2003 is better than Brotherhood...

2003 is better than Brotherhood. I watched 8 episodes of Brotherhood (even skipped a few because it apparently slows down) and none even remotely had the heart and soul of the original series.

2003 looked more modern Art-wise

>muh minority opinion

No one cares, why make a thread

>the heart and soul of the original series.
In the first 8 episodes, all it lacks is the god awful, unnecessary filler padding out the start of 03. Take off your nostalgia goggles, preferring 03 when it diverges from the manga is one thing but thinking that shitty filler is 'heart' is pure delusion.

Because its better than making a Best Girl thread like 90% of the board

>2003 is better than Brotherhood

t. hipster

I just watched 03 last year so I dont have nostalgia for it. Filler isnt exactly a bad thing, but with this shit its the other extreme where its not taking any time developing compelling story or characters

Why do people keep dismissing the manga?

Is it though? I mean is it really?

Brotherhood was a cheap cash grab. They should have made it a movie series picking up where the two animes diverge at Greed.

It's not like The Father and all that bullcrap had appeared yet in the manga. They could have done it. The only inconsistency is Sloth. But they could have killed her, or done something else to incorporate her. Or just said there was more than one Sloth.

There's like 3 other boards entirely for people to go to jackoff to anime girls

>I watched 8 episodes of Brotherhood
So the episodes quickly covering the 2003 plot?

>the original series
lol

We didnt. This is an anime discussion.

Because it was years after 03 and the manga, most of the audience is already familiar with the start of the story. Why would they bother taking excess time to retell it? It develops everything just fine in any case.

But people never praise the manga. They keep comparing the 2003 version and the Brotherhood version.

I ended up liking them both for different reasons, but the first dozen episodes or so of Brotherhood are really rough. There's a definite attitude of "THEY KNOW ALL THIS SHIT ALREADY, JUST RUSH THROUGH IT GO GO GO!" which really hurts it. But once Greed shows up and the story becomes separate from the 2003 anime, it becomes fantastic.

But while FMA2003 is treated like a character drama first and foremost, FMA:B is a lighthearted action show first and foremost. Like I said, I ended up liking them both equally, but even if you have a clear preference for one over the other, they're both still great shows that are worth watching.

This is why nostalgiafags ruin everything

No it doesnt. Brotherhood lacks polish and attention to detail that can easily be seen by comparing the first episodes of both series.

2003:
Starts out showing their mistake but not the events directly afterwards. Cuts to them going to Liore. Alchemy is fully introduced by fixing the clock and is explored further by their conversation with Rose. Al is then revealed to not have a body followed by the final scene where both the concept of the Philosopher's Stone is revealed and mentioned (as well as the 'Other Side') and Ed is shown to have an automail arm/leg, dubbed the Fullmetal Alchemist.

Brotherhood:
Roy: "So, any luck getting your bodies back?"

I stand by my statement.

Manga>Brotherhood>>>>>>>Horse shit>>>>>>>>>>angsty piece of trash 2003 filler

The open alligator mouth points to the thing that's better, not worse. Your entire post is backwards.

I hate it how retards use truth as bait sometimes.

Because much fewer people read manga than watch anime, and anyone who's read the FMA manga knows it's better than the 2003 AND the Brotherhood anime.

If you are blind then sure

>Brotherhood lacks polish and attention to detail that can easily be seen by comparing the first episodes of both series.
Well those episodes of Brotherhood are speeding through those plot points because 03 already covered them fully. It's after the first encounter with Greed where Brotherhood starts its stride. I do agree that the start of Brotherhood hurts the series' overall quality.

Its more than that, though. The emotion and feel that the original 03 has isnt matched by Brotherhood. Just a random example I like to give is how they were scared shitless of seeing their teacher since Ed not only became a state alchemist which she despises but performed human transmutation, yet in Brotherhood they go knocking on the door with almost no remorse. Stuff like that that Brotherhood lacks is why I enjoy 03 more along with the polish and attention to detail. Its feels much more realistic

This. The manga is on a different level than both anime versions.

The fuck is happening. Both series are good, you don't have to choose one over the other.

This is the internet. You always have to choose

Why don't people just merge brotherhood and 2003 FMA in their anime folders?

Says the fucking Sup Forums-tier faggots. Both are good, there's no reason to argue.

But making another thread about shounen will help right? You fags have all of the generals, and a good 10% of the board. I don't even participate in CGDGT threads and I fucking hate that excuse.

Eh, I like having discussions comparing different art mediums.

You mean 2003 fanfiction was a cheap cashgrab. They could have easily wait till the manga ends and adopt the whole thing instead of detach from source material and lost in filler land.

>They could have easily wait till the manga ends and adopt the whole thing instead
Do you even know what anime is for the nips?

>Its more than that, though.
It's exactly that. Brotherhood's opening is rushed. Moments don't have the time they need to breath and have the audience emotionally invested. Doggirl was done in one episode. It gets better, but the series as a whole is much lighter.

I could make some seinen threads next time then? Also 10% is a seriously low number to even be complaining about. Its the 90% moe stuff that should be cut down if anything

It's not like FMA would have stopped making money whether it's on 2003 or 2009.

So if it doesnt follow its source material then its filler by default?

FMA stands head and shoulders above the shounen series that get discussed to death on Sup Forums, though.

>Also 10% is a seriously low number to even be complaining about
Apparently the mods don't agree with you because that's why we got /qst/. Maybe if we keep bitching about shounenshit then we'll get a /jump/ board and we can exile all the shit manga.

2003 definitely had more thought and care put into it.

Brotherhood had the more "entertaining" plot but was basically a battle shonen by the end.

They had 64 episode to develop the characters and they had done it fine. One or two rushed moments mean nothing.

Yes.

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>everyone has to have the same opinion as me!
>there's no reason to argue!
Why are you even here you fucking turbo faggot

It was great until it started doing its own thing

Why all the characters look so anorexic and gloomy all the time in older version?

The sins in 03 were way better than the sins in 09.

2003 was better because Hughes gets no screentime in Brotherhood

2003 is better. Don't let the contrarian posters put you down. Their defense is "i-it follows the manga better!!" So, why not just read the manga?

The other defense is "Brotherhood had a better ending!!" 2003 had the movie would was absolutely beautiful and tied up the story flawlessly.

Just always remember the golden rule of anime: First is A L W A Y S - no exceptions - best.

The 03 movie was OK didn't he just get alphonse into our world and winry is still in the alchemist world? I can't remember it that well.

Samefag.

>I hate his opinion but can't think of a good response. Better just meme my way outta this one again.

Smdh familia

>BHfag BTFO
>s-samefag!
Retard.

>First is A L W A Y S - no exceptions - best.
Polyphonica.

Which you've probably never heard of.

How about you finish Brotherhood first? You're comparing like 30+ episodes of the original and saying it accomplished more than ~8 episodes of Brotherhood.

I would hope that 30+ episodes accomplished more than a mere 8...

Wrath was fucking stupid in 2003.

>03fags say Brotherhoodfags are the contrarians
>Brotherhoodfags say 03fags are the contrarians
I don't get it, who is the majority?

No he wasn't he had closer ties with the brothers being the dead son of their teacher.

It's weird because I saw about 10 episodes of the original, so I wasn't even close to getting to the divergence point, but I had no problem being engaged in Brotherhood's first 12 ish episodes. I thought the pacing was fine and I liked all of it. Sure it wasn't as engaging as when the series really took off after around when they encounter Greed, but it was fine considering it was the beginning of a long story.

You faggots think shitposting on Sup Forums will convince anyone of you shit taste? Good one.

Those dubs won't help you here user.

>gets BTFO
>s-shitposting!
>s-shit taste!
Relax friend. You weren't even born yet in 2003, so I can understand why you are so frustrated. Your taste will develop as you get older.

Neither will those off by fours.

Brotherhood obviously. Since when nostalgiafags are in majority at anything?

2003:
>better designs
>better color palette
>better storyboarding
>better comedic timing
>better OST

Brotherhood:
>A story that isn't fucking retarded

I guess Brotherhood wins slightly.

It's still pretty retarded ed won by hurling a rock at the bad guy.

>Relax friend. You weren't even born yet in 2003, so I can understand why you are so frustrated. Your taste will develop as you get older.
Nice projection but I was there when the 2003 version first aired and was mad with my brother when they aired the final episode. Both of us picked up the anime because of the manga and got betrayed by BONES because they didn't follow the manga. So I think it is you who have shit taste here, user.

You realize fma was a monthly chapter manga. The 03 anime didn't follow it because the slut author only did a chapter a month.

Hughes is a minor character. He overstayed his role in 2003.

>mad with my brother when they aired the final episode
hahahaha
>he didn't like the ending
What a fucking pleb

Ed/Rose was a more interesting concept than Ed/Winry.

And that was dumb.

>implying you weren't hyped

It doesn't really matter. They could have not end it right there leave room for a season 2.
That ending is garbage. Apply yourself.

Relax man. No need to play age card to people who don't share your opinion.

I really just prefer the manga and Brotherhood from a writing perspective, it's all very tightly-woven and everything feels intentional, you can tell it was planned out from the start.

03 has its merits, and if you care more about visual direction I guess there's that, but it's a lot more haphazard and doesn't hold up as well upon inspection.

I would have loved to have seen a season 2 for 03 anime. Ed slowly having nightmares of the sins and realizing he has a brother in another world, figures out who Hughes was before he became a nazi, both ends trying to figure out how to reach the door of truth to get back to each other.

But a man can dream.

It's thought out better because the author picked apart the 03 anime and went from there. She was stuck for months trying to figure out how to get out of writers block.

I watched FMA 2003 after reading the manga. Ed there definitely didn't act like how he was in the manga. More like your typical angsty MC who needs special attention in every moment.

Anyone know if it's worth downloading the FMA 2003 BDs? As far as I know it was produced digitally so it probably isnt a huge jump in quality

Early 2000's anime will always look like shit. FLCL is literally the only good looking one.

Yeah but does it look less shit on BD

>upscale

You tell me senpai.

Well done, 2003, well done

HOWEVER

The one thing I cannot forgive about Brotherhood is how they fucked up the Ishbal War flashbacks, by condensing an entire manga volume into a single episode.

Brotherhood is too fucking PG

The only stuff I dislike about FMA (2003) is the following:
1. Dante
2. tranny Wrath

t. nostalgia fag

The reason Brotherhood is so popular is simply because of the strenghts of the source material. The story, characters and twists in the manga are so damn good that you'd need to go out of your way to fuck it up completely. Brotherhood is a decent adaption but nothing else. It doesn't add anything of value and doesn't enhance the experience overall, it just doesn't fuck it up.


2003 had more work put into it, wish they would've reused the amazing soundtrack.

2003 was fucking filler garbage, and detracted from the source material leading to a garbage ending. I don't care how much effort went into it, Brotherhood was superior in every way

I disagree, most of the original stuff introduced was pretty neat. Last 4 episodes were a bit on the weak side but Ed finding himself in munich was a good surprise.

>a shitty filler better than the real thing
Hahaha, fuck off.

Why do all the characters in the new version have fat faces?

keep crying

way are the 2003 characters so edge as fuck

You're wrong but okay.

Manga>03 bits that covered the manga>Brotherhood>>>Shit>'s made up bullshit

This is undeniable objective fact.

why are all the brotherhood chars worse then the 2003 characters?
>filler garbage cause it didn't follow the source
>worse because it didn't follow the source
>your argument is that all you have to do is be the source

Fuck, since Brotherhood is worse then the manga, both anime are shit and the manga is the only worthwhile part of the series.

also 2003's ending was thematically perfect in the series and in the movie. Brotherhood's ending was garbage. Difference.

Fucking Nazis, holy shit.
It's been years and still makes me laugh.

Sounds like you have shit taste bro.

People only like Brotherhood more because of recency bias. Everyone will know 03 was superior in 10 years.