Fullmetal Alchemist
| You can watch the 2003 version first and then you can watch Brotherhood afterwards. |
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| I watched FMA first and had no idea what was canon or not but still enjoyed that one too and then I started this one and loved it even more. If you can spare the time, Watch both. Preferably FMA before Brotherhood, So you can truly appreciate the differences. |
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| Some of the earlier episodes in the original are better, because Brotherhood assumes you've seen FMA. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| watch brotherhood instead since it follows the manga more |
| Both for sure 😁 but I would recommend leaving a wee gap between finishing Conquerer of Shamballa and starting Brotherhood. You'd be a little worn out by Brotherhood if you go straight into after the 2003 version |
| Honestly I recommend watching both. IMO Brotherhood is better, but 2003 covers the early parts of the story in more detail than Brotherhood before it deviates from the original story. I think Brotherhood assumes you've seen 2003 and tries to get through what that covered as fast as possible. |
| there are some world building aspects in fma 03 that I think are so cool. i.e. the movie (conquerer of shamballa) that follows it. there are also just entire characters that don't exist in brotherhood that do in 03 that I genuinely enjoy. I don't recommend watching brotherhood then 03 because the animation is much different quality and 03 is paced a bit slower, so it becomes difficult. plus brotherhood has a bunch of stuff it assumes you've seen from the original. the original has a very special place in my heart and I really think it is top tier, despite the changes they made. for it not following manga material it is still PHENOMENAL. forgive me for the edits I'm so tired |
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| Best experience of the series is FMA then FMAB. This was actually the intended experience, I believe, based off how Brotherhood approached the beginning. There was clearly the expectation that fans had already seen the first anime (which, in fairness, at the time, most fans had given the two anime were only a few years apart). You can stop when you get to the anime original content of FMA if you’d like, but the beginning of FMA is far better than Brotherhood. When you finish FMA content you can go to Brotherhood for the rest of the story. Imo FMA is the better version. And I say that as someone who came into Brotherhood first. I just prefer the tone more in 2003. I’m also one of the fans who liked the 03 movie ending. I found it very fitting for the brothers idea. Still, I watched them together and I think that’s the best experience of the franchise. |
DarkConan1412Mar 14, 3:55 AM
| I'd say watch FMA first, then FMAB with some time gap (don't watch both of them back to back, you'll get bored) If you are picking one of the two, I'd say FMAB (it's more true to the manga plus the better animation ig) I watched FMA a few years ago, and I know FMAB is better because literally everyone says so, but FMA was good too in my opinion. I'll watch FMAB someday when I'll have forgotten most of FMA |
MickeyMinajMar 14, 4:39 AM
| brotherhood is the original story |
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Reply to DarkConan1412
Best experience of the series is FMA then FMAB. This was actually the intended experience, I believe, based off how Brotherhood approached the beginning. There was clearly the expectation that fans had already seen the first anime (which, in fairness, at the time, most fans had given the two anime were only a few years apart). You can stop when you get to the anime original content of FMA if you’d like, but the beginning of FMA is far better than Brotherhood. When you finish FMA content you can go to Brotherhood for the rest of the story.
Imo FMA is the better version. And I say that as someone who came into Brotherhood first. I just prefer the tone more in 2003. I’m also one of the fans who liked the 03 movie ending. I found it very fitting for the brothers idea. Still, I watched them together and I think that’s the best experience of the franchise.
Imo FMA is the better version. And I say that as someone who came into Brotherhood first. I just prefer the tone more in 2003. I’m also one of the fans who liked the 03 movie ending. I found it very fitting for the brothers idea. Still, I watched them together and I think that’s the best experience of the franchise.
| @DarkConan1412 I agree with everything here. Too many people now skip this series and go straight to Brotherhood and whilst I can understand their line of thinking, it means they miss out of some quality anime. I find FMA superior in pretty much every aspect, be it animation, story, music etc, but I'm still a fan of both versions. Best order is always to watch FMA, maybe have a break and then watch Brotherhood. Both series are worth your time and have their own unique strengths. |
| In my opinion, 2003 did a better job of adapting the source material than brotherhood did (until it diverged ofc). I think if the team that worked on 2003 ended up adapting the entire manga had it been released, it would end up surpassing what brotherhood did. The darker/somber tone, the directing, the slight retouches on the source material - 2003 nailed this in its first 25 episodes. Edit:As for the watch order, start with 2003, then watch the conqueror of shamballa (movie sequel of 2003) and finish it off with brotherhood (I don’t remember the exact number of episodes, but you can skip at least the first 13 episodes of brotherhood cause it re-adapts what 2003 adapted in a more rushed way). |
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