Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 1 Follow

Thanks for reminding me. I can't believe I forgot FMA2 was starting this soon. From what I've read the first episode is a filler meant to catch the eyes of viewers not familiar with the original story. The second episode onward is supposed to be the beginning of the actual plot.

I'm not certain about how to view the series. I generally prefer waiting for longer series to complete so that I may watch episodes at my own pace, but I feel this will be too popular a series for me to resist staying out of the loop.

It seems like an effort was put forth to keep the animation exactly the same as the old series, but is it me or are Ed's eyebrows different? His face doesn't seem the same.

FMA is my absolute favourite, ever. So I'm a very happy girl.

However, it seems they're going a bit more PG in this series and the animation is a bit less "real" persay, than the first one. The characters seem a bit more cartoony in this one, and they didn't show the dead bodies or all the blood/attacks like they did in the original. The Manga is much bloodier than the first series, so hopefully they don't censor it too much.

Anyone else think Roy and Kimblee's voices don't fit? Kimblee especially, I sat there and actually said "what a ***** voice" when he spoke.

I agree, doesn't seem as polished, which is sad. FMA was the top show in Japan for a long time, you'd think they could keep on par with the quality the second time around. I'm not basing my opinions on the first episode only though, so we'll see.

It's a restart, not a continuation.

Then I already know what's going to happen for the first dozen episodes or so, right? Cause they didn't diverge right away, right?

And more use of Ed Batâ„¢, hopefully.

Someone want to toss out a link or am I going to have go looking for it on my own?

Superior site is superior.

Keeps better track of newly released fansubs.

I always did like both the manga and the first anime, I'll have to check this out.

I was discussing the episode with a friend and he brought up a point I never, but should have, thought about before. The manga is still going. If the manga doesn't finish up quickly enough then the series will either have to diverge again or go into horrendous fillers.

I did a calculation to see how long we had until we reached that point. One manga chapter is released each month, and I assume 4 episodes of FMA2 per month. Currently we are on chapter 94. I assumed 1 manga chapter = 1 episode. That gives about 2 years until we reach chapter 94, and 31 months until the anime catches up to the manga. It's fully possible the manga could wrap up in that time.

Well 3 episodes are out, and the tone definitely tends towards comedy more than drama. I also get the feeling that the key events flow less easily together. This might be a side effect of the story being rushed in the beginning. Rose didn't feel developed enough as a character.