Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, contains 64 episodes and has the genre of action, adventure, drama, fantasy, magic, shounen and military. This anime is rumoured to be one of the most overhyped anime and according to the eyes of various anime viewers, could be even overrated. This lovely anime sits on my anime list with an excellent score of nine since it gives you no fillers at all throughout the whole series and leaves you with a satisfied face after each episode.
FMA Brotherhood starts off with the introduction of Isaac McDougal, the freezing alchemist with the military trying to capture him. This first episode was only shown in the anime and provides you with a satisfying amount of information about the military. The Youswell arc (Which I liked immensely) and the Train Kidnapping arc which were included in the manga sadly didn't get shown in the anime. The anime basically gives you a great starting episode that provides you with comedy, information and action. The ending was also a satisfying one and all plot holes were resolved during the end.
Characters: 9/10
In order for an anime to be good, it would need to require a cast of excellent and interesting characters to examine and that is exactly what this series has given us.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood follows the story of the main characters Edward and Alphonse Elric. Edward and Alphonse may look like your average shounen
characters to the eyes of some people but they are actually not. Throughout the series, huge numbers of minor characters are introduced which take a huge impact on the character development of Edward and Alphonse. Talking about character development, most of the minor characters in FMA Brotherhood don't receive a satisfying amount of character development which is one of the elements that this series lacks on. On the other hand, the people who actually do receive immense character development are the most interesting to explore and examine for example my favourite FMA:B character: Scar. One point was lost due to the point that Father wasn't a satisfying enemy and just didn't suit my taste as a villain.
Sound: 8/10
Sound is also another important element that has to implemented correctly for a certain scene to sound good and FMA:B has done quite well on that. Throughout the series, FMA:B delivers to you a 6 excellent openings and a couple of alright endings that you might enjoy (My favourite being op 1). The OSTs also fit to the certain scene they are supposed to be in. Some certain OSTs also sound fantastic and might be a delight to your ears. Character voicing has also been implemented well throughout the whole series. FMA:B has done well on implementing their music and voicing correctly throughout the whole series and has chosen great openings and endings to use.
Animation: 8/10
Excellent animation is required for a anime to shine brightly and this is presented averagely in FMA:B. I really liked the animation details in the landscape and characters but sometimes the animation would just lack out. The original FMA's animation just suited my taste better then FMA:B.
Story: 7/10
An outstanding storyline is what makes a anime run and FMA:B has done averagely on that. The definition of the story could probably be shortened to "Two brothers try and go find a red rock" The storyline was bland and uninteresting and just sounded like the average story of a shounen anime (Which is probably one of the reasons why it is). However as the anime moves on this is not the case as the anime undergoes a huge amount of dark turns and plot twists which make the storyline more interesting.
Enjoyment: 9/10
The enjoyment of an anime is what gets people to continue watching it and FMA:B had left me entertained all the time. The comedy scenes, the action scenes and most of the anime just had me entertained most of the time. The excellent characters, sound and animation just made me enjoy the anime more then I thought I would.
Overall, I would suggest this anime out to anyone who hasn't watched it yet since it's has a excellent set of characters, sound and animation and is immensely enjoyable.
