Remember that series Fullmetal Alchemist? The one Pepperidge came in out of nowhere to announce that everyone absolutely had to watch? Y'know,
back in 2004 or so? (Christ, has it been five years already?) Rather popular manga/anime about two young brothers in a world of the magical science of alchemy,
on a quest to fix their bodies after they royally messed them up performing human alchemy in an attempt to revive their dead mother? Yeah, that one. Well,
since the anime wasn't a very faithful adaptation of the manga it was based on (although given those circumstances, it still came out really badass),
they've decided to give it another go.
Enter Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (English title; AFAIK, the Japanese title for this new series is the same as the original, which oughta prove to be really confusing). New series, apparently only 13 episodes in length (which is... pretty damn short, considering the lengthy, 51-episode plot of the original anime). This time they're shooting for a more faithful adaptation of the manga (ie: not wildly branching off after that one guy gets offed). And, in what seems to be a rather unique situation, Funimation (the people who did the dub of the original series) is subbing the new shows within a week of their original airdate in Japan. The first episode's already subbed! (Although the streaming speed is absolutely pathetic; it took me a good hour of waiting before I could watch 20 minutes of the show straight without it pausing for a few seconds to load another one second of footage - enough to get me to the credits before it caught up.) It's pretty damn good - more of the same, really, albeit starting over again from the beginning. Less filler, hopefully (although the original series was pretty light on filler, to be honest...).
Thus far, my only gripe is that the composer isn't the same. The style of Akira Senju (had to look that name up <_<) is pretty damn close, mind, and it definitely works, but Fullmetal Alchemist without Michiru Oshima's "Brothers" is going to be damn weird. But then, if they're trying to distinguish this new series from the former one, a different composer'd be one way to do it...
Enter Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (English title; AFAIK, the Japanese title for this new series is the same as the original, which oughta prove to be really confusing). New series, apparently only 13 episodes in length (which is... pretty damn short, considering the lengthy, 51-episode plot of the original anime). This time they're shooting for a more faithful adaptation of the manga (ie: not wildly branching off after that one guy gets offed). And, in what seems to be a rather unique situation, Funimation (the people who did the dub of the original series) is subbing the new shows within a week of their original airdate in Japan. The first episode's already subbed! (Although the streaming speed is absolutely pathetic; it took me a good hour of waiting before I could watch 20 minutes of the show straight without it pausing for a few seconds to load another one second of footage - enough to get me to the credits before it caught up.) It's pretty damn good - more of the same, really, albeit starting over again from the beginning. Less filler, hopefully (although the original series was pretty light on filler, to be honest...).
Thus far, my only gripe is that the composer isn't the same. The style of Akira Senju (had to look that name up <_<) is pretty damn close, mind, and it definitely works, but Fullmetal Alchemist without Michiru Oshima's "Brothers" is going to be damn weird. But then, if they're trying to distinguish this new series from the former one, a different composer'd be one way to do it...
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