Full Metal Alchemist 2003- Sloth’s Death While it is largely overlooked and somewhat forgotten, there was an earlier adaptation of Hiromi Arakawa’s world-famous manga Full Metal Alchemist. In 2003, 2 years after she began writing Full Metal Alchemist, it was adapted into a 51-episode TV series with a movie sequel. The anime was well Read More …
Full Metal Alchemist- The Gate Alchemy is the mystical science that actually gave rise to modern chemistry as we know it, but that is a story for another time. Today I will be diving into scientific basics of the scientific magic known as alchemy in the hit anime/manga Full Metal Alchemist. I will also be Read More …
Head injuries in Anime Part 1- Skull Fracture Shounen anime and the overlapping category of martial arts anime are often defined by the powers the main characters possess and the battles they go through during the course of the story. This is the same whether we are talking about classics like Dragon Ball Z and Read More …
Chimeras The Chimera is a fictional beast from Greek mythology that first appeared in Homer’s Iliad. The fearsome beast was the offspring of Typhon, a giant considered to be one of the deadliest monsters in Greek Mythology and Echidna, who is considered to be the mother of all monsters in Greek mythology. In the original Read More …
Super powered cybernetic limbs The term cybernetics is commonly used to refer to the replacement of a person’s body parts with a technological replacement of some kind. These replacements can run the gamut from a replacement organ to a replacement limb. In the medical profession the term prosthetic is used when referring to a replacement Read More …
Flame Alchemy Full Metal Alchemist brotherhood draws inspiration from the real world practice of alchemy, so what is alchemy and how true to science is flame alchemy. Alchemy is a combination of philosophy and early scientific knowledge and practices. This particular pseudoscience had many aims, including creating an elixir of immortality and turning lead Read More …