Reviews

The anime, while starting off like the manga, is great at the start. If you want a good story, you should get pretty far into the manga before starting the anime, so you don't lose the continuation.
Even with the rushed ending, it still has very many good parts. The action, the tense scenarios, the insanity, the atmosphere, and the humor are all to be admired in an anime.

The anime, limited to 51 episodes, is rushed to a finish in a lame fashion, much like the initial FMA airing prior to Brotherhood. This is what I greatly disliked about the anime, otherwise it was quite enjoyable.