970[/snapback]
Well..I once made a timeline for the anime.. but it was kind of too long to post here, so I'll just post a short ( well.. slightly short ^^; ) version.
For the Anime version, because things happen differently in the manga..
1899 - Ed was born, Winry was possibly born a few months later
1900 - Al was born
- On the orders of the Fuhrer, the Special Op's team are sent to Ishbal and slaughter some Ishbalan's in a temple.. this sparks the beginning of the Ishbal war.
1907 - The State Alchemist's are called into the Ishbalan war.
- Winry's (8) parents die at the hands of a young Roy Mustang since he got orders from his superiors to kill them for treating both allies and enemies alike.
- The Ishbal War finally ends.
1909 - Ed (10) and Al (9) lose their mother to an illness, are taken in by Pinako and Winry..
- At the same time they start to study up on human transmutation but find that they need the skill to be able to perform it.. so they need to be trained, that's when they meet Izumi who eventually agrees to train them.
- This was also the time that Shou Tucker created his first talking chimera.
1910 - Ed (11) and Al (10) attempt to bring back their mother using human transmutation..
Ed ends up losing his left leg ( after seeing the truth) and Al ends up losing his whole body..
Ed then loses his right arm in order to get Al back..and bind's Al's soul to the suit of armour.
( Had to make an edit on this particular point ^^; thank you Alchemical! )
- Edward gets an automail arm and leg.. while he's recuperating, he also meets Roy Mustang who says about him becoming a State Alchemist so that he can find a way to return him and his brother's bodies to normal.
- On October 10th, the Elric brothers burn down their house and leave Resembool for Central..
- The Mahajal incident happens.
- The Train incident happens, we also meet Maes Hughes, Vato Falman and Riza Hawkeye for the first time.
- Gracia is five months pregnant at the time. ( I honestly don't believe the whole thing about Riza making up the thing about babies not being born in five months.. she could of been telling the truth)
- Ed and Al meet Shou ( I prefer to think he was 29 at this time ^^ ) and Nina Tucker ( 4) ..as well as Alexander XD and stay at the Tucker mansion where they spend the next five months studying for the alchemy exam.
1911 - Ed, Al and Nina are invited to Maes Hughes's house for young Ed's 12th birthday.. in the evening, Gracia goes into labour and Elicia is born.
( If Ed's birthday is in March.. can I just say that over where I live.. it's not really that uncommon for it to snow in that month and the FMA world *is* meant to be set in Britain)
- Ed takes the alchemy exam and passes with flying colours.
- Shou ( 30) makes his second talking chimera..
1914 - Ed ( 15) and Al (14) ..this is when the series of FMA starts
- The incident with the church in Lior happens.
1915 - Since this is starting to carry on a bit now.. I'll just say that this is the year that the series ends in.
For the Anime version, because things happen differently in the manga..
1899 - Ed was born, Winry was possibly born a few months later
1900 - Al was born
- On the orders of the Fuhrer, the Special Op's team are sent to Ishbal and slaughter some Ishbalan's in a temple.. this sparks the beginning of the Ishbal war.
1907 - The State Alchemist's are called into the Ishbalan war.
- Winry's (8) parents die at the hands of a young Roy Mustang since he got orders from his superiors to kill them for treating both allies and enemies alike.
- The Ishbal War finally ends.
1909 - Ed (10) and Al (9) lose their mother to an illness, are taken in by Pinako and Winry..
- At the same time they start to study up on human transmutation but find that they need the skill to be able to perform it.. so they need to be trained, that's when they meet Izumi who eventually agrees to train them.
- This was also the time that Shou Tucker created his first talking chimera.
1910 - Ed (11) and Al (10) attempt to bring back their mother using human transmutation..
Ed ends up losing his left leg ( after seeing the truth) and Al ends up losing his whole body..
Ed then loses his right arm in order to get Al back..and bind's Al's soul to the suit of armour.
( Had to make an edit on this particular point ^^; thank you Alchemical! )
- Edward gets an automail arm and leg.. while he's recuperating, he also meets Roy Mustang who says about him becoming a State Alchemist so that he can find a way to return him and his brother's bodies to normal.
- On October 10th, the Elric brothers burn down their house and leave Resembool for Central..
- The Mahajal incident happens.
- The Train incident happens, we also meet Maes Hughes, Vato Falman and Riza Hawkeye for the first time.
- Gracia is five months pregnant at the time. ( I honestly don't believe the whole thing about Riza making up the thing about babies not being born in five months.. she could of been telling the truth)
- Ed and Al meet Shou ( I prefer to think he was 29 at this time ^^ ) and Nina Tucker ( 4) ..as well as Alexander XD and stay at the Tucker mansion where they spend the next five months studying for the alchemy exam.
1911 - Ed, Al and Nina are invited to Maes Hughes's house for young Ed's 12th birthday.. in the evening, Gracia goes into labour and Elicia is born.
( If Ed's birthday is in March.. can I just say that over where I live.. it's not really that uncommon for it to snow in that month and the FMA world *is* meant to be set in Britain)
- Ed takes the alchemy exam and passes with flying colours.
- Shou ( 30) makes his second talking chimera..
1914 - Ed ( 15) and Al (14) ..this is when the series of FMA starts
- The incident with the church in Lior happens.
1915 - Since this is starting to carry on a bit now.. I'll just say that this is the year that the series ends in.
I go by this timeline
QUOTE(Becca-chan @ May 22 2007, 04:52 AM) [snapback]546067[/snapback]
:: smacks forehead as she did get it wrong:: No it's okay Alchemical, you did get it right.. I ended up getting mixed up for that moment @.@;
Ed lost his left leg when seeing Truth and lost his right arm when getting Al's soul back.
Thank you for pointing it out! ^^
Ed lost his left leg when seeing Truth and lost his right arm when getting Al's soul back.
Thank you for pointing it out! ^^
No problem^^
hmm becca-chan, didn't the 'kids-ova' say that Ed turned 100 in 2005 in our world? meaning he was born in 1905 
QUOTE(piggymoo.com @ May 29 2007, 01:59 PM) [snapback]548157[/snapback]
hmm becca-chan, didn't the 'kids-ova' say that Ed turned 100 in 2005 in our world? meaning he was born in 1905
No, I think the OVA was wrong. After all, that would mean the ages of Ed and Al when they transmuted their mom would be wrong. Meaning Ed wouldn't have gotten his State Alchemist title at the age of twelve, and all the other jazz. Besides, the ages were picked by Arakawa-sensei herself for both the manga and anime.
Actually, I was wondering the same thing in this thread earlier. He would be over 100 in 2006.
About OVA:
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
QUOTE(Tombow @ May 29 2007, 04:29 PM) [snapback]548197[/snapback]
About OVA:
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
That's good and bad.
Good because we know the time lines here are pretty accurate.
Bad because if that OVA was just an 'what if' kind of thing, we don't know if Ed and Al lived happy lives after the movie.
QUOTE(Alchemical @ May 30 2007, 04:23 AM) [snapback]548254[/snapback]
QUOTE(Tombow @ May 29 2007, 04:29 PM) [snapback]548197[/snapback]
About OVA:
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
That's good and bad.
Good because we know the time lines here are pretty accurate.
Bad because if that OVA was just an 'what if' kind of thing, we don't know if Ed and Al lived happy lives after the movie.
Well... fanfiction writers are happy
They can speculate all they want because we weren't given the end saying "and they lived happily ever after". In other words; more room for fandom
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About OVA:
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
My understanding, from reading the interview of the director of OVA, (he's also the director of FMA anime and FMA "Shambara" movie, I think...) was that that "Children" OVA was NOT meant to be taken as a cannon. That was "If Ed were lived to be 100 years old, and in Japan in current year ..." (The scan of the interview page from the magazine, in Japanese, is somewhere on Royai thread in Character Discussion forum, but the thread is 750 pages long, and I don't remember which page... ^^) Anyway, IMO, I think we can safely disregard "OVA factor."
That's good and bad.
Good because we know the time lines here are pretty accurate.
Bad because if that OVA was just an 'what if' kind of thing, we don't know if Ed and Al lived happy lives after the movie.
Well... fanfiction writers are happy
They can speculate all they want because we weren't given the end saying "and they lived happily ever after". In other words; more room for fandom
Yeah, you're right. I've never written fanfiction for the ending before. All mine takes place during the series.
And these time lines have helped with the past few drabbles I've written, so thanks everyone^^
I think there may be a bit of a time differance between thier world and ours.
Because Ed was born in 1899, and the Conquor of Shambala takes place in 1923. He's only 18 then. So I figure there's about a 6 year differance. We're ahead.
Because Ed was born in 1899, and the Conquor of Shambala takes place in 1923. He's only 18 then. So I figure there's about a 6 year differance. We're ahead.
at the 20th century. the begining
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