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REVIEW: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood DVD Part 1 (Hyb) DVD

And you like a Song of Ice and Fire?

YMMV, but there's a reason why the manga is so popular across such a broad spectrum, and the new anime captures a lot of that.

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YMMV, but there's a reason why the manga is so popular across such a broad spectrum, and the new anime captures a lot of that.

I'm afraid that you lost me on the popularity front. Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece are all more popular than FMA--in Japan, as well-- and appeal to a massive spectrum of people. I'd argue that only One Piece is of comparable narrative quality, although it is very different, but that's besides the point. Popularity and quality cannot be equated, although some things that are popular are also of high quality.

I don't think that anybody is trying to argue that the FMA manga is bad (I don't know who could, because it's a very solid piece of storytelling), just that they don't think it's the best.

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This review is kind of a joke. Basically, someone comes in with a set opinion about FMA already being told perfectly and blows this series off after a couple of episodes. So we find out, no surprise, that she thinks other people should do the same. It's the same rehashing of divided opinions we've already seen about the series:

In a nutshell, if you think the first FMA was the greatest thing since sliced bread, skip the new one. If you don't think that, watch the new one. It's that simple.

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Y'know, between your OCD hatred and weird standards of the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime, your misapplication of the word pretentious for Evangelion (hint: the word does not mean what you think it means, as is the case with 99.9% of people who use the word) and your misrepresentation of its impact (unless, of course, you hate all of these anime), and your very pedantic red herrings (can you show me where Dorcas_Aurelia explicitly or implicitly states that the first Fullmetal Alchemist is the original?), I wonder if you have even a shred of self-awareness.

I used Pretentious correctly,

and I was simply pointing out that Dorcas was incorrect in using "prime" to refer to the first anime series as the first fullmetal alchemist, you could claim that Dorcas was using it as ideal but that's clearly not how Dorcas was using it.

If you want to continue the conversation on Evangelion than PM me.

I find fault with the fact that Dorcas is implying the first anime came before the manga by using "Prime"