Fullmetal Alchemist VS Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 

Are we forgetting in brotherhood the scene where izumis husband teams up with Armstrong against a humunclus

Fma Scar: "I sometimes cry when I write poetry." Brotherhood Scar: "I eat mountain lions for breakfast."

Brotherhood has more Roy mustang jokes about how useless he is on rainy days Brotherhood wins

Full metal alchemist. ..... Full metal alchemist!

There is one reason brotherhood is superior, Ling Yao, he starts as a great character, then when he is fused with greed he becomes the best character

Mustang's Motives for becoming king are much better in FMA, "all female officers must wear miniskirts!!!"

In fma I actually felt a bit bad for lust and wanted to see her become human like she wanted to.

Fun fact When I was younger I watched the original fma and enjoyed it and thought brotherhood was a continuation. Me watching the first episode of brotherhood after the original fma thinking it’s a continuation* Me: sees al back in his armor Me: wait.......

The cow goes: moo The pig goes: oink oink The dog goes: Ed-ward

They wrote brotherhood with the expectation that people have already seen the original, that's why it sped past the first part so quickly

He forgot the twist at the end of the original where it turns out envy is ed and al's halfbrother......... Im not even kidding he is dante and hoenhiem's son

Anime rule number 1. Shiny glasses= badguy.

Dang I came here prepared to fight to the end for FMA 03' then "THE ORIGINAL SERIES DID NOT HAVE OLIVIA ARMSTRONG" and I had to give up.

Edward in FMA acts like a child cause he is one, in the original they explore that idea more to show how hard it is for a kid to live in a world like that.

An equal fan of FMA and FMAB- *sips coffee and watches the generic war of “which is better” in the comments. The same one that’s been going on for over 7 YEARS.* ☕️ “Man..some of ya’ll really need to learn the law of equivalent exchange.” Mama Arakawa says she loves and approves of you both. So shut up, quit fighting, and eat your applesauce already.

The early episodes of the original explain a lot that Brotherhood skips because it assumes you already watched the original For instance, and you forgot to mention, Hughes has more screentime in the original. You get to know him, you know his goals and way of thinking. In Brotherhood everything is condensed, and when he dies it doesn't have the same weight like in the original.

Ed and Edward were totally IMMATURE in the original FMA! It's almost like they were childiren or something. Ohwait. They were.

Conclusion, watch both series to get the best of both!

I like FMAB more because Scar is alive Oh, and I love FMAB Greed

Hughes' death and aftermath in the original was far sadder to me than Brotherhood's version tbh

Although I like Brotherhood more then the original this video comes off kinda biased because you dissect the tiniest issues with FMA 03 but totally overlook the glaring problems that Brotherhood had like how some of the iconic moments don't have the same weight to them as the original and they just sort of breeze through them. Like Nina's death in the original was so impactful and hearing Ed cry gave it more emotion.

So, I'm actually here to defend Brotherhood. Because apparently the comment section is made of fans of the original series. Here's my one and only point: Izumi specifically said that she couldn't have kids in Brotherhood. She actually said that was the price she paid for attempting human transmutation, Truth took her child-bearing organs.

Brotherhood feels more like an action series while 2003's feels more like a character driven series imho. Just two very different approaches.

Tucker art was in my honest opinion handled better in original series. Many said this, but it's important to point out it's not just a simple issue of "Tuckers had more screentime so watchers were more invested" but also the issue of how the series portrayed the relationship between the two families and how much more Tuckers meant to Al and Ed in the original. In Brotherhood, the brothers get to know the Tuckers because dad Tucker created a Chimera and his library could help uncover the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone. Cool. He has a cute daughter and a dog, the brothers visit now and again, they play with the kid sometimes, but that's about it. In the original, the brothers met the Tucker family because Ed was studying for his state alchemist entrance exams there. It was established that Ed and Al lived at the Tucker's for MONTHS and that Shoe and Nina effectively became something of a surrogate family for the two. When Chimera'd Nina says "Big Brother Ed" it's not just the stereotype of a little girl calling the protag big bro, it's actually describing the relationship between the girl and Ed. In the months leading up to her being changed into a Chimera, she basically became the boys' little step sister. It also ties nicely into why Ed hates Scar so much: Ed would have tried to help her, but his chance is ruined by Scar running across her. Imagine your little sister gets disfigured for life, and then gets splattered across some back alley wall by some murderous lunatic that for all you know just has has a hate boner for alchemists.

It's not a remastering. I'd say a remastering is when you retell the story and make it better with animation and cutting filler. Remember, '03 was made before the manga was finished, so it took its own route, starting early on. These are two different plots and stories, not just a retelling with a different end and upgrades.

One thing that should have been mentioned was the difference between Maes death in FMA and Brotherhood. In FMA it was a lot more devastating because Hughes had a lot more screen time, and that gave fans a chance to get to know him more, and to see his loyalty toward his friends, his love for his family, and his devotion to make sure that everyone around him had happiness and achieves their goals. In Brotherhood, his death happened so fast, that the reaction is basically: "Oh. He died? That's fucked." Also, I love this guys narration. Lol.

I look back on brotherhood with fond memories. When I look back on 2003 my heart is filled with dread. Not because it was bad, but because 2003 had a much darker tone to me. That may have been because of how Edward was handled. He’s a kid going through hell and the writers showed that. His breakdown when he killed greed, had to dig up his mother’s remains to kill the reanimating of his mother, Barry the chopper nearly killing a terrified Ed, and the fact that Ed literally “died” at the end of show. And there’s more, having pride (2003’s Bradley) kill his own son was jaw dropping. Lust and Scars death were depressing. Having humonculi being failed human transmutation made 2003 very dark.

Brotherhood overall is definitely superior but FMA did several things better. Musical score, Nina’s death, Hugh’s character and death, Lust’s character, Youswell, Leor (the religious town,) flashbacks, and setting up the story.

I saw FMA first and it quickly became my favorite anime of all time, but that was completely blown away after watching Brotherhood. While FMA nailed the darker tone, Brotherhood felt way more complete in the end - even the minor characters' plots and arcs were resolved, the build-up to and the actual finale were coherent and felt less weird as FMA's, also Winry became more than the damsel in distress and there was pretty much no filler at all. Both series will always have a special place in my heart, but Brotherhood takes the top spot and I rewatch it every few years. Great comparison!

I first watched the original, then shortly after I watched Brotherhood and it blew me away

The friend that introduced me to full metal alchemist had me watch the original first before watching brotherhood because of how the original explained things at the beginning more in depth

FMAB hands down gave the greatest homunculus ever created name's Greed

You never touched on Trisha's alleged connection to Sloth in FMA. That was kind of a big deal.

The fact that FMA doesn't have the Ling/Greed dynamic means Brotherhood wins every time for me.

are we forgetting how ED AND AL’S MOM IS A HOMONCULOS in fma

"I'm not biased" - the biggest lie ever told

I like brotherhood better, but your e being kinda biased, brotherhood condensed the first 26 episodes of fma into 10, things such as Nina and Hughes were handled much better in fma than brotherhood.

I feel like both brotherhood and 03 have different messages in general. Brotherhood has a message of morality and how a worldview is extremely flawed. 03 has a different message, I can’t put my finger on it but characters are made differently, along with personality. When you said that Barry was a filler episode, I don’t think it was filling in for time The fact that Barry comes back to life when before Edward couldn’t even have one sort of fighting spirit, just scared to death. And with maturity, cmon their not even teenagers what do you expect happen?

Reasons why Brotherhood wins: 1. It has Olivier Mira Armstrong 2. It has Ling Yao 3. It has Ling Yao and Greed fused together 4. It has May, Lan Fan and Fu 5. It has Scar's redemption arc 6. It has Selim Bradley as a homunculus 7. It has Ed×Winry 8. It has a cringy yet super cute alchemist-like proposal at the end 9. It has a way much better ending

2003's message is why I personally would choose it over FMAB and it's message is: People don't always get what they deserve, but they do reap what they sow. Tucker, Dante, Envy, all three of them chased after things that couldn't make them happy, thus they never knew real peace. Edward originally sought to cheat death, but later learned to embrace it, allowing him an Al to experience peace. Tucker didn't deserve to live and Ed didn't deserve to die, but Ed's ending was definitely far better than Tucker's. Al got so many terrible things he didn't deserve, but he sowed peace and determination, and that's what he reaped in the end. I Personally feel 03 ending was way more effective and realistic than FMAB when everyone gets a Generic happy ending.

Ed is 12 in the original they wanted to make ed like a child,while in brotherhood ed is 17 and its based off the manga

I think you're forgetting a couple things about FMA and I think I'd like to express them here: Edward was an 11/12 year old kid when Nina died. An orphaned, amputee, kid who can't trust adults to be good adults because they are morally corrupt (Basque Grand/Tucker), manipulate (Mustang) and ignore (Havoc) him and his feelings. They tell him to buck up when a girl he spent MONTHS getting to know, forming strong feelings of companionship and adoration for died because her father of all people forced her into being a science experiment to further his own career. Of course he's gonna be "a bitch" about it because this was much more than the-girl-I-knew-for-a-day-or-two-died-because-of-her-father-and-my-greatest-talent, this was my-friend-died-because-I-didn't-realize-her-father-was-a-sociopath-and-I've-been-living-with-the-guy-for-months! Also, Alphonse is 14, the only soul bound being he knows is himself, he knows very little about his situation, he trusts adults a lot easier than his brother does-and suddenly there's this guy in the same potion as him declaring "You might not even be real, you know" like it's no big deal, as if he's meant to know that. And he doesn't because Alphonse knows he trusts too easily, he knows there are people he should remember but can't (from when Ed was having his arm fixed in Resembool, he saw an old friend but didn't recognize her), so of course he's gonna question his existence because what if it's true? He's already more insecure about his body than any other teenage boy in the world, he doesn't need to know that it might be proof he was never real in the first place, but because a fellow suit of armour said that he's gonna consider it a possibility because he doesn't know anything. And will you please, REMEMBER THAT WINRY IS 15 AS WELL! A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO'S PASSION THAT SHE IS PROBABLY DISLIKED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR LOVING ("Girls can't be mechanics!" "I guess working Automail makes me a bit more muscled than the average girl.") WAS JUST USED TO COMMIT AN ACT OF CHEATING COMBINED WITH THE ONE THING THAT SHE CAN'T UNDERSTAND AND IS MADE TO FEEL STUPID FOR BY HER FRIEND-ALCHEMY! Can you really blame her for acting that way when, sure, her parents are dead, but she hasn't confronted their killer directly, she hasn't forgiven him (yet), SHE HASN'T BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING AS TRAUMATIC AS THE BOYS HAVE, JUST BECAUSE SHE'S A GIRL WHO'S GOING THROUGH PUBERTY DOESN'T MEAN SHE HAS TO ACT MATURE! Sure, Brotherhood's got plot, action, better Scar, Oliver, the Xingese and all those shenanigans. But FMA is a CHARACTER DRIVEN story that is about the people in it, rather than what those people are doing. It is about them and their relationships, them and their struggles (weather they be with their age, events in their life or actions of other people), them and their lives. And on that note, I will take my leave.

Just finished watching them both, and I gotta say that they're both really good in their own ways. I do prefer Brotherhood more, but that's just because I like the message more. Brotherhood feels a lot more philosophical, whereas original FMA feels more realistic, and I think both stories follow those trains of thought through to the very end.

There was more development with Maes Hughes in FMA, also I felt more traumatised with Nina’s corpse painted on the wall in the original series

I think FMA:B is better but I will always recommend for people to watch FMA first because: 1. FMA spends more time building the characters. You don't quite get the full understanding of the world if you dive into FMA:B first. 2. People who watch FMA will almost always go onto FMA:B after but most who watch FMA:B first wont bother going back to FMA because it retreads some ground. It means less FMA and that's always a bad thing.

Funny thing is, the core of the first 2-3 chapters of manga was never adapted appropriately in either. Actually this is quite sad, the core of it is quite damn good.

7:37 I think you have to realise that the boys are actually just children. Just brothers. They were not ready for anything that life threw at them and them having normal, very human and raw reactions just leaves you relating to them so much more. I actually think that this is where Brotherhood lacks because it's focused on building side characters so much (which is not a bad thing) that it leaves the main characters' relationship, which should be the focal point, hanging in some ways.

I’d also like to say that brotherhood completely changes the FMA Kimbley to make him more of an interesting character to watch and to try and understand.

I was with you until you said the tucker arc was better in brotherhood, It was defintely better in FMA.

"I've never watched the original" What a great way to start a review.

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I believe that FMA definitely had more of an emotional appeal considering the Elric brother’s failed attempt at human transmutation was a homunculus similar to their mother. Seeing how they had to deal with sloth and the emotional effects it had on Edward and Alphonse truly made FMA better in my opinion.

The episodes in the beginning about the stone turning into gold, actually exists in the manga, but for some reason they've cut it. I think they expected anyone who start FMA:B already has watched the FMA and have read the manga too.

Both shows have their strengths. The original: - Better villains (Dante and the Homunculus) - Darker than Brotherhood, and overall just feels more realistic - Better soundtrack - A very unpredictable story Brotherhood: - Story is overall told better with less plot holes and loose ends - Better animation (duh) - Better fight scenes - Funnier than the original - Ending feels more complete and satisfying - Better heroes (The Elrics, Winry, Mustang, etc.) It's pretty close, but in the end I'd say Brotherhood is the overall better show. Both are amazing though, and definitely in my top 5 anime of all time (which is saying a lot).

7:38 I'd think the 2003 ed was a little more human because he was 12 when it happend. Of course he is mad and because he is a child, he is going to act like one

I thought Winry's interactions with Mustang after finding out he was the one to kill her parents was kinda weird in FMA. She talks about how likeable and how much she still respects him after the fact. Where as in Brotherhood, she was understandably, extremely emotional and it took a longer time for her to forgive to Scar.

I feel like fma's ed felt more like he should. A kid way in over his head who didn't know the dark truths of the state alchemists. Cause thats what ed is. A kid. He's not meant to be mature even if he acts like it

You completely missed vital points like how Greed's death affect's Edward's philosophy in 2003. In Broho, he doesn't kill and never has to--basically he's a Kantian Ethics hero. 2003, has him kill unintentionally and that drastically shifts his viewpoints at the end. He becomes noticeably more cynical when dealing with people. It has great consequences for the tone, character and themes. When you dismissed the importance of Greed's death in 2003--and that's just one example--I kinda' knew you didn't really watch the show intensively. That's okay. But you're not prepared to do a proper comparison without fully examining the themes and how they channel themselves into the characterization and narrative. I also think your analysis overall was largely superficial--to be frank. Cherry picking certain lines and their delivery is cheap rhetoric. The comparison with Alphonse's reaction after Ed almost gives up is entirely pointless IMO. I could do the same, but reverse to any smaller aspects. I DO think it's a small difference. I personally prefer the 2003 one too, it's a bit more solemn. And you complained that Edward was acting like a *_child_* in 2003 (he's 12 there.) Hehehe.

I'm happy that they made two different storys. That means more Fullmetal alchemist for me😍😍

I actually don’t mind Ed in FMA. I think him going through the fits remind me more that he is a kid. I think he actually starts off younger in FMA. Like the though whole Nina part of the story, Ed is only 12 and I think Barry the Chopper scene too he was still only just 12. To me it seems more realistic because for as much as he trying to act mature. He still a kid and isn’t going to pull that off perfectly and the stress got to him. I think seeing it from that perspective fits. And him almost giving everything up sorta make sense because he’s a 12 year whole just witness military corruption, inhuman experiments, and then he and his childhood friend almost get immediately murdered. Life of being apart of the military all of a sudden hit him in the face and he wasn’t prepared for it. I do think Alphonse was handled a bit better in brotherhood. His temper seemed less fitting. Alphonse always felt more level headed despite being younger I think because he had Ed to follow. I also don’t mind the filler because I get to know some of the characters better and feel like I get to go on a trip with Ed and Al instead of worrying about the plot. I think when pairing the two series together. You get a fun experience. You get the better plot from watching brotherhood. But then you get to relax and watch the character go on adventures more in FMA. Which is why I love both equally. Certain elements I like more in brotherhood and then there certain elements I like more in FMA.

people be fighting over wich one's best... Honestly I'm just happy that there's a depressing fma and a happy fma. Think about it there is fma for everyone's taste! btw who told these people that their opinion is fact? everyone has their own opinion lol

"I don't think I'm biased"

Oh, Brotherhood is definitely a better put together series, but I prefer the original for one simple reason. Tone. The scene from Brotherhood in the very beginning of the video is a perfect example of what I mean. After being pulled into it, Ed busts open the gate and forces his way back into the white void to make a promise to Alphonse. Very badass, yes. But that's the thing. I don't like that. Ed forces the gate open while the tendril arm things wrap around him, seemingly incapable of pulling this human back without exerting more power to subdue him. That bothers me. It's pretty weaksauce for this alien entity to have to struggle with a mere human. 2003 was very different in the way anything to do with the gate was dealt with. Take 13:49 where Izumi is making her pact with the gate to bring her child back. The gate is an unspeaking, incomprehensible entity that oozes an aura of DREAD. It makes alchemy TERRIFYING. Something not to fuck with. Every instance of the gate in the old anime is an unsettling encounter. There is no dickish mouthpiece to have a dialogue with, like the "Truth" in Brotherhood. Everything about the gate and alchemy in general is so much more threatening in the 2003 series. I like my FMA to be melodramatic, somber and at times, terrifying. Brotherhood has, overall, such a triumphant feel throughout. Even in their lowest points, you kind of get this feeling that it's all going to be alright while 2003 wallows in misery and makes victories hard won and a lot of the time not even letting them feel like victories. There are so few happy endings in the original, if any. Even the end Shambala is a bit of a downer when you consider that Ed and Al will never see their old friends again. While Brotherhood leaves you off with "And then Ed and Winry had a gazillion babies." It's all a question of taste and if we're talking purely the quality of animation, pacing and storyflow, then Brotherhood will beat 2003 any day. But those few direction choices in the original make it so much more serious and interesting that I can't with a good conscience give Brotherhood preference in my heart over the original. I just love that somber stuff so much. All the war crime stuff, alchemical misery and actual, factual GENOCIDE. Goddamn that's horrifying! I LOVE IT!

Brotherhood has more jokes about how useless mustang is on rainy days *Brotherhood* *wins*

Nice to see someone give both series their due here. Far too often I see people just go "The old FMA didn't follow the manga therefore it is absolute horseshit". And it's like, yeah, I consider Brotherhood the stronger series overall, but come on, the first anime had SOME good aspects! Like a stronger start. Or an overall superior soundtrack.

Personally I like brotherhood better but FMA does have its good points. I like the little filler episodes from FMA and some of the other things and I have kinda merged them together in my head to form a better picture. But once the two start taking different paths is where I go to brotherhood. While I’ve only watched FMA once (maybe twice) compared to the 3? Times I’ve seen brotherhood I would say I like brotherhood more but if I could choose a mixture of the two I would rather than just one.

FMA was fun. You are literally nitpicking. FMA Edward and Alphonse acted like kids cause they are fricking kids.

I like FMAB more personally. FMA has its perks such as Lust’s character but FMAB felt more enjoyable on the whole to me.

I personally think the Shao Tucker arc is handled waaaaaaaaay better in the original, but that's just my opinion, great video!

brotherhood was the manga, hence no filler.

FMA is probably the only anime I can watch in English Dubbed

7:29 You are definitely biased. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Brotherhood. It’s the greatest anime I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch. But you have to understand, Edward was 12 YEARS OLD. He and Al spent months (1 year?) studying with Nina at Tucker’s house because they needed (Ed needed) to pass the State Alchemist Exam. Ed and Al grew attached to Nina. They viewed her as somewhat of a surrogate sister. She viewed them as her brothers. They shared a strong bond. When Ed and Al had to break into Tucker’s house, it was because they were kicked out for asking too many questions. You probably didn’t pay attention to that. Ed turned in his watch because he realized that in their search for the Philosophers Stone, innocent people would get hurt. Once again, I’ll mention that ED WAS 12. Also, the way you complained about Nina’s voice in the original. She was 4 years old. You didn’t even mention Hughes’s death, which was, in my opinion, so much better executed in the 2003 anime. Brotherhood gave us so little time to get attached to Hughes. He was killed in episode 10. Whereas in the 2003 anime he was killed in episode 25. I’m not saying Brotherhood Hughes’s death wasn’t impactful, because it was. I cried almost as much as I did when he died in the original. But in 2003, we got to spend so much time together with Hughes (Hell, Ed, Al and Nina helped deliver Elicia!) and his death stung so much more. I’m sorry if this got too long. I love both the 2003 anime and Brotherhood. Best animes I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch. I honestly don’t get why people fight over these. The more FMA the better!

Having watched both series multiple times and reading the manga I can tell you FMA is not your typical anime and isn't really trying to be. Brotherhood has better action scenes and is a little more over the top in terms of characters and plot (It takes your standard anime protocol). FMA is more of a drama, its more down to earth and takes its time dealing with issues pertaining to the main characters. They build up for emotional moments, how ed (who is still a child btw) deals with his problems & specific twists. There isn't some over powered villain, FMA sets up the most petty reason to kill thousands of people to make a philosophers stone. Its original, and adds weight, also the story at the end adds the dramatic twist that shows how truely horrific alchemy is in terms of where that energy to use alchemy comes from. If you are looking for an action packed typical anime with a decent story but ends exactly how you expect it would then Brotherhood is for you. If you are looking for more of a slow burn emotional drama with a different take on anime then FMA is the way to go.

The best way to put it into perspective in my opinion is that classic fma to brotherhood is like Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy to Marvel's cinematic universe. If you think about it, this analogy makes sense. So depending on which of those a person enjoys more is also the fma they'd most likely prefer as well.

Can't handle the mature, sigma energy of the original... many such cases

Brotherhood FTW. FMA scared me for a good 8 years after the Nina/Alexander arc. I'm glad it was briefly brought through in Brotherhood.

"I don't think I am biased" You definitely were.

I think you really are biased. The whole FMA "another world"-thing has been hinted since episode 2 or 3 in the original series. When Ed loses his limbs you need to pause the fast moving pictures. It becomes clear by then that you can see different flags from our world in it. Foreshadowing was there.

Doesn’t mention Again “Angry weeb noises intensify”

They break into Tucker's lab because they got kicked out of his house for asking too many questions at the library. If you're gonna nitpick you need to actually pay attention to what's happening. Also this really is biased as hell.

What bothers me about FMA Brotherhood: BROTHERHOOD DIDN'T FUCKING ADD THE YOUSWELL COAL MINING INCIDENT OR THE BATTLE WITH THE BLUE SQUAD, WHICH ARE CANON PARTS IN THE DAMN MANGA. The Youswell coal mining incident is to add more depth to Ed's character, showing that he'd be happy to bend the rules a little if it means benefiting others. Also, it's the introduction to the character Yoki, who comes back as an important character to Scar's developement. The battle with the blue squad is the canon introduction to Roy Mustang. It's supposed to introduce him as a total badass that constantly gets on Ed's nerves and is also his superior. I also can't get over how shitty Mustang's introduction in Brotherhood is.

I like both series, I really do, but I find the Brotherhood series to be better but I think it's mostly 'cuz they had the whole story to work with.... this gave less character to for example Izumi, but it gave a more fleshed out Ed and Al as a whole and honestly I can live with that.... The problem the original series had was that it didn't have all the pieces to the puzzle, of course it won't make the whole picture then, they created a masterpiece with what they could use and did a pretty bang up job with it too, Brotherhood does however have a more understandable story and better animation I feel Again, massive fan of both and I feel both are worth watching

It's funny how cleaving these 2 animes are. I think it can be explained by the fact that you have to start somewhere, and the first version you watch shape the universe and characters in your mind. I for one started with FMAB and after that FMA just felt... off. There is that episode where Ed kills a dude and it's never mentionned again, for me it was such a betrayal of the character it pissed me off a bit. FMA also spend a lot of time on the Tucker family and on Hughes but, in the end, it doesn't really bring anything more to the table. I was just as attached to Nina in FMAB than in FMA and, worse, Hughes wasn't as likeable in FMA and kind of annoying a few times. Also his early death in FMAB really set a atmosphere of danger for all the secondary characters. Anyway I could go for hours like that, but the point is, FMA and FMAB are both incredibly powerful animes that are, at the same time, too similar and too distinct for their own mutual good.

Some of the points you've made particularly with the Shou tucker arc just rubbed me the wrong way. In FMA03, it was clearly established that this was Ed when he was younger (12 years old) just as he was first admitted into the military, MEANING he had almost zero personal experience with the atrocities that he was expected to commit/tolerate being the dog of the military, obviosuly he would feel sick to the core and immediately would want to quit. Alphonse's behavior was also explained, it made his character even more tragic imo. In his conversation with Ed, it was insinuated that he might be losing his grip on empathy and humanity because he hasn't felt anything in a long time. They also had to break into Shou Tucker's house because the higher ups were tired of him snooping around classified research information and posted guards to keep Ed and Al away from Shou Tucker's residence. Did you even watch the original properly? It feels like you just put it on 2x speed and just autopiloted through it.

I totally agree with your first words. Olivier Armstrong is my fav character.

Didn't FMA HAVE to diverge from the manga? I remember seeing somewhere that FMA started when the manga was still going on. Hence some fillers but still the same plot with Hughes and Nina and Barry's armour but the two totally different endings. Sorta what I hear GoT had to do.

I think it's worth mentioning that a lot of the "changes" that you're praising in Brotherhood as opposed to the original series are actually just Brotherhood going back to how things were in the manga. For example, the Nina story line leads directly into the Scar fight in the manga just like in Brotherhood, and Ed's depressive breakdown was added content for FMA. They did a lot to try to fill time in that series while they waited for the manga to come out, until they caught up to the current volume and stared going their own way entirely. Interestingly, the first episode of Brotherhood, which doesn't work as well as an introduction, is ALSO added content, meant to engage people who were already familiar with the original series, while the manga starts with the Lior arc just like FMA. Basically, the manga is just really good. This might be a minor point, but I think that the area where Brotherhood suffers most is in developing the early minor characters. Brotherhood was trying to streamline all of the content that FMA already covered, so they removed anything that wasn't directly plot relevant. This means skipping things like Yoki's introduction (the mining town episode is good, y'all can fight me) and not giving much development to Mustang's subordinates in particular. For real, the first time that Brotherhood asks us to care about those characters is when they're getting split up to all corners of the country, and as Mustang lists off which characters are sent where viewers respond with a resounding "who?" Which is a shame, because they're a likable bunch. There are a few scenes that I think are refined on with the hindsight that the Brotherhood creators had, but it's a very few. Mostly, I still think that the manga is the best way to experience the story.

7:50 Edward is still 12 and just obtained PTSD,how would you expect him to handle this?

FMAB - More complete overall FMA - More soul & Passion but incomplete because the manga wasn't finished or whatever If FMA merged and continued on with everything else needed found in FMAB. It would win hands down. The actors just had more passion in their voices and I preferred his lil brother voice actor way more

I prefer the original, honestly. Its only a slight margin of difference for me, but I have a serious problem with how often Brotherhood undercuts serious moments with comedic bits. I felt like the original was more tonally consistent.

Thanks for the break down. This was helpful deciding which one to show my wife. She's been liking the anime I've been showing her and I was struggling remembering the differences between the two.

I watched FMA first and finished brotherhood today. Tbh I love that they’re different. I got very attatched to both stories and didnt think any of them was better than the other at the end of the day. Just two stories in the same world that went different directions. Maybe that’s just me tho lol

so just leave out the fact that sloth had no point in brotherhood

My opnion on this is simple: The first few episodes, up until around hughes death... Have been rushed - especially Hughes as a whole... In Brotherhood. Aside from that, I prefer Brotherhood. The funny thing is: I think the original series, cut the filler, was pretty good. I liked it a lot - it's how I got into fma. I watched the original anime->read the manga->Watched Brotherhood(Which is basically the same as the manga). And something as good as the original anime is worse than Brotherhood. Just shows how good it really is.

Roy Mustang Brotherhood doesn't want every female officer wear tiny miniskirt. Game set match , 2003 wins.

I preferred the original over brotherhood. I know most would disagree, but there was just something so appealing about that series.

Honestly I like them both for different reasons. With FMA its how dark the plot can can get and with FMAB how good the ending is as well as LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!!!!

This was super biased, but appreciate you making the video.

For me, the original provided some context that was glossed over in Brotherhood, after watching both almost back to back.

Most people who prefer the original, do so cause of nostalgia reasons. I watched the original first too, but I was blown away when Brotherhood started being released. It was so much more fluid in its storytelling. The high moments were much greater. The character development way more realistic and believable. I love FMA, but Brotherhood is just on a different level