Yeah.
another thought I had while talking to my friend is just how sad the series could get. For example, Maes Hughesâs funeral broke me. Like, what kind of monster could write that?
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ah, so thatâs who I have to thank for my broken soul
Donât watch Clannad.
It will break you the same way Randy Savage snaps into a slim jim.
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Such a sad moment, I really should finish BrotherhoodâŚ
I love both of them! Iâd say that Fullmetal Alchemist is a better series to start with, and then you should watch Brotherhood. I (like most people) prefer Brotherhood.
Donât know if this is new news, but these shows are on Netflix.
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I love Fullmetal Alchemist. Both series are great, like a lot of people, I think Brotherhood is better and it is my number 1 favorite anime.
Iâm only watching FMA so far, and iâm only on like episode 40. How is Brotherhood different and what is it about? Is it a sequel?
Brotherhood is a remake that follows the manga more closely.
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Should I watch Brotherhood right away when I am done with FMA or watch Conquerer of Shamballa?
Watch Shamballa if you wanna wrap up everything nicely
Then take a break before watching brotherhood.
6-7 years of experience (or in some cases new voice actors altogether) changes everyoneâs voices a bit.
I tried to watch the original, butâŚ
I wasnât a fan. The animation felt lazy and bad (especially when they were angry), the story was barely even a story, and nothing about it (except the little brother being cute) really worked for me.
I hear Brotherhood is better, though.
I donât think you watched FMA.
No, I did.
(come on, look at the little brother in the background and the lack of effort put into his face!
Admittedly, I didnât finish the season, but that was because watching it felt like a chore.
To be honest, for me to like an anime it must do two things:
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Avoid too many obnoxious anime things (lazy animation, wobble eye, huge hair, squealing voices, overly massive eyes, enormous boobs).
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Make up for those things by being a good show.
If an anime can do both (attack on titan or deadman wonderland), or just the second one (the first half of season one of sword art online), I will enjoy it. To me, FMA did neither. It piled on the lazy animation and its dull story utterly failed to interest me at all.
I couldnât even like the theme song a bit, which is not a good thing.
I understand that you dislike it when the show simplifies the characters from time to time, however the expressive, simplified designs are used as a tool to convey the charactersâ emotion and/or the absurdity of the situation as easy as possible. The crude art was only used in goofy situations with a light-hearted feel (as far as I can remember).
The more important scenes were given more attention, and the character acting and fights looked great for the most part. And, hey, Yutapon worked on the '03 FMA; he doesnât do bad animation.
Two brothers perform a human transmutation in attempt to bring their dead mother back and end up losing their bodies. The anime follows the brothers trying to find a way to regain their former selves or, at least, get Alphonse back his human body. Sounds like an interesting setting, right?
Thereâs quite a few openings for the series. But yeah, I enjoy the first one mainly for nostalgic reasons and the opening monologue.
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HA HA HA HA. Donât make me laugh. But yeah, watch Conquerer of Shamballa. It is canon.
@king328 Maybe watch more (or all) of the show before passing judgement.
Conquerer of Shamballa is the canon continuationâŚof the first anime series.
At least its a way better movie for an anime than Star of Milos, which is a filler movie.
Star of Milos also doesnât fit into canon.