Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 10: Journey To Ishbal (Episodes 37-40) | 
| Director: Seiji Mizushima
Actors: Ryotaro Okiayu, Michiko Neya, Miyoko Aso, Yasunori Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Shimura
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 45019
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Tagalog (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 8154
UPC: 704400081545
EAN: 0704400081545
ASIN: B000ENUKVM
Theatrical Release Date: November 6, 2004
Release Date: June 27, 2006
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Product Description
Al prompts a heated brawl with Ed by questioning him about the direction of their mission for the first time. The half-snake half-woman Marta then leads the two brothers to the ruins of Ishbal and reveals the devastating cause of the Ishbalan war.Episodes:1. The Flame Alchemist The Bachelor Lieutenant and the 2. Mystery of Warehouse 133. With the River s Flow4. Secret of Ishbal5. The ScarDVD Extras:- Production Art- Image Gallery- Character Profiles- Exclusive Trailers Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Artist: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST UPC: 704400081545
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As the popular fantasy adventure Fullmetal Alchemist continues, the filmmakers give the audience a respite from the intense action with a silly episode about Lt. Havoc's blind date with Major Armstrong's sister. (Fortunately for both them, she looks nothing like the burly Major.) As the story begins to build to its climax, the significance of seemingly unrelated events becomes clearer. Sheska the librarian shares her research into the death of Gen. Hughes with Winry, and the evidence suggests a link to the Ishbalan war and the mysterious Col. Juliet Douglas who may have inadvertently triggered it. Ed and Al reach the ruins of Ishbal and learn the real story of its destruction from the chimera Meta--before Cols. Mustang and Kimbley arrive with a small army. Even the city of Liore, where Ed exposed a false prophet at the beginning of the series, is linked to Ishbal and the quest for the Philosopher's Stone. Viewers also discover the origins of the Homunculus Lust, and her links to the Elrics' enemy, Scar. (Rated TV PG: violence, grotesque imagery, tobacco and alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
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 SECRETS COME OUT July 8, 2006
Sesho (Pasadena, TX USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The first episode on Volume 10 focuses on a more comedic aspect of Fullmetal Alchemist that has gradually dwindled from the anime but has been present in the manga of this title from the beginning. This abrupt switch in gears in Episode 37 which spotlights Colonel Mustang in a ghost hunting expedition right out of Scooby Doo doesn't mix at all with the more tragic bent of the show and comes off as a too little to late homage to the manga. Episode 38 follows Winry and the bookworm Sciezka as they wiretap the phone of King Bradley's secretary, a woman that was supposed to have died many years ago! The last two episodes go back to Ed and Al as they arrive at the ruins of Ishbal and learn about the role of the Chimera in that war from Marta, one of Greed's ex-minions that was crossed with a snake and is seeking revenge against the military establishment that killed all her friends.
I thought the comedy episode was really weak. It's too late to bring in the laughs now as a bunch of lives touched with tragedy are coming to a meeting, and with some dark secrets of the past being revealed, the humor is even less welcome. After that throwaway, the other 3 episodes made up for the non-beginning. The writers of the show are starting to get to the humanity of the characters, most ironically, with the Homunculi, if that makes any sense. You get the sense that the characters paths are set, and they have to do what they have to do and not look back. Whether it's Scar, Ed, Al, Winry, Mustang, or the Homunculi, they all have a reason and a goal they are trying to achieve, even though some of their dreams will lead to the deaths of whole nations. Great show.
I would also recommend the anime Scrapped Princess and Cowboy Bebop. Also the manga version of Fullmetal Alchemist.
Excellent Series August 3, 2006
B. Kirby (Cols. GA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This show is one of the greatest anime shows available. The characters are good, as well as the story line. A very engrossing show for people of all ages.
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