Fullmetal Alchemist
| It's one of the best written anime imo. The first 12 episodes are poorly paced because they expect you to already be familiar with the story up to that point, but once it starts covering new territory it's great. Please do watch at least a bit further before deciding whether or not to finish it. I personally gave it twice the score I gave JJK, but I've never really cared for the battle scenes themselves, just what they mean to the greater plot, and FMAB does a great job at making them important even if they might not be as flashy as the fight scenes in modern anime. |
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| if you don't like the show you don't like the show move on. don't make obvious bait threads. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
| Brotherhood was made with the idea that everyone had already seen the original FMA, so they rush the initial episodes to get to the new content. I prefer the original anyways, so I'd always recommend someone watch that first and then Brotherhood afterwards. |
Reply to Fancyjasper
Brotherhood was made with the idea that everyone had already seen the original FMA, so they rush the initial episodes to get to the new content. I prefer the original anyways, so I'd always recommend someone watch that first and then Brotherhood afterwards.
| @fancyjasper Not to sound rude, but the OP made it quite clear that they're interested in action-heavy anime. So why would you recommend the first FMA series, which had less action than Brotherhood? |
| FMAB is less good because of it's action and fight sequences and is very top tier when it comes to world building and character development. It has, in my opinion, an extremely neat world with a country fighting it's neighbors and has its hand in a genocide in part of its region. The characters have so many unique personalities and traits that only accelerated this for me. I don't think it's the best anime made but I think it has its place in the top bunch for very good reasons. Hyper shonen style fight sequences are not in this and that's why I don't think jjk fans would love this. |
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| Just because a majority of people like it doesn't mean everyone does. Honestly I have the same opinion on some popular anime. I think why I liked it though is because it had mix of everything and does them well. Like the fights, are not only pretty good, but there is very little internal dialogue compared to Demon Slayer or Naruto, which is something I really appreciate. Also the context in those fights are pretty meaningful. Everyone has a part to play and I felt like I could cheer for every one of them, even the supporting characters. The characters are great imo, with many of them actually feeling like they are real in the story, instead of just being pieces to fill the screen (like background npc's). The story is so well written in how it progresses and poses questions I had (Like Aot) but was still pretty easy to follow. There were many hard hitting and emotional moments too that got me thinking or had my jaw drop while watching. You may not experience the anime the same that I did, but I hope you can enjoy it in some ways. |
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Reply to Early_Morning
@fancyjasper Not to sound rude, but the OP made it quite clear that they're interested in action-heavy anime. So why would you recommend the first FMA series, which had less action than Brotherhood?
| @Early_Morning Action is still a major genre for the original too. If he's talking about high quality action in terms of animation the original is also better directed/animated than Brotherhood. It cut out a bunch of action scenes from the early episodes too, like the Roy vs Ed and the train fight. Not everything is Jujutsu Kaisen s2 where literally every episode is a fight scene and I did see they like Naruto, which has its share of talky time. Regardless of what anyone's genre preferences are, I still think the original FMA is worth trying. Can easily drop it if they don't like it. It's good to expand your genre horizons too. |
| Man... Now I finally realize that modern shounen animes nowadays are all just full of flashy action sequences than substance. I really miss the old times where battle shounen were good as heck. |
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