The rating is a joke for this. I grew up to FMA manga and accepting the 1st FMA anime. Then this came out and my mind exploded. If you never watched anime in your life and don't really like it, at least give this one a try. Everyone who watches anime will at least know of FMA B. The story.. is perfect. Things are not all that it seems. There is corruption, there is shady business, there is alchemy! Hell yeah! I like how they portray fascist state regime as well. The art for this anime is also perfect. At least for me, this is how I'd imagine characters to look like in anime. Also they aren't just your typical generic anime characters (although there are definitely some even in FMA).
There will be characters you don't like but for the most part, the characters are flawless and could not have been made any better. Every character in this I loved. However the ones I loved the most were characters like Olivier Armstrong, Lan Fan, Ling Yao, and of course the one and only Hughes.
