It's funny, I enjoyed the original FMA series so much back when this came out that I avoided this series, in fear that it would somehow make me upset at the mishandling of this series when compared to the original. I waited until the series was almost over before starting it, and in the end I kicked myself for denying myself this series. The story does get slightly weird at the end, but it cleans up nicely. The characters are great, and you get alot of new characters to follow and like to really set it apart from FMA. Art is good, this one has more comedy than the first series, and it is pretty well done. This is a great series for new or seasoned anime watchers, and for me serves as one of the series I use as a ruler on how other series measures up.
