Plot Summary
After making the grave mistake of trying to use alchemy to bring back their mother, Edward Elric has an arm and leg taken from him, left with metal limbs, and his younger brother, Alphonse, is left with no body, only his soul attached to a body of armor. After becoming "Dog of the Military", a State Alchemist, Edward sets off with his brother with a new goal - to get their original bodies back.
Story
During the first half, the story was completely gripping, with little to no flaws. It was intense and emotional, with great comic relief: everything one could want in an anime.
However, it took a dive in the second half, lacking the quality in story that the first half had. It became almost boring, without as much intensity.
The ending... it's hard to not spoil, but it didn't turn out the way most would want.
7.1
Characters
Despite the faults in the Story, the characters are great, especially the connection between Ed and Alphonse. You can feel the brotherhood between them, how they're so dedicated to each other.
Almost all the characters have real development, and feel like real people. You feel the emotions with them, and care about them.
9.1
Animation
The animation is pretty smooth for its time. It changes the style for the more humorous situations, adding to the humor, but knows when to get serious. There were some flaws, but they weren't major.
8.5
Music
The openings were pretty decent, though none too particularly gripping.
The closings were... meh.
The background music was hardly noticable, except for one track, "Brothers", which is and will always be one of my favorites.
7.5
Overall
Fullmetal Alchemist has a decent plot and music, the animations was pretty good, but it's the characters alone that make this anime worth watching.
Gibbeous
8.05
Other
I still have yet to finish FMA:B, but I've been reading the manga and...NGYAHHH *needs to buy more of it*
Seriously, though. The OST Brothers. Always.
I refuse to watch this in sub. Vic Magnogna does a perfect job of being Edward, so... yup. Dub it is.
