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February 2005 Updates

2.23.05 - Some FMA Scans

Man, I'm tired. I have a big test to study for tomorrow, but I'll do that after I finish this update.

I had mentioned that I was going to add some more scans to the Fullmetal Alchemist section, and I did. Not that many mind you. I added two scans from the first OST, and eight scans from the first DVD's booklet and cover. Some of them turned out quite well, whereas some turned out somewhat grainy. My scanner is fickle, I need to get a new one. With some materials it scans crystal clear, but some just come out horrible unless I scan them at ridiculous dpi's. Guess it has to do with paper quality or something.

I also updated the fanart section with quite a bit of fanart from several artist. I updated the section several times in the past few weeks but I didn't mention it. I also updated the FAQ, Site Information, and Image Policy pages. They were horribly out of date, one even still listed Dragon Ball as being on the site. o_O

Well, that's it for today.

2.18.05 - FMA manga officially licensed

Just a quick note, the Fullmetal Alchemist manga is now officially licensed by Viz. Press release can be found here, Amazon listing here, and the cover is here. Volume 1 is due out on May 3, with novels and a artbook in the fall.

All I have to say is, yippie! The manga's awesome, and it's great that it'll finally be in English. ^_^

2.17.05 - ...yep, more screenies....

Yeah yeah, more screencaps. I added 200 screencaps for the second episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, which also includes 5 pan shots, there were quite a few in this episode. I think I like the manga version of this episode better, it was more funny in my opinion, but the episode does stand on it's own merit as well. Unlike the last episode, I did adjust the colors. I'm considering going back and adjusting the first episodes as well, but I'm not sure yet.

I also added 76 screencaps for the extras that were included with the first R1 DVD. These include 17 line art drawings, 37 model drawings, and 22 color cell illustrations. They are screencaps, despite the fact that they don't look like it. Once I get episodes three and four, as well as those scans up, there probably won't be anymore FMA updates until April when the second DVD is released. Unless I order an artbook though. ;)

I'm happy to say that the FMA gallery has grown from 21 to 578 images. Anyway, that's it for today.

2.9.05 - ...and yet again, more screenies. ^_^'

I'm on a screencaps roll, aren't I? Well, I added 215 screencaps for the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist. Yet again, they came out well enough that I didn't have to do that much editing to them, so they didn't take that long to work on. I also redid the screencaps for Melissa and Kesenai Tsumi in much larger resolutions. They are now over 1,000 x 700 px, so hopefully they'll be handy in graphics and such.

I should be getting some scans up sometime this week, as well as some stuff for Cardcaptor Sakura. Anyway, enjoy the screencaps. ;)

2.8.05 - Some more screenies...

...but not for Cardcaptor Sakura, but for Fullmetal Alchemist. That DVD started set that I mentioned in the last post arrived today, so I made 61 screencaps for the Melissa opening and Kesenai Tsumi ending themes.

These turned out quite well, so well that I didn't have to adjust the colors at all, just had to crop them. I figured out how to get rid of Funimation's FMA logo in the opening and to replace it with the original logo, so I'm happy. I don't know why they felt the need to change it, since it did have the series name in English, guess they just wanted it to pop out more or something. I shall be making screencaps for the episodes later, just not today. I'm also gonna make some scans from the DVD booklet and OST.

On a slight side note, FMA is gonna be moving up half an hour on Saturday to take The Venture Brothers slot at 11:30 ET. That's it for today, later! ^_^

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