$*$ Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Part 1 Blu ray

Ed and Al are finally back in glorious animation for fans to drool over. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood follows plot of the manga almost completely, whereas the first anime series strays off to a completely different story. Brotherhood starts out with Ed and Al pursuing the notorious "Ice Alchemist" who has a vendetta against the Fuhrer President Bradley. This pops the series off with some interesting fight scenes, but unfortunetly after that the series is somewhat dull. There's nothing new to people who saw the first series (up until you see Greed and his Chimeras in the Devils Nest)and silly humour seems to be put in places where the tone probably should be a little more serious. You can find the same humour in the comics, but it didnt seem to translate into the anime too well. If you are willing to be patient and endure the anime-ish slapstick, after episode 14 or so the series gets interesting. It introduces A prince from Xing, who just happens to be looking for -you guessed it- a philosophers stone. Things soon take off and fight sequences ensue-

Which is a good thing, because the series was void of any action up to that point, and the soap opera theme starts getting old.



Bottom line is that this series will be sure to please many of the fans of the first series. Those fans who were drawn to the original due to its dark and edgy themes may be dissapointed. If you are new to the world of FMA, then this series may not be the best to start with because it speeds through much of the beggining and could be confusing at times. And so I'll give it a 3/5.
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