[You can buy the Bluray Discs here if you're in the United States.](http://amzn.com/B0116FT65W) They are actually affordable and competently produced by Funimation.  We're proud to bring you the first thirteen episodes of this iconic series. Batches will be separated by opening theme. This first batch has the opening theme "Melissa" by Porno Graffiti. The next batch will have the best OP ever, "Ready Steady Go" by L'Arc-en-Ciel. I'm open to suggestions for what series gets done after the completion of Fullmetal Alchemist 2003. It has to be a series/movie that we can get source material for. It also has to be a series/movie **that does not have any good, competent releases yet**. Leave your suggestions in the comments. Source: US BD Source Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps \[V: h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080\] Source Audio: TrueHD 48000Hz 6ch 6912kbps Source Audio: TrueHD 48000Hz stereo 2304kbps This encode: Video: 720x540 10-bit 4:4:4 H.264 CRF14 Audio: TrueHD --> FLAC (by eac3to) --> QAAC q=127 TrueVBR Subtitles: Styled .ass based on US BD pgs. FAQ: Q: Will any other higher/lower resolutions be released? A: No. Q: What audio+sub combination is default? A: Japanese Audio, Full English subtitles Q: Will you be doing encodes for the Death Note blurays? A: Probably... not. I've heard/seen some evidence of mishandled deinterlacing on the progressive blurays. I've also seen/heard evidence of warpsharping. Typical Viz incompetence. Don't buy the blurays. Q: What should I do if I see a problem in this release? A: Leave a comment/tell us on irc. Our IRC channel is [\#[email protected]](irc://irc.hoshinet.org/fma1394) Q: Where are the dank memes? A: Ask herkz. Q: Are you looking for help? A: Absolutely! Looking for translators and subtitle gurus (timing, editing, typesetting, etc). Q: Credits? Textless OP/ED? A: English Credits. Q: Why would you bother with such an old series? A: Besides the notion that Fullmetal Alchemist is a long standing favorite of mine, every single release of it out there is complete shit. AHQ? Please. Q: Why would you do SD encodes of a Bluray instead of just using the DVD? A: The bluray is a lot cleaner. I did comparisons of it with the R2J DVDs. The fact that this is H.264 and not MPEG2 helped a lot with retaining detail. Really a good job by Funimation in producing these discs. Credits: Encoding: FMA1394 Encoding assistance: The-Profileth ([\#[email protected]](irc://irc.rizon.net/dual-duality)) Timing Adjustments: (fine timing): Stryen Typesetting: Stryen Additional Translations: bluesun, Licca Quality Control: FMA1394, FuzzyWumkinz, Stryen Special shout out to: \_\_ar and herkz for some encoding advice **If you say something dumb in the comments, don't expect a response.**