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h3witt said: na i gave it a pretty generous rating. I'm not one of those guys that give 'legend of the galactic heroes' a 1/10 from seeing 1 episode because the last 20 people loved it and it didnt look as pretty as SAO. YOU MONSTER! |
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| It delves into mature complex themes, yet is accessable to the general audience. Put those hand-to-hand along with tons of likeable characters, and you've got one hell of a show. |
| i think it's best representation of battle shounen other than another high rated shounen. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Ill tell you what, FMAB is an absolute perfection of a series. It has an almost flawless plot, consistently brilliant art and music, gag scenes that dont shit on things but add perfume to them, superb action and amazing, amazing character development. If you find this series to be not worth your time, then fine: rest easy with the knowledge that there is something profoundly wrong with you. |
| You've done nothing but spout meaningless prattle. - Yukino Yukinoshita. |
broenheim said: Ill tell you what, FMAB is an absolute perfection of a series. It has an almost flawless plot, consistently brilliant art and music, gag scenes that dont shit on things but add perfume to them, superb action and amazing, amazing character development. If you find this series to be not worth your time, then fine: rest easy with the knowledge that there is something profoundly wrong with you. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/FullmetalAlchemist www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13702 Most of the complaints FMA gets are from the immature out of place comedy ''perfume'' LOL |
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| People likes things that you don't. Mind=Blow |
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broenheim said: gag scenes that dont shit on things but add perfume to them I think that at least this is something that most people don't agree with, not even FMA:B fans. Also it would help if you had watched more than a handful of series before you call something an absolute perfection. |
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h3witt said: I agree .It was okay for me but objectively it's probably the best anime in the last 16 yrs .I once tried typing "FMAB is trash" on the internet .The most I got was a comparison to another trash anime and how FMAB was a masterpiece .It's probably to do with how it's quite ungeneric and can be watched by even older viewersJust curious to see why people think fmab is good. For me it didn't have any standout attributes and even the basics were pretty mediocre. I mean sure its a subjective thing but i'm still confused why its rated so highly. |
| Wohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
| Because there is not even a single anime better than Brotherhood in existence. |
| What with this ''objectively'' disease. |
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| Isn't this like the 3rd thread on this topic? |
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AttackOnTetris said: Make it 30Isn't this like the 3rd thread on this topic? |
| It's the best rated seinen for a reason |
| Because it is accessible with competent writing, a good cast of characters, and some good fights. The worldbuilding is good as is the narrative as whole. It interweaves various sub-plots and character arcs into a reasonably satisfactory climax. |
JonasDaJay said: It's the best rated seinen for a reason It's a shounen thou xD |
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romagia said: le edgy atheist pandering |
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Agafin said: This type of threads should be banned from MAL. OT: It's the closest thing to a flawless anime with pretty much universal appeal and zero controversy. Just like I said before, the highest rated anime is not the most loved one but rather the least hated popular one, always. |
ichii_1 said: JonasDaJay said: It's the best rated seinen for a reason It's a shounen thou xD :P |
| An anime is good when a lot of people appreciate it. We don't care if whatever anime you like isn't as popular as you think it should be because life isn't fair. People think FMAB is good because they enjoy it. B8 failed m8, i r8 0/8 m8 much h8 dont appreci8 |
| It's the best shounen I've seen. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| It's just the least hated one. |
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| Because it is the best anime. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| It's a good starting point for anyone who starts watching anime. |
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| I think that people now watching or reading it have some sort of expectation for it now, which is sad and makes anything harder to enjoy when you genuinely "expect" it to be mindblowing and think every scene is going or should be badass. makes a lot of these threads and of course, "didnt live up to my expectations." I honestly didnt know FMA:B was the highest rated on here..Glad to see it, though. It is genuinely one of my favorites, though, I am a bit biased as it was something that really sparked my interest in anime (not counting DBZ, pokemon and the like I watched before when I was younger) It's made by a good production company, has likeable characters, interesting storyline and arcs, good fight scenes, delves in complex issues, is equally intense and "dark" at times as well as comedy and not so mature themes.. many different emotions. philosophical, well thought out story with no plot holes. Also, canonically correct, which you dont see a lot and is very refreshing, cant think of any other manga adaptation that was done so well. So, basically, it has a lot in it that many different kinds of people can enjoy. It was done well, and the story was well thought out before being adapted which really helped. the mangaka thought about the story for a long time with many trials, and basically taking her time to perfect the story which really shone through imo. |
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| As someone who watched fair bit of anime in almost all genres (including hentai and not for fap.purposes) and as a writer I'll give my opinion on this. I absolutely loved FMB but by no means I find it the best. General idea of the plot is interesting, albeit already seen. Luckily not as much as usual power up, beat the bad guy trope. It takes courage to tackle serious topics such as religion and politics. In my opinion shounen doesn't really fit those. What mostly took away from anime is the fact main characters are basically kids. I understand it was supposed to show their growth and how they cope with learning truth about how world works, but it was clumsily executed. During the whole show they remained stubborn kids, never learning some things. Yes it's noble that you want to save everyone, but you risk many for the sake of one. Ok it's fiction, always works out in the end, but if you are going for serious topics that are metaphor for our own world and even for Nazi Germany then add some weight to it. Make characters make impactful choices. Also to me it seems side characters and some antagonists received more development than others. Although it was better than other Shounens, underneath the shell main characters are still good old shounen cliches. Good guys that just never give up, never feel broken and keep on fighting until they finally kick the bad guy's ass. I also dislike how vague everything about Homunculi and The Truth (or God if you will) was left. Humans created the first and he taught them alchemy? Or did they know it already. But wait he was part of the Truth (I don't want to go back there - when Homunculi was deafeted) ? How did humans manage to extract it? Also why does he get so little exposure and gets only few lines explaining his motives? I did like tho how not even bad chatacters were actually evil to be evil. I came to pity Envy as he was left in his slug form, wanting only to be more like humans. Although I knew what he was envious of after his first few lines (shitty humans, ugly humans). And pretty much everything was slightly predictable. As for animation, it is good but doesn't stand out, however it's very consistent. Soundtrack is a killer. As for emotional moments, I didn't feel too much saddness when they occured. Mom dying and being so desperate to get her back.is fine..Something everyone can relate to and has impact. Maes... all we saw of him was that he blabbered about his family, had an easy going shell, but was much more serious under it. But it wasn't developed all that well, just throw in there. Can't deny the impactof "Why are they burrying daddy"... having witnessed that scene in real life it hit me in the guts. Nina scene people say is tearjerker. I say it was a character who appeared in one episode and I didn't connect to it. It's a scene that shows people with power will use all the means necessary to keep it, even if it means sacrificing their own family. All in all, what I am trying to say is that we have a show that is tagged as shounen but stands between few genres. It has some shounen cliches, but avoids many and characters are not hur dur I strong I win, but also doesn't explore the story nor develops characters and story as much to fit other genres. However it does stand as one of the better shows, as it's well rounded. I liked the ending even tho most hate it. Elric and Alphonse were always together, dependant on each other, and everyone seemed to forget they were both individuals with different goals. Not to say the theory of Ed sustaining Al's body seemed to be correct. I'd give it 8/10 objectively but as far as enjoyment goes it's 10/10. As I watch I don't analyze and simply enjoy. If most people.enjoyed it as it is and ranked it number 1 then it's where it deserves to be. |
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| It's incredible! It's the one show I willingly re-watch. |
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| I wouldn't say it's the best or a masterpiece but it comes pretty damn close. |
andpark said: Which glass girl?romagia said: le empowered female character trope I never got how the female characters in FMA are any more empowered than other shounen. Aside from Riza, none of the other female characters are important. Winry only fix windmill and is a love interest Armstrong is a stereotypical strong woman but does nothing out of value for the plot Lust is the stereotypical deadly temptation Edward's teacher is..well she is good so I will count her with Riza That glass girl is ??? So two empowered female characters that's not much and can be found even in a shounen like One Piece. |
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