The Story is so good. After watching FMA I was really excited by FMA Brotherhood. But it was even better than I imagined. There were no unnecessary parts of the story. No time was wasted on insanely detailed explanations which are not necessary, like must shounen. They spend so long explaining what the kind of assault will be used and all the effects. I mean here the were using alchemy to fight and that was it. The story did not focus on romance which I am grateful for. Most anime and movies in general always add that extra annoying bit of romance to take the story of what is happening.The story revolved around themes that I enjoyed. I really liked the friendship theme. I mean there doesn't have to be that special girl/guy for anyone to function.
The Characters were great. I mean they did not fall into all the cliché ‘good’ guy ‘bad’ guy category. By the end of the series you feel like you have gotten to know the characters. It was really good. I like the way the characters are real like if you were in that situation you would have done something similar. I was very good. At the end of each episode you know the characters a bit more. The supporting characters were given life which some animes fail to do. The only aspect that is sometimes shown of a supporting character is in relation to what the main is doing. like guy that helped main character x to thing y. and that is all making it easy for you to forget who the supporting characters are a few minutes down the line.
The Art was really detailed the lighting was not gloomy at some parts. You could see a silhouette of one of the characters and known who it was.
The Sound was great. The best kind of sounds during an anime is the kind which you do not notice the song because it comes at the right time where you would like to hear it. The OP and ED were usually nice I don’t like the too frequent changes. I enjoyed the first and last OP the most.
Anyone in their right mind would enjoy this series. The mix on genre without going to the extremes is done so well. You see genres like action, adventure, shounen, drama, comedy and tragedy (I know at the same time, some parts are completely funny while others kind of serious) and just a tinge of romance. I was very whole some. It was not boring at any single point.
I would give this a perfect 10 overall. And I am very stingy about grades. Whichever way you stumbled on this you should finish reading this and begin watching it. And no, it’s not too long for those of you that like short 25 episode animes.
