1. Why do you like FMA?
It's a wonderful story, with fully believable characters, interesting moral dilemmas, and terrific designs. Even the villains are sympathetic. Plus, any story that ends and has you wishing that the characters had more story has done really well.
2. How did you hear of it?
By accident. I live in the UK, and an anime channel had started, which was running only four series at the time between 1 in the morning and 3 a.m., and the 2003 version of Fullmetal was one of those. Weirder, the first episode I saw was episode 25, where Hughes has problems in a phone booth. I was in the deep end and heartbroken all at the same time.
3. Favorite part of the story?
That's tricky. In some ways, though, my favorite moment happens in Brotherhood, when Ed and Al are being "escorted" to a cell in Briggs. Al says something about whether Ed really believes that he'll get his body back soon, and Ed softly assures him that he does. It's so sweet!
4. Favorite quote.
Ouch. There's so many good ones. One of them, though, is while Greedling and Ed are fighting Pride outside of the Kanama slums, and both have been thrashed rather. Greedling calls to Ed, "Hey, you still breathin' over there?" and Ed gasps, "Does wheezing count?"
5.Loophole to cosplay.
Hughes. But I'd never pull it off, even though I wear glasses.
Thanks for listening! It's been real!