-- Story: 9 --
Brotherhood is meant to be a remake of the Original FMA to fix up its mistakes and follow the manga, which means the story isnt all action based, which is a good change of direction.
The story is quite fast paced, but that isnt a bad thing, as it doesnt lose track of anything or fail to explain anything, which in turn makes the pacing in the end, perfect for the series.
However, I could not come to enjoy the story fully (hence, the 9), due to some slight clichés that were in it, but it was still great.
-- Art: 10 --
The art direction.
Oh. My. God.
The art is simply top class. I have no complaints about it.
A short, quick and simple 10/10.
-- Sound: 10 --
The soundtrack was outstanding, and it did a GREAT job at placing the themes exactly where they should be, as well as using a wide array of different styles in the music.
I will keep all openings in my favourites, thats for sure.
-- Character: 9 --
The character development was handled very nice and most if not all characters had great depth to them (excluding background characters, for obvious reasons). Not many characters was simply left without a background
Also the thing Edward does in the final scene, just sealing up his character development in a nice bag and taking it home with him. Perfect.
-- Enjoyment: 9 --
I REALLY enjoyed it.
-- Overall: 9 --
