Thank you for your praise, Admin. I really do find it... happy-making, if that is how you would put it yourself.
I read the manga and watched the anime entitled 'Fullmetal' (AKA: the writer going out on a limb and doing so successfully) and I'm currently immersing myself in Brotherhood, picking out the tiny mistakes here and there (only in the artistry itself, I'm so excited now that I can hear Vic Mignogna doing the real Edward Elric impersonation). I happen to enjoy Vic and Travis' works on the voicing and I'm also slightly stunned we lost the original Alphonse on the way, but you must be prepared to lose every once and awhile. The process of aging takes a terrible toll on the voice of a young male and I'm sad to see him go, but he will always be the original Alphonse, even if he wasn't voicing the original Alphonse to begin with.
Enough of my ranting. What about you?