FMA Manga vs. Anime

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tanebru

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Well, I finally got around to watching the Full Metal Alchemist Anime. It makes so many changes it almost seems like a different series, but it's still pretty good. I prefer the manga, though. Which version do you like best?
 
At first I started with the viz media manga for a couple of volumes then just move on to the anime thinking it was the same thing. I miss the adult swim airings and got the half season box sets and it was pretty good. saw the move hated the ending and went back to the manga.
So I have to say the manga because more characters and I like the story better.
 
They're both good,but I liked the anime more(odd for me,since I'm more of a manga person)....Yeah,it got a bit too melodramatic in places,and I can understand why some people don't like the TV series or movie endings,but I loved the animation,music,and the dub (One of FUNimations best,IMO)...
 
I love them both but I have to give the slight edge to the anime. For one, I felt the parts of the manga that the anime adapted were better done in the show. The suspense and outcome of certain events seemed to have more effective emotional impact and build up/pacing; mainly the deaths. In the manga characters die too quickly and frequently for my liking. I also prefer the anime because it was short and had a clear beginning middle and end. And while I like suspense its hard for me to figure out where the manga is heading (I fear it might go on for far longer than necessary). The anime’s wonderful animation, dub, and music also really adRAB to its overall enjoyment.

However, I do feel the manga does a few things things better. The comedy for instance is fricken hilarious. I especially love the various facial expressions and the bonus content at the end of the volumes. Furthermore, the battles are much more exciting manga wise. For the anime I can only recall two fights I really enjoyed. I even prefer the manga counterparts of many characters such as Scar, Kirablee, Winry, Bradley, Havock, and Barry mostly because they are bit more developed and involved in the book.

FMA fans who have either not seen the anime or not read the manga should definitely do themselves a favor and check out both. They are both truly exceptional.
 
The anime partly because I saw it first before I started reading the manga and partly because I find it more emotional and have better pacing than the manga.
 
They both have good points, the manga is great because of different character interpretations (Alphonse as a bad ass, villains are more developed) but the anime is good because they had real good filler and expansions (The episodes of Shou Tucker in the anime are alot better than the chapters in the manga.) In the end, I have to say manga because they just kept going, but the anime's close second.
 
Maybe it's because I started out with the anime that leaRAB to me liking it more, but the manga just never did anything for me. There's only a few manga that I like anyways-plus the anime version was more entertaining. I think watching an action scene rather than reading it and looking at pictures is better in my opinion (although this isn't the same for everything I've seen)
 
Hmmm... I actually read the manga first, which may be influencing my opinion, but I thought that the scenes appearing in both the manga and anime were best in the manga; Like Shou Tucker's crime and Maes Hughes... you know... I just thought the pacing was better there for some reason. I love the naime to though, so it's a very tight competition; both version have very good points.
 
I like the manga better, but that maybe because I read it first before I saw the anime, mostly because I like the manga storyline better, I mean the anime's good and all, but it felt like I was watching a different series, maybe I'll get a different feeling when the new Hagaren (Fullmetal Alchemist's Japanese nickname) show is released.
 
I've really grown to love both the manga and the anime equally. I started out with the anime and then got into the manga as a tie-in, but when the manga went off in a totally different direction, I found myself intrigued by how different it was and how it featured characters that never appeared in the anime.

And I like how well the manga switches back and forth between really heavy moments and comedy. It's very well balanced in the sense it will occasionally lighten things up from getting too dark and serious...
 
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