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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2280 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 4, 2024

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Can't really disagree tbh. Though Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood is imo even more consistently good, its only "fault" being that it's slightly less family-friendly.

That show is too long. That's a fault in itself.

Problem I have with most anime tbh. I'm not gonna sign up to watch like 300 episodes or w/e the fuck.

? Avatar has 61 episodes, FA:B has ... 64 episodes.

Oh fr? Thought it was longer huh

FMA:B is probably one of the best examples of a shonen anime/manga that told its story and wrapped things up in a timely manner. Stuck the landing as well which is damn near unheard of in the anime world...

Second adaptations weren't nearly as common back then, and I think part of the satisfaction with Brotherhood is because the first adaptation didn't land properly at all. It's been ~20 years, but the whole meeting in London, then later Weimer Germany including Hitler struck me as some of the goofiest shit imaginable. To keep with the metaphor, didn't quite stick the landing, looked at the judges, and then decided to make an incredible jump launching themselves headfirst at the ground.

Well as you probably know the manga wasn't finished at the time so they winged it. Badly, as you say. Still, the faithful parts of the original adaption are quite good, music/animation etc. Kino in its own way

Yeah, the original FMA had some very memorable scenes early on, but it jumped the shark more than Hellsing's OVA did, and that one was supposed to include random nazis.

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