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Jul 29, 2021 4:06 AM
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FMAB is one of the Greatest Anime ever made. It is nearly a perfect Anime IMO. And to me one of the great aspect of the show was it's Worldbuilding. It is one the best without a doubt. How would you rate FMAB's Worldbuilding in comparison to other greats.
For me the best Worldbuilding, I have ever watched in an Anime was in 'Made in Abyss.' Then there's Shinsekai Yori, H×H, Cowboy Bebop.
Naruto, Baccano, The Promised Neverland, Vinland Saga also was pretty good. I think Mushoku Tensei, Re Zero, Tower of God, Black Clover have a lot of potential among the new ones.
And ohh.. I haven't watched AoT, Jojo yet and only watched till One Piece Drum Island Arc so I can't comment on them.
Where do you think FMAB stands among these giants..!
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Sandro8604 said:
Where do you think FMAB stands among these giants..!

I'd say at the bottom. While the concept was good (an anime about alchemy is interesting) the execution felt flat and boring for me. I personally enjoyed FMA 2003 a lot more.
Jul 29, 2021 4:29 AM
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Sandro8604 said:
FMAB is one of the Greatest Anime ever made. It is nearly a perfect Anime IMO. And to me one of the great aspect of the show was it's Worldbuilding. It is one the best without a doubt. How would you rate FMAB's Worldbuilding in comparison to other greats.
For me the best Worldbuilding, I have ever watched in an Anime was in 'Made in Abyss.' Then there's Shinsekai Yori, H×H, Cowboy Bebop.
Naruto, Baccano, The Promised Neverland, Vinland Saga also was pretty good. I think Mushoku Tensei, Re Zero, Tower of God, Black Clover have a lot of potential among the new ones.
And ohh.. I haven't watched AoT, Jojo yet and only watched till One Piece Drum Island Arc so I can't comment on them.
Where do you think FMAB stands among these giants..!
as a novel reader I would say mushoku tensei and re zero have a better world building than fmab .
Jul 29, 2021 4:43 AM
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I enjoyed the world building way more in the manga than in fmab, its one of the aspects that felt hurt of not telling the whole story. But even then, there are not a lot of moving parts world building wise in the manga, it uses what it has set up pretty well, but its kinda un ambitious. I love worlbuilding in HxH and One piece, when the story goes to a new place not only its some wild and thorough concept, but it also fits with the rest of the world and has a great sense of constancy.
Jul 29, 2021 4:53 AM
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How is the world building good if we don't know about the world? The author didn't go in depth with any country besides the one where the action is taking place.
Jul 29, 2021 5:13 AM
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Yawn.. overrated show is overrated
Jul 29, 2021 5:26 AM
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Yeah its pretty gud butbif i have to compare one piece with it one piece is way better
Jul 29, 2021 5:31 AM
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I would agree
As much as I shit on FMAB, I'd say the worldbuilding is top tier. Be it the sudden shift of location from Amestris to Briggs to Xerxes. The interesting power system which LITERALLY LETS YOU FUCKING MANIPULATE THE WORLD. To how the entire world is connected by the underground sewer system (this can be seen as a pro and a con, the former is the case for me). The constant political war with other countries. It even has a very well done train system (which is missing in other anime).

Also, the fact that the whole city is a transmutation circle. Nice touch

If you want me to rank it
1)One Piece
2)Berserk
3)Made in Abyss
4)Magi
5)Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
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Jul 29, 2021 5:45 AM
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Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
Jul 29, 2021 6:00 AM
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decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
watch one piece and your opinion will be change
Jul 29, 2021 6:26 AM
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I think fmab world building is cool but they didn't flesh it out enough and series such as One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, Made In Abyss, Attack On Titan, and others definitely have better worldbuilding.
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sabervergarden said:
decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
watch one piece and your opinion will be change
sabervergarden said:
decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
watch one piece and your opinion will be change

Yeah I really need to watch it I’ve only heard good things about it. I’ll add it to my watch list
Jul 29, 2021 9:23 AM
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I wouldn’t say its the best. Alot of others build the world even better imo. FMAB is good because it knows what it is and follows its own rules for the most part. You can maybe argue the Roy Mustang incident but other than that it followed its own set rules and didn’t go overboard and thats the magic to me in this series.

It too bad the toxic fans in this went out of their way to 1 vote decent/good anime to keep this series so high on MAL. Its like the sweat shop you find out about in one of your favorite brands.
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decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
gintama is still better tho
Jul 29, 2021 10:33 AM
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I’d say world building is probably one of the things that could be called amazing in FMAB. I would rank it at the tip top … unless you include the alchemy in there. Not that the way alchemy is explained doesn’t make sense, but it should have been more effective in practice on many occasions when it wasn’t. Edward can manipulate the ground just by putting his hands together and visualizing it but usually just makes a spear or something, which is way less effective in combat than say … making spears pop out of the ground, removing the enemy’s footing, or many other options. I refuse to believe Edward was so thick-headed to not think how best to win a fight.

Made in Abyss is still better b/c of how much of it was visual, making it more interesting, and because it was more consistent overall. I also just like it more stylistically than FMAB, but that’s just me.

Idk if AoT is as good as FMAB. On the one hand I love the mysteries in the first three seasons, but on the other, it isn’t as fleshed out as I would prefer. FMAB was fleshed out exactly as much as it needed to be IMO. Maybe a tie between the two, idk.
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I’d say the worldbuilding actually isn’t that great. The concepts and systems of the world are great but we don’t really learn that much about any of the countries other than the main one.
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xZabuzax said:
Sandro8604 said:
Where do you think FMAB stands among these giants..!

I'd say at the bottom. While the concept was good (an anime about alchemy is interesting) the execution felt flat and boring for me. I personally enjoyed FMA 2003 a lot more.
its basically the same as the older one just more refined and a actual ending that didnt need a movie to cap it off.Im not hating on the older one cuz i love the shit out of it.Im just stating the obvious^^
Jul 29, 2021 4:51 PM
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Mugen-kairo said:
its basically the same as the older one just more refined and a actual ending that didnt need a movie to cap it off.Im not hating on the older one cuz i love the shit out of it.Im just stating the obvious^^

I respect your opinion mate but I don't agree with it, anyway my complaints about FMAB are plenty but I'll make it short with one of my complaints, I also disliked FMAB because it felt way too childish for me, it had a lot of crappy forced comedy at inappropriate times, the serious moments almost always got ruined with some crappy forced comedy and it ruined the mood for me, I liked FMA 2003 a lot more because it was more mature, darker and serious. I also disliked the OST in FMAB, it was really mediocre, the OST in FMA 2003 was better.
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i javent finished this yet but im quite a bit in and i can say it dosent have the best world building early bleach (before the filler hell) and the sheer care oda puts into everyone one piece island have better worldbuilding imo
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xZabuzax said:
Mugen-kairo said:
its basically the same as the older one just more refined and a actual ending that didnt need a movie to cap it off.Im not hating on the older one cuz i love the shit out of it.Im just stating the obvious^^

I respect your opinion mate but I don't agree with it, anyway my complaints about FMAB are plenty but I'll make it short with one of my complaints, I also disliked FMAB because it felt way too childish for me, it had a lot of crappy forced comedy at inappropriate times, the serious moments almost always got ruined with some crappy forced comedy and it ruined the mood for me, I liked FMA 2003 a lot more because it was more mature, darker and serious. I also disliked the OST in FMAB, it was really mediocre, the OST in FMA 2003 was better.
lol i found the comedy parts fun.Plus i watched it dub so it worked out better.Im not shiting on ur opnion btw everybody is free to think what they want.
Jul 29, 2021 8:04 PM
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sabervergarden said:
decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
watch one piece and your opinion will be change
Nothing beats the world building in One Piece imo
She felt like Heaven, but I'm sure she was in Hell.
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ScreamInAnguish said:
sabervergarden said:
watch one piece and your opinion will be change
Nothing beats the world building in One Piece imo
yeah i agree with you, the world building in one piece is so amazing
Jul 29, 2021 9:02 PM
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Actually no, you can't say much stuff about the world of FMA with the info it gives you. I would say it's one of the weaker aspects of the story, also I would say Hunter doesn't have a lot of world building too, the "world" of HXH only starts to open up after the Chimera Ant arc tbh.
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Aastik_sharma said:
decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
decobayo2468 said:
Made in Abyss has by far the best world building in anime IMO but I enjoyed FMAB more
gintama is still better tho

I dont think gintama has better world building than fmab.As for question,no fmab's world building is not better than made in abyss,one piece or tower of god....
Jul 30, 2021 4:17 AM
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I'd say somewhere in the bottom half
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Akan27 said:
Aastik_sharma said:
gintama is still better tho

I dont think gintama has better world building than fmab.As for question,no fmab's world building is not better than made in abyss,one piece or tower of god....

Gintama has 80 episodes of world building , made in abyss comes no where near brother hood has a good world building , reason why made in abyss feels has a good world building is because the extent is very small . While one piece gintama and brother hood has so much bigger world to it
Jul 31, 2021 4:54 AM
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FMAB world building isnt as good as the 03 version and IMO dosent even come close to giants
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The world design is amazing thanks to the original manga. But in this anime, sorry but the world building is not particularly well done, I would even say it s quite a mess at the beginning. Hopefully i read the manga beforehand and was able to understand where the characters were and what was going on.

The best world building I ve ever seen in an anime was in Trigun.
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While I agree FMAB does have great world building I think AoT, Made in Abyss and Ghost in the Shell is a little better but FMAB is still great.
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xZabuzax said:
Sandro8604 said:
Where do you think FMAB stands among these giants..!

I'd say at the bottom. While the concept was good (an anime about alchemy is interesting) the execution felt flat and boring for me. I personally enjoyed FMA 2003 a lot more.

It's equivalent exchange: you have to sacrifice something (like plot, characterization, worldbuilding) to regain something of equal value. Broho tried to be a masterpiece without sacrifice, but it failed. It's not "bad", but it doesn't excell in anything.
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DinoNugg said:
FMAB world building isnt as good as the 03 version and IMO dosent even come close to giants

The 03 worldbuilding deserves more love. There are a lot of interesting towns and places.
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My top 3 in world building is
1: one piece
2: AOT
3: made in abyss
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ChipTheDrip said:
I think fmab world building is cool but they didn't flesh it out enough and series such as One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, Made In Abyss, Attack On Titan, and others definitely have better worldbuilding.
yeah def not better than them
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Sandro8604 said:
FMAB is one of the Greatest Anime ever made. It is nearly a perfect Anime IMO. And to me one of the great aspect of the show was it's Worldbuilding. It is one the best without a doubt. How would you rate FMAB's Worldbuilding in comparison to other greats.
For me the best Worldbuilding, I have ever watched in an Anime was in 'Made in Abyss.' Then there's Shinsekai Yori, H×H, Cowboy Bebop.
Naruto, Baccano, The Promised Neverland, Vinland Saga also was pretty good. I think Mushoku Tensei, Re Zero, Tower of God, Black Clover have a lot of potential among the new ones.
And ohh.. I haven't watched AoT, Jojo yet and only watched till One Piece Drum Island Arc so I can't comment on them.
Where do you think FMAB stands among these giants..!


As far as I love FMA:B, I would be totally honest. The worldbuilding is above average. I mean I have watched a lot of anime (If you are going to look at my profile, don't because it's not really updated).

I would prefer One Piece and Gintama having a better worldbuilding compared to FMA:B. Why? Because:

What's amazing at Gintama's worldbuilding is that it requires little episode or a small arc for us to be attached to the characters and know more about the place they are in. There are a lot of foreshadowing too. Actually, it's just like One Piece too in terms of worldbuilding but in OP, it would take a lot of time to introduce a place, characters, backstories, developments, and many more. One Piece would take for about 50-100+ episode each arc compared to Gintama's 3-5 episode each arc.

Both series are emotional rollercoaster. It will make you laugh, cry, thrill, bored (more prone to One Piece), and many more. If one of you are going to watch both, note that Gintama's more philosophical than One Piece and One Piece are darker (by a bit) compared to Gintama (I can provide examples and explanations if you want).
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Hunter x Hunter and AOT had better world building but FMAB is also great.
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My 3 best world-building anime.
1. Made in Abyss
2. FMAB
3. Mushoku Tensei
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But I have to admit that One Piece has a better one.
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xZabuzax said:
Mugen-kairo said:
its basically the same as the older one just more refined and a actual ending that didnt need a movie to cap it off.Im not hating on the older one cuz i love the shit out of it.Im just stating the obvious^^

I respect your opinion mate but I don't agree with it, anyway my complaints about FMAB are plenty but I'll make it short with one of my complaints, I also disliked FMAB because it felt way too childish for me, it had a lot of crappy forced comedy at inappropriate times, the serious moments almost always got ruined with some crappy forced comedy and it ruined the mood for me, I liked FMA 2003 a lot more because it was more mature, darker and serious. I also disliked the OST in FMAB, it was really mediocre, the OST in FMA 2003 was better.
Not really, bros show gotta be all serious the comedy doesn't make the difference you make it out to be 
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ZillD said:
Yawn.. overrated show is overrated
symptoms of loss in taste 
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AlexAN1 said:
How is the world building good if we don't know about the world? The author didn't go in depth with any country besides the one where the action is taking place.
xing ishval etc 
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xZabuzax said:

I respect your opinion mate but I don't agree with it, anyway my complaints about FMAB are plenty but I'll make it short with one of my complaints, I also disliked FMAB because it felt way too childish for me, it had a lot of crappy forced comedy at inappropriate times, the serious moments almost always got ruined with some crappy forced comedy and it ruined the mood for me, I liked FMA 2003 a lot more because it was more mature, darker and serious. I also disliked the OST in FMAB, it was really mediocre, the OST in FMA 2003 was better.
Not really, bros show gotta be all serious the comedy doesn't make the difference you make it out to be 

Actually, having comedy at inappropriate times does make a difference, that's the thing I hate the most about animes and it ruins it for me.

Do you even know what Tonal Whiplash is?
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Nope and idk but I never found it's world that intresting but after this thread, now I think it might be intresting
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Man you clearly need to watch Boku No Pico if you want mesmerising worldbuilding.
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I haven't seen any world building except for that China ripoff xing or ling ! What it was




Complex Stories are basically sleeping pills . Helps to get some sleep .


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Yes FMABOTherhood is simply a work made by the gods of Olympus

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I think fmab is just good in everything but not the best in anything.
There are quite a lot of anime out there with better world building imo
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ZillD said:
Yawn.. overrated show is overrated
overrated af dull af lacks sexual tension character weren’t emotionally interesting nothing is memorable I dislike how they shit on platinum end mc for being weak in not wanting to kill anyone but mindlessly let a similar fault slip by in fma when in the end he didn’t want to use the philosopher stone like where are the harsh critics
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KitsuFrost said:
Yes FMABOTherhood is simply a work made by the gods of Olympus
I worry for the mindsets of people who actually believe this crap
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I respect your opinion mate but I don't agree with it, anyway my complaints about FMAB are plenty but I'll make it short with one of my complaints, I also disliked FMAB because it felt way too childish for me, it had a lot of crappy forced comedy at inappropriate times, the serious moments almost always got ruined with some crappy forced comedy and it ruined the mood for me, I liked FMA 2003 a lot more because it was more mature, darker and serious. I also disliked the OST in FMAB, it was really mediocre, the OST in FMA 2003 was better.
Not really, bros show gotta be all serious the comedy doesn't make the difference you make it out to be 

Actually, having comedy at inappropriate times does make a difference, that's the thing I hate the most about animes and it ruins it for me.

Do you even know what Tonal Whiplash is?
@xZabuzax it happened maybe only in the first 10 episodes, it never happened outside of that lol
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@xZabuzax it happened maybe only in the first 10 episodes, it never happened outside of that lol

@theepicmaster412 It happened almost all the time actually and it was my main complaint when I was watching that piece of crap. Even Naruto takes itself way more seriously than FMAB ever did.
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