Thread: Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood

omg really?! thats really cool i have to get the last manga and watch the last episode!! i heard it going to be really epic!!

i think its about time they started to follow the original story

Honestly, Brotherhood was an attempt to cash in on this franchise where the movie failed to bring in the American dollar. In my opinion, Conqueror of Shambala was a decent film to close the series where it left us in an ambiguous state questioning whether the brothers would reunite. On the other hand, I was also pleased with the series ending.
It's similar to Evangelion, when the series ended in a very thought provoking manner, but the general public wanted more so a film was made.
After seeing the entirety of Brotherhood I must say it was a huge disappointment. Much like others in this thread I was not expecting Brotherhood to come close to the original series, but it missed the mark entirely. The homonculi were no where near the same concept as in the first series, and in reality that added a level of ingenuity to the series (homonculi named after sins - a sin to create a homonculi). Scar's vendetta was desolved halfway through the new series, Kimblee's, Greed's, Lust's, and Hohenhiem's character's were RUINED. Wrath and Pride were altered, and in a horrible manner.

I feel as though the creative think tank behind brotherhood simply stuffed the original series in their mouths, chewed for awhile, ate it, crapped it out and called it gold. If they wanted to profit more from the series then they should have pleanned for more films, or another season where Ed finds his way back to Al. They should not have re-written perfection.

Also, above is what I think about the ANIME SERIES, not the MANGA.

I like Brother hood over the frist FMA and here is why:

Ok think of the two Series like one big book, Ok The frist Fma was like an overweiw or a summary that is on any book cover. Now Brother hood the reason why I like it better is because it goes chapter by Chapter and it answers all the question that you might have thought of when you watched the frist FMA.

I just recently started watching Full Metal Alchemist.
I had intended to watch it when it first aired on Adult Swim however long ago.
Through a series of random events that escape me, I ended up missing a good number of the beginning episodes, and I hate watching things when I didn't get to see it from beginning to end. Just one of my pet peeves I suppose.
But anyway, to my question.
I'm enjoying the original series but I have a lot of my friends telling me that Brotherhood was way better than the original. I highly doubt this, just because I hardly EVER like reboots, OVA's, or just anything like that. It seems they always find a way to disappoint me.
So, I was wondering if after I finish Full Metal Alchemist, if I should give Brotherhood a try?
Also, what exactly are the differences other than Brotherhood being the manga retelling? Or is that the only difference?

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The first 13 episodes of 'Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood' is roughly a retelling of the first half of the original anime series. But after that, there are new characters, new story, and new forms of Alchemy of the likes never seen in the original series (as well as a much more grander plot) which makes viewing the new series worth while...