Error: I'm afraid this is the first I've heard of a "trackback" flavoured Blosxom. Try dropping the "/+trackback" bit from the end of the URL.
Anime and HD
I hooked up the new cables I bought in California, so now I have true 1080 HD from the satellite dish displaying on my TV, and I have the DVD player reconnected to the system. This was not a trivial operation: the new cable connections were very stiff. And the TV is close to the wall and too big to be moved and I needed to plug the new video cables into the back. It's a good thing I have small hands. And once I had the cables attached, I needed to refer to the manuals for the various components to get all the menu settings right.
I played one of the DVDs I bought this week: volume 13 of "FullMetal Alchemist". These were the final episodes of the series that were played in English on Cartoon Network a few months ago, but I wanted to see them in subtitled Japanese.
Once I had refreshed my memory of the series' finale, I finally watched the FullMetal Alchemist movie, "FullMetal Alchemist: Conquerors of Shamballa" which I had bought on DVD a few months ago. The movie resolves a number of plot threads which were left open by the series, and it does it in a very satisfactory way.
FullMetal Alchemist is one of my favorite series of recent years. It is full of complex plot threads and characters who are three-dimensional and compelling. A professor of Literature at Radford wrote essays of commentary on most of the episodes on rec.arts.anime.misc on Usenet, which she is now republishing on her LiveJournal. I'm going to have to look into some of the other series that she is discussing: based on her comments on series I'm familiar with, I should also like the other manga and anime that she thinks are worth while.
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