Aug 4, 2014
Story: THe story of FMA is probably one of the most fleshed-out and fluid stories I've come across. The story of two brothers trying to regain their lost bodies in a world where alchemy is one of the greatest scientific methods is made both very creative and believable.
Art: The original art of the manga is a style that is made very original from the first page, and that style is put into animation very well. The colors and designs all look great, and the action and motion is all a great complement to Bones. If there's one gripe I have, it's that the super-deformed
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faces and poses the characters make in Brotherhood are inferior to the funny reactions they made in the first series, but that's all water under the bridge.
Sound: The music is good and all, but when asked about sound for this series, I think of the dub, and this dub has all of the trademark Funimation greatness. All of the actors give such good performances as their respective characters that if I were to run into these characters walking down the street, they would sound exactly like this.
Character: I love how the range of characters represent the highs and lows of humanity, and how they can actually represent real people. Also, I was much more satisfied with the way the characters ended up in Brotherhood than in the first series, since the first series didn't end on a particularly happy note.
Enjoyment: After completing a couple of episodes, I would wait and chew my nails to the bone for Funimation to release the next batch of episodes, and once I'd watch those, I'd do the same thing until the next batch was released.
Overall: This isn't a series to be missed by anyone. Great characters, fantastic setting, flawless art, a fantastic dub (in case you're a dub hater, disregard that part) and just enough for anyone to enjoy. For full enjoyment of this show, I'd recommend seeing the first series before this one, as it handles some parts better than Brotherhood, but in the end, both are stellar series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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