I've gotten several of my friends (as well as my dad) into anime using this show as a beginning step. Overall, even people that don't like anime like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Alchemy itself constantly called into question and many times the characters are forced to ask themselves if it's morally right to use alchemy to change the course of the world (whereas in Soul Eater they don't really debate the morality of the souls they collect). In Brotherhood, there's no yelling out the names of attacks, no long breaks in fights to monologue about plans, and the alchemy used isn't seen as an unquestionable staple of the world. If you compare it to a more typical shounen such as Soul Eater, you begin to realize just how different it is. This show is technically classified as a shounen anime, though I tend to cringe at that because FMAB isn't really a shounen. Then when you go back and watch the show again, you realize all the subtle foreshadowing that was carefully placed and not obvious enough that you pick up on it before it happens. They keep appearing for a long while after that.Įverything in the story is so flawlessly executed that even this type of anime isn't your thing, you can't help but admire how perfectly everything fits together and how many pains the author took in planning every step of the story. Once the show hits episode 15, new characters that weren't in the 2003 adaptation appear and immediately take part in the story. Plus, after the first 13 or so episodes of Brotherhood, the pacing slows down but, once again, without losing steam. If the pacing at the beginning isn't appealing to you, I'd suggest also watching the corresponding episodes of the original anime. Brotherhood quickly sped through the episodes that the 2003 anime had already covered because the good stuff was yet to come. People like to bash on the rushed beginning of the show, but the reason for the rushed beginning is called Fullmetal Alchemist 2003. There's also plenty of comedy, but it never once ruins the mood of the show (cough cough Pandora Hearts). And the show does this all without losing steam or taking long breaks from the action, and also without having characters monologuing in the middle of fights. Not only does it manage to tell the story of the main two characters, Ed and Al, it also gives ample time to all the other characters to show where they come from and how they think. The story of this show is absolutely phenomenal.
I apologize in advance for this wall of text. I'm also going to address some critique that I've seen of the show and why I agree/disagree with it.Īnime because as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist. I'm not going to do what I typically do for a review which is listing the categories and what score I gave them just know that everything is 10/10. Honestly, I don't know what I could say about this show that hasn't already been said, but I'll give it a shot anyway. So in honor of FMA Day 2014 (I know I'm a bit late), I've decided to write a review for my #1 all-time favorite anime (and manga), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
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