FullMetal Alchemist New Series 2009

Wow. Thank god I sturabled upon this thread. I had NO IDEA they were creating a new FMA series. Me very excite. I just really hope is is able to live up to the expectations we all have, as they're very high.
 
You have to remeraber the first what 15 episodes were all just recap almost and shortened. I think the pace of the show should be slowing down.
 
Completely forgot to comment on this episode after I watched it. I agree she is amazing she gave me chills. She is crazy badass, however I do not think they anticipated that Kirabley gets to act on his own though.
 
After the first episode, everything goes into the remake category. They cut the original fullmetal alchemist shorter and made it faster in the new one. It is kind of impossilbe to carry on after the original fullmetal alchemist movie, so its going to be a remake and then continue from there.
 
Uh no, this thread doesn't say anything about being about the newest episode. It's a general thread about the new series. I'm not changing the title. Use spoilers or get infracted. Thanks!
 
As people have been discussing the episodes all the way through this thread I didn't think there would be a problem posting what I did, especially as the episode had already aired.
 
i would really like to see a remake i didnt think the anime was that good at all. i mean it was made well i think that they absolutely spent enough time and energy on it but the mang was not finished and therefore the story was not complete. so how can you end a series that is not over???
i thought the anime was to slow because like many of you have said they needed to kill time. i dont know if this was intentional or if they just didnt think it through that the anime would eventually catch up with the manga?
idk... i just cant wait to see what it looks like!
 
Saw episode 30 not long ago. Ishbal flashback.

They blew it. They had the opportunity to make this into something amazing, and they blew it.

I've been loving FMA: Brotherhood so far- Up until episode 30 it was one of my favorite series. Now it's taken a bit of a step back.

I've always attested that this needed to be at LEAST two episiodes to be properly done, and this confirms it. Hell, looking at how they breezed through things in this one episode, maybe they needed -three-.

So much of what made the original manga compelling was removed. There, you really got to see the weight of the atrocities being committed, and how everything affected everyone involved- Hughes, Mustang (especially Mustang), the Rockbells, Scar, Hawkeye, Marcoh, Knox, etc. I felt the pain and strife of the characters involved because Arakawa took the time to get us involved in it. Now they just went through the motions.

They removed or glossed over key powerful moments from the manga ( I suggest you skip the spoiler and go straight to the manga, though):

Basque Gran is not quite as unsympathetic and 2-dimensional. He was brought in as a replacement for Armstrong after he basically turned tail and ran. He was also the one who found and secured the Supreme Cleric of Ishbal and gave him an audience with the furher to end the war, and he shot the superior officer who had little to no regard to the lives of his soldiers.

The atrocities were reduced/glossed over. No Armstrong letting two Ishbalan survivors escape , who then promptly get blown up by Kirabley.

No mention of rounding up Amestrian soldiers of Ishbalan descent, and the military using them, their own comrades, to create the first philosopher's stones

Nothing whatsoever about Winry's parents, which gave them a sympathetic human face before being killed, as they struggle while dealing with mounting wounded, no medicine, and patients who can't stand the sight of them

You lost any moments of Roy himself using his flame alchemy to kill Ishbalans, and you lose the moment near the end where he's basically ashamed of being considered a hero. And thus his realization and motivation to do the right thing, to rise to power to protect as many people as possible, is lost as well.

You lose the sight of Hawkeye watching her father die, which added to her trauma.

You lose the scene at the Ishbalan child's grave, and thus lose any sense of guilt on Hawkeye's part in helping create the Flame Alchemist through the secrets of flame alchemy tattooed on her back.

I could go on.


And not just that, they had to cut so much of the drama but had to keep the jokes.
In fact, they had to end the episode with a joke from a later chapter which totally feels out of place and adRAB nothing at all to the episode. I liked that moment at the end with Al and May Chang, but I liked it where it originally was meant to be, not in here.
For those who have not read the manga yet, whether you enjoyed this episode or not, read manga vol. 15, chapters 58-61. Well worth the effort, and much better than this.

It's a shame, they were doing spectacularly up until this point.
 
I watched the first two episodes a couple days ago.. It looks way better than the original series! I'm very excited to to watch the rest.. It's a shame about Ikkokufan1 said but if that's the only flaw then I'll enjoy it either way.
 
Episode 37

So, what did you guys think of
the Pride reveal? I thought that scene was creepy, but was kind of underwhelmed by the episode on the whole.
 
I LOVE THIS SHOW.

AMAZING. The animation is so addicting. O_O My brother showed me the recapped episode and i was blown away. ^^ I was so happy. It all looks amazing. I can't wait to see what will happen next. 8D
 
Ep 3 was the best so far.

Pre-emptive shut up to those of you who will whine that they didn't waste 3 episodes on a city that is never relevant to the plotline again, because this isn't following the trainwreck of a story the first anime did.
 
well, i finally finished watching the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime last night (i watched the movie too). so now, i guess i'll start watching Brotherhood. there's just one thing that concerns me though... if Brotherhood is going to follow the manga, and the manga has been going on for years... then does that mean that this Brotherhood series is going to end up being as long as say, Naruto or One Piece? (okay, maybe not One Piece ) but still, this means the anime is probably going to be hundreRAB of episodes long...
 
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