It wasn't only about being faithful to the manga, they changed the approach and made a high-pace story that had most of its fans in the edge of their seats. Amazing fight scenes, just like the ones in Fullmetal Alchemist, that were accompanied by cliffhangers and lots of adrenaline without a moment of boredom in the entire show. The pacing has been one of the most compared aspects between the shows, some people prefer the slow and steady pace of Fullmetal Alchemist, that can be interpreted as more caring about the build-up to certain events, however, what prevails and succeeds time and time again in the anime industry is the frenetic action-packed pace, and that's exactly what Brotherhood offers. Makes you wonder what could make such a big difference when the work was done by almost the same people a few years later. The overall impression and impact are incomparable to the one the original anime enjoyed, even though it has its good and unique things. Also, it's worth mentioning that there was a change in the director position from Seiji Mizushima to Yasuhiro Irie.įullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood remains a classic, an all-time masterpiece, one of the shows that served as an entry point to anime for many people, and that doesn't happen by accident. A different soundtrack and an improved animation to an already high-quality one were pretty much the only technical differences. Apart from the obvious differences plot-wise, Fullmetal Alchemist consisted of 51 episodes and a movie that served as the ending (a quite bizarre one at that) and Brotherhood had 64 episodes, a bit longer. Studios Bones, aware of the situation, decided to click the restart button in 2009 with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, using the same style and voice actors, but with a story based on the manga and the opportunity to correct some of the most criticized aspects of the first one. While there is nothing wrong with the liberties they took to make the show, the big contrasts with what happened later in the manga overwhelmed a lot of the franchise's fans, some of them asking for a re-do of the anime that was more faithful to the original source. When the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime ended in 2004, only 8 of the total 27 volumes from Hiromu Arakawa's story had been published, so they had to freely adapt and continue the story until the end similar, for example, to the Game of Thrones HBO show. Unlike most anime adaptations, the Fullmetal Alchemist manga was a long way from finishing when Studio Bones started the first anime series in 2003.
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