They don't earn their reveals and everything feels forced. Introducing the majority of the military right off hand was a mistake and explaining to us why ed can transmute without a circle before we even begin to understand that that is a big deal is a mistake.
sharePretty much all the reason for that is simple, everything was already explained and gone into detail in the first fullmetal series. They didn't want to waste time going into it all again, not to mention it works out cheaper. Most people who watch brotherhood were already fans of Fullmetal so had already seen the first series or read the manga.
I don't view any of this then as a mistake, it actually makes a lot of sense. For people who have only seen brotherhood it would come off as a very fast based show. But even then that isn't so bad you still get enough of the story to understand the characters, and it just jumps straight into the action.
I'll concede that the beginning of the first show was much better handled, and I DEFINITELY preferred the slower, more deliberate pace of revealing stuff to us, and just generally everything about the first half of the original show over Brotherhood by MILES. There's no comparison there. It's like comparing a cheap american hollywood-ised remake to the original story. After that though, FMA:B takes the cake easily.
That being aside, even if FMA:B didn't improve, I'd still prefer it over the first anime due to the *beep* ending that one had. My god, way to *beep* up a perfectly good story.
Of course again it was made with the idea that had already seen the original show. The original show covers the storyline very well before it diverges.
shareThe first anime had to end the way it did because the manga was on hiatus. Naturally it had to go on its own considering, and I don't know about their contract but some animes have to end at 50 or so episodes. The same reason some end at 25, some at 12, etc. I don't know the politics to these but that's the general patterns.
Now, I'm not exactly sure how the anime version fared in this respect, but NANA the manga is put on indefinite hold because the mangaka got ill. I stopped watching the anime at a certain episode so I'm not sure how they ended the anime series. I can't imagine it being left without even an open-ending. Think this will rile up a lot of its fans.
So in a way, FMA 2003 had to have an ending.
Brotherhood was way better. And your complaint fails because it was done because you already had the exposition during anime1, basically the first part of 1 is also a part of brotherhood.
shareI may be a little bit late to the party, but I`ve been watching the first few episodes of brotherhood and honestly, its been pretty tedious. They rush through everything, its so annoying. The fact that there was another series is no excuse, they still should have taken the time to introduce these character properly.
shareQuite late to the party, but I have a big question. Before I ask, I have seen the original series and just started the second series. I've only seen the original series once, and that was around 7 years ago, so I remmeber good bits, but not specifics (though I remember the ending). My question is this:
People on the board seem to dislike the rushed beginning of Brotherhood. Does the rushed beginning actually follow the manga, or did they actually condense and let the original series follow the manga step by step?
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That's completely absurd. There isn't a comparison at all. The original was a LOT of filler with an ending that left a bad taste in my mouth. The origins for the homunculi in the original was just plain moronic - the main antagonist isn't even present. Brotherhood is just so much BIGGER than the original. There's so much more to it. There are so many more characters. Not to mention, the original series left me HATING Scar.
shareThe original was a LOT of filler with an ending that left a bad taste in my mouth.Anime1 only had a small number of filler that had nothing to do with the storyline nor played a part in future stories. The ending gave me an opposite taste in my mouth.
The origins for the homunculi in the original was just plain moronic - the main antagonist isn't even present.Subjective. I rather liked the Frankenstein-ian take on their creations. And I liked the eventual reveal of the antagonist.
Not to mention, the original series left me HATING Scar.Feh, I didn't share the negativity. I thought it tragic. share
Oh please. Comparing Brotherhood with the original is like comparing Neon Genesis Evangelion to Rahxephon. The original was just not a masterpiece. Brotherhood was.
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