Content that'll quench ya!
Fullmetal Analysts is starting off 2021 in style by opening up its own Patreon page. You can help us make bigger and better content in exchange for extended editions of the podcast- and today, we also have a teaser of the kind of bonus content you can expect from the Patreon. Enjoy!
We start our journey into The X Files in S01E01 – “Pilot” via the FBI basement, and then onto the very plausible state of Oregon. We discuss David Duchovny’s pronunciation of “Oregon”, 90s fashion, and the scientific accuracy (or lack thereof) of this tone setting spooky pilot. Watch along with us or just listen to this episode and tell everyone you watched it.
Follow us on twitter @condensedtruth and stay spooky!
This week on Fullmetal Analysts, we historian and lecturer Alexander Statman (University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Humanities) to discuss the real world history behind alchemy. Join us as we uncover the answers to questions like: what was alchemy, and how did its practitioners see it? What are the core principles of alchemical thought? Do planets have souls? Were there real-life state alchemists? And much more!
This week on Fullmetal Analysts, we welcome storyboard artist and podcaster Steve Yurko to discuss the episode “Struggle of the Fool.” We storyboard a new perspective on the show, once more analyze the show’s balance of humor and seriousness, and hear the most edgy First Take Theater of all time.
This week on Fullmetal Analysts, we welcome video essayist Samuel Davis to discuss the episode “Father.” We break down the midpoint of the show, its complicated relationship with shonen tropes, Father’s introduction, the birth of Greed 2.0, Ling’s big choice and so much more. It’s a jam-packed episode! (Warning: does not contain jam).
In this spoiler-filled bonus episode, Michel and Arthur welcome Remi, the administrator of the fanzine The Devil’s Playground: an FMA Antagonist Zine. We talk about the zine’s creation, the uniqueness of FMA’s villains, just why Remi is so into Kimblee and which obscure villain should get his own spinoff.
This week on Fullmetal Analysts, we welcome back podcaster and friend of the show Nate Klejman to discuss the episode “Interlude Party.” Find out what a framing device is, whether or not this is a good recap episode, and just what wonderful gifts the new year has in store for us.
Happy new year! To celebrate the end of another season recapping and analyzing Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, we present a compilation of the best moments from Fullmetal Analysts season 2!
This week on Fullmetal Analysts, we welcome MMA fighter Sodiq Yusuff to discuss the episode “Reunion.” Listen in as we put auto in front of words, discuss why Ed is a great anime protagonist, uncover the Fuhrer School and find out the relationship between MMA and FMA. Hooray!
This week on Fullmetal Analysts, we welcome back our friend and fellow writer Sara Larner to discuss the episode “Doorway of Darkness.” Watch as we eat a boot, seethe with rage at crying children, and get into one of the most contemptuous discussions in Fullmetal Analysts history. It’s all about the pandas, baby.
