which FMA do you think its better? 2003 or brotherhood? why?
I don't care.
I never watched 03 to completion
>>284661144Hey, good for you funnyschizo! You're finally getting new images to use with your schizoposting! You still need to take your meds though.
>>284661209it is a very nice watch, really recommend it, it also adapts some material that brotherhood ignored
>>284661144Tried watching 2003, it's shit.
>>284661301and i am the fool expecting elaboration from a 4chan user
>>284661448No, you're the fool for expecting serious replies when you post this same thread every day, you fucking psycho.
>>284661483its the first time i post this though? you are not obligated to engage with it if you dont wanna
03 looks nicer, Brotherhood story is better. I like how it subverts the trite anti-racism message of 03 by making the Ishvalan campaign about something completely unrelated. It's more interesting to think about the insidious motivations that lie beneath the surface.
Ed Breaking through the gate to tell Al's body he was going to save him was cool.
>>284661652Sure, sure. We all believe you. It's not the same thread we've seen over and over again for decades. It's the one and only time you've ever posted it.
>>284661718ok i get it u think u are important enough to have feel the need of sharing how random posts on the internet make u mad we get it
>Actually, the FMA world is connected to our world and alchemy is powered by our world's dead peopleI really don't understand why they went with this premise. Also, their usage of automail went way fucking overboard. Super mecha Archer was a bizarre development.
>>284661144>Uncslop or the faithful adaptionGee OP hard choice.
>>284661855what makes you think being faithful is a good thing? 2003 has content that wasnt adapted in brotherhood
>>284661144The correct way to watch FMA is starting with 03, only watching late at night with the channel changer ready because you aren't supposed to be watching Adult Swim.Then wait a decade and binge watch Brotherhood
>>284662114based
>>284661301I think it fucking sucks too
>>284661144Brotherhood because it finished the story and it's just a shounen product so it's not a big deal if it's not some artistic masterpiece.
the one with the qt black girl
>>284663654Rose got the Hollywood race bend before it was mainstream.
>>284661144Why anyone would prefer any version of this story over Arakawa's manga is beyond me. Brotherhood's first 15 episodes are a hot mess and 03 is edgy fanfiction.
>>284661672It doesn't subvert the anti-racism message at all, the manga's story is a full on anti-imperialist, antifascist manifesto that posits communism as the counter-force to elitist death cultism that falsifies history and twists populations with inane bigotry. It's an even more complex and realistic anti-racist message that parallels how Marxist scholarship contextualizes race and empire. >>284661144I like a lot of the design work in 2003, especially for the early parts of the story, but it's just not complete. Brotherhood's full adaption goes so much farther in every way. 2003 does an okay job of building out an emotionally cathartic ending based on the premise and has some stellar moments like the way more intense secret lab encounter but it can't quite compete with the full story's monomyth proportions. I will always say both are worth watching.
Brotherhood. It's got a lousy start, but sticks the landing whereas 2003 really starts to peter out around the time Shou Tucker comes back. They're both great shows, though. You force me to watch either of them, I'd have a good time.
Brotherhood is better overall but the ending is dogshit.
Which one had the better music?
>>284661144I like both.
>>284664583Yes
>>284661144Brotherhood, the manga and its message are pretty good so I do like brotherhood betterHOWEVER, people tend to not even look at 03, which is a shame as it is an incredible anime, and you really need to watch it or at least the first 20 episodes, as brotherhood rushes said episodes
>>284661144Kill yourself funnyschizo
>>284663859>>284663949I haven't watched Brotherhood since it aired, why was the beginning so shit?
>>284661793No, he's right We've seen this in ranges from once a week to every day for years and years, and the vast majority of the time it's obviously the exact same OP, making the exact same moronic arguments, and crashing out the exact same way when people disagree with him So your response tells us you are lying and genuinely are him, you're stupid, you're very unobservant, or you aren't really from around here.
>>284666383They somehow got it into their heads that they should rush the start of it because everyone has already seen 03 and so would just want to get that over with
03 does some cool things, while 09 is pure shonenshit. They beat the last nigga with a power of friendship punch.
>>284666459Episodes 2-15 adapted vols 1-8Episodes 16-30 adapted vols 9-16It was a bit quick, but not insanely rushed. It's more like 03 fleshed out and added filler to those early episodes that compared to Brotherhood it seems insanely rushed.
>>284666472It was cool
>>284661144The manga
>>284666472It's almost like the established theme built from the very start was about bonds and community as power with two of the pivotal moments toward the end being Alphonse using a stone in battle in order to let the sacrificed souls fight alongside him and Hohenheim's reveal that he established a relationship with every soul inside him as part of seeding a counter-measure whereby other victims can also join in the resistance.
>>284661144I prefer 2003 when it came to the homunculi being failed human transmutations. a lot of the 2003 anime original content was well written compared to brotherhood lighter hearted writing. but if I had to choose it would be brotherhood because it has a happier ending compared to 2003 being bitter sweet.
>>284663654Paninya or Rose? Neither are black though, they don’t have lips.>>284663758She also got raped for it so it pissed off that crowd a bit.>>284666472It’s bogged down by having a lame plot by the end, Dante was a complete shit villain. Also, using the cool factor is still a typical shounen shit argument anyway lol so they’re not all that different from that angle.
>>284661144Brotherhood2003 has good music, and animation I guess, but the writing was kinda cringe. I watched it long before Brotherhood but I liked the latter more because I've always preferred the manga.
>>284661144This dead horse has been beaten into paste, so I'm going to state my credentials and give you my honest opinion and I'm going to be brief.I've watched both and read the manga.You should just read the manga, if you want to watch the anime, watch Brotherhood first and then '03. People who think '03 is better are wrong, and probably blinded by simple nostalgia, but it is worth watching if you enjoyed the manga and Brotherhood.But the manga is the best version of the story and you can start and end there and you won't be disappointed by either anime's shortcomings, and they both have a few.
2003It's fucking impossible to discuss it here however
>>284661144Brotherhood. Yes.
>>284666542not exactly filler, 03 actually adapts a lot of stuff that isnt in brotherhood
The first half of the story that both shows adapt is done better in 2003Personally I'd recommend the manga and then the 2003 anime as something different to people, Brotherhood isn't really all that great an adaptation by itself
>>284670240Like what? The trainjacking story? Pretty much everything I can think of had filler. Yoki's story added Lyra, gaiden joke eps also had filler. And the pure filler episodes in 03 were retarded. For some reason there were multiple eps about multiple failgirls who got cucked to death (the director's fetish?), and the Psiren ep was so cheesy and fanservice-y it clashed tonally with the manga and especially the edgelord 03 anime. The entire anime clashed tonally with the manga, and from the beginning it was taking liberties with characters and chronology, e.g. turning Barry into a pedo tranny. It was so edgy and sentimental it managed to ruin actual serious moments from the manga like Al doubting himself after meeting Barry and Al's confrontation with Ed, and those were pretty great and important scenes.
Kimblee was two flavors of cute in both Brotherhood and 03, so I’ll gladly take both!
>>284661144Brotherhood is shonen 03 is soft seinen
>>284671689But Greedlin and shota Pride only exist in Brotherhood (also Lan Fan, she's pretty great.) 03 has Wrath shota, but he's an annoying ugly retard with tumblr skin disease. 03 Sloth doesn't even make sense. How exactly is she slothful? 03 Envy was some ugly seething human man which imo ruined him more than the monstrous forms from the original story. In fact, the chameleon form only improves him cause it's cute. And IIRC 03 Gluttony couldn't do the cool thing from the manga where he unhinges his jaw and there's entire dimension in his belly. I don't even remember what Bradley's deal was in 03, but probably nothing to write home about. Homunculi were better in Brotherhood/manga, and Brotherhood version of Hohenheim was also far superior. He's actually shockingly likeable.
>>2846611442003 because the political thriller/horror angle gives the show a very unique tone that nothing else is like. Brotherhood is a dime a dozen shounen.
>>284661144The people I usually encounter who like 2003 either don’t like other anime, are nostalgia fags and or haven’t watched much anime since then (or even rewatched it and the movie) if that answers your question.
>>284672320I hate that shota.
Give FMA doodle requests now. T. drawfag
>>284672377I would gladly give you a dime for a dozen shounen of similar quality and style to Brotherhood
>>284661891>what makes you think being faithful is a good thing?Because it is a good thing. Which is why brotherhood is better and more liked than 03.
>>284674575If this thread dies before I can finish, I’ll deliver in the general draw thread
>>284674597Draw adult Ed being called short by a man shorter than him
>>284674579>>284674597>>284674575I’ll bite. Winry in a cow outfit shoving a milk bottle in Edward’s face.
If 2003 was actually good they wouldn't have remade it. Cope. This is fact.
I watched brother hood first and still really enjoyed 03. The story with the homunculi being the failed human transmutations is good.
I don't dislike the 2003 version but the movie was a pile of actual putrid dog shit.
>>284675438It wasn't
>>284674575Riza and lust with swapped outfits.
>>284661144Brotherhood. 2003 has its merits: the slow exposition works for way better for the story and matches the manga, plus they somehow managed to write a coherent story despite specifically being asked to end it differently, BUT the ending of the series and the fucking Hitler movie was so unsatisfying I just can't take it seriously. I'm all for bitter-sweet or even tragic ending, but this wasn't a satidfying way to end anything. Don't get me wrong, Brotherhood is not perfect. It misses on the slow burn introduction (I would even say it shits the pants a bit with how fast things are moving), it vuts my favorite flashback episode with Basque Gran shooting his comanding officer and the gags are occasionally very distracting, but overall the original story is so good, most of these flaws don't matter (the shitty introduction does, though, and it is very unfortunate).In the end, the best way to enjoy FMA is to read the manga.
>>284675389What's so great about it? The animation is mid. Am I missing something? Brotherhood gave us scenes like this, traumatized Armstrong and Riza, etc.
>>284661144Brotherhood. I didn't really care for Dante and Hohenheim actually had a resolution. >Erm but da movieWas complete shit so I don't count it.
>>284676373Yes, 2003 version certainly is.
>>284661144I liked both. First one did drama extremely well. But it was the first one so brotherhood couldn't use all that drama again when the audience was already aware of it. However using ed and als mom was a really nice touch for those with abandonment issues. I did love how tabuu they made the philosopher stone in this one.Brotherhood though less dramatic, much better action and lore. The philosophers stone however didn't feel as much tabuu because there was such an abundance and pointing out genocide was being used so many times. The action and everything was top notch and if only we had the first series had the manga finished we would have had the best.
>>284672320Agreed. The only thing I liked better from the 03 Homunculi was putting Lust's great big tits on screen for longer. She gets offed way too fast in Mangahood.
>>284675838>and matches the mangaIt doesn't. Brotherhood's exposition is rushed and removes things but 2003 adds filler so it's slower than the manga, also it changes a ton of things to fit the new narrative, also just because I guess. 5 out of the first 16 eps in the original anime are pointless filler, plus there's one breather ep adapted from bonus joke chapters that didn't really need to be adapted. On top of that, Ed's state alchemist exam looks totally different in 2003 as it's a part of Shou Tucker's storyline which takes place in the past and is its whole arc (but only 1 chapter in the manga and Ed's much older in it.)Basically the whole timeline was changed in 2003, and the exposition chapters were turned into a long ass flashback. There's some weird episode about crossdressing human Barry kidnapping loli Winry, an ep where Hughes' wife gives birth which was probably repurposed from Rush Valley arc so it basically steals Winry's more serious moment that happens much later in the manga and gives it to the Elrics and Nina, there's Lyra (Dante's vessel) added to Yoki's story, etc. It's totally different from the manga and most of it is filler. Repetitive filler too. Did it really need so many episodes about mines, cucking, and annoying random chicks?
>>284661227>>284661718OP might be a faggot baiting for 2003 vs Brotherhood shitflinging, but there is too little screeching about MAL and he is not unhinged enough to be funnyschizo.Also, speaking about being unhinged, what the fuck is this captcha. Lines with a dozen squares that have stars in them. The fuck.
>>284680388>Lines with a dozen squares that have stars in them.It changed again??
>>284680645I just had this one on /v/. Same idea as the shapes, but much more annoying
>>284672320Hoenheim was even more likable in the manga
>>284661891>what makes you think being faithful is a good thing?Because the anime writers can't write well. When you are reading, watching or listening to something you are familiar with you should notice when it goes weirdly off tracks. This happened when I watched '03 and it was beyond what I had read in the manga (my access was basically the volumes available in the library because my English was awful). This has happened many times after that and before it. I always felt that the filler arcs were shit in Dragon Ball before I knew what they were.
>>2846611442003 has a fucking retarded ending and is dispairslop.
>>284661144Neither. I really liked 03, but I watched it over 20 years ago. I tried watching brotherhood twice and both times I dropped it before making it past the first 20 episodes. I honestly doubt I would like 03 as much as I did back then if I watched it today.
03 but the Jewish propaganda injected into it is cringe.
>Be 2003 FMA>Make that one off character Rose a recurring character and make her a rape victim for some reason>Make up two Homunculus everyone hates and or forgets about>ACKTUALLY ENVY IS EDWARD AND AL'S HALF BROTHER WHAT A TWIST>The Gate leads to our world for some reason>The Alchemy World hasn't discovered physics but has combustion engines and ballistic weapons>Half the characters just start randomly getting killed off towards the end>Hohenhiem's character is a 180 from his actual self>ALPHONSE THE PHILOSOPHER STONE! IT WAS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!>the main antagonist pretends to be a top tier 44444 D chess master but is defeated by a Hungry fatman hoist by their own petard! HOW DRAMATIC!>forced drama Mom Homunculus that gets lust killed because muh forced drama>Wrath fucking sucks>Fuhrer Bradley doesn't do shit until the last episode and is pretty easily defeated by Roy
>>284682650>Jewish propaganda/pol/tard tourist spotted
>>284682822Thank you. I'll save this for later.
>>284682822>Tucker turns into an upside down furry>Mustang killed Winry's parents>filler oneesans want to /ss/ with Edward, the filler lolis try to kill him for some reason>there's a robosoldier with an "automail" that allows him to fire lazors out of his throat (and probably other orifices)It was a weird show in hindsight.
>>284669160The only nitpick I have about the manga is that the Nina business is way to quick and sudden, despite having repercussions for the rest of the manga. I think it could have used even just a single more chapter to breathe.
>>284674575The girl of your choice wearing bikini armor inspired/made from Al's armor.
>>284666472>They beat the last nigga with a power of friendship punch.please don't tell me you actually think this is what happened
