00:00Hi Dailymotion, today we're going to talk about the little gem that's on my arm, yeah, we're going to talk about Fullmetal Alchemist.
00:09So, Fullmetal Alchemist, sorry, Fullmetal Alchemist, before I start the thing, comment directly to me which anime you want me to discover to do a review.
00:23Show me things, leave me comments about things I should look at, things I should definitely discover, that way you can choose.
00:30And I want to discover new things, that's it, I have no ideas, so that's why I have to do things that I know, that I love with all my heart, but I want to discover new things, so don't hesitate.
00:40So, Fullmetal Alchemist, I don't need to introduce it anymore, a classic from the world of manga and anime.
00:47The mangaka in question is Hiromu Arakawa, it is a pseudonym since his real name is Hiromi Arakawa, born in 1973 in Hokkaido in Japan,
00:57and before having worked on Fullmetal Alchemist and having created this gem, this ultimate cultural reference,
01:04She worked as an assistant for Hiroyuki Eto, who worked on Mao Jin Guruguru, if that means anything to you.
01:12She is also the author of other manga, such as Silver Spoon and Héros Thalès, and also notably The Auric Legend of Arsland,
01:20here, which is an adaptation.
01:23Generally, it tends to mix humor, strong emotions, and excellent handling of secondary characters.
01:28Like in Fullmetal Alchemist, to name just the flame alchemist, one of the best characters, that's it.
01:39The publisher is obviously Square Enix, the same publishers who took care of Final Fantasy in particular.
01:46And yes, they do a lot of editing in manga anime, well, in manga mostly.
01:53It first appeared in Monthly Shonen Gengen, a shonen manga magazine published by Square.
02:02And that was between July 2001 and June 2010.
02:07There are 27 volumes in total, and the series has obviously been a huge success, especially in France,
02:14thanks to its animated adaptation, which you may have discovered if you are of my generation,
02:19via a small, free-to-air package on Canal+, called La Case.
02:25Peace, rest in peace, unfortunately to the presenter who passed away shortly after that,
02:33who was a level 1 veteran and who had moved onto the square,
02:36but that could be another topic that makes the video 2 hours long.
02:41We'll talk about it in another video if you're interested, so I can talk about the birth, the animation,
02:45finally in any case the popularization of animation in France, notably with Canal+.
02:51There, we have enough to go for hours and hours.
02:55In short, we come back to what interests us, namely that the international edition was in France by Kurokawa,
03:02so 27 volumes published between 2005 and 2011, and notably in the United States by Viz Media.
03:07Well, well, I don't want to go into any more technical details, even because I've said more than enough.
03:11Instead, we're going to focus on, what is Fullmetal Alchemist?
03:16So, I'll read you the synopsis like this, we're sure not to get hairy.
03:20Fullmetal Alchemist is a world where we are in a world where alchemy is a powerful science.
03:26There are two brothers we will follow, Édouard Delric and Alphonse Delric,
03:29who make a dramatic mistake.
03:32They try to bring back their dead mother through what is called forbidden transmutation,
03:39and nothing will happen as warned.
03:42Edward will lose an arm and a leg, while Alphonse will lose his entire body,
03:47and that's what will make us find him in armor,
03:50since his brother, I think it's his older brother, will try to save him by putting him in armor.
03:55And from there, we will follow the adventures of these two protagonists,
03:59who will go in search of the philosopher's stone,
04:02in order to recover their bodies, and learn more about the history of alchemy.
04:09So, there are a lot of military plots,
04:14there are very mysterious events and characters,
04:18who are called homunculi,
04:20there's a whole lore of sin, the seven deadly sins, that kind of thing,
04:25and obviously, as you can imagine, there are some not-so-happy things,
04:32not very very cheerful, it's very visual, it's very bloody,
04:35it is not to be put in all hands,
04:36This is not a book I recommend to very young people.
04:40On the other hand, for teenagers, it is a very nice discovery,
04:49and it's one of the mangas that made me fall in love with this universe,
04:54and which made me become a little more of the weeb that I am today.
04:59Why is Fullmetal Chemist good?
05:01and why should you give it a chance?
05:04I would say it's because it addresses,
05:08under the guise of animations and cartoons,
05:12It deals with very hard, very violent, very real subjects,
05:17the war, which today, more than ever, is still relevant,
05:21It deals with the traumas linked to this war,
05:24It deals with the atrocities and choices made during those wars,
05:28and there, we approach it through a prism linked to fantasy,
05:34linked to alchemy, linked to magic,
05:37which gives a starting point for discovering political plots,
05:41and this kind of thing, in a much more pleasant way,
05:44and a little more curious and interesting,
05:46that if we had gone into something truly historic,
05:51first degree, on military strategy, that kind of thing.
05:53And then, above all, the two heroes are terribly endearing,
05:57and, as previously stated,
06:00the mangaka writes the secondary characters terribly well,
06:06which means that even if you don't find it particularly attractive
06:09for the two heroes we are going to follow,
06:12you will definitely find,
06:14and there I put a coin,
06:16I can put my entire fortune on the table,
06:20you will definitely find a character
06:22or that you find endearing,
06:24or on which you can identify yourself.
06:28Because,
06:30it is not only focused on
06:31Edouard and Alphonse Delric,
06:34it is above all a discovery of lore,
06:37it is a discovery of this world,
06:39how does it evolve,
06:40how does he cope with the atrocities of war,
06:42it addresses racism,
06:45It addresses a lot of tough and difficult issues to deal with today,
06:50and which are once again still relevant,
06:52and besides that,
06:54we see pieces of other characters' lives
06:57which are just as interesting,
06:59with also, possibly, their trauma,
07:02and so on.
07:03Brief.
07:04And above all, beyond that,
07:07to return to a perhaps slightly more technical opinion,
07:10The animation is terribly good.
07:13There was a re-released version,
07:15brought up to date,
07:17which is called Brotherhood,
07:18which you can find on Netflix at the time.
07:21I discovered the old version,
07:23but both are very good,
07:24even though Brotherhood is closer to the manga than the other.
07:27My memories have mixed the two together,
07:30because I don't know which is which anymore,
07:32then I always watched anime more than manga,
07:34to be honest.
07:35But here it is, I strongly encourage you to give it a chance.
07:38This is an excellent manga,
07:40This is a manga that I hold very, very dear to my heart.
07:42And how much would I be willing to pay him,
07:44how much would I be willing to pay to see this,
07:46That's a good question.
07:48I think we're easy on a...
07:5188 bucks, yeah.
07:5388, 89 balls.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Brief.
07:56Give him a chance.
07:57Oh.
07:57And if you can take advantage of this to boost the video,
07:59and above all, put in the comments
08:01what anime or manga should I discover.
08:03That would be cool.
08:04This way, it gives me a list of things to do.
08:05And I know what video to make for you.
08:07Brief.
08:07See you later, Daily.
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