AA30 - Assault On South Headquarters

* Episode recap
* Commentary
- Izumi epitomizing "tragic mother" theme
- Knowing what the boy really is
- Return of intercutting plot lines
- Archer's investigation
- Keeping Hughes' death a secret
- Beginning of the Greed story arc
- Who's Pride?
* Listener feedback
- Toby: Extra episodes and lame Cornello
- JoshTheBanditKing: Winry's motivations
- BoardwalkBhikku: Why Ed and Al take Izumi's abuse
- xslickx1: In the movie, why the need to close both sides of the gate?
- Lordanubis485: Sloth revealed in episode 25, theme of abandonment in FMA
- edcrazy_2008: Should there be a live-action FMA movie?
* Shwag
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Trading Card Game for Nintendo DS
- New manga from Sonny Strait (voice of Hughes)
- Piano Squall game and anime music album covers FMA song
* Convention appearances for weekend of Feb 8 - 10:
- A & G Ohio (Akron, OH): Mike McFarland (ADR director, Havoc)
- Ikkicon (Austin, TX): Tiffany Grant (Marta), Kyle Hebert (Falman), Brina Palencia (Nina Tucker), Chris Patton (Greed), Aaron Dismuke (Alphonse), Vic Mignogna (Edward), Chuck Huber (Shou Tucker), Leah Clark (Noah), Wendy Powell (Envy)
- Naka-con (Kansas City, MO): Christopher Sabat (Armstrong), Sonny Strait (Hughes)
* Convention appearances for weekend of Feb 15- 17:
- Katsucon (Washington, DC): Tiffany Grant (Marta), Antimere Robinson (package designer for Funimation)
- Animation on Display / San Francisco Animation Convention (San Francisco, CA): Vic Mignogna (Edward)
* Convention appearances for weekend of Feb 22 - 24:
- (none)
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