Fullmetal Alchemist
| Story- FMA (more mature and deep approach) Char Development- FMA (chars are more deep, mature again) Tone- FMA (mature, dark tones against lighthearted tones of FMAB) Music- FMA (much more captivating music) End- FMA(more dramatic, bittersweet unlike shounen FMAB) Philosophy- FMA (lol does even FMAB has a philosophy, everything toned down ) this is my OWN opinion and idc about manga even if FMAB is more faithful to manga. I think this is one of the rare cases where original anime is better than the faitful adaptation. |
Bard_ErenJul 3, 2022 8:17 AM
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| Story, Development, End and Philosophy go to FMAB Tone and Music go to FMA |
| Imo the original FMA is kinda dark. Theiy also have a good development. But I think FMA is not for everyone, especially the plot. I found FMAB to be more enjoyable and fun to watch |
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| 1. Brotherhood, by a lot 2. Also Brotherhood, but not by quite as much 3. About even; they both have some tone-breaking moments, especially early on. 4. 2003 has a significantly better soundtrack 5. Brotherhood, and it's not remotely close. 6. 2003 has more thematic depth to it, but Brotherhood is still very strong here. |
Obscurissimus said: Story- FMA (more mature and deep approach) Char Development- FMA (chars are more deep, mature again) Tone- FMA (mature, dark tones against lighthearted tones of FMAB) Music- FMA (much more captivating music) End- FMA(more dramatic, bittersweet unlike shounen FMAB) Philosophy- FMA (lol does even FMAB has a philosophy, everything toned down ) this is my OWN opinion and idc about manga even if FMAB is more faithful to manga. I think this is one of the rare cases where original anime is better than the faitful adaptation. I agree with all of your points. |
| 1. Brotherhood, this is not even a competition. FMA started out great but the final alternate earth thing in felt really forced as there was no foreshadowing of this throughout the show. It just felt like someone made it up on the spot to quickly wrap the show whereas in Brotherhood everything is heavily foreshadowed. 2. FMA slightly, due to Lust. The only other character which underwent significant character development in both the shows was Scar. In terms of Characters however I'd say Brotherhood was better. Hohenheim, Greed, Bradley, Envy, Kimbley, Winry were more complex in FMAB on the other hand Hughes, Lust, Sloth and Yoki were better in FMA. The new characters like Ling Yao and Olivier were far better than say Tringum brothers or Archer. Rest of them were almost the same. 3. I'll give this to FMA. FMAB's light hearted tone was totally fine with me but I'd have preferred a more darker atmosphere. 4. Definitely FMA. Oshima's Bratja is one of the best anime soundtracks I've ever heard and nothing from Akira Senju's OST can compare to it. 5. I think this one is obviously Brotherhood. Honestly, they shouldn't have made that sequel, inconsistent mess Conqueror of the Shamballa. Even though the ending of FMA was terrible, I'd have preferred that one the movie. They just poured more oil into the fire. 6. The main philosophy, Equivalent exchange, was omnipresent in either of them. The same goes for the topic of Science vs Religion. However I really liked Bradley's philosophy of self dependance in Brotherhood so I'll give this one to FMAB. There were a few things that FMA did better but overall, I prefer FMAB like the majority. |
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| FMA has the better tone(not maturity) but that's it. FMA:B is better in everything else. |
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| FMA was one of the first anime I watched cos I'd heard good things, FMAB was already out but I didn't know enough at the time to know the difference, so I watched FMA. I've never taken the time to watch FMAB because I hear its mostly the same until the end, and I had a perfectly enjoyable time with the original, so I'd rather not retread mostly the same story. |
| I like FMA 2003 much more than Brotherhood in every way. I prefer the seriousness instead of the comedy all the time and much preferred the bittersweet ending of FMA 2003 instead of the happy one that FMAB had. And there were story changes that FMA made that was a lot better overall. |
| Yes. ...but also no. Honestly, the comparison kinda just whatever. All I know is that the Brotherhood fanboys need to chill the fuck out. |
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| while i still consider brotherhood better, i can't deny that fma is still a pretty good show |
| both have their strengths and weaknesses. I loved in the original how a humlunculus is created. very emotional. the ending of conqueror of Shambala is bitter sweet brother hood I Like how winry and Ed end up together and how ed gave up his alchemy to get his brother's body back |
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