Talk:Episode 26: Reunion (2009 series)

The thing is, that circle wasn't the same as the one on Xerxes' ruins. Ed designed that circle after studying the ruins. The Xerxes circle has a dragon in the middle and was simplier. This is Ed's circle: manga and this is the mural from Xerxes: manga too. And the title card. Kiadony 18:19, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Both circles have the upside down god symbol and the hermaphroditic dragons. The only difference between the mural and Ed's recreation of it is that he omits the blocks of text and the Lion that devours the sun. mural in the manga, as discovered by Ed. If there is a difference in detail, it only exists here in the title card CorbeauKarasu 18:36, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

Ed also omitted large suns and moons and added some shapes to the circle's inner part. The circle on th title card is exactly the one Ed designed, and I'm sure that there's another title card that shows the Xerxes mural. I think we should at least mention that Ed came up with this circle. (this is kiadony, university comp).

Ah, you're right! I never noticed before; somehow, I didn't realize that Edward drew two circles there. It slipped my attention that one was considerably larger than the other and I thought they were two shots of the same thing (facepalm). The large suns and moons are still in the larger circle Ed designed, but they've both been simplified into the contemporary symbols for the sun and moon, so the suns lack faces and appear just as simple circles like the sun on Kimblee's hand and the moons aren't depicted as shining or multi-phased. In this regard, I'd say he simplified the circle, since all the shapes on the outer levels are still there, but like you said, he seems to have added a smaller array to the center - one which doesn't seem to contain either the upside down god or the double dragons. So that makes two Human Transmutation circles designed by Edward. The kid continues to amaze. Thanks for catching that, I've changed the page. CorbeauKarasu 14:16, April 27, 2010 (UTC)