@Kinda Weeaboo, But not really. same. brotherhood had the complete story but the og tv show was paced slower which made the build ups extra satisfying. like getting to know nina for more than one episode as an example
Wait WHAT? The original didnt have Armstrong? Bullshit I cannot watch the original without that muscular SOB. I lopve that guy. Not to mention his other muscular friend that is Ed and Al's sensei husband
@@zdravkomamut9160 He takes it easy on BH. In the original his ideals get challenged a lot more and the brothers are most of the time all alone in their quest while in BH there are a lot of characters that help them. Also he doesn't get anything at the end. He actually loses more than he gains.
@@ab-hx2ii some sad shit right there I haven't seen the movies but if I did I will probably understand what really happens to him after the original since I already seen both animes might as well
@@thedamntrain They can't both be canon because fma goes away from the manga while brotherhood stays with the manga. There for brotherhood is cannon and fma isnt
Darkkfated Avatar in 2010 had a live action remake for the first season of the show where they mis pronounced everyone’s names. They called Aang Oong and Avatar Ovatar
The original anime did a better job of 'humanizing' most of the characters. Plus some of the storylines are a bit darker. But I like Brotherhood better.
@@thezantgeneral677 I haven't seen brother but 03 is amazing. From the argument that people have been providing, "brotherhood is only better because it's from the manga". I'm like okay? Anything else that's actually better
@@imperfect_dan7519 You definitely have to watch both. FMA brotherhood is my all time favorite anime. True the original series does do a few things better but brotherhood had an incredible plot, a plot I've never seen before. The original is good but I think brotherhood is better because it has a better plot. Try out both and see what you think! You won't regret it
I think Brotherhood was a better overall and well-rounded series BUT, I think there are some strong points in FMA I would have loved to seen in Brotherhood! 1. I wish Lust's character was in Brotherhood longer. I loved her subplot. 2. I think FMA did a better job of explaining the backstory of a homunculus (created from a failed transmutation) that Brotherhood lacked in. (Thus the amazing Lust subplot of being an Ishvalen woman in love with Scar's brother) 3. SHAO TUCKER!!!! FMA spent so much longer building up the Nina story arc!!! So that when *it* happened I was genuinely surprised and terrified! Versus Brotherhood just spent 1 episode building the tension. The same principle I think goes for movies where you need TIME for the audience to develop a fondness and investment in the characters. 4. I liked that FMA introduced Bradley as innocuous, and then the reveal that he is an evil homunculus was more surprising. Brotherhood, literally episodes 1 or 2 just revealed Bradley's true form. 5. I liked Scar's tenderness in FMA. The moment that he first looks into Ed's eyes and notices he is different really stuck with me. I think that it develop's Scar's motives more than a raging killer because he's not! He's someone who was deeply hurt. Also the "creator/destroyer" part of Scar's arm in Brotherhood just seemed excessive to me. 6. HUGHES! Same with Shao Tucker, that Brotherhood only gave us a moment to get to know Hughes before he was killed off. FMA really spent a long time developing our fondness for him. Upon analyzing the whole timeline of Brotherhood, I really think they could have killed Hughes a whole season later. He's such an important part of the storyline and what drives Mustang, I think that it would have been great for him to do more good when he was alive (and thus increase the emotional intensity of this major turning point and driving point in the whole story.) I do think Brotherhood was better, but I think it would have truly been top tier if it spent a little more time sizzling on these important points!
While the emotional moments were undoubtably done better in FMA 2003, I just feel that Brotherhood told the story a lot better. Also, it had much cleaner animation and designs. I'd say Brotherhood is ultimately better, but fans of FMA should check out both shows because both have their strong points.
Also the story seems far more complete and sensible in Brotherhood. The final villain being an old lady and the other side of the gate being our world was very weird. The fact that nobody outside of Eds father had a connection to her was weird too. From episode 35 on the show was very good, but weird.
@@jayg.2066how is Dante being the final villain a problem? This old lady crafted tragedy after tragedy for her goal of immortality it is pretty scary. Like the Homonculi had a connection with her she used them to achieve her goals. Ed and Al's master has a connection with her do you want everyone to have a connection with her now
-- Brotherhood was official Canon. -- Brotherhood had a more complex, intricate plotline with much greater stakes and consequences for actions. -- Brotherhood had much more developed and interesting secondary characters. -- Brotherhood had a much more satisfying ending.
In my opinion, that is true only for secondary characters, and not all of them. I think Ed and Al have more depth and maturity in FMA, as well as some secondary characters such as Lust.
Kinda Brian, But not really. I like FMA more. Dark gives me chills and reminds me of a mixture of FMA and Steins;Gate. Would you agree with this statement? Dark netflix series
I prefer the first series. I have a thing for dark stuff in general, plus I LOVE how the villains were treated as individuals with their own agendas as opposed to being mindless slaves like in BroHo. Better characters and better music too.
I’d say Greed, Scar, Pride, Father, and the Fuhrer are all much more developed in FMAB than in FMA, and they are all (originally) villains! I’ll agree that Lust and Wrath are more developed in FMA though.
Just binge watched both and I say brotherhood was overall better. I like how they make homunculus's much more in the original it gives them more personality. But then again characters like scar and king Bradley and hawkeye had much better stories and played bigger parts. Oh and brotherhoods ending was wayyyyyy better.
I mean thats just cause Brotherhood actually followed the original manga exactly, the original anime is completely different from the core story so not as good cause they had to make things up different from the original vision
I like them both equally I can’t stand how people look down on the original because it wasn’t a 100% 1to1 adaptation of the manga who cares both of the series are amazing top tier shows
I don’t dislike fma because it doesn’t match the manga, I couldn’t give a damn about the manga. I dislike fma because of the many plot holes and my gosh there are so many plot holes. Fma brotherhood is generally more thought out and I don’t find 100 plot holes in every single episode
This was one of the first mangas and animes I ever watched about ten years ago. I just found out ten minutes ago there's two versions of the anime and I've gotta say I'm shocked! I always thought the anime and manga were written differently on purpose entirely by the same author because they were so cool and it really tripped me out how the same characters were in it but what they said and did and how the behaved either had small differences or were way different and some characters were missing from one version. I'd always been rather impressed with that and how it made reading theanga and watching the anime both have different and original things in them. Now ten years later the two versions have merged in my mind and I can't remember which was which and many details which makes it more interesting to think about than run of the mill copied from the source animes.
I love them both but Brotherhood is definitely better. The story is more intricate. Also, Father is a way better villain than Dante. Hoenhiem is actually given character and has a fitting ending to his story. Not to mention the Xing characters were great. Plus imo the ending to brotherhood crushes the one from the original.
it also has to do with that FMA was finished before the manga was finished, after 25 or so episodes they had a choise wait for the manga to continue and follow the manga or continue with out the manga, FMAB is as mutch as possible on par with the manga.
The tragedy of Nina is stronger in DNA in my opinion. We spend more time with her in FMA and when the time came, I had my mouth wide open. FMAB didn't had such an impact at least at here.
@@anoobis745 there wasn’t much impact because it was already done in the fma and brotherhood was trying to speed through things that had already been shown. Brotherhood was made to follow the author’s story. The fma 2003 was following the original story until about half way (where the anime caught up to the manga). So brotherhood was focused on revealing the remaining half of the original story that was not included in the 2003 anime.
Captain UnderWear yes it is but that was how they pronounced it along with: Zhao Tucker Yao Ming My Lan Fan (with only short As) Zerseas Hamunculee Hemunculis Am-est-riz
I’ve seen both animes, and, like a lot of people, vastly prefer Brotherhood. I watched both a decent time after the manga (which is phenomenal) was completed so I love that Brotherhood honors the manga and gives the characters their full stories. ESPECIALLY the homunculi
FMA is not a FAN FICTION just because it wasn't a direct adaptation of the manga from beginning to end. FMA was adapted while the manga series was still ongoing and even though she did not write the script, Arakawa-Sensei actively participated in the production of FMA. Also, she requested for a different ending for FMA as she don't want the same ending for both manga and anime. But FullMetal being a great story, it isn't a wonder that a full adaptation of the manga will be animated and thus FMAB was born. It is your personal preference which of the two adaptation you like. I, myself like FMA because it carries nostalgia of my childhood.
God i hope thats the direction GRRM is taking with game of thrones (asoiaf) because the tv shows getting worse every season i have only the books to look foward to.
There's one more difference that I think should be mentioned. The death of Winri's parents and the way she copes with it later on when facing their murderer. It made much more sense to me in the Brotherhood series and also seemed way cooler. Generally, I think Brotherhood is much more logical than the original and therefore better. But that's just my opinion.
I always loved the way the 2003 series had Bradley kill Martel. He just straight up stabs through Alphonse with no provocation or warning while smiling and asking if he's alright. One of the best scenes in that show.
Apparently not because people are still arguing over it and the fire doesn't seem to die down at all. At least it keeps people talking about the franchise but I'm getting sick of people shitting on 03 just because it diverges.
@Kinda Weeaboo, But not really. I was saying that since I love the fma manga so much, I belive that brotherhood is the better of the two. I'm not saying just because an anime is faithful to the source material it's better. I hope that clarifies what I meant.
2003: Ed quits to his dreams because Dante broke his principles and he was alone FMAB: Ed makes his dreams true because father didn't break him and he had a lot people around him
No , there's one important thing that you forgot , the context , something that works in 2003 context doesn't works in brotherhood context and vice versa . For example , in 2003 context Edward had to choose if he will sacrifices the life of other human for to obtain the philosopher stone in the fifth laboratory and he refused but in the brotherhood context he didn't have to do such thing so he act differently .
@@madmouse4400 Well Dante did create situations where Ed had to do the dirty work like the lab 5 and greed escape while Father and his homunculus were manipulated the the good guys
yeah man original FMA has so much maturity and darkness, till the end happiness never lasted for both brothers and the ending was kind a Isekai type but still i loved it more than brotherhood....
@@madmouse4400 What? Human lives are still what makes a philosopher’s stone in FMAB, and Ed refuses to make one because of that, despite needing one to get his brother’s body back. True, there’s no heavy handed villain trying to force him to do it, but it’s still presented as a choice between other people’s lives and the life of his brother. In fact, FMAB puts far more emphasis on human lives producing the stones, and Ed never uses one without great consideration. Even what he gets a hold of one finally, they still don’t use it since human lives went into making it.
He didn’t “quit his dream” in 2003, he matured and realized there are things in life bigger than himself and what he wants, and the beliefs he held all his life might not be right This is shown in his last conversation with mustang where he says, "Even when our eyes are closed, there is a whole world out there, that lives outside our selves and our dreams."
FMA BROTHERHOOD ENVY VS. ROY VER WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST ACTION SCENE EVER! THE EMOTIONS PORTRAYED WERE VERY INTENSE TO THE POINT OF MADNESS WE CAN RELATE
@@kingwaka7441 they give hint about all father's story and end during all time. You cant have it if you make story on live time. So no.//2003 ver has batter start bc brother ver cut out most of part bc thay think audience already watch 2003ver. But end is so good.
much better than in Brotherhood, too. 03 Wrath is also a very interesting character unique to it. 03 Envy is a lot more interesting too. Manga/Brotherhood Pride and Greed are probably the coolest and best homunculus ever though imo
I like both of them FMA for the drama and more character development and Fmab for the storytelling and action sequences. But I didn't like FMAB's animation and Alphonse's voice change. Or FMA's changing the story and fillers
Yea but to be fair fullmetal came out the manga was so new they had to do that I enjoyed it especially the way each homunculus Died according to the sin they represent
Personally, I would recommend watching the first 10 eps of the original FMA then go with Brotherhood up to 17 switch back to FMA then for the rest go with brotherhood. this is how I'm going to rewatch the anime see how the viewing experience is like. I've seen both anime but I like how FMA does the first 10 eps especially the Nina eps that had much more emotional impact. Instead of sticking to one or the other. That way you get the darkness and emotional weight of the original and still keep to the manga's canon by going to Brotherhood after episode 10.
Honestly, I think the nuance behind it is "do you like a deep and complex narrative that occasionally falls flat on its face?" or "do you like a young man's coming of age story in a consistent, romantic, fantastical world?" Because everything else remains pretty consistent between them aside from motivations and middle and end acts. The more ugly, elitist and common alternative argument is "Are you deep and intelligent enough to understand 03?" vs "This one is canon and adheres closely to the manga, so it's automatically better." And both of those stances are objectively incorrect. For the record, I prefer 03, but Brotherhood being out was definitely a fun time.
Yes , but people who say "2003 is inferior because it doesn't follow the manga" are totally wrong , that would mean that 100% of Disney classics are bad because every classics don't follow the original source material but a lot of people enjoy them . That shows that there no correlation between to follow the original source material and the quality of the adaptation because it's only quality of the adaptation that matter .
Because that's how content works. The script is written by someone with at least basic knowledge and passed on to another who is just the voice or face of the channel.
Well if you watched 2003 one first then it's highly likable that you liked og one because brotherhood story would seem repetitive but if you see objectively brotherhood is better
FMA is more "Dark/Emotional", I like the story in Brotherhood, I don't really feel either is superior to the other, both stories/series are pretty solid.
Finally you guys cover an anime I like. FMA Brotherhood is my second favorite anime and I personally think it's the better of the two. But I still think the original is pretty good.
FMA 2003 is definitely the winner for me. FMA 03 was not only action and adventure, but was a psychological horror/ thriller as well. Dante is probably one of the the best anime villains in the whole genre. The homunculi in FMA 03 were complex creatures in their own right and had very, very compelling stories. Lust's story was tragic, and she was honestly one of my favorite characters. When she was onscreen I paid attention. Scar's story line was definitely better in FMA 03 and more tragic. FMA 03 is simply a anime masterpiece story wise. I don't get how people prefer Brotherhood over this one. Don't get me wrong, I like Brotherhood, however it just wasn't as compelling or heartwrenching as the first. The pacing made all the really horrific scenes we grown to love in FMA 03, feel watered down or rushed. The Homunculi didn't really serve a purpose in Brotherhood other than being father's lackeys. with the exception of Greed. Also NO ONE can deny, the Shou Tucker episodes in FMA 03 were so much more gut wrenching and personal. They gave us a short arc in FMA 03 which made the audience really care about what happened to those characters. I literally cried during this anime. It's that flipping good.
@@bunsmasterbunny the truth IS www.animefillerlist.com/shows/fullmetal-alchemist Okay, just joking Now, which was the 2003 episode that es about havoc's love live -WHICH doesn't affect the plot in the slightest (to my memory)
I know that's a joke but I still need to stress that having Original content for an adaptation does not equal filler if they are important to the storyline of that adaptation. Original content is only filler if the storyline of the adaptation is the same as the original storyline. That episode had several parts that connected it to the main storyline. @@isauldron4337
@@bunsmasterbunny just shut up man you cant change what they love about fmab youre all over the place defending fma 03 lol we get it you love it better than fmab we dont care tho just say it and we will never mind xD
The biggest reason I don't really like Brotherhood is because it never commits to a dramatic moment. When it first came out I was really excited after having watched the original. But far to often in the first few episodes, tense and dramatic scenes were undercut by dumb, silly gags that really took me out of it. I'd like to finish Brotherhood one day, but it's definitely gonna be a chore for me.
I liked both shows. Each having there pros and cons. I really liked the other world connected to FMA tho. I like the additional characters to Brotherhood and what twist they brought to the story.
Fullmetal Alchemist is one the very few shows that I true love each version of the story. The manga for the complete story. FMA for the. Silliness. FMA Brotherhood for the darkness and seriousness.
@@progamer-0000 I think you should finish FMA first, the show is good with its bittersweet ending, For FMAB, it rushes through story covered in original really quick so you can watch it from beginning, specially as some story elements have already deviated from manga by episode 38, you would find watching FMAB from beginning as more cohesive
I always found original one as the darker one. Themes, music, things like origin of homonculus, imagery of death of Nina and so on. Brotherhood had more goofy moments, comedy and cathartic moments. Overall a much more sunny disposition
I like how both pictures on the thumbnail are from Brotherhood, and how the exam is from the 2003 anime and not brotherhood. The art for Scar's brother is also from Brotherhood when the video is talking about 2003.
As a kid I watched a bit of FMA. I was way to scared of it and never wanted to touch FMAB. I’m about to finish Brotherhood years later and wow is it good. It’s a completely different vibe from the first iteration but I see why people love it.
In FMA the homunculi are actual people, like they have their own wants and desires also Sloth isnt just some random dude, in 03 she is a a major part of ed and al's journey as they created and killed her, she also takes in Wrath as a son figure, Lust feels like an actual person with her own wants, Wrath is just a tortured child who just wanted a mother, and Envy is a manipulator, the only thing that carries over is Envy, I think that they are both good for their own reasons, this is like comparing Staphylococcus to Streptococcus because they are both gram positive bacteria in the cocci family, both FMA and FMAB are both good in their own ways
fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is following 100% from manga while fullmetal alchemist follow manga partially. Interesting fact, fullmetal Alchemist been publish by our beloved game developer SQUARE ENIX which very odd for Square Enix involve in anime business, while Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, SQUARE ENIX have nothing to do about it.
xenonim2013 100% eh? Is that why Brotherhood took a shotgun blast with the Elrics origin story and either completely ignored moments like the train hijacking or only gave a brief mention of moments like the Youswell incident? 100% manga accurate my ass.
Wrong did you even read the manga ? I love all but I won’t let anyone say that FMA isn’t good anime or it should be ignored because brotherhood is better there is even some parts of it that is better than the manga but if we are going to talk about the overall the manga is the best version then FMA then brotherhood please watch and appreciate all versions
@@StarrPower2232 In my personal opinion, I believe the writers of brotherhood were able to assume people watched the first anime, and I one for dont want to watch the same thing twice, I'd rather get straight into the story
I watched brotherhood first and I like 03 better only slightly. I enjoy how ED starts off kinda scared of things. Like when he fought Barry, you can tell the ED was actually terrified. I thought that was so powerful to see the ED I knew(brotherhood,) who was this power character and such a badass who will literally fuck you up for calling him short was originally written as a scared child early in the series. I like that 03 explains things. I was telling my mom (yea I got my mom to watch anime with me) that we see ED’s exam and we see Barry originally. I just like how it takes it and expands thing
I'd like to suggest new viewers watch the first 25 episodes of the original FMA before watching Brotherhood. Those episodes were done with far more emotional impact than they were in Brotherhood. Brotherhood sped through all those stories so we never got too attached to some of the characters. But since the manga wasn't complete, the original had to make its own episodes; sadly it didn't quite work all the time. Plus, you'd be missing out on some history of WHY it got such a following in the first place. Like how Adult Swim played the second-season opener for the first 3 seasons, keeping the credits accurate to each season, thus making it the most iconic opening sequence of the entire original series. It even got a few fan-made parodies: ruclips.net/video/l2g7g6zuIRU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_93wh3_6fgQ/видео.html How about waiting several months in the States to catch the next manga after finding out it was postponed AGAIN (because writing and artwork for comics and manga is not an easy process)? That still makes you feel like a part of the fanbase/family. How about how excited we were to finally see a new anime that's accurate to the manga? I saw the Japanese dub in 2009 on Funimation's channel before it came to the States translated. SO, new viewers: watch the first 25 episodes of the original FMA before watching Brotherhood. Or watch the full FMA and Brotherhood, AND the animated movies that were released. It's all about history.
I love both of them , I love the fact that Brotherhood went into detail on some characters like yoki , Dr Marco , Buccaneer just to name a few . It’s like Brotherhood went into more detail and I found out so much more about Alchemy in Brotherhood. FMA is and will always be a great Anime
@@BasedVegeta You're not wrong but that wasn't really the intention. FMA 2003 is faithful to the manga until they ran out of source material (the manga was still going) whereas Brotherhood followed the entire thing. That's why Brotherhood is considered a better adaptation. Because it adapts more
@@bunsmasterbunny I honestly think the shift to the new content wasn't really well executed in my honest non malicious opinion Mind you, It was far from horrible, but the shift could have profited from some polish
2003 ended way before the manga. So in a way this is the original FMA storyline. Also FMA sells more merch from wut I've seen and that's where the real money is made
I think the original was darker and deals with more issues, demonstrating that not all stories end happily ever after. Which is why i prefer the original more. Where as Brotherhood felt like a more light hearted PG-13 version with a happy ending.
the 2003 made a lot of thing unecessary dark, like, a true anime for edgelords, Brotherhood was more human, more philosophycal, has more emotion and love
TBH i liked FMA more than FMAB coz the lessons learned were much harsher and more heartfelt to me and, shambala fixed the ed and al matter so for me FMA hands down
Sometimes things just go your way and things turn out the way they should. Miracles do happen. There's nothing unrealistic about the good guys winning and getting a Happy Ending with their love interests while the bad guy is defeated. It does happen in the real world. And it's not like there weren't sacrifices along the way. Nina, Hughes, Fu, and Buccaneer all died along the way and the latter three were directly because of their relationship to Edward and Alphonse. A fully happy ending fits any storyline no matter what the tone. @@BasedVegeta
FMA: Brotherhood is one of the best animes I've ever seen. Perfectly adapts the manga, and the fight scenes are great. The dub voice acting is also great.
I remember watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood late at night on Toonami. I never saw every episode but I remember watching a good chunk of it and seeing the ending.
I don’t know if actually have a favorite... I would re-watch Brotherhood much more easily ( it’s lighter, funnier and has a happier ending) but the original holds a special place in my heart ( and it’s in no small part thanks to the incredible soundtrack!).
@@Laiser I get what ur trying to say but brotherhood forced the characters emotions and the when the story changes in both sides I just prefer the original cuz it's not like any other anime
@@Cinema_Inc2000 all are personal opinions,but i still prefer brotherhood,all has more sense,the fights are more intresting,there are more iconic characters and the story is more logical and intresting.
I remember watching both shows on Adult swim. When brotherhood's first episode aired, I remember being confused at first because the quality of the video had improved, and then I realized that the episode was new! There's greatness in the original, but I have to say that at first I loved Brotherhood simply because Ed and Al was back and there was hope for a better ending for them.
@@arianne6759 I meant to the small amount of likes there were at the time when I commented. I was disappointed in the fandom because at the time, only 11 people liked the comment iirc. Often times, it feels like most people love one and shit on the other, that's why I'm disappointed smh.
I watched the 2003 version until the part Maes died and then immediately skipped to Brotherhood Might go back and finish 2003 bc I miss this series so much
Forgot to mention that FMA had a movie to wrap up the ending. They use envy whose apparently a dragon to go back to his original world while Al and wrath fight a crazed gluttony
@@thezantgeneral677 2003 is needlessly edgy and needlessly kills some of the characters. look, i get it's trying to be darker, but did they really need to kill the characters? just what the hell are they trying to prove?! needless characters' s death is the least of my gripes
dont get me wrong or just kill me but in my opinion FMA was better than FMAB in may ways, it has so much maturity , a sense of darkness , emotional backstory to every homunculus except gluttony and pride where i think Lust has most tragic backstory, there were no unreasonable jokes , character relationships were greatly explored like Huges was really important character in FMA which led Ed and Al for much development and Nina's character was really cutely portrayed and on her death it was most shocking point to everyone who has watched FMA not like FMAB , Scar's character was so diverse and tragic , and many comparing points i can give ...... brotherhood just became an Shounen Action-Adventure with Juvenile level comedy whereas FMA was way mature in its genre at its time and ending and its mysterious reveal to anything was so good......debate me if you dont agree and i may be wrong cuz i am judging FMAB by watching 5 episodes only and completed FMA , going to its watch movie too. EDIT: I completed FMAB and my opinion is still the same .....
I like FMA so much more. So many scenes were cut short in Brotherhood like Armstrong and Sig meeting and Barry the Chopper meeting. Idk. It's my favorite
I honestly like both equally. I need to watch the Brotherhood one. I watched the original Full Metal first and I liked how many plot twists there was and even though it was slow at time's compared to some Anime shows, the story kept me watching. The edning was of the original Full Metal was so unexpected. The new one definitely looks more hd, but I do like the graphics in the old one too.
Well, let just say, if you like a happy ending, then Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is for you..... but for a not happy ending, you should watch anime FMA 😅
I have watched both and since they mostly use the same art style, voice actors and characters a lot of them are interchangeable in my memory. The thing that sticks out and makes my dislike Brotherhood is brotherhood brings in the Chibi Edward who constantly goes into a rage for being called short. It is jarring and stops the flow of the show in addition to a few other times where they stop the story for a poorly timed joke or extraction. FMA was better produced/edited, a better flow, even if the Brotherhood story arc was better it was less enjoyable to get there.
I insist. To fully apreciate it, you need to watch both series. FMA has much better character development, and the shocks and twists of Brotherhood hit you much harder if you previously watched FMA. Also, the ending feels SOOOOO EARNT in Brotherhood after having seen both series. Both are amazing
FullMetal Brotherhood #1 ❤️
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“Real world”? Or alternate reality? 😉
@Kinda Weeaboo, But not really. same. brotherhood had the complete story but the og tv show was paced slower which made the build ups extra satisfying. like getting to know nina for more than one episode as an example
I love ❤️ both shows but brotherhood is my favorite version of the anime full metal alchemist forever
no its not
hanko sanko yes it is
I'm honestly somewhat impressed at the narrator's skill with mispronouncing everything related to Xing.
Justin Drinkwalter right?! I saw Ling but what I heard was not
@@Dahvievanity4ever What you heard was "Yao Ming" (former NBA player).
Lol
Even xing itself
Don’t think he’s even seen either of the animes since he can’t even pronounce Ling!
Brotherhood has Olivier Armstrong. That automatically makes it the clear winner.
But fma03 has sloth as Trisha Elric
Olivier Mira Armstrong is best girl!
Wait WHAT? The original didnt have Armstrong? Bullshit I cannot watch the original without that muscular SOB. I lopve that guy. Not to mention his other muscular friend that is Ed and Al's sensei husband
It had Alex Armstrong, but not his sister
ITS MAJOR GENERAL ARMSTRONG
I thought FMAB was a sequel to FMA and I watched FMA first and I started FMAB and I was like wtf
@@BM-jy2gh Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
FMAB can't be considered a sequel, because it's story is roughtly the same. It could be considered a reboot. Like BSG TOS and Reimagined.
@@Alkis05 Its not really a reboot though. As it follows the manga completely and is what FMA should've been.
@@hu54m94 Good point. I just haven't read the manga, so for people like me it just read as a reboot, even thought it is really not.
@@Alkis05 Same I haven't read the manga either. I see what you mean, it is basically a reboot for non manga readers.
I swear Edward in FMA was going through straight depression the whole time
Why, doesnt he act the same?
@@zdravkomamut9160 He takes it easy on BH. In the original his ideals get challenged a lot more and the brothers are most of the time all alone in their quest while in BH there are a lot of characters that help them. Also he doesn't get anything at the end. He actually loses more than he gains.
@@ab-hx2ii some sad shit right there I haven't seen the movies but if I did I will probably understand what really happens to him after the original since I already seen both animes might as well
@@goosey9222 yeah the conquerer of shamballa movie is canon to the 2003 anime.
@@WednesdayMan ik bro
Brotherhood - Manga
FMA 2003 - own story line
Thats the real difference
It's so true.
It really is.
There is no diffrences in story right ı dont want to watch fma and fmab
@@CUMMERR well. The vid just explained it. But Brotherhood is technically cannon and FMA isn’t
@@thedamntrain They can't both be canon because fma goes away from the manga while brotherhood stays with the manga. There for brotherhood is cannon and fma isnt
I'm pretty sure Xing is pronounced as "Shing" rather than "Zing"
Yes youre right. Just like in the dub
Brian Philip yh shing
I think it is pronounced "crossing."
Brian Philip yes tho
isn't it ex-ing...
L-o-n F-o-n not LaN fAn
Shing not ZiNg
This isn’t The Last Airbender movie
Also I swear I heard him call Ling Yao Ming
“last air bender movie” lmaoooo
I'm not sure what you're on about, there is no live action Last Airbender movie. No war in Ba Sing Se, either.
Darkkfated Avatar in 2010 had a live action remake for the first season of the show where they mis pronounced everyone’s names. They called Aang Oong and Avatar Ovatar
Darkkfated The Avatar The Last Airbender movie was called The Last Airbender
The original anime did a better job of 'humanizing' most of the characters. Plus some of the storylines are a bit darker. But I like Brotherhood better.
Why did you like it better?
The Zant General for me it’s the ending they deserved in FMAB
YRN Zo That doesn’t make it better. Besides, Brotherhood’s ending was kinda cliche. I prefer FMA 2003’s ending.
@@thezantgeneral677 I haven't seen brother but 03 is amazing. From the argument that people have been providing, "brotherhood is only better because it's from the manga". I'm like okay? Anything else that's actually better
@@imperfect_dan7519 You definitely have to watch both. FMA brotherhood is my all time favorite anime. True the original series does do a few things better but brotherhood had an incredible plot, a plot I've never seen before. The original is good but I think brotherhood is better because it has a better plot. Try out both and see what you think! You won't regret it
I think Brotherhood was a better overall and well-rounded series BUT, I think there are some strong points in FMA I would have loved to seen in Brotherhood!
1. I wish Lust's character was in Brotherhood longer. I loved her subplot.
2. I think FMA did a better job of explaining the backstory of a homunculus (created from a failed transmutation) that Brotherhood lacked in. (Thus the amazing Lust subplot of being an Ishvalen woman in love with Scar's brother)
3. SHAO TUCKER!!!! FMA spent so much longer building up the Nina story arc!!! So that when *it* happened I was genuinely surprised and terrified! Versus Brotherhood just spent 1 episode building the tension. The same principle I think goes for movies where you need TIME for the audience to develop a fondness and investment in the characters.
4. I liked that FMA introduced Bradley as innocuous, and then the reveal that he is an evil homunculus was more surprising. Brotherhood, literally episodes 1 or 2 just revealed Bradley's true form.
5. I liked Scar's tenderness in FMA. The moment that he first looks into Ed's eyes and notices he is different really stuck with me. I think that it develop's Scar's motives more than a raging killer because he's not! He's someone who was deeply hurt. Also the "creator/destroyer" part of Scar's arm in Brotherhood just seemed excessive to me.
6. HUGHES! Same with Shao Tucker, that Brotherhood only gave us a moment to get to know Hughes before he was killed off. FMA really spent a long time developing our fondness for him. Upon analyzing the whole timeline of Brotherhood, I really think they could have killed Hughes a whole season later. He's such an important part of the storyline and what drives Mustang, I think that it would have been great for him to do more good when he was alive (and thus increase the emotional intensity of this major turning point and driving point in the whole story.)
I do think Brotherhood was better, but I think it would have truly been top tier if it spent a little more time sizzling on these important points!
I actually prefer FMA because of those points. I dont know, i just havent been able to enjoy brotherhood because they cut those things out
While the emotional moments were undoubtably done better in FMA 2003, I just feel that Brotherhood told the story a lot better. Also, it had much cleaner animation and designs. I'd say Brotherhood is ultimately better, but fans of FMA should check out both shows because both have their strong points.
This is the best opinion on which is better, both are needed to really get the story.
Designs were way better in the first show, i agree about the animation tho
Also the story seems far more complete and sensible in Brotherhood. The final villain being an old lady and the other side of the gate being our world was very weird.
The fact that nobody outside of Eds father had a connection to her was weird too. From episode 35 on the show was very good, but weird.
@@jayg.2066how is Dante being the final villain a problem? This old lady crafted tragedy after tragedy for her goal of immortality it is pretty scary.
Like the Homonculi had a connection with her she used them to achieve her goals. Ed and Al's master has a connection with her do you want everyone to have a connection with her now
-- Brotherhood was official Canon.
-- Brotherhood had a more complex, intricate plotline with much greater stakes and consequences for actions.
-- Brotherhood had much more developed and interesting secondary characters.
-- Brotherhood had a much more satisfying ending.
All wrong tbh
I liked the ending in both series. I mean in the original it had a movie made just for that ending and i LOOve the movie
I agree but I feel like with the ending you NEED MORE!!
@@catalyst6882 yea no
Catalyst try explaining instead of just saying “wrong”
The primary thing I like in Brotherhood is that I feel like the characters have way more depth and maturity.
In my opinion, that is true only for secondary characters, and not all of them. I think Ed and Al have more depth and maturity in FMA, as well as some secondary characters such as Lust.
Andrés Falcone i agree fma feels more dark and realistic, if they combine it with the details of side characther from fmab then it would be perfect
i feel like their maturity is shown in the 03 one way more
HAHAHAHAHA is that a joke? Brotherhood is such childish weeb trash
Kinda Brian, But not really. I like FMA more. Dark gives me chills and reminds me of a mixture of FMA and Steins;Gate. Would you agree with this statement? Dark netflix series
I prefer the first series. I have a thing for dark stuff in general, plus I LOVE how the villains were treated as individuals with their own agendas as opposed to being mindless slaves like in BroHo. Better characters and better music too.
I’d say Greed, Scar, Pride, Father, and the Fuhrer are all much more developed in FMAB than in FMA, and they are all (originally) villains! I’ll agree that Lust and Wrath are more developed in FMA though.
Nick you’re absolutely right!
You got that right! FMA is way better.
this is a big reason i hate most horror games cuz they rely on supernatural creatures like zombies and aliens.
Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood ending gives me satisfaction
Me too
That’s the point.
I know right
Does it cause i finished fma so i could start fmab and realise 10 sec in they arent related at all besides characters
And idk if i should start fmab
Just binge watched both and I say brotherhood was overall better. I like how they make homunculus's much more in the original it gives them more personality. But then again characters like scar and king Bradley and hawkeye had much better stories and played bigger parts. Oh and brotherhoods ending was wayyyyyy better.
Who else feels sorry for Lyra?
@Sënsëi cliche but satisfying. i'm not a huge fan of a dark ending since it takes away all of the satisfaction from this show...
Yeah the ending for the original sucked. I watched it first a week or two ago and hated the ending, it felt wrong and didn’t close things up enough
Brad Huddleson also van hohenheim is much more better in brotherhood
I mean thats just cause Brotherhood actually followed the original manga exactly, the original anime is completely different from the core story so not as good cause they had to make things up different from the original vision
I like them both equally I can’t stand how people look down on the original because it wasn’t a 100% 1to1 adaptation of the manga who cares both of the series are amazing top tier shows
That is one distinction I should make: I like BOTH animes. They are both strong, and stand alone as great stories.
I just prefer FMAB more.
Rockne Oliver fair enough I prefer FMA
I don’t dislike fma because it doesn’t match the manga, I couldn’t give a damn about the manga. I dislike fma because of the many plot holes and my gosh there are so many plot holes. Fma brotherhood is generally more thought out and I don’t find 100 plot holes in every single episode
Fey McKinney and that is your opinion just like its my opinion to like both i will respect your opinion
This was one of the first mangas and animes I ever watched about ten years ago. I just found out ten minutes ago there's two versions of the anime and I've gotta say I'm shocked! I always thought the anime and manga were written differently on purpose entirely by the same author because they were so cool and it really tripped me out how the same characters were in it but what they said and did and how the behaved either had small differences or were way different and some characters were missing from one version. I'd always been rather impressed with that and how it made reading theanga and watching the anime both have different and original things in them. Now ten years later the two versions have merged in my mind and I can't remember which was which and many details which makes it more interesting to think about than run of the mill copied from the source animes.
I love them both but Brotherhood is definitely better. The story is more intricate. Also, Father is a way better villain than Dante. Hoenhiem is actually given character and has a fitting ending to his story. Not to mention the Xing characters were great. Plus imo the ending to brotherhood crushes the one from the original.
Father was a badass
Brotherhood was way better
it also has to do with that FMA was finished before the manga was finished, after 25 or so episodes they had a choise wait for the manga to continue and follow the manga or continue with out the manga, FMAB is as mutch as possible on par with the manga.
if only they combine the dark and depth of the main characther from fma and details of side character from fmab then it wouls be perfect
@@kreisti2726 I totally agree and feel that, too. *Hugs* Y Y
Ed's answers to TRUTH's questions made me smile and cry at the same time.
Perfection.
The tragedy of Nina is stronger in DNA in my opinion. We spend more time with her in FMA and when the time came, I had my mouth wide open. FMAB didn't had such an impact at least at here.
Do you think there was not much of an impact in Brotherhood because you were already expecting it?
@@DavidGonzales-rt7qd there just wasn’t much of an emotional build up.
@@anoobis745 there wasn’t much impact because it was already done in the fma and brotherhood was trying to speed through things that had already been shown. Brotherhood was made to follow the author’s story. The fma 2003 was following the original story until about half way (where the anime caught up to the manga). So brotherhood was focused on revealing the remaining half of the original story that was not included in the 2003 anime.
@@otter1408 Yeah, FMA was so popular that creators thought "Why waste time doing the same thing that everyone has already watched?"
bro watched dinitrogen alchemist
One of my favorite differences between the two shows is Envy's true body and back story. I loved FMA's version of Envy
Cringes at bad pronunciation
Ani “zing”
@@alvinmerlos2561 ain't it shing?
Captain UnderWear yes it is but that was how they pronounced it along with:
Zhao Tucker
Yao Ming
My
Lan Fan (with only short As)
Zerseas
Hamunculee
Hemunculis
Am-est-riz
Captain UnderWear yeah it’s pronounced shing lol
Yeah
I actually like both of them.
No
@@twinpower-420 tf you mean no he can like what he likes bitch
Brotherhood is better in pretty much every single aspect.
me too. it's so stupid that there's so many debates on what is better. like, can't the two get along, they're technically the same series...
@@maibignutt6434 like alternate timelines
I’ve seen both animes, and, like a lot of people, vastly prefer Brotherhood. I watched both a decent time after the manga (which is phenomenal) was completed so I love that Brotherhood honors the manga and gives the characters their full stories. ESPECIALLY the homunculi
When I finished FMA and started watching FMAB I was like: “Tf is this not a sequel?”
Same?????
i think you guys fked up, you just ruined your experience watching the masterpiece -FMAB
@@cloroxbleach1917 no I haven’t I finished it and it was pretty great
@@cloroxbleach1917 wait i want to watch the anime but idk how to start?
@@fizz8059 just watch FMABH, you don't have to watch FMA
FMA is not a FAN FICTION just because it wasn't a direct adaptation of the manga from beginning to end. FMA was adapted while the manga series was still ongoing and even though she did not write the script, Arakawa-Sensei actively participated in the production of FMA. Also, she requested for a different ending for FMA as she don't want the same ending for both manga and anime. But FullMetal being a great story, it isn't a wonder that a full adaptation of the manga will be animated and thus FMAB was born. It is your personal preference which of the two adaptation you like. I, myself like FMA because it carries nostalgia of my childhood.
primadonna1472 Exactly. The fact it’s an officially supported story with its own unique world makes it a canon timeline to the series continuity.
God i hope thats the direction GRRM is taking with game of thrones (asoiaf) because the tv shows getting worse every season i have only the books to look foward to.
@@bunsmasterbunny it's it's own canon then
And FMA has this mystical feeling that i love
Bro, FMA is straight ass, the door leads to fucking Earth? That's imbecilic, FMAB had an amazing story, and ending.
There's one more difference that I think should be mentioned. The death of Winri's parents and the way she copes with it later on when facing their murderer. It made much more sense to me in the Brotherhood series and also seemed way cooler.
Generally, I think Brotherhood is much more logical than the original and therefore better. But that's just my opinion.
That's facts my friend
indeed
Fun fact : Brotherhood IS the original, and the 03 is a filler that's gone too far too long and ends up making its own storyline 🤣🤣
@@movikrchannel9801 still good
I get to enjoy my favourite anime twice. what more could I ask for?
Trueee
Exactly.
@@lemisho8186 what's the difference?
@@siem9329 between the two?
@@lemisho8186 yes
Full metal alchemist legit had me tearing up
YES the parts with Al at the end made me happy cry
Made me question a lot of things in life tbh
I always loved the way the 2003 series had Bradley kill Martel. He just straight up stabs through Alphonse with no provocation or warning while smiling and asking if he's alright. One of the best scenes in that show.
Wait they don't have that in brotherhood? Why are people saying brotherhood is better.
@@iwillrateyou9375 no they do that in brotherhood, either this person is confused or it just happens in both series
I like the fact that the original showed the adventures of Ed and Al. Plus it made you feel closer to Hues and it had some fun moments in it
Can’t we all just agree that the two adaptations of the anime are both amazing.
Apparently not because people are still arguing over it and the fire doesn't seem to die down at all. At least it keeps people talking about the franchise but I'm getting sick of people shitting on 03 just because it diverges.
No we won't ever agree because we are humans
No.
Nope
in my opinion both are awesome :3
Brotherhood is the original storyline from the manga...so automatic win to me.😋
but that's why he likes it. it's his opinion. nobody said fma was better than fmab.
@@BasedVegeta chill out nigga
@Kinda Weeaboo, But not really. I was saying that since I love the fma manga so much, I belive that brotherhood is the better of the two. I'm not saying just because an anime is faithful to the source material it's better. I hope that clarifies what I meant.
@@BasedVegeta offended that they dont like the trash known as fma. Fmb is better
Any series that copies manga is my lazy writing
2003: Ed quits to his dreams because Dante broke his principles and he was alone
FMAB: Ed makes his dreams true because father didn't break him and he had a lot people around him
No , there's one important thing that you forgot , the context , something that works in 2003 context doesn't works in brotherhood context and vice versa . For example , in 2003 context Edward had to choose if he will sacrifices the life of other human for to obtain the philosopher stone in the fifth laboratory and he refused but in the brotherhood context he didn't have to do such thing so he act differently .
@@madmouse4400 Well Dante did create situations where Ed had to do the dirty work like the lab 5 and greed escape while Father and his homunculus were manipulated the the good guys
yeah man original FMA has so much maturity and darkness, till the end happiness never lasted for both brothers and the ending was kind a Isekai type but still i loved it more than brotherhood....
@@madmouse4400 What? Human lives are still what makes a philosopher’s stone in FMAB, and Ed refuses to make one because of that, despite needing one to get his brother’s body back. True, there’s no heavy handed villain trying to force him to do it, but it’s still presented as a choice between other people’s lives and the life of his brother. In fact, FMAB puts far more emphasis on human lives producing the stones, and Ed never uses one without great consideration. Even what he gets a hold of one finally, they still don’t use it since human lives went into making it.
He didn’t “quit his dream” in 2003, he matured and realized there are things in life bigger than himself and what he wants, and the beliefs he held all his life might not be right
This is shown in his last conversation with mustang where he says, "Even when our eyes are closed, there is a whole world out there, that lives outside our selves and our dreams."
FMA BROTHERHOOD ENVY VS. ROY VER WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST ACTION SCENE EVER! THE EMOTIONS PORTRAYED WERE VERY INTENSE TO THE POINT OF MADNESS WE CAN RELATE
Being completely honest here, I've watched both anime series lots of times before and I STILL prefer the Brotherhood series
I hate the originals ending
@@ortepia4787 they sorta fixed the ending by doing the movie
Thought one lead to the other and didn’t know which to start with. Saw brotherhood first episode and went to see alchemist first episode.
@@kingwaka7441 they give hint about all father's story and end during all time. You cant have it if you make story on live time. So no.//2003 ver has batter start bc brother ver cut out most of part bc thay think audience already watch 2003ver. But end is so good.
Are episodes different or same in both
Lust and Sloth in 03 are amazing.
much better than in Brotherhood, too. 03 Wrath is also a very interesting character unique to it. 03 Envy is a lot more interesting too.
Manga/Brotherhood Pride and Greed are probably the coolest and best homunculus ever though imo
THANK YOU!! If 03 Lust and Sloth were put into Brotherhood then it would be so much better
@@BigGartzy along with the Barry the chopper scene in makes Ed seem more...human
YES!
@@abraham3673 i never liked 03 wrath. he was quite annoying to me....
"Zing".. . Smh
Has this dude even watched the shows? His pronunciation is terrible.
😂😅😅😅
I like both of them FMA for the drama and more character development and Fmab for the storytelling and action sequences. But I didn't like FMAB's animation and Alphonse's voice change. Or FMA's changing the story and fillers
Yea but to be fair fullmetal came out the manga was so new they had to do that I enjoyed it especially the way each homunculus Died according to the sin they represent
Personally, I would recommend watching the first 10 eps of the original FMA then go with Brotherhood up to 17 switch back to FMA then for the rest go with brotherhood. this is how I'm going to rewatch the anime see how the viewing experience is like.
I've seen both anime but I like how FMA does the first 10 eps especially the Nina eps that had much more emotional impact.
Instead of sticking to one or the other. That way you get the darkness and emotional weight of the original and still keep to the manga's canon by going to Brotherhood after episode 10.
Honestly, I think the nuance behind it is "do you like a deep and complex narrative that occasionally falls flat on its face?" or "do you like a young man's coming of age story in a consistent, romantic, fantastical world?" Because everything else remains pretty consistent between them aside from motivations and middle and end acts.
The more ugly, elitist and common alternative argument is "Are you deep and intelligent enough to understand 03?" vs "This one is canon and adheres closely to the manga, so it's automatically better." And both of those stances are objectively incorrect.
For the record, I prefer 03, but Brotherhood being out was definitely a fun time.
Both are canon. I don't think 03 ever falls flat on its face.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT, gosh, some of the other comments make me feel frustrated!! 😭
totally agree
well, there is much more good philosophy in Brotherhood with much more human and logical emphasis
Very good way to put it.
full metal brotherhood follows the manga. Not the original one QWQ
I STILL LOVE BOTH OF THE ANIMES THOUGH
Falstaff Draws choose one
@Johnny Dominguez your right
Yes , but people who say "2003 is inferior because it doesn't follow the manga" are totally wrong , that would mean that 100% of Disney classics are bad because every classics don't follow the original source material but a lot of people enjoy them . That shows that there no correlation between to follow the original source material and the quality of the adaptation because it's only quality of the adaptation that matter .
The narrator sounds like he didn't even watch it the way he pronounces the words
Lord Phatman ah yes the country of Zing.
Lord Phatman he pronounced every name wrong from Xing or “Zing” as he says
Yep, it's pretty obvious. The huge disconnect between the narrator of this video and the actual show really irks me.
Because that's how content works.
The script is written by someone with at least basic knowledge and passed on to another who is just the voice or face of the channel.
FUR BRADLEY
I enjoyed the 2003 better.
Same
Me too
Me too! I thought i was the only one 😅
Well if you watched 2003 one first then it's highly likable that you liked og one because brotherhood story would seem repetitive but if you see objectively brotherhood is better
It's your opinion
FMA is more "Dark/Emotional", I like the story in Brotherhood, I don't really feel either is superior to the other, both stories/series are pretty solid.
The way you pronounce some of these names makes me cringe
MrNotaComedian I know
And just straight up fucks names up. No such thing as “Fullmetal Brotherhood”
fuck off with your "blackface"
Ilan Smolders angry Blackmen look it up
Amestris is pronounced two different ways in the video for some reason...
Heres what people talk about: mustang forcing people to wear mini skirts
Wrath from Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is best
Lt. Radiance wrath in the original is pride
@@blueno6921 I'm well aware of that
@@arianne6759 dont know if u were joking but thats i SAID
Imagine if wrath possessed a philosopher stone?
@@ang1337 He already has a philosopher's stone. That's why he is a homonculus
"But we won't talk about that..."
Me: thank you for sparing my life
I'm lucky enough to watch Brotherhood version first.
Same
Sad
FMAB was the first version I watched
Same
You say that as if FMA was bad
FMAB. Still the greatest on my list then steins:gate.
Uhm. Both pictures in your thumbnail are from Brotherhood.
Nope, left is broho and right is 03
@@FiveOClockTea they're both are from Brotherhood, he's right.
exactly!! ahaha good job they did there
Nope bro
@@monkeydgoofy8074 well yes, bro. XD
Finally you guys cover an anime I like. FMA Brotherhood is my second favorite anime and I personally think it's the better of the two. But I still think the original is pretty good.
Legendary Legend agreee
Legendary Legend what’s your favourite??
@@caniget1ksubsnovids929 SAO.
@Yvng Trill Well it's the truth, kinda. I think iay be losing interest in SAO altogether.
@@darzimus sao is absolute trash...
FMAB seemed to have stronger and more visible female characters like Winry, Olivier Armstrong, Riza, and Izumi.
FMA 2003 is definitely the winner for me. FMA 03 was not only action and adventure, but was a psychological horror/ thriller as well. Dante is probably one of the the best anime villains in the whole genre. The homunculi in FMA 03 were complex creatures in their own right and had very, very compelling stories. Lust's story was tragic, and she was honestly one of my favorite characters. When she was onscreen I paid attention. Scar's story line was definitely better in FMA 03 and more tragic. FMA 03 is simply a anime masterpiece story wise. I don't get how people prefer Brotherhood over this one. Don't get me wrong, I like Brotherhood, however it just wasn't as compelling or heartwrenching as the first. The pacing made all the really horrific scenes we grown to love in FMA 03, feel watered down or rushed. The Homunculi didn't really serve a purpose in Brotherhood other than being father's lackeys. with the exception of Greed. Also NO ONE can deny, the Shou Tucker episodes in FMA 03 were so much more gut wrenching and personal. They gave us a short arc in FMA 03 which made the audience really care about what happened to those characters. I literally cried during this anime. It's that flipping good.
YES!
Brotherhood is the Marvel version so more people like it. :/
I believe FMA2003 is a good show, but i hate filler. So FMAB, indeed.
What filler? Aside from episode 10 there's no filler.
@@bunsmasterbunny the truth IS
www.animefillerlist.com/shows/fullmetal-alchemist
Okay, just joking
Now, which was the 2003 episode that es about havoc's love live -WHICH doesn't affect the plot in the slightest (to my memory)
I know that's a joke but I still need to stress that having Original content for an adaptation does not equal filler if they are important to the storyline of that adaptation. Original content is only filler if the storyline of the adaptation is the same as the original storyline.
That episode had several parts that connected it to the main storyline. @@isauldron4337
@@bunsmasterbunny just shut up man you cant change what they love about fmab youre all over the place defending fma 03 lol we get it you love it better than fmab we dont care tho just say it and we will never mind xD
So anything with good character moments is filler? Makes sense
I like the way the exam was handled better in fma
The biggest reason I don't really like Brotherhood is because it never commits to a dramatic moment. When it first came out I was really excited after having watched the original. But far to often in the first few episodes, tense and dramatic scenes were undercut by dumb, silly gags that really took me out of it.
I'd like to finish Brotherhood one day, but it's definitely gonna be a chore for me.
Full metal alchemist because it has a “Darker tone” to it
Yp cauz its more meaningful in every aspect except the ending
@@RahulRahul-dh2id Nope, FMAB's ending is so clichéd.
parizaful That’d probably mean something if it wasn’t 10-11 years ago, so it’d make complete sense if it was “clichéd”
Giovonni Hill the animation in brotherhood is better but i still prefer the original
parizaful i dont think you know what cliched mean
Him: pronounce xing wrong
Me: the pain of being torn apart and being put together again and again is immeasurable
I liked both shows. Each having there pros and cons. I really liked the other world connected to FMA tho. I like the additional characters to Brotherhood and what twist they brought to the story.
Fullmetal Alchemist is one the very few shows that I true love each version of the story. The manga for the complete story. FMA for the. Silliness. FMA Brotherhood for the darkness and seriousness.
Hey I have watched fma 38 episodes, I want to watch Fma b. , In which episode I have to start
@@progamer-0000 I say could start at the beginning of the show.
@@progamer-0000 I think you should finish FMA first, the show is good with its bittersweet ending,
For FMAB, it rushes through story covered in original really quick so you can watch it from beginning, specially as some story elements have already deviated from manga by episode 38, you would find watching FMAB from beginning as more cohesive
I always found original one as the darker one. Themes, music, things like origin of homonculus, imagery of death of Nina and so on. Brotherhood had more goofy moments, comedy and cathartic moments. Overall a much more sunny disposition
I like how both pictures on the thumbnail are from Brotherhood, and how the exam is from the 2003 anime and not brotherhood. The art for Scar's brother is also from Brotherhood when the video is talking about 2003.
As a kid I watched a bit of FMA. I was way to scared of it and never wanted to touch FMAB. I’m about to finish Brotherhood years later and wow is it good. It’s a completely different vibe from the first iteration but I see why people love it.
In FMA the homunculi are actual people, like they have their own wants and desires also Sloth isnt just some random dude, in 03 she is a a major part of ed and al's journey as they created and killed her, she also takes in Wrath as a son figure, Lust feels like an actual person with her own wants, Wrath is just a tortured child who just wanted a mother, and Envy is a manipulator, the only thing that carries over is Envy, I think that they are both good for their own reasons, this is like comparing Staphylococcus to Streptococcus because they are both gram positive bacteria in the cocci family, both FMA and FMAB are both good in their own ways
Why did I watch this,when I'm just in ep23 in FMA and ep 9 in FMAB?
I like them both
fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is following 100% from manga while fullmetal alchemist follow manga partially. Interesting fact, fullmetal Alchemist been publish by our beloved game developer SQUARE ENIX which very odd for Square Enix involve in anime business, while Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, SQUARE ENIX have nothing to do about it.
Enix is mentioned in the intro and outro in Brotherhood.
xenonim2013 100% eh? Is that why Brotherhood took a shotgun blast with the Elrics origin story and either completely ignored moments like the train hijacking or only gave a brief mention of moments like the Youswell incident? 100% manga accurate my ass.
Wrong did you even read the manga ? I love all but I won’t let anyone say that FMA isn’t good anime or it should be ignored because brotherhood is better there is even some parts of it that is better than the manga but if we are going to talk about the overall the manga is the best version then FMA then brotherhood please watch and appreciate all versions
@@StarrPower2232 In my personal opinion, I believe the writers of brotherhood were able to assume people watched the first anime, and I one for dont want to watch the same thing twice, I'd rather get straight into the story
I watched brotherhood first and I like 03 better only slightly. I enjoy how ED starts off kinda scared of things. Like when he fought Barry, you can tell the ED was actually terrified. I thought that was so powerful to see the ED I knew(brotherhood,) who was this power character and such a badass who will literally fuck you up for calling him short was originally written as a scared child early in the series. I like that 03 explains things. I was telling my mom (yea I got my mom to watch anime with me) that we see ED’s exam and we see Barry originally. I just like how it takes it and expands thing
I'd like to suggest new viewers watch the first 25 episodes of the original FMA before watching Brotherhood. Those episodes were done with far more emotional impact than they were in Brotherhood. Brotherhood sped through all those stories so we never got too attached to some of the characters.
But since the manga wasn't complete, the original had to make its own episodes; sadly it didn't quite work all the time.
Plus, you'd be missing out on some history of WHY it got such a following in the first place.
Like how Adult Swim played the second-season opener for the first 3 seasons, keeping the credits accurate to each season, thus making it the most iconic opening sequence of the entire original series. It even got a few fan-made parodies:
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How about waiting several months in the States to catch the next manga after finding out it was postponed AGAIN (because writing and artwork for comics and manga is not an easy process)? That still makes you feel like a part of the fanbase/family.
How about how excited we were to finally see a new anime that's accurate to the manga? I saw the Japanese dub in 2009 on Funimation's channel before it came to the States translated.
SO, new viewers: watch the first 25 episodes of the original FMA before watching Brotherhood. Or watch the full FMA and Brotherhood, AND the animated movies that were released. It's all about history.
where can i find eps of fma? ive tried to look everywhere but i cant find it, im in the us but i dont wanna use a vpn.
@@qq0777 do you still want one?
@@kilato9649 yeah, as long as its not illegal
I love both of them , I love the fact that Brotherhood went into detail on some characters like yoki , Dr Marco , Buccaneer just to name a few . It’s like Brotherhood went into more detail and I found out so much more about Alchemy in Brotherhood. FMA is and will always be a great Anime
I feel like Netflix has changed so many things. Edward genuinely looks like a child in some of these clips, in which he doesn't in the Netflix ones.
actually brotherhood is the original story, as that one is a true adaptation of the manga, with fullmetal 2003 being its own separate anime.
what I'm trying to say is, they call 2003 the original, while it is brotherhood that is the original. but 2003 is a good anime, I'm not denying that.
@@BasedVegeta You're not wrong but that wasn't really the intention. FMA 2003 is faithful to the manga until they ran out of source material (the manga was still going) whereas Brotherhood followed the entire thing. That's why Brotherhood is considered a better adaptation. Because it adapts more
2003 didn't change the story halfway through. They started it with that intention. @@imnotapipe
@@bunsmasterbunny I honestly think the shift to the new content wasn't really well executed in my honest non malicious opinion
Mind you, It was far from horrible, but the shift could have profited from some polish
2003 ended way before the manga. So in a way this is the original FMA storyline. Also FMA sells more merch from wut I've seen and that's where the real money is made
Both series is a must watch, both of them is a masterpiece
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Isn't zing the correct way to say it since in Chinese X is pronounced Tsi or Zi?
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@@eboloid3192 noooope
I watched both of the shows and I think brotherhood is better than the original
I think the original was darker and deals with more issues, demonstrating that not all stories end happily ever after. Which is why i prefer the original more. Where as Brotherhood felt like a more light hearted PG-13 version with a happy ending.
the 2003 made a lot of thing unecessary dark, like, a true anime for edgelords, Brotherhood was more human, more philosophycal, has more emotion and love
TBH i liked FMA more than FMAB coz the lessons learned were much harsher and more heartfelt to me and, shambala fixed the ed and al matter so for me FMA hands down
FMA 2003 is definately my preferred version.
Dank Starscream Damn right!
The ending didn't feel unrealistic. Having a fully Happy Ending fits any storyline. @@BasedVegeta
Sometimes things just go your way and things turn out the way they should. Miracles do happen. There's nothing unrealistic about the good guys winning and getting a Happy Ending with their love interests while the bad guy is defeated. It does happen in the real world. And it's not like there weren't sacrifices along the way. Nina, Hughes, Fu, and Buccaneer all died along the way and the latter three were directly because of their relationship to Edward and Alphonse.
A fully happy ending fits any storyline no matter what the tone. @@BasedVegeta
Dank Starscream I think complaints of realism are irrelevant when the series was never realistic to begin with.
03’s ending isn’t realistic either.
FMA: Brotherhood is one of the best animes I've ever seen. Perfectly adapts the manga, and the fight scenes are great. The dub voice acting is also great.
I remember watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood late at night on Toonami. I never saw every episode but I remember watching a good chunk of it and seeing the ending.
I don’t know if actually have a favorite... I would re-watch Brotherhood much more easily ( it’s lighter, funnier and has a happier ending) but the original holds a special place in my heart ( and it’s in no small part thanks to the incredible soundtrack!).
FMA was darker than brotherhood. That's why I prefer the original
Edit:Woah i just recently rewatched this video and saw how many likes i got. Thanks
EXACTLY
moussa omar fma not original story.the bones ending was thought out!!!
@@hater.rblxqueen I don't understand ur English bro
Try to be clearer
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Being darker doesn’t make your show better, but that’s your opinion.
@@Laiser I get what ur trying to say but brotherhood forced the characters emotions and the when the story changes in both sides I just prefer the original cuz it's not like any other anime
Brotherhood follows the manga more closely.
That isn't a good reason to say brotherhood was better. And FMA wasn't bad just because it diverged.
Oliwia Hyrcza FMA>FMAB
@@Cinema_Inc2000 all are personal opinions,but i still prefer brotherhood,all has more sense,the fights are more intresting,there are more iconic characters and the story is more logical and intresting.
@@yanchaykovskyy2543 I think fma is sadder
@@nnless Ya but its hard to watch. But Brotherhood is interesting
I remember watching both shows on Adult swim. When brotherhood's first episode aired, I remember being confused at first because the quality of the video had improved, and then I realized that the episode was new! There's greatness in the original, but I have to say that at first I loved Brotherhood simply because Ed and Al was back and there was hope for a better ending for them.
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5k subs with videos challenge what
PewDiePie??
Anyone else get triggered at his really bad pronunciation of Xing and its characters?
Edit, All the poor pronunciation, not just of Zing(Shudder)!
Who loves both? Like if you do
The amount of likes this has makes me disappointed in this fandom
@@arianne6759 I meant to the small amount of likes there were at the time when I commented. I was disappointed in the fandom because at the time, only 11 people liked the comment iirc. Often times, it feels like most people love one and shit on the other, that's why I'm disappointed smh.
I watched the 2003 version until the part Maes died and then immediately skipped to Brotherhood
Might go back and finish 2003 bc I miss this series so much
You should. In fact I might rewatch too
Forgot to mention that FMA had a movie to wrap up the ending. They use envy whose apparently a dragon to go back to his original world while Al and wrath fight a crazed gluttony
You should have mentioned conquerors of shamballa. It takes place right after FMA orginal and wraps up the series nicely.
Brotherhood for the Epic story the original for the one-liners on how short Ed is
Brotherhood, waaay better!
What’s your reasoning?
@@thezantgeneral677 2003 is needlessly edgy and needlessly kills some of the characters. look, i get it's trying to be darker, but did they really need to kill the characters? just what the hell are they trying to prove?! needless
characters' s death is the least of my gripes
Purple Villager 2.0 Which characters death where “needlessly edgy”? All deaths had story importance. So they definitely aren’t edgy. Nor needless.
There was nothing needlessly edgy about the storyline and every death had a purpose for happening. @@smithwimm1575
Purple Villager 2.0 the only needless death was Salem
dont get me wrong or just kill me but in my opinion FMA was better than FMAB in may ways, it has so much maturity , a sense of darkness , emotional backstory to every homunculus except gluttony and pride where i think Lust has most tragic backstory, there were no unreasonable jokes , character relationships were greatly explored like Huges was really important character in FMA which led Ed and Al for much development and Nina's character was really cutely portrayed and on her death it was most shocking point to everyone who has watched FMA not like FMAB , Scar's character was so diverse and tragic , and many comparing points i can give ...... brotherhood just became an Shounen Action-Adventure with Juvenile level comedy whereas FMA was way mature in its genre at its time and ending and its mysterious reveal to anything was so good......debate me if you dont agree and i may be wrong cuz i am judging FMAB by watching 5 episodes only and completed FMA , going to its watch movie too.
EDIT: I completed FMAB and my opinion is still the same .....
I like FMA so much more. So many scenes were cut short in Brotherhood like Armstrong and Sig meeting and Barry the Chopper meeting. Idk. It's my favorite
I honestly like both equally. I need to watch the Brotherhood one. I watched the original Full Metal first and I liked how many plot twists there was and even though it was slow at time's compared to some Anime shows, the story kept me watching. The edning was of the original Full Metal was so unexpected. The new one definitely looks more hd, but I do like the graphics in the old one too.
Well, let just say, if you like a happy ending, then Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is for you..... but for a not happy ending, you should watch anime FMA 😅
Where can I watch FMA?
FMA left of a cliffhanger
im getting the feeling that this list is all going to be basically:
one followed the manga, one didn't.
i like both but i prefer the original one
I have watched both and since they mostly use the same art style, voice actors and characters a lot of them are interchangeable in my memory.
The thing that sticks out and makes my dislike Brotherhood is brotherhood brings in the Chibi Edward who constantly goes into a rage for being called short. It is jarring and stops the flow of the show in addition to a few other times where they stop the story for a poorly timed joke or extraction.
FMA was better produced/edited, a better flow, even if the Brotherhood story arc was better it was less enjoyable to get there.
I insist. To fully apreciate it, you need to watch both series. FMA has much better character development, and the shocks and twists of Brotherhood hit you much harder if you previously watched FMA. Also, the ending feels SOOOOO EARNT in Brotherhood after having seen both series. Both are amazing