Just wanted anyone who reads my blog to know that I’ve been officially selected to be the newest member of Sea Slugs! Anime Blog. This is a great honour to write on a blog that I’ve been reading for many years.

I know I haven’t really updated AnimeSlice much for a long while so I probably don’t have many readers left who check this place. But if you stumble here, please be sure to visit me over at Sea Slugs! as well!

I do hope to be adding random posts here and there on this blog from time to time though.

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Ed and company stop by to play some Diablo the ancient city of Xerxes

Summary:
Under secret orders from Col. Mustang, Ed and Armstrong arrive back at Resembool, where they meet up with Second Lt. Breda who leads them to meet Han (Ling Yao’s bodyguard) and together they travel far off into the desert, eventually arriving at the lost city of Atlantis Xerxes. Apparently Xerxes was the origin of alchemy for both Amestris and Xing when a traveler fleeing the crumbling civilization spread alchemy to the world in the distant past. Within the ruins, Ed encounters a depiction of ‘The Truth’ in an old crumbling mural, but it has crumbled too much to give any further information.

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Spring 2009 began as one of the worst seasons I could remember. Compared to the 8 shows I was following last season, this season is slim pickings. Still, there are a few shows worth mentioning:

1) Eden of the East
I’m a huge fan of Kenji Kamiyama. Seirei no Moribito showed that he was able to create an anime past what had previously been animated and also cut a lot of ‘talking scenes’ and still make an incredible show. With Eden of the East, Kamiyama has managed not only to adapt previously written material but also written a show of his own which so far has been quite good. The Speed Grapher-like side story a few episodes ago aside, this has been an awesome show so far. Still, with only 2 episodes to go, I really have no idea how they’re going to end this show successfully, it seems like it could easily be 26 episodes.

2) Tears to Tiara
My #2 show of the season features good old fashioned fantasy fun. To be honest I wasn’t expecting much from this show, but it’s really grabbed my interest. The fighting animation is some of the best close combat animation in recent memory, and the characters are pretty fun as well. Overall not a ‘deep’ show, but a damn fun watch. Goooo Octavia!

3) Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Remake)
I’m not sure why they decided to remake a perfectly good and relatively new show. Still, the remake has been quite good. Unlike most people out there, I was never really that much of a FMA fan the first time around as while I thought the show was good, it never quite made the hype for me. The second time around though, they’ve managed to significantly speed up the plot, and along with gorgeous visuals, it’s a good watch. Still, I’m not sure how excited I am about this show considering we all know how the plot ends up… well at long as they don’t went up in WWII Europe LOL.

4) Asura Cryin
Well I haven’t watched this show for weeks, but I’ve been pretty busy. Still I like the idea of a ghost girlfriend LOL.

5) Saki
I don’t know anything about Mahjong. Well I’ve played it a few times, but the Japanese rules are all different. Still I like watching them plant those tiles.

6) Shangri-la
This show is so stupid, it’s almost good. ALMOST. Well it’s not good, it’s just really dumb and I can’t stop watching it. It does have the best OP of the season though.

So uh… in episode 5 we have the best show of the season temporarily turning into… Speed Grapher. Ugh.