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GregTheLion wrote:
I know this is off-topic but f*^k it!
U kidding? Ryoko fan thread= any and all tribute to Ryoko!!!
http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g463/wwwwhhhhoooo/ryoko_sunhat.jpg " /> summertime means summer apparel…meeeOWW
p.s. those are awesome Greg! Great find!
Welcome Mitchell! No hurries or worries about if/when you get around to using the chat box or mumble etc., like you said you’re new & it takes a bit to get adjusted to a new layout. As already stated so well by many of our members already, I hope you enjoy your stay! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask myself or the Admins–though really, everyone here is friendly and wouldn’t mind pointing you in the right direction if it’s a general question (every member has a little pm button by their avatar/username if you want to send a private message to anyone)–or of course you can always post here or wherever (we like to try to keep topics organized, but no one will bite your head off if you post any ol’ where).
& don’t worry about someone ‘friending’ you, we’re all friends here I’m sure you’ll get acquainted with many of us after a short while
Whilst shopping this weekend I happened upon dvd of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos& it is fan-freakin-tastic!!! Having heard nothing about it prior to purchasing it (yes, be shocked at how out-of-the-loop I manage to be) with the art style used and given the absence of ‘Brotherhood’ in the title, I at first thought it was set in the canon of the first series. This is not the case, however, & it is in fact set in the world of Brotherhoodsometime after Al retrieved his memories of ‘The Truth’ & is able to transmute without a circle (given Ed’s knowledge of this, it must also be sometime after the brothers’ first encounter with Ling). But I didn’t fuss with the details on when exactly it fit into the timeline because I was too engaged in a fantastic story. New characters, new exotic scenery, same ol’ Ed n’ Al kickin ass, takin names, saving the world, that sorta thing. With Bones behind the animation (& of course the success of Fullmetal Alchemist franchise in general) the animation and effects were spectacular, but as usual with Fullmetal Alchemist, it was the story that kept me engaged, filled with memorable characters we can sympathize with and root for, and set in faraway lands that, as new and exotic as they may be, mirror our world and the follies and shortcomings of humanity all too well. In short, if you love Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood or otherwise) I can’t see anyone not enjoying this edition into the fantastic–and yet familiar–world of Hiromu Arawaka, and if this movie is any indication (in terms of its reception, financial success and the story itself) I think we’ll be seeing more untold stories of our favorite duo of Alchemist brothers in the future. With plenty of room within this world for new characters, more in-depth revelations of familiar fan-favorites, and the prospect of new secrets to uncover within alchemy (and the inevitability that some power-hungry egomaniac will try to utilize such means to their own destructive ends) I think there’s plenty of potential for new adventures for Ed and Al in the future.
Thanks so much for posting Z-man (I kinda’ like that nickname, Nobuyuki, let’s see if it sticks) 
As for a viable alternative to youtube…that’s a good question, I don’t really know of any site that’s really comparable (probably one of the reasons amv.org has managed to stick around for so long). I checked out dailymotion.com a long time ago, but it had the same, how to say this… ‘limitations’ as youtube did.
Sadly the heavy attention youtube has received from third-party content owners is due to its popularity with users, thus any site that ever did unofficially replace youtube (which as of right now, I can’t really see happening) would probably end up being cyclical in a similar fashion to youtube: start out small, gets popular with users, draws attention from advisers/content owners, heavier copyright enforcement. The tension between copyright laws/owners and smaller-time artists is, and will continue to be, an ongoing process, one which is frustrating at times but imo an eternal good at its ideal level, like our opposing political parties, three branches of government, and the ever-swinging pendulum of civil liberties and national security or law enforcement… a necessary ‘evil.’
Though, if anyone does find an alternative I’d be curious to know as well.
JGZinv wrote:Dont remember if we got this in here or not…
Who I’d suggest saving all of these… as several links on the first page are already removed thanks to youtube or the uploader.
Great idea JGZinv, I’ll make it a point to do so, as anyone familiar with amv’s/youtube in general knows, it could be here one day, gone the next and that’s that, if nobody else saved it, & it wasn’t uploaded anywhere else, & the original artist doesn’t reupload, it’s lost forever. I would encourage anyone who is able to do so, if you see an amv that’s really dear to you, save it if you can (as I’m sure someone often ends up doing with more popular or older amv’s). I may have to devote some of my time and efforts to archiving as many of these wonderful Tenchi (and related series) amv’s while they’re still around.
p.s. thanks for posting
