Ewww, VHS. :p

BTW, Full Metal Alchemist is now licensed by FUNimation. So yeah, they won't be available legally for much longer.

that sucks, i wanted to finish that series :(

heh, he actually done me a favour ;)

Well, why not recorded onto the HD, and then just gave him a copy? :p

because the special edition sounds to sexy to pass up :p

Special Edition is worth a buy. Rid of all your old EVA DVD's while you can. :p

I'm not buying anymore of adv's crap, I spent over 2 months attempting to clean up that video source so I could encode my collection.

Honestly I would prefer vhs most days for encoding, less crap to deal with. I'm just ganna brush up on my japanese and import for now on. :)

No fansubs are actually legal, respective of the producers that make the originals (whether there are written laws is unclear), but yes FMA wont be available so easily by those groups that respect American licensors.

Yet, this isn't going to stop other groups from subbing it, given the series large popularity. GunGrave was continued by AnimeOne long after it was licensed, InuYasha has been going almost 2 years after licensed, and the new Tenjou Tenge is another example.

Anyhow, its a shame Funimation, and not a better dubber like Pioneer (who did Cowboy Bebop) got hold of FMA. :\

i heard Tenjou got licensed but i weren't sure.

i thought the loophole was always there to be able to say i'm subbing into english for England based users for licensing anyway.

i know that AonE were contacted regarding a few old series they were subbing, and asked to stop by ADV themselves.

I enjoy anime lots. I go to a lot of anime forums too... ;-;

right now I'm watching some stuff on anime unleashed...stuff on adult swim...and toonami..tenchi muyo also entertains me.

I wish i had high speed...then I would be able to download anime.

Doesn't stop them from subbing them, but some people see it as illegal only once it has been licensed by a dubbing company.

I wouldn't judge the dubs from FUNi until you see the one for FMA. They are capable of producing a good dub, if they only pick the right VA's for the job. For DB/Z/GT, some voice actors are decent, but the cutting of scenes let them down a bit. For Fruits Basket, the VA's were just horrible.

Also, I don't like how they dub the OP/ED's of anime series. It's best to leave them in jap as 99.9% of the time they sound better in their original form.