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If you liked Fullmetal Alchemist add

...then you might like Ao no Exorcist add

I'm an addict for series that follow a pair of brothers. For me Ao no Exorcist and FMA fall in the same category. Hot headed older brother, check. Reasonable, level headed younger brother, check. Supernatural elements, check. You could basically exchange the Exorcists for Alchemists, alchemy for magic, and homunculi for demons and have a pretty close to the same type of story. And did I mention the brothers and lots of brotherly love, angst, family bonding moments in both? I've made my point. Though not like anyone whose watched Ao no Exorcist will have not watch FMA. Seriously if you haven't you really shouldn't call yourself an anime fan. AnE though good the anime will never come close to comparing to either series of FMA.

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Both series are about a pair of brothers fighting against demons. The older brother Dean is more the action kind of guy, attack first, ask questions later, which is like Rin. Sam the younger brother is the more reserved thinking brother. Sam also is very smart and tends to use research and intelligence against enemies rather than brute strength like Dean (though they both kick some serious ass regardless). This is quite a bit like Yukio. In Supernatural one brother also shares a strong connection to demons and Lucifer (Satan) in particular (not going to give away which one). The other brother often tells his demonically inclined brother that he shouldn't use demon powers and that they'll corrupt him (sound familiar?). In particular there's actually a scene in episode 24 of Ao no Exorcist (spoilers if you haven't watched it all yet) where Yukio is possessed by Satan and when Rin comes to save him Satan starts beating the crap out of Rin but Rin refuses to harm Yukio and believes his younger brother has to be in there still and can hear him and overcome Satan. Though the Supernatural anime has yet to get that far in the story yet, in the original tv series of the same name there's a scene remarkably similar to this one in Ao no Exorcist. BTW Supernatural came first and is a big hit in Japan which actually lead to the anime series being made (a first of it's kind, an anime adaptation of an American live action tv series) so I've actually wondered a few times if they didn't base that scene on the scene from Supernatural. Anyways if you like series that follow brothers and deal with the supernatural then this is definitely one to try.

If you liked Fullmetal Alchemist add

...then you might like Supernatural The Animation add

The reason I fell in love with the original television series was because the brothers Sam and Dean and their journey strongly reminded me of Ed and Al on their journey. They start out with one goal (which isn't really a good goal to be aiming for in terms of the dangers involved) and then they end up getting embroiled in all this stuff that's so much bigger than they are and they have to make really tough decisions, often with the fate of many people hanging in the balance. And in a show about brothers that would do anything for each other because they're all the family they have left, you have to wonder just how far they will go before it really is too much. The anime version is a retelling of the stories presented in the original television series so I'm willing to bet Supernatural and Fullmetal will end up drawing a lot of comparisons from anime fans.