2004-12-29, 17:06
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Haven't watched the entire series but I guess if you like Naruto you will probably like FMA.
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2004-12-29, 17:36
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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2004-12-29, 18:26
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: I LOVE NEW YORK cough* my ass cough*
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FMA is much more serious and dark...it also has none of these gay filler arcs nor any of the disgusting "I will not give up/I will protect Sakura-san" non-sense....not that I don't like Naruto but FMA is at a much higher intellectual level.
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2004-12-29, 18:31
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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They're not a thing alike. FMA is good, and Naruto is not.
FMA: Stars 15 year old Naruto: 10 year old FMA: Alchemy Naruto: Ninja stuff FMA: Cool looking Naruto: It's been done FMA: Original, creative Naruto: Just a more hyped DBZ (With ninjas!) FMA: Decent looking characters (and likable, too!) Naruto: Ugly characters (who are assholes.) |
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2004-12-29, 18:38
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: where the bitches at -x-
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2004-12-29, 18:58
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2004-12-29, 20:02
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Age: 38
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FMA appeals to people who enjoy more storytype elements.. like character development... seriousness... continuality... unpredictability... etc...
Naruto appeals to people who want a quick release from their life into something big and fantasy-like... Naruto is alot easier to pick up.... and leave randomly... while FMA takes a bit more thought to follow along. Well.. that is my take on them.. In my mind, FMA is better than Naruto because of the story. |
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2004-12-29, 21:01
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
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IMO full metal alchemist is near perfection
The magic and fantasy that occurs moreso at the beggining of the series has a naruto-esque appeal. But it gets much better, much more serious, and much more disturbingly dark atleast 20 episodes in. I didn't really watch any anime until naruto (though i did read manga) but full metal alchemist revived my interest. It has more consistant animation than naruto, which has its brilliant sasuke-oro animation and its crappy over-saturated color plagued filler episode animation. FMA's animation is fairly good always but also has some beautiful, beautiful moments (though not as good as Nar episode 30....). FMA's story is always as intense as the greatest moments in Naruto. Though FMA's battles lack the sort of trickiness that naruto glorifies itself with (eg. the zabuza fight -- where sasuke and naruto perform the windmill shiruken trickiness technique), FMA has something greater: often and huge psycological epiphonies that cause one to rejudge the series! Like a movie, I couldn't imagine FMA lasting as long as Naruto because its plot is always surrmounting and doesn't work well with sagas, whereas Naruto's does (clearcut sagas ---> this series could continue forever....). And so, the Naruto anime continues while FMA is over [sort of]. I prefer slightly (FMA over Naruto) and suggest that everyone give FMA a try (if you can get your hands on it...) |
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2004-12-29, 21:07
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Canada
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Naruto doesn't even compare to FMA IMO ( take that from someone who enjoys Naruto too
 ), but it's all a matter of tastes I guess. While the Story in FMA is breath-taking, it has alot of unpredictable twists and mystery. Some scenes may contain gore too, others may just freak you out. Both animes meet at character development. All characters' pasts are discussed, both do not focus solely on the main character. The topics dicussed differ though. FMA talks about souls, alchemy, equivlant trade and such. Naruto speaks about a noisy kid trying to become a hokage, jutsus, konoha's pride/honour...etc etc. The music track in both animes are great, I personally find FMA's more inspiring while Naruto's being the sort of music which makes you exicted during the fight ;P Anyways, If you like Naruto, I'd say you'd probably like One piece better. FMA is for the more serious, older audience. If you can't take harsh scenes nor sad moments then FMA isn't for you. Yours, -Elly |
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2004-12-29, 21:15
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2004-12-29, 21:20
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Naruto does not equal Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto's Pros - Easy to get into - Simple and Clean fun - Not hard to get - Fights that occur (especially the "skills" a certain person has) Naruto's Cons - Sometimes makes a person too addicted and that person will not listen to reason - Maybe TOO simple - Over cliched But even though i know these Cons, i still like Naruto. One of the better Shonen stuff that i have seen. (comes nowhere close to One Piece, maybe on par with bleach but way lower than deathnote) Fullmetal Alchemist's Pros - interesting subject. (alchemy... who would have thought of that?) - Fresh mix with comedy, seriousness and action. (almost too perfect) - I mean the studio who produced it is BONES! Come on! - Very emotional moments. like deaths of a certain character........ Fullmetal Alchemist's Cons - May not appeal to some people. - Sometimes you get pissed when someone dies..... - Confusing plot. Hard to predict and get. I prefer FMA, but Naruto is still excellent. but i can assure you that they are not so alike.... |
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2004-12-30, 04:13
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Am I the only one here who thinks that FMA wasn't that good?
FMA anime disappointed me, specially towards the end. Animation is OK and there are lots of good original ideas and all but... really, it gets too weird, to the point that the beggining of the series has little to do with the end. It's pretty obvious that the manga author (beginning) and the script writers (anime->end) had opposite concepts. Also, the story loses the "adventure" and "magic" feeling it had in the first episodes (and I liked so much), while the manga has more sense and keeps with the original motif. Plus, the anime killed all the comedy! FMA manga has action, drama and LOTS of fun, while in the anime is nearly non-existant and doesn't have the same "charm". In the end, FMA anime disappointed me greatly. And about "FMA vs Naruto"  I'd say that they're pretty different even though both are shounens. sOnJoOL said it all, but to sum up: Naruto is more commercial.
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2004-12-30, 04:25
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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the manga was very funny even in the very serious parts.... but not funny in tragic parts. and also, im very disappointed that anime took a diff route than manga i really wanted to see the Xing's guys. they are the BEST! and even though there are not that much "fight scenes" if there is one, its VERY NICE. but some of Naruto's fights were dissapointing. If they mess up on the coming "Biggest Attracting" (if you know what i mean) , im gonna quit watching 
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2004-12-30, 08:51
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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FMA was entertaining. You could say that if you are a beginning anime watcher or younger then 14, Naruto is propably more enjoyable then FMA.
Naruto is a good shounen, but a shounen nontless, it will always carry a cliche factor and imho Kishimoto is doing a good job keeping it as low as possible. Unlike..Bleach for instance where the same shit get's repeated over and over again. When watching the anime it becomes clear that I should have sticked to the manga which is still entertaining. Im ranting, back to topic: FMA is very unlike Naruto. A completely different theme and completely different characters. Wheterer someone likes Naruto better or FMA better is not the question. But obnixious kids like Razer never pass an opportunity to bash Naruto, so don't look to much into it. The FMA anime was refreshing because it didn't stick too close to the manga and came with a new theme. Personally I think I didn't enjoy it as much as some people because I kept reading and Watching anime and manga at the same time and mixed things up and got spoiled on many occasions... All in All, FMA is a more mature shounen and very enjoyable. Naruto is better then the run of the mill shounen and very much fun to analyze and talk about.
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2004-12-30, 12:14
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: hidden byhåla of Sweden!
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They haven't got into a BIG arc yet. it takes time for almost every anime to dump these 1-2 episode arcs.  anways, naruto is a great anime but as some people said before, it fits younger people more than fma. Still it seems like people who watch naruto that doesn't live in japan are mostely 16+ of age. but one thing you should have in mind is that the main character in fma is not as though as naruto. He's often just acting like a little shit... |
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2004-12-30, 12:34
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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We got to chapter 149 without any suprises whatsoeever. And even tho the Anime follows the Manga almost perfect. The theme still annoys me. But we are afwully oftopic so I'll shut my yap about it.
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2004-12-30, 14:49
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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 Anyway, I definetly prefer FMA. If Naruto followed the manga exactly it would be a close call, though I'd probably still lean towards FMA. |
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