The content of this piece was written on a viewing of the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on June 19, 2010. Edits have been made for spelling and grammar, but the rest is completely untouched, and un-edited from the original Twitter feed.

9:08 PM Anyway, here are the basics:

9:10 PM Directed by Yasuhiro Irie (Vision of Escaflowne, RaXephon, Kurau Phantom Memory)

9:11 PM Written by Hiroshi Onogi (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Macross Zero, Birdy the Mighty Decode)

9:11 PM Animated by Bones

9:12 PM And let's begin. :)

9:13 PM Open with overhead shot of the city, some guy drawing a magic circle in an alley

9:13 PM And we have ID - "The Freezing Alchemist?" :O

9:14 PM Introducing - Col. Roy Mustang, aka the John Redcorn of FMA... or something :P

9:15 PM "The boy is here, as well. Use him however you like :3" ... I need an adult! I NEED AN ADULT! Wait... I am an adult. >-> <-< Carry on...

9:15 PM "The Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric. :D"

9:17 PM Opening theme go. :)

9:17 PM Sounds like Yui

9:17 PM Alchemy Mark Designing: Shinji Aramaki? O_o

9:18 PM Go figure. Big name there

9:18 PM Opening theme: again by YUI. Thought so :)

9:19 PM episode opens with the group chasing the Freezing Alchemist... who's kicking ass and taking names o_o

9:20 PM "Freezing and boiling - both attributes of water." You just ruined it, man -.-

9:20 PM Equivalent Exchange talk now. And Edward turns a post into a bat with his pissy face on it.

9:20 PM I have to admit - the fight scenes in this series are always fun.

9:21 PM "Automail :O"

9:21 PM Everybody knows Edward, apparently... like everyone in Cheers knows Norm

9:22 PM "Not you? o_o" XD "This runt? ;.;"

9:22 PM Note to self: Don't piss off an alchemist.

9:22 PM Freezy tries to get the last laugh by boiling a puddle.

9:23 PM "I told you to listen to the briefing T_T" John Redcorn- I mean Roy Mustang has some good advice

9:24 PM Talkin about Freezie - Isaac McDougal - used to be a former State Alchemist, blah blah blah, renounced title, joined rebels. Same old

9:24 PM "YO Roy :3" Mood = broken

9:25 PM Poor Al - always mistaken for the FMA, gets that adorable confused face

9:25 PM "You guys don't have a place to stay yet, right? So come home with ME :3" o___o u-uh...

9:25 PM D'aww :3 This guy's daughter is adorable.

9:25 PM "O-TO-TO na-noooooo T_T"

9:26 PM "Central Prison" - Lemme guess... today's bad guy coming about?

9:27 PM Possibly- Kimblee's got an alchemist mark... he's suitably crazy. Freezie just killed a guard

9:28 PM "Ms. Gracia's quiche looked like mom's, didn't it? ;-;" + thought bubble... oh god don't go emo... not in episode one T_T I'm liking this!

9:29 PM Bullet dodged by Al getting kitty face and saying something innocent

9:30 PM "I'd sure like to get our bodies soon :(" Not gonna happen, Al.

9:30 PM Eyecatch!

9:31 PM "Isaac sneaked into the prison last night T_T" city-wide manhunt ordered by der Fuhrer (HEIL um... who are they HEIL-ing? o_o Hitla? Fritz?)

9:32 PM "I'm going out too T_T" Roy Mustang has to say something dramatic9:32 PM Freezie's drawing a circle... and he's interrupted by an alchemist - Armstrong.

9:32 PM Looks like one of the Cho Aniki guys. =D

9:33 PM Dramatic Freezie!

9:34 PM "Roy Mustang T_T" Again- this guy's the show's John Redcorn - they have to say his full name every time, or something XD

9:34 PM Roy Mustang knows how to kick ass with little effort

9:34 PM But Ed always catches up in the end, I guess

9:35 PM Looks like Ol' Freezie has a Philosopher's Stone - did he beat the shit out of Harry Potter for it, or something?

9:35 PM Oh god... T_T He's emo

9:36 PM FFS - kill Mr. Freeze, before he starts a monologue9:36 PM Another entertaining action scene - Armstrong punches a tsunami and diverts it THROUGH A GODDAMN CITY BLOCK

9:37 PM sorry - ice wall

9:37 PM "KINGU BURATORI"

9:38 PM Evil Iceman ftw

9:38 PM "You lost your arm, and your brother's body is hollow... You guys committed the taboo! :O" I bet we'll hear what that is soon enough. >_>

9:39 PM Amidst much Square-Enix branded angst and emo, no doubt

9:39 PM yeeep

9:39 PM "You performed human transmutation, alchemy's greatest taboo!" and flashback

9:39 PM With emo and angst

9:40 PM Epic beat down is go

9:40 PM Al kicks Freezie down the ice wave... epic rolling ensues

9:41 PM "Don't underestimate my flames! T_T" Oh you, Roy Mustang :3

9:41 PM Black and white showdown between Freezie and Bradley... slick animation

9:41 PM frozen blood lance = new ultimate weapon

9:42 PM :D :D 1990s anime blood geyser!

9:42 PM Fuhrer King Bradley... wat '-'

9:42 PM Leader King Bradley?

9:43 PM Aww... Roy Mustang has a cold :o

9:44 PM ...Cho Aniki major apparently enjoys undressing in front of young boys o_o

9:44 PM "You can touch it it you like! :3" ... I need an adult. '_'

9:44 PM "Oh, Isaac is dead, is he? :3" is that... Lust?

9:44 PM Gluttony

9:44 PM "It will begin, very soon. :3"

9:45 PM Ending credits

9:45 PM ANN tells me that this is Uso (Lie) by Sid.

9:46 PM My verdict: So far, I'm digging it more than the original show. Still a LOT of Post-Nomura-Era Square angst... but the show itself is strong

9:47 PM The characters are (mostly) good, the writing is pretty good for a long serial show, the animation is fantastic, and the premise is great.

9:47 PM I'm eagerly looking forward to the rest, now