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u/vcdrny 10d ago
Awesome.
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u/Chloe_Light 10d ago
This is the full metal alchemist, right?😁
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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 10d ago
That’s actually THE STRONG ARM ALCHEMIST, whose technique has been passed down the Armstrong line for GENERATIONS!
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u/Chloe_Light 10d ago
Got it, thanks for the explanation😅 I guess I need to watch it because I haven't watched it🫢
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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 10d ago
Aw man, FMA is one of the real good ones, I think you’ll like it a lot
My brother just watched it this year and was texting me his thoughts throughout it all, and my coworker at the other desk is doing his first watch. People finding their way to it all the time
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u/Chloe_Light 10d ago
It says on the internet that there are 2003 and 2009, and as far as I understand, they are the same?🤔
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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 10d ago
The 2003 one is the first and the beginning of it has more character development and look into the intro of it all. But about 2/3 of the way through or so they caught up to the manga and pressed on without source material. So it has its own ending, and you can kinda tell
2009 FMA Brotherhood is the “reboot” which is the same characters and story, only it follows the source material to the end. It’s the “definitive” version of the story, though it kind of expects you to have seen the first one already, as it rushes through the beginning a bit so it can get to the good stuff
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u/Chloe_Light 10d ago
cool, thank you very much, I will definitely make time for it😎
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u/LindonLilBlueBalls 10d ago
Nice! I watched both as they came out and its still on of the best series ever.
I would advice watching the 2003 FMA first. It is really good and makes 2009 Brotherhood so much better!
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u/Chloe_Light 10d ago
I remember watching the old version of Shaman King, I really liked it, and when I found out that it was remade, I was incredibly happy but unfortunately for some reason I missed the alchemist😅
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u/Desperate_Method4020 10d ago
I would actually recommend Brotherhood first while the characters aren't as fleshed out, the story is so good, but one thing that makes it stand out compared to other shows, or even FMA 2003, is that it's so consistent with its from start to end, with its story, themes and characters. I think that is also one of the reasons why it's one of the most acclaimed shows out there. It was nr 1 one Myanimelist (imdb for anime) until last year before it got dethroned.
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u/Jean-Ralphio11 10d ago
Im always torn when recommending this show because while I watched the original first and then BH and it was a great experience at the time I really feel like the emotion and story in BH is so superior that a new person shouldnt waste that amazing first experience on the original.
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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 10d ago
I feel the same way. That’s why I told my brother just to do FMAB, because i doubted he wouldve finished the first and then watched Brotherhood
Ideally, yeah, you watch the first one first, but it’s so hard to recommend that to people
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u/Torn_wulf 10d ago
There definitely needs to be a spliced together version of the best of both series that folks can share as the ideal version.
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u/XxRocky88xX 10d ago
2009 is better overall, 2003 has a much stronger start. 2009 expects you to have already seen the original so it rushes the beginning and character development.
My personal recommendation: watch 2003 up until a certain character dies in a telephone booth, then switch to 2009.
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u/yoshi3243 10d ago
The 2009 (fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood) is the best one. It basically follows the source material perfectly and is the one that everyone loves.
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u/Warcraft_Fan 10d ago
We really need a spinoff that covers Armstrong part running parallel to Edward's main story
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u/likamuka 10d ago
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u/wossack 10d ago
Someone pointed out how quick her hand pulls back soon as he touches her hip and it’s all can see now
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u/SandiegoJack 10d ago
You should see her childhood interview when she is walking through her bedroom and gets to the bed…..complete change in behavior.
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u/g0ld-f1sh 10d ago
Yeah that shit was fucked to watch, she did not hide whatever she remembered very well, and it was not good whatever it was (we know what it was..)
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u/ShyraElectra_G 10d ago
I'm out of the loop. Mind explaining abit more?
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u/rjrgjj 10d ago
Uhh… I don’t know if it’s allowed here but basically he has made a lot of strange comments over the years about her, and you can see a lot of awkwardness in many different videos over the years where he’s very grabby grabby in public and she looks to be in a constant state of trying to escape him. Make of that what you will.
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u/Anonybibbs 10d ago
If by strange comments you're referring to when he said that if she wasn't his daughter, then he'd be dating her, or when asked in an interview about what interests he and Ivanka have in common and he said "sex", then sure, that's pretty strange.
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u/LagCommander 10d ago
They're referring to this video here. The noteworthy scene happens at about 30 seconds in
I'm no expert in human psychology but that tone shift hits hard
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u/SimonPho3nix 10d ago
JFC I've never seen that. Damn, man... she looked like her soul got fucking yanked.
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u/StanIsNotTheMan 10d ago
Adding to u/rjrgjj, Ivanka Trump was giving a reporter a tour of her childhood home and was pretty cheerful and peppy with the reporter. Until they got to her childhood bedroom, where she visibly became upset and quieter.
We already know D.Trump is a rapist. And it is highly likely that he raped children with Epstein. When you take into consideration the comments about Ivanka publicly, it paints a pretty dark picture of what may have happened in that bedroom.
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u/Expensive-Finger-731 10d ago
He’s absolutely grabbed her ass and she thought he was gonna do that in public.
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u/paprikahoernchen 10d ago
... I want both of them in a very normal bro way
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u/tame-til-triggered 10d ago
Nope, I want them to do illegal things to me
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u/Pofwoffle 10d ago
Yeah, the "normal bro way", like he said.
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u/Real_Live_Sloth 10d ago edited 10d ago
If you’re not doing illegal stuff with your bro are you really even bros?
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u/Ayumu_Dea_84 10d ago
Gotta love Full metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. In my opinion the best series ever drawn/written.
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u/ScreamSmart 10d ago
Yup. Super tight storytelling with exactly 1 filler episode.
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u/Obsidianrunner 10d ago
You mean….THAT episode?
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u/ScreamSmart 10d ago
No. There's 1 episode before the final arc that's just recalling everything that had happened so far.
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u/Bandicutie314 10d ago
I skip that episode each time I rewatch it. But it does show Hohenheim's burden pretty well.
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u/mishroom222 10d ago
Yeah that episode is well timed and quite critical to the viewer so we get his perspective more. Perhaps it coulda been cut down. idk. I like it
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u/doogled3 10d ago
Well timed? The previous episode had more or less ended in a big development, and the series bad guy was about to be introduced. Watching it as the series came out made that episode especially disappointing
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u/OK_x86 10d ago
No. That story while horrific does set the tone for some of the war crimes state alchemists pull at the behest of the Fuhrer.
It's not filler at all.
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u/SulHam 10d ago
I swear people call anything filler nowadays.
An episode that thoroughly builds upon the themes of the story and has an effect on the main characters, but isn't directly relevant to the main scheme of the villain? Filler.
An episode that expands upon the characterisation of multiple characters and the relationships between them? Filler. I've seen people call ATLA's Tales of BaSing Se filler, even.
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u/OK_x86 10d ago
I guess it's filer in the sense that it doesn't advance the main storyline of ATLA but it sets the stage for what is going to be a rather dark and serious denouement. And it's probably one of the most important glimpses into Iroh's story and motivations. I can't imagine ATLA without that episode.
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u/Mostdakka 10d ago
The episode is important because one of the show main themes is extremism and it's dangers. Since we had an episode just before that about religion and a cult the next one had to go to the opposite end and had to be about science and lack of morality
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u/rider_shadow 10d ago
Isn't this the old one ? I only watched that and I remember this scene. Unless it's in both
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u/Thank_You_Aziz 10d ago
This is from 2003, not Brotherhood. But Brotherhood has an even more bombastic version of this scene, and the comment still isn’t wrong about Brotherhood being the best. 😁
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u/Talk-O-Boy 10d ago
Give me Tokyo Ghoul Brotherhood.
We need a second attempt at that series. It’s too good for the anime to be handled the way it was.
Throw in The Promised Neverland Brotherhood after that.
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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 10d ago
This one is from the '03 series. The immediate giveaway is the presence of Frank Archer, the shorter, black-haired guy with Armstrong. Archer is only in the 2003 anime.
The scene between Sig and Armstrong is in both animes, though with a few differences.
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u/Patenski 10d ago
It's just one of those series with really interesting setting, power system, excellent story, characters AND doesn't overstay it's welcome and ties all the plot lines in a satisfactory way.
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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 10d ago
The funny part is that they said this about the first anime too with a minor ding about the ending since the manga had not finished yet.
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u/TheAJGman 10d ago
I liked the endings of both for very different reasons, but the story telling of Brotherhood felt tighter (probably because they had the ending in sight from the start).
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u/friedrice5005 10d ago
Brotherhood is more "complete" but I really preferred 03's explanation of the homunculi and how it utilized the philosophers stone. It felt way more "in-theme" with the way that alchemy worked than "alchemy god" creating them in Brotherhood.
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u/cepxico 10d ago
Id have to argue Hunter x Hunter but it's not finished yet so technically cant compare them yet.
Brotherhoods pacing is insanely fast though, once they got to the city I was getting whiplash from the amount of things happening, thought I was missing episodes.
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u/RappScallion73 10d ago
I'm convinced that what makes it so good is that it was written by a woman. It's not just the standard shonen tropes with fights, special powers etc. The characters are brilliant and memorable and most of all they have HEART, you care for them, even the villains.
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u/LiteratureMindless71 10d ago
The things I would do for more full metal....
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u/rp-Ubermensch 10d ago
I would give an arm and a leg for more full metal alchemist
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u/Congo- 10d ago
i would give my daughter and my dog
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u/rebalwear 10d ago
I would fuse them both for you... too soon?
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u/SaltManagement42 10d ago
The secret is that you don't watch all of it, that way there's always more you've never seen!
My plan is foolproof.
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u/ScreamSmart 10d ago
Source YT channel called VIEL.
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u/Fuzz_Ball_Mogie 10d ago
Bro thought he'd show us the same video twice and we wouldn't notice, clever 😎
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u/knight7imperial 10d ago
Now kith
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u/trippysmurf 10d ago
What's funny is how this is one of the most homoerotic moments in anime, and the guy on the left is also the biggest Wife Guy in anime.
His wife is also one of the most terrifying characters in a series that includes genocidal homunculi.
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u/Mikaelious 10d ago
Is this from an OVA? I've watched theseries like three times in total and have not seen this scene once.
(Or is it from FMA 2003? I haven't seen that one fully.)
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u/trippysmurf 10d ago
It's from 2003.
I like the deeper roster in FMA:B, but the character work for the Homunculi in 2003 is excellent and makes them all tragic beings versus homicidal weapons.
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u/Pofwoffle 10d ago
I would argue that they're still somewhat tragic, it's just that they all have the shared tragedy of having been created by Father solely for his own purposes, and not allowed to be their own people. It's clear from how Greed develops that the homunculi are people, just like anybody else, just with different origins, and the hopeful ending that Selim gets is another nod toward the idea that if it weren't for Father's influence they likely would have turned out differently.
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u/Lecteur_K7 10d ago
So that's how you do a Mannshake
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u/Zetsumenchi 9d ago
I love how some of the biggest people in the series had what looked like the most gentle handshake.
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u/Over-Analyzed 10d ago
They went WWE tag team on Sloth and launched him through the wall.
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u/studentgirl_sof 10d ago
that's the one and only acceptable way to say hello to your new boss on a job interview
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u/Inevitable-Good-8638 10d ago
I genuinely would like to watch that anime! Who knows the name?
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u/ExplodingSofa 10d ago
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003). The scene is from the original anime, not Brotherhood.
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u/PsychologicalBid179 10d ago
Oh man you are in for a treat, FMA Brotherhood is peak
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u/PauloVictorBar 10d ago
This isn't Brotherhood
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u/jambohakdog69 10d ago
That's a bit gay. And hot. More please 🤭
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u/Waow420 10d ago
It's so gay it circles back around to non-gay.
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u/BestKeptInTheDark 10d ago
I call a steward's enquiry over that claim.
I think it is potentially gayer than 10 dudes blowing 5 dudes
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u/Kevo_NEOhio 10d ago edited 6d ago
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u/the_starship 10d ago
The one scene where one of the officers comes in with gems on his jacket but they're held on with wire gets me every time.
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u/GlendaFromAccounting 10d ago
That was hilarious. But this is why I don’t watch anime, wtf was that
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u/Throw-Away-Variable 10d ago
This is why direct anime adaptations ALMOST always fail. What works in one does simply does NOT work in the other, unless you lean in and go full comedy with those aspects.
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u/MinnieShoof 10d ago
... I'm surprised the Armstrong didn't even wax his chest for this.
Meanwhile Curtis is completely bare. ... really a mismatch.
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u/qualityvote2 Bot 10d ago edited 8d ago
Well well well... look who posted something that actually fits.