Re: Fullmetal Alchemist

[Jepetto]

Ive never seen FMA, though it does sound interesting. Still, when one considers that this is a television show, the primary focus is entertainment. Its a great bonus if it helps introduce ideas and concepts to people. We have to set aside the desire for total accuracy, as I would guess the show would lose much of its appeal if it were to give the time needed to explain these ideas and also present them visually. This is a trade off with not just this show, but almost all books or ideas which are developed for the screen.

[deviadah]

I mainly like the music!

[Jepetto]

That was a pleasant surprise. Not what I was expecting to hear for the soundtrack.

[Amor Platonicus]

I loved the anime, it was what got me interested in alchemy in the first place. And it's definitely one of my favorite anime.
It's very deep, I like that about it.
But after reading the manga, I thought it was a lot better than the anime. Things seem to make much more sense in the manga and the plot falls into place much better than in the anime. It seemed somewhat rushed towards the end of the anime.
Though I've noticed that people very rarely talk about the manga, discussions of Fullmetal Alchemist are usually about the anime.
It would be a shame to see the anime and miss out on the manga, in my opinion.

[JamesBryan]

I have seen all of it, it scratches the basic alchemy things. I think the only TRUE and ABSOLUTE thing in that movie is, The Laws of Equivalent Exchange. That is the base block for all science I think.

[deviadah]

It seemed somewhat rushed towards the end of the anime.

This is a common feature of anime, especially if it is dealing with a lot of episodes. It costs a lot to produce each episode, so there are cuts that needs to be made here and there. A manga is much cheaper to produce!