Sacred Star of Milos and Legendary Super Saiyan

This weekend on Toonami they will be showing the two most awesome movies in all of anime, DBZ:Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan, and Akira. Since I already went over Akira in a previous entry, I'd suggest you go to the archives and look it up and watch on Saturday because it's just the most awesome ever. Instead I'll be focusing on Broly and reviewing last weekend's Sacred Star of Milos.

Full Metal Alchemist has been known to have fillers, but mercifully, they always seem to fit in with the canon storyline, unlike some other franchises. In Sacred Star of milos, it's all about Milos, a valley on the border between Amestris, the country where FMA takes place, and Krata, one of it's neighbors. It all starts when a dangerous prisoner reveals he can use alchemy and escapes just before he was to be released from prison. Ed and Al get involved and try to capture him, following leads to Krata where they become involved in a war with Milos. It seems Milos was a very proud and distinguished city that was taken over by Krata and the native population was driven into a valley where they live in squalor, although for some reason they are able to build flying suits with bat wings that look to be of professional quality despite their utter lack of any resources whatsoever. There is one important alchemist named Julia who mostly just uses her alchemy to heal, she learned from her parents about the Star of Milos, which the Elrics deduce is actually a Philosopher's Stone. Julia is being sought after by the fugitive alchemist who it seems is her brother, and he has inherited fromtheir parents two alchemy circles that he has painted on his hands in blood, his right hand controls ice, the left lightning/electricity(considering Square Enix makes the anime, I can't help but think this is a nod to FF7&8 where these two elements are the starting magic for both Cloud and Squall who's names are both weather related as is their magic). There's also some wolf chimera that function as werewolves hunting down Julia's brother. Of course, in FMA tradition it is revealed that the entire city is designed to be a transmutation circle meant to turn the entire population into a Philosopher's Stone. Ed and Al have to try to stop this because they do not condone killing an entire city for one stone that can grant the power of a god. Unfortunately, they fail and it becmes a battle over the stone. Things get weird as it is revealed that Julia's brother is actually General tlas of Krata who stole her brother's face after killing their parents and her real brother used another Philosopher's Stone to save himself and has actually been using the wolf chimera to protect her from Atlas. Eventually everything gets straightened out and with order restored the Elrics return to Amestris. I know that sounds vague, but really it's actually typical FMA fare, but it is a treat to see the bros back in action.

Now, as for Broly, this movie, like all other DBZ movies is non-canon and doesn't actually fit in the timeline. Because of the characters involved and the fact that Gohan can go Super Saiyan and Goku is alive, the only time that works is right before the Cell Games, but they'd be permanent Super Saiyans and nobody would be as relaxed at the beginning of the movie. Anyway, ignoring all of that, the story is that Broly was born the same day as Goku and was right next to him in the nursery. Goku was actually the weakest of Saiyans, so as a baby he cried and annoyed Broly who powered up and revealed he was the most powerful Saiyan ever even at only tw days old. King Vegeta felt threatened and tried to exile/dispose of both Broly and his father Paragus. However, as many know, this was bout the same time Frieza decided to blow up the planet Vegeta and wipe out all Saiyans, so Broly's exile actually saved him and he was free to rampage around te galaxy and become ridiculously powerful. Now, Saiyans are avid fighters and have this crazy habit of seeking out new challenges, so when Goku learns of another Super Saiyan he can't wait to meet him. Vegeta has a different perspective because he only gets invited by Paragus to be the King of the surviving Saiyans. It seems all great until Broly shows up, restrained by Paragus and seemingly harmless, until he recognizes Goku and utters that infamous complaint that puts Vegeta to shame, "KAKAROT!" Broly's hatred of Goku eventually causes him to go out of control and he reveals himself as the legendary Super Saiyan. This leads into an all out fight that invloves all four of the canon Super Saiyans(Future Trunks is along for this one) plus Broly who sees to be as strong as all four combined, and probably even stronger because Piccolo is also there and it doesn't help much. Oh and Broly kills his dad too, because he has gone mad at this point, all because he gets ticked off by Goku's voice. Did I mention that Broly also gets bigger when he goes Super Saiyan, so this is Super Saiyan on steroids? We're talking the kid of guy that would make Arnold Scwarzenegger in his prime look like a puny ninety-eight pound weakling. broly is jacked, but of course, Goku still wins, butit is epic. I will not tell you how or even show you a clip you have to tune in Saturday night to see what happens. If you haven't already, you'd better be watching and stick around for Akira!