Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Episode 14 Discussion/Poll

[White Manju Bun]

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[Vicious108]

This episode should mark the end of the complaints about this series being too alike the old one.

[duckroll]

And potentially mark the start of a whole new slew of complaints about how the series is still rushing through material!

[duckroll]

Wow, for the action direction and animation alone, the first half is 10/10 this time. :O

[Mystique]

*half way through the show*
*shaken*
....
blood....
neck.....
knife....
it's 5.10pm

the blood....
*hides in a corner*

(I don't mind blood and guts but the neck thing...)
*shudders*
And I'm so buying the next shounen jump magazine for that DVD >.>

*pops back later~*

End of Show:

Spoiler:

(I see there's a panda girl about, and no I don't wanna know who she is or where she comes from but I have seen her pic in manga fanart before)

And ooh, the freaky wired dude is their papa, how curious...

But, yep yep, as those are clearly stating hinting above, thus FMA begins to take the manga direction and I'm in the same boat as those who've never seen any form of this series, thus ends Season 1, I beleive since there's a new OP and ED next week.
So for that, I take my leave from future episode discussion threads *bows*
I may pop back in here from time to time to comment at the start but I won't follow thread for a page or two as I've done in some weeks.
Alike Naruto (which I love to death), the manga va anime comparisons, complains, potential whining that usually accompanies an anime adaption from the manga peeps I steer well clear of.
And especially since this series is meant to make the manga lot happy, I guess it's their "right" if they're not happy with an adaptation, speed etc etc yada yada, so I'll see where this series takes me, but from my little "anime only" corner, I'll enjoy going in blind.

I do have one complaint tho, lol.
FMA2's Scar is way badass, but from last weeks ep I didn't like this version of Greed much, he was somewhat cooler in the last series, I really liked him as the "bad guy". :\
(I guess cause he got more airtime?)
Also...

Spoiler:

Is Greed really really gone? Seriously, killed off in just 2 eps? :/
Ah well, I'll kinda keep my affinity for the FMA1 Greed who was just outright cool and very much his nature <3

As for a "score", given the action and story progress, it gets a 8.
Would have got a 9, if not for the sword...neck...thing....ai yai yai....
*cringes and rubs her neck*

[duckroll]

Wow, that was the first REALLY awesome episode in a long, long time for me.

The preview is a total troll though. They're going to introduce Mei, do the ENTIRE Lanfan/Genfu fight, reintroduce Barry, AND do Scar/Yoki + Scar vs Whatshisname..... all in one episode! ^_^

[Archer]

OH SHI- GREED VS BRADLEY

Wow, that was amazing. It went over my expectations of how the fight should've been handled. Now only if they could keep this standard for all the fights from now on...

[Vicious108]

Finally, a quality episode.

I really enjoyed this one. The action was very well animated, and due to competent directing, the pacing was also pretty decent. As expected, they skipped over certain scenes that will instead be in the next episode.

Only thing I didn't like was a certain character having the same voice actor as the narrator. Certainly wasn't expecting that, and can't say I like the voice for said character much, unfortunately.

But yeah, from the preview, things don't seem too good regarding the pacing for the completely new material. A lot will be happening, as usual. We'll see, I guess.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by duckroll

The preview is a total troll though. They're going to introduce Mei, do the ENTIRE Lanfan/Genfu fight, reintroduce Barry, AND do Scar/Yoki + Scar vs Whatshisname..... all in one episode! ^_^

How is that even possible?

[duckroll]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

How is that even possible?

I have a theory, but you probably won't like it. I'll post this discussion in the Spoilers thread to protect the innocent minds here. Lol.

[Vicious108]

I think that discussion is more suited for the Spoilers & Speculation thread.

[Charred Knight]

This is Rurouni Kenshin all over again

Basically an anime entirely supported by the animation and source material. The writers and Director is clearly incompetent, and just can't let the story be.

I mean how the hell does that make any sense for the Scar fight. The entire point of that fight was for Hiromu Arakawa to announcethat Scar has arrived in Central.

What is the fight going to be in East City?

Did Yoki steal a carriage with Rockets instead of horses?

[Mystique]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

How is that even possible?

I was thinking the same *sighs*
So much for discussing based off the preview that if it's not the case now :\

Originally Posted by Charred Knight

This is Rurouni Kenshin all over again

Basically an anime entirely supported by the animation and source material. The writers and Director is clearly incompetent, and just can't let the story be.

I mean how the hell does that make any sense for the Scar fight. The entire point of that fight was for Hiromu Arakawa to announcethat Scar has arrived in Central.

What is the fight going to be in East City?

Did Yoki steal a carriage with Rockets instead of horses?

^
Ah...
The manga complaints have begun... xD
*runs away from thread now to protect her innocent and "ignorance is bliss" mind*

[Charred Knight]

Originally Posted by Mystique

I was thinking the same *sighs*
So much for discussing based off the preview that if it's not the case now :\


^
Ah...
The manga complaints have begun... xD
*runs away from thread now to protect her innocent and "ignorance is bliss" mind*

The manga is fine, they should follow it instead of trying to "improve" it. Here's the thing FMA Brotherhood is good for two reasons: animation, and being based off of one of the best mangas I have ever read. The Director and Wrters have simply made everything worse anytime they are not just copying the manga.

[duckroll]

Originally Posted by Charred Knight

The manga is fine, they should follow it instead of trying to "improve" it. Here's the thing FMA Brotherhood is good for two reasons: animation, and being based off of one of the best mangas I have ever read. The Director and Wrters have simply made everything worse anytime they are not just copying the manga.

I don't really agree with that at all. There are plenty of scenes in the series which don't exist in the manga and have been as good or better than the "well adapted" scenes from the manga. When the adaptation is questionable, it's not because it's not following the manga, but because there are questionable leaps in logic and directing. If the anime followed the manga panel for panel, I'm pretty sure I would have stopped watching after episode 5. That would just be boring.

[shiroandfubuki]

Originally Posted by Endless Twilight

Only thing I didn't like was a certain character having the same voice actor as the narrator.

Ah. So it wasn't just me. ^^;

Spoiler for This Week's Episode:

We are talking about Father, right? I heard his voice when I was half paying attention and had a double-take moment. :P

[Vicious108]

Originally Posted by shiroandfubuki

Ah. So it wasn't just me. ^^;

Spoiler for This Week's Episode:

We are talking about Father, right? I heard his voice when I was half paying attention and had a double-take moment. :P

Spoiler:

Yes, we are. It sounded a lot like him, so I think it's safe to say his seiyuu is officially Iemasa Kayumi.

I'd been hoping for Jouji Nakata personally, as someone here had mentioned before it'd be a good choice for him, and I really agreed there.

But alas, the narrator's VA is what we get it. Oh well.

[Shiroth]

Looks like i was right about what i said last week. This was easily the best looking episode so far.

Spoiler for Episode 14:

Another wow from me regarding the action scenes in this episode. It captured the tension between Greed vs Bradley perfectly. This helps a lot thanks to good music placement, and that was spot on in the whole episode, especially during the homunculus/Father scene. Speaking of that, no surprise that we didn't see Greed on a cross.

I'm happy with the narrator voicing Father. I kept that idea in my head since the first episode with the narrator, and thinking about it more they are a perfect fit.

Brilliant episode, though then i see that preview..

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Endless Twilight

Spoiler:

Yes, we are. It sounded a lot like him, so I think it's safe to say his seiyuu is officially Iemasa Kayumi.

I'd been hoping for Jouji Nakata personally, as someone here had mentioned before it'd be a good choice for him, and I really agreed there.

But alas, the narrator's VA is what we get it. Oh well.

Spoiler for spoiler:

That was me, regarding a hypothetical situation where someone incorrectly put Jouji Nakata as the seiyuu for Father on the ANN Brotherhood page and how it might stick around longer than fake OP/ED info.

I was kind of expecting a certain character to share a seiyuu with the narrator, and wouldn't have been surprised had that same character also shared a seiyuu with Father, so I guess I was right to suspect that. Looks like Iemasa Kayumi is going to be one busy bee...

[SinlyFather]

What is the link to the episode? x__x