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 Read or Die: The TV by five votes. This week it will face a new anime.
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The Competitors
Fullmetal Alchemist
versus
Prince of Tennis</center>
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)
Prince of Tennis (a.k.a. Tennis no Ouji-sama) is a sports anime produced by J.C. Staff, NAS, and Production I.G. It showed on Japanese television from 10/10/2001 to 3/30/2005 with 178 episodes.**
Seishun Gakuen (a junior high school), more commonly referred to by the nickname Seigaku, is known for its strong tennis team. It’s “Regulars” (the top players who compete in interschool tournaments) include a national-level singles player, Tezuka Kunimitsu, the tennis prodigy, Fuji Syuusuke, and the national-level double team, Oishi Syuchiro and Kikumara Eiji, who are known as the “Golden Pair”. Seigaku’s chances of going deep into the prefectural and regional tournaments were already quite high with players like these, but when a mysterious and nonchalant first year student, Echizen Ryoma, joins the team and is not only able to compete with the Regulars but also to able to defeat several of them, even the National title begins to sound less like a daydream and more like an attainable goal. Only the incredibly strong teams from other schools stand in their way. Seigaku! Fight-o! Fight-o! Fight-o!
Primary Seiyuu for Prince of Tennis**
--Minagawa Junko as
Echizen Ryoma (Shuugo - .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Tohma - Fantastic Children, Aoyagi Ritsuka - Loveless, Joshua Christopher - Chrono Crusade)
--Okiayu Ryotaro as
Tezuka Kunimitsu (Matsuua Yuu - Marmalade Boy, Inouva - Magic Knigh Rayearth, Kaku- One Piece, Tigers Eye - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS)
--Onosaka Masaya as
Momoshiro Takeshi (Vash the Stampede - Trigun, Mihara Ichiro - Angelic Layer, Jadeite - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Kerberos (big) - Cardcaptor Sakura)
--Kaida Yuki as
Syuusuke Fuji (Ouka - .hack//Legend of the Twilight, Gherta - Fantastic Children, Makabe Masaki - Zettai Shonen, Kurapika - Hunter x Hunter)
--Kondou Takayuki as
Oishi Syuichiro (Honda Hiroto - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Tanaka Eita - Shakugan no SHANA, Mach Alert - Transformers: Car Robots, Synevnite - GUYVER: The Bioboosted Armmor)
--Kiyasu Kohei as
Kaidoh Kaoru (Fuwa Daichi - Whistle!, Aikawa Kazuhiko - Hoop Days, Minashiro Soushi - Fafner, Makunouchi Ippo - Fighting Spirit)
*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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Let the voting begin!</center>
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Future Competitors (in no particular order & subject to change):
Serial Experiments Lain
Cowboy Bebop
Hikaru no Go
Sailor Moon
His and Her Circumstances
Air
Shaman King
Infinite Ryvius
Chobits
Love Hina
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)
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