I just wish there was some easy to recommend combination of the two, because both have really strong points and neither are 100% complete, but it’s weird recommending two shows to someone when they are more or less the same thing
Oh yeah, kind of like how fans re-edited One Piece to remove filler and improve the pacing. I wonder if something similar could be done to merge the two FMAs? Unfortunately I think most of the fanbase just thinks Brotherhood is it, and the original doesn’t matter, so I don’t know think there’s much demand for this.
More because IMHO both are incomplete, and they each cover areas that the other skipped over, the original because iirc it finished before the manga, and brotherhood because, at least it felt to me, like it glossed over some areas that the original covered already
Brotherhood intentionally skipped over a bit in the start, since people most likely had seen it. Not enough for me to recommend watching the entire older anime though. Maybe up to a certain rain moment.
I see what you mean. The original used 25 episodes to cover the part of the manga Brotherhood did in like 12. Still, season 1 of Brotherhood is my least favorite so I don’t recommend the original myself.
IMHO while brotherhood is obviously better, it’s even better if you watch the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime first
This is what I did, would also recommend. I don’t even think Brotherhood is better, the original has some really strong points.
I just wish there was some easy to recommend combination of the two, because both have really strong points and neither are 100% complete, but it’s weird recommending two shows to someone when they are more or less the same thing
Oh yeah, kind of like how fans re-edited One Piece to remove filler and improve the pacing. I wonder if something similar could be done to merge the two FMAs? Unfortunately I think most of the fanbase just thinks Brotherhood is it, and the original doesn’t matter, so I don’t know think there’s much demand for this.
Because the ending to the original is so unsatisfactory?
More because IMHO both are incomplete, and they each cover areas that the other skipped over, the original because iirc it finished before the manga, and brotherhood because, at least it felt to me, like it glossed over some areas that the original covered already
Brotherhood intentionally skipped over a bit in the start, since people most likely had seen it. Not enough for me to recommend watching the entire older anime though. Maybe up to a certain rain moment.
I see what you mean. The original used 25 episodes to cover the part of the manga Brotherhood did in like 12. Still, season 1 of Brotherhood is my least favorite so I don’t recommend the original myself.