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Not sure if this was supposed to be in some other already existing thread, but here it is anyway.
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FMA: Brotherhood - EP 2 (720p)
Not sure if this was supposed to be in some other already existing thread, but here it is anyway.
subbed by Shinsen-Subs
FMA: Brotherhood - EP 2 (720p)
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"Always be yourself... unless you suck."
Relevant quote from the episode 1 thread:
I know that this is not a popular opinion, but I think this was a perfect example that "true to the manga" does not necessarily mean better.Originally Posted by MFauli
The pacing on this episode sucked.
The whole thing felt incredibly rushed, maybe that's the way it is in the manga, but that does not change that it is badly done. If you were not familiar with everyone already (hence the quote) I think you'd be fairly lost. The scene where the brothers attempted to resurrect their mother felt very cut, as if a large section was simply missing. There was also a significant rush from where Ed told the Grandma and Winry that he was going to be completely rehabilitated in a year to him taking the State Alchemist Exam.
I have never read the manga, and if they go back to any of these later, great, otherwise this definitely felt like insider information that only fans of the original series or those who are far into the manga would be able to fill in all the gaps.
New Winry VA is fine, no complaints, though I still preferred Megumi Toyoguchi.
Yeah it did feel like it fast forwarded at times.
One more thing, i find that voice in the mid-ep-cut that says "Fullmetal Alchemist" to be incredibly....lame/annoying/tacky or whatever -.-
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"Always be yourself... unless you suck."
Agreed very much. I am finding that I liked the other series better so far. Granted its only 2 episodes old the new series...but still.
It seems like they are intending to rush through most of the manga material that is covered by the other series. Looks like they are going to Lior next episode and it's possible that the whole event will ends in one episode.
I was very upset because the State Alchemist exam of the original series was one of my favorite parts and they completely butchered it here...
Yeah it seems like they are just trying to go through the overlapping parts of the manga and the previous anime as quickly as possible, which is not too bad for those who have already watched the previous series, but sucks for those who haven't. To be fair, the beginning of the original anime is pretty much the same as the manga, so if they didnt rush through it and change some stuff here and there, you would be watching the exact same episodes as the last series. So for those of you who enjoyed the previous series, you can just think of the beginning of the previous anime as how everything really started. Its an awkward way to start of the anime, but I can't really blame the producers, its a tricky business to start all over again, while making sure its still different. Depending on how they approach it, it could end up being a disaster. But I still think its worth that risk to try and recreate the manga storyline, its just that good!(at least in my opinion).
I am fine with exam being shortened but i do hope they will expand on after transmutation and Eds rehab.
"Life is hilariously cruel" by Bender
The backstory was indeed glossed over. I haven't read the manga or seen the original anime, but I did know the general plot on how his mother died/Alphonse lost his body/Human transmutation etc ages ago.
As Masa said, doing things this way really doesn't give you much emotional attachment towards the characters. Since I didn't read about Winry, I was confused. Was she just a neighbour, or a relative? How did they know her, why is she attached to Ed?
The Truth was interesting...though I wonder why Al didn't get to know anything. From what I think happened, the decomposition/recomposition stuffed up, therefore not recomposing that basin of materials properly, and decomposing Al's body? Is it because it was a "stuff-up" that he lost his body, rather than an exchange for knowledge?
Then how did Ed's work? It's not like he wanted to know how to do it. It just....happened.
Meh, they better explain this soon.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
i think Ryl did well bringing up MFauli's question from the first episode. there is a TON of stuff crammed into this episode, and in many ways I think it was bad to give us so much backstory without developing the characters more. Based on just these two episodes, I'd hardly care about Ed or Al at this point, much less their mom or Winry...
They really jumped back and forth too much in this episode. They're working to set the story, but they littered this episode with tons of plot points, and didn't do well elaborating more than two of them.
They could "go back and add more" to stuff like their training, Ed's re-training, before their mom died, about Winry's parents suddenly being dead. But I've never been a fan of delivering the main course of a backstory first, then giving the appetizers and "rounding it out" with little add-ons here and there. Always feels like poor planning to me...
I did enjoy the scene where Mustang found the brothers. His VA is absolutely fine in my book. The part with Hawkeye was good as well. They did cut one of my favorite things out of the State Alchemist Examination part, but I absolutely love King Bradley, and so anything with him is solid gold in my book. I was on the fence about the way they did "The Truth", but that isn't the kind of thing you can easily package into an anime. Probably shouldn't have tried to put any humor in that scene...
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
The first act of this series is impossible to pace well for fans of the first series, since by the nature of what this series is trying to do it will reproduce large parts of the first series. You can rush through the material or painstakingly reproduce things the audience has already watched years ago, neither of which are very good options (see how lukewarmly Evangelion 1.0 was received for an example of the latter and this episode for an example of the former).
Did anyone mention in the last thread at what point the old anime diverges from the manga?
I did here.
This certainly rushed things, but for me that's perfectly fine. It's not like I'm dying to see the same stuff all over again, and it's not like the old series was from pre-computer times and thus greatly in need of graphical updating. If they are saving time and money for stuff never before seen animated, that's cool.
I don't have a problem with them rushing it either. I do agree that you have less of an emotional attachment, but I think that's fine because it's the kind of series where you're going to get that anyway as you progress, assuming nobody major dies early. I enjoyed the first series, but I'm interested to see how it differs from this series, pacing included. Maybe they want to place more emphasis on the future and how they try to find the philosopher's stone rather than dwell on the past.
Strangely enough, I'm a bigger fan of the adaptation than the manga. So this kind of pacing doesn't really set me on the right foot. I've had some nagging doubts that this remake is a good thing.
Trying not to be a downer. I'll keep all those positive things everyone has said in mind.
I'm taking this in pretty well. The original is one of my favorite series ever and I didn't like the idea of a remake...
So far I think it has a little bit of a different feel to it than the first. I'm definitely going to keep watching. I like how in this ep they elaborated on what happened when they tried to bring back their mom. That was good stuff.
Hm, it´s still rather hard to watch for me.
I dont like Edward, he just...seems out of place for a main character of a shounen series.
What i really hate, though, is that they call this alchemy. What they´re doing is magic, nothing else. They talk about how you need to give something to gain something, but Edward simply puts his hands together and puts a spear out of the ground.
Alchemy is chemistry, just with the distinct goal of chaning material into another kind of material (making gold, for example).
I will keep watching, but so far i cannot understand the popularity of the show.
Based on the examples so far, it's pretty evident they only need to satisfy the material side of the exchange. Energy just comes from somewhere. The spear, for example, was obviously made of the materials the floor provided.
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