Greetings, and welcome to Anime Versus. Like it's predecessors, Anime Versus will pit two competitors against each other each week, to see which one PPTers prefer. To vote, please select the anime you like best from the poll at the top of this topic, then feel free to discuss your choice below. The winner of the week will move onto the next round, and will face a new challenger anime. Should an anime win for six weeks straight, it will be removed from the competition and placed into the Anime Hall of Fame.
Last week, Fullmetal Alchemist defeated Prince of Tennis by two votes. This week it will face a new anime.
The Competitors
Fullmetal Alchemist
versus
Serial Experiments: Lain
Series Information:
Fullmetal Alchemist (a.k.a Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is an adventure drama produced by Bones, Aniplex, Square-Enix and Mainichi Broadcasting. Its 51 episodes ran from October 2003 to October 2004.* It is also currently being run as a part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up in the United States.
Full Metal Alchemist is the story of two brothers who are gifted alchemists. When their mother dies, they decide to use their powers to restore her to life, violating the taboo against human transmutation. They pay a terrible price for their mistake. Edward, the elder brother, is left with a mechanical arm and leg, while Alphonse, the younger of the two, finds his soul bound to an empty suit of armor. The story follows their quest for the Philosohper's Stone, a legendary material with the power to restore their bodies.***
Primary Seiyuu for Fullmetal Alchemist**
--Paku Romi as
Edward Elric (Tao Ren - Shaman King, Aikawa Maki - Air Master, Thoshiro Hitsugaya - Bleach, Temari - Naruto)
--Kugimiya Rie as
Alphonse Elric (Imai Hotaru - Gakuen Alice, Shingyouji Kouta - Midori Days, Kachirou - Prince of Tennis, Taiki/Takasato Kaname - The Twelve Kingdoms)
--Toyoguchi Megumi as
Winry Rockbell (Mimiru - .hack//SIGN, Elfetine - Scrapped Princess, Annette Kerry - Stratos 4, Michida Akaya - Stellvia)
--Ohkawa Toru as
Roy Mustang (Gaddess - Vision of Escaflowne, Saito - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Rufus Shinra - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, William Walter Wordsworth - TrinityBlood
--Fujiwara Keiji as
Maes Hughes (Nohara Hiroshi - Crayon Shin-chan, Ogata Seji - Hikaru no go, Shouji Shingo - Initial D, Eido Kalos - Kaleido Star)
--Satou Yuuko as
Lust (Asakura Yoh - Shaman King, Sharaku - Black Jack, Julia - Kaleido Star, Kisaragi Takumi - Gad Guard)
Serial Experiments: Lain is a psychological drama produced by Triangle Staff. Its 13-episode run lasted from 7/6/98 to 9/28/98.* It has shown on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim line-up in the United States.
“And you don’t seem to understand.” The first line of the theme song, Duvet (by Boa), sums up Serial Experiments: Lain. Trying to write a summary paragraph for this show is like trying to describe a piece of Dada art; there are lots of colors, images, noise, and ideas all thrown at you at once. Iwakura Lain was nearly a technophobe before a classmate committed suicide and a mysterious email from the dead girl was received by Lain and other students. Intrigued, Lain logged onto the Wired, searching for an answer to the mystery surrounding the girl’s death, and finding herself questioning everything she thought she ever knew, including her own identity.
Primary Seiyuu for Serial Experiments: Lain**
--Shimizu Kaori as
Iwakura Lain (Alice – A.LI.CE, Ekurya – Banner of the Stars, Takano Akira – School Rumble, Doi Shizuha – Stratos 4)
--Asada Yoko as
Mizuki Arisu (Angelique Collet – Angelique: Seichi Yori Ai o Komete, Nozomi Aino – D4 Princess, Mari – Metal Angel Mari, Casa Clover – Wild Cardz)
--Kawasumi Ayako as
Iwakura Mika (Hotaru - .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Lafiel – Crest of the Stars, Kurumi Chidori – Ayashi no Ceres, Winia Chester – Scrapped Princess)
--Igarashi Rei as
Iwakura Miho (Karla – Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, Zenshinni of Shakado – Petite Cossette, Utsugi Tamiko – Demon Lord Dante, Mistress Centipede – InuYasha)
--Ohbayashi Ryunosuke as
Iwakura Yasuo (Tendou Souun – Ranma ½, Yokomori – DNA2, Excedol Folmo – Macross 7, Kiichi Goto – Patlabor)
--Miyata Hikaru as Professor Hodgson (Shogun – Heat Guy J, Jean Jacque Legrand – Noir, Alsac – Gungrave, Royzer – After War Gundam X)
*Information from http://www.animeacademy.com
**Information from http://www.animenewsnetwork.com
***Credit for the Fullmetal Alchemist summary goes to my husband.
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Future Competitors (in no particular order & subject to change):
Cowboy Bebop
Hikaru no Go
Sailor Moon
His and Her Circumstances
Air
Shaman King
Infinite Ryvius
Chobits
Love Hina
Miracle Girls
Previous Competitors:
Trigun (Lost week 1 to Cowboy Bebop)
Ranma 1/2 (Lost week 2 to Cowboy Bebop)
Cowboy Bebop (Tied with Ceres week 3 - will return in a few weeks)
Ayashi no Ceres (Tied with Cowboy Bebop week 3, lost to Fullmetal Alchemist week 4)
Bleach (Lost week 5 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Read or Die: The TV (Lost week 6 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Prince of Tennis (Lost week 7 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
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