Reviews

This is one of the greatest anime of all time. I know that's kind of bold statement to make but in my opinion it is one of the greats and my personal favorite. The story is great and is paced so well especially in comparison to FMA 03 the original adaption. This anime's greatest strength is its story and characters because its characters are just that characters not cardboard cutout archetypes. For example Winry Rockbell starts the show as this stereotypical childhood friend who is always keeping the main heroes in line but while she continues that she expands with a back story and emotion that shows she cares for her friends and the people around her. The two main protagonist are Edward and Alphonse Elric who are excellently written as the short-tempered leader who just wants to protect who he loves in Edward and Alphonse as such a softy who just wants do what's right in his quest for his body. The story as I said before has excellent pacing moving from gripping drama to bits of humor to intense action seemlessly. I'm not going to say this is perfect because it isn't some of fights lack speed and weight in the animation. Speaking of which the animation isn't anything to write home about in my opinion keep in mind I watch this in 2014 so for its time its above average. The sound overall is quite good the theme was carried from FMA which isn't a problem and the openings are much improved with the first standing out. Overall its at least worth watching to get your own idea of it