I m so happy they will make another one hehe is helping my fma addiction alot * --*

Actually I think if they want to retell the story more manga based, they should let some details from the original anime stay in it as well or even work them out more (I want much more SCAR/LUST!!)lol
In that way they can keep everyone happy, it would be cool to see also some of the forgotten character like ling,may,miles, etc.

but I wouldnt want them to retell the story exact the same way things went in the manga, also a second anime going on from the movie would be cool although i dont think that will happen

When this was announced, about 90% of the fandom was pleased (me included).

And I don't understand this "fresher outlook" thing everyone's going on about. Wouldn't it be "fresh" anyway seeing as there's no previous anime take on the FMA manga? (Unless you want to count the existing FMA anime, which IMO diverges too much to be counted as a proper manga adaption...)

I'd like to know whether BONEs will keep the original manga style or do a more contemporary anime style...

?_? If you don't mind me asking, what does 2ch mean?

Script too, not just look (look is the least of my concerns). And just...everything in general.

I just can't see BONES doing anything that wasn't the way they already did FMA.


Basically, I'm not getting my hopes up for something great.

If they're doing a second Fullmetal Alchemist series based on the manga, I think I'll die and go to heaven. I love the manga much more than the anime, and to have a proper adaptation--with Xing characters, Kimbley, and Olivier included--would be...well, really good. Really good.

I'm still apprehensive about BONES taking over Fullmetal again...anything too close to the first series would be wrong.

I do hope that the Japanese voice actors come back, though. Pak Romi and Kugimaya? Rie are both perfect for Edward and Alphonse. I can't see Aaron Dismuke coming back...as for Vic...nah. -shot-

(I'm a bit new here. Heh.)

Vic likes to claims that FMA changed his life and is still overly attached to Ed. Like hell he WON'T come back for a dub of FMA2.


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...but this does pique my interest a little, if it were to turn out to be true.

2ch -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel

Well watch through the episodes that "followed the manga" and you'll see there plenty to cut to shorten the repeat time.
General consensus says that the first 20 episodes followed the manga but we know they didn't.
A quick watch shows that you can already cut five or six episodes and there are plenty that can will be heavily changed (Lab 5, Nina's arc) and from there out it's fresh content.

Then let me rephrase, I don't want to see BONES do anything different with FMA. I like what they did in the first series and honestly prefer it to the manga. There, I said it. I'm bias and pessimistic. Now let me be a pessimist in peace damnit. B|

Oh! Now that I can understand (kind of.)


They make love blossom and Gainax staff retire!
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oh! so that's where those things originated from!

Wow. I feel so behind now. You guys know your stuff.

*hugs you, anime-preferring buddy* ;w;

(In response to Fushigi Rockna because I'm an idiot and haven't figured out how to quote things yet--)

I didn't mean that Vic wouldn't come back. Of course he would. I meant that I didn't want him to come back. I never really liked the English voice of Ed...sorry, should've clarified that a bit.

I think that one of the anime's high points is the homunculi. In the manga they're less round and just typical bad guys...also, there's more serious themes in the anime, but while the manga does have its own themes, it at least never overwhelms you with angsty moments like in the anime. My opinion.

I just don't see how they can make a manga adaptation without recycling the first half of the series. A continuation from the movie would be dull. Even if it were back in the alchemy world.

But I'm rooting for a manga adaptation. Character development in the manga is far superior--with the exception of the homunculi--and I desperately want to see Ling--at last--portrayed in the anime.

There's the reply button, new one~ :> The quote button will allow you to quote multiple posts (they will all show up in the reply box once you press post reply) where as pressing the reply button under people's individual post will reply to that post directly with the quote. Hope that helps you out. <3

Ahhh, no biggie. I kinda thought that was what you meant but wasn't sure. (and I agree, I don't care for him much as Ed either)



I've said this on LJ but I'm personally hoping for a sequel to the series end that takes place before the movie...that chronicles Al's journey looking for Ed and all that. It'd be interesting to show him meeting people he met in the first series but doesn't remember, and you can introduce some of the manga only characters as new people he meets. Have it also describe how Amestris gets back on its feet and changes its government after Bradley's death, along with cuts to what Ed's doing on the other side of the gate here and there and it should be interesting. But I couldn't see it lasting a year. It'd be more of a 12-24 episode thing, so that probably won't be the case....
(also, I disagree on the character development part, but that's my opinion and mostly my intense love of anime!Hughes talking)

I just thought of something...

Since this is supposed to be an adaptation of the manga, does this mean the manga is ending soon? Please fill me in, as I've not kept track of it in the longest time...

And snap, Fushi got a shortened name. *wonders if she should do the same*

If I remember Hiromu said she wanted to end at around 90-100 chapters. I'm not certain though seeing rumours used to say she was going to stop at 80.

Off topic: I've been distancing myself from my old username lately due to all the baggage it carries from when I was a n00b...and the fact everyone just calls me Fushi now anyways. On the forum I moderate I'm now "Fushimi" and my LJ will be changed soon as well.

I will admit that this latest news about a new FMA anime *does* make me feel excited quite a bit...especially since I missed the debut of the first FMA around two years ago and never got to experience the excitement.

But I'm still standing by my opinions ( from other posts concerning this topic) regarding it and agreeing with Tris the Reaper, Fushi and Saving_Grace.
I still prefer the first FMA anime much more than the manga...and will most likely do so, even when this new anime actually shows itself.

I heard rumors about 88 being the final number of chapters, since that was somehow symbolic. (?)

Thanks, Fushi. ^^

The manga definitely isn't going to end at 88 chapters...there's no way the author could tie up all the loose ends in two more chapters. I doubt it's even going to end at 100 chapters. I think Arakawa said somewhere that she had originally intended it to be at 20 or less volumes, but it already surpassed that...




I don't think I ever watched an anime that wasn't already finished when I started. FMA's the only anime I ever finished, anyways, so I suppose it's a good place to start.


Am I the only manga fan here? ._____. It seems everybody's supporting the anime...

I prefer some manga traits. Like manga Barry, I love that guy.

No prob. =)


There's plenty of manga fans here, trust me. It's just the anime fans are speaking up now about why this scares them a little.

I like parts of the manga but the anime just meant more to me. My favorite character is my favorite due to the anime where he gets more screen time, some of my other favorites (Anime!Sloth, Dante and Lyra) are anime only. I prefer how some characters are in the anime as well and just like certain things more.

@MidgetinGlasses - Haha, no. I'm excited about the possibility of manga based FMA anime. ^^

But, I also enjoyed the first anime, and I think it's fair that those who are fans of FMA anime can get to say what they think about this also. And, I welcome their opinions.

It's not like taking votes. XDD Please feel free to post your opinion on this freely.

Haha, wow. Liking the anime over the manga is pretty much considered a cardinal sin in the FMA fandom...it's really now that the few people that preferred the anime can speak up.

I'm all for an anime adaptation of the original manga...if anything, it'll make me be able to pay more attention to it. Not that I don't like reading or anything, but...y'know.

That's all i have to say

People who like the anime over the manga also think Hitler was right about everything ever
Also they eat puppies out of kitten bowls.

Stfu Popo.

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So yeah, the manga volume that was supposed to be the official announcement should be out now. Any info?

Read somewhere it's set to be released come April in Japan. Any one else hear this? And if it's already been posted, forgive my mad reposting skills.


I'll be going to the Anime fest in NYC next month as I had to miss out on Otakon this year. Wonder if there will be any buzz going around.

Sorry im new, and uh i was wondering if the new FMA series is ONLY being released in Japan in April. and if thats so, when's it gonna run in the US?

Sorry im slow heh heh ^^"

Hey, don't forget me! 'Ol' self-appointed defender of Shamballa!'
It would have been interesting if they made a sequel to the anime continuity. See Ed and Al deal with Nazis, Hollywood, Baseball, Gangsters, Jazz, etc. Oh well, I hope they don't do something that renders the entire anime continuity as some dream.

Anyhoo, how are they going to make the adaptation?
-Start from scratch? It will give the new anime its own footing and remove contradictory anime plot-points. However, it will mean a lengthy first half. Even if one removes the filler, the series will still have 20 episodes, almost a season's length. And that was, what, 25 percent of the whole manga (the series will probably end somewhere between chapter 90-100)? This series will definitely have more than 52 episodes! Will fans want to watch that quarter? They've seen most of it before, and will probably compare the remake with how the first anime adaptation did it- perhaps unfavorably (especially for the Hughes-shippers, who will see their favorite character have a lesser appearance in this manga adaptation. His scenes in the train hi-jacking, Elysia's birth- GONE!). This could give a bad effect to the ratings, which might hurt the plan to adapt the entire manga.
-Use the existing material? They could make the series a follow-up to the first half of the original anime (say after episode 25 or 29). This lets the animators avoid remaking the earlier material and adapt the rest into a 52-episode-limit. However, it may prove confusing. For one thing, the anime had certain plot points that contradicted the manga (Miss Douglas, Marcoh's death, Roy's murder of the Rockbells, the Episode 25 flashback where Hughes visits Roy in what looks like their first meeting in years, with Hughes stating he never fought in Ishbal, etc.). Also, it demands viewers' experience of the first half, so those newbies will be lost. And if the anime is being done by a different studio, there will be contrasting drawing styles between the first half and the new stuff.
-Edit the existing material? The animators could do a George Lucas and edit the first half, cutting out the contradictory plot points (Bye bye, Miss Douglas!) and replacing them with manga-faithful material (Brand new flashback sequences for Episode 25 with Hughes in an Ishbal setting). But there is still the problems of length, viewer toleration of watching a truncated but still lengthy first half, and contrasting studio styles.

Claudius: self-appointed defender of FMA: Conqueror of Shamballa

Well, the US didn't get the last series until about a month after it finished in Japan. I'm guessing it will be awhile.

This isn't certain. It may not have happened in the manga but it didn't effect the manga continuity.

Yay for fan-subs.

Good point about Hughes. He was a much more involved character in his own right in the anime, so much so that his death was a pivotal tragedy placed straight at the halfway point of the series. In the manga, it was an early moment in the series (less than a quarter of the way into the plot) that was not a pivotal point for all the characters or even the viewers, but almost exclusively for Roy. I think I will be rather sad to see less of Hughes, since he seems more of a building block character in the manga, on which Roy develops.

Same with Nina, although she was still a fairly minor character. In the anime, she was more of a sister figure to the Elrics, and her death was promoted to status of life-changing-tragedy almost on par with The Transmutation in the Elrics' lives, whereas in the manga, it was the sad passing of a girl they kind-of knew.

What will be gained, however, is more Winry, early on. Whereas we didn't get to see Winry outside of flashbacks until well over a third into the series, grown-up Winry will be jumping in early on and taking on a bigger, less contrived interactive role in the story.

There will also be less of an 'us-against-the-world' sentiment to Ed and Al's journey, and a lot more 'this is a weird bunch of situations we're in, but we can do it and we have friends and family who support us' which may be an interesting dynamic to see play out. The anime tried really hard to push the fact that the Elrics (or at least Ed) regard themselves as outsiders without family, in spite of the still very clear presence of their pseudo-family along the way. In the manga, they're more accepting of the pseudo-family dynamic, which makes for less wangst.



Other downfall- The homunculi are about as interesting as Father's fingers in the manga (which they kind of are in a sense.) But their fight scenes will be spectacular to see animated.

Hm, interesting. I don't want it to follow the manga but I don't want it to be god awful like the second half of the anime was, we'll just have to see how this turns out. Not expecting much though.



/flamebait

Wow I'm DYING to know what it will be about because if it does indeed follow the manga plot it will be, well a little odd considering how the first series ended because it will be like, a continuation but not with the way the movie ended...but then if it is an entirely different plot then yes, there will be a chance that it will be completely curious and be awful T_T For those anime-only viewers it will simply be confusing lol

Like I said, don't forget manga Barry. He was such a better character in the manga~

Though watching Hughes die again will be all too painful...

I'm pleased to know that there are other manga fans around here. The anime was great, but I dunno...the alternate worlds thing kind of ruined it for me. It was interesting to see Ed in 1920s Germany, though.



The only thing I really dislike about the manga is how the homunculi are typical bad guys, nothing really special to them. I love how the anime goes deeper into the homunculi's past...

Anyways, I think that a continuation from or before Conqueror of Shamballa would be dull, and also wouldn't last very long. I don't know, the sort of defining feature of FMA for me is Ed and Al trying to get their bodies back, and doing all sorts of alchemy, and meeting interesting characters along the way--that's why I'm all for a manga adaptation, and not a story about Ed and Al dealing with our world's issues. Ed wouldn't be Fullmetal. He wouldn't even be an alchemist.

So, the only problem with the manga adaptation is the aforementioned first anime half issues.

And I have said nothing new so far.

@ Claudius; Ack, sorry about that Claudius! o.o` :: feels all guilty now:: see? I've had so much on my mind lately, I can't even think straight! ^^;

I agree with you as well.
The points you presented in your post are pretty much the things that I've been worrying over ( and being the incredibly nervous person I am, I haven't *stopped* worrying ^^; ) ever since the announcement that the new FMA anime would most likely be based on the manga's storyline.

Although I'm guilty of two cardinal sins in FMA..one being like what Tris joked about earlier *and* the fact that I happen to like Shou Tucker. XD;
But I've found that I actually prefer his anime counterpart over his manga counterpart and found him to be a much more sympathetic ( in retrospect and depending on how you look at it) character.

Whereas in the manga it sometimes feels like it's just a case of; " This man is Shou Tucker, he's a State alchemist...he just used his daughter and dog in a transmutation ( he used his wife two years earlier) and...oh look, he's dead in a pool of blood and only comes back to haunt Edward in his mind"
But it's like no one ever seems to care about the differences, because they hate him too much. @.@;

If the manga adaption is made, I hope that they do show his stress prior to his upcoming exam and that how it's clear he's running out of options and that he *does* go truely insane when he uses his only daughter.
Sure it probably wouldn't win him any fans even then and he'd still be seen as possibly the worst father in all of FMA, but the inclusion of that development of him ( that I just suggested) in such a short time is what it would take for me to be satisfied with that version...yet the first anime would always be my favourite.

In fact, I'm worried about a lot of the character's personalities changing just to suit the manga universe...I personally grew attached to the characters' anime personalities more; but with the manga I often find that I just can't like them as much, save for perhaps a handful of characters. O.o`

Another thing that worries me is the removal of a lot of the anime plot-points that became the staple of the first anime series.
Those plot-points have already been mentioned in this thread and I don't think I could ever get used to Lab 5 lacking a Shou Tucker and half-human/ half-chimera Nina ( with copies!) in it; or Roy's past lacking the traumatizing murder of the Rockbell couple...
Or Ed and Al being there for the birth of Elicia no longer being valid; as well as Sheska and Winry not even being able to tap into phone lines.

Heck, I'd actually miss having Dante there...and the whole thing about alternate worlds being absent from the story!
Oh if only Father and Dante could work together as the shady evil couple...now that would be something interesting for me. :: sighs::

As for the Homunculi; I couldn't agree more...it's actually been said that Hiromu Arakawa said that she liked how the anime had developed the Homunculi and gave them backstories.
But this manga version will just have them as bad guys ( save for the possible exception of Greed-Ling) and not really anything more.

What would be good ( and it's something I tend to do in most of my fan-art sometimes XD; ) is if they actually merged the anime and manga versions together.
There would be some plot-points from the manga mixed with some anime plot-points and if done just right, I'm sure that it would work.

@ MidgetinGlass ( this is for your earlier response about the manga fans ^^; sorry it came so late) ; Believe it or not, I do actually try to accept both the manga ( I'll have you know that I found Hohenheim's backstory really awesome!) and anime equally...but it's when the more hardcore manga fans force their opinions on others and really slander the anime version something horrible; I tend to go more over to just liking the anime.

I was actually worried that a dispute between both versions would break out as soon as a new anime series was announced...and even now, I still feel a little jumpy in case I do end up saying something that might sound a little mean. ^^;

Anyway, I'm not saying that I'll hate this new manga based anime when it does come out...I'm just saying that it won't be the same FMA anime that I got into around two years ago.

I had found out about the news around a month ago, and had a momentary stroke shortly afterwards but my giddiness was soon replaced with doubt, and I thought "What if this is fake?" I mean, this kinda thing happens all the time right?

So I decided not to get my hopes up, and see where the whole thing goes. And just three days ago I read on a forum that it's confirmed that there is a new anime, though I'm still skeptical I'm kinda happy, I mean I liked the first anime and I kinda liked the movie.....though I will probably never watch it again, I cried too much the first time. Anyway I'm a hardcore fan of the manga and I do prefer it over the anime for various reasons so i got kinda excited, but I noticed that many people are against the idea of a remake saying that the anime came pretty much to a close and the movie confirmed it. Okay that's their opinion, but then they start ranting about how much more superior the anime is over the manga.
My opinion.....no, not so much, why are they against it? it's not like it'll make it as though the first one never existed, we'll just have two versions.
It might not be such a bad thing, only if it gets done right, that is. I will not tolerate a half assed anime that will just end up ticking me off. If they want to make a second FMA that's their decision, and we haven't the power to say otherwise.

I think an anime version of the manga would be interesting to see, as I never read manga and all that I know about the Fullmetal one is from wikipedia articles.

I WILL say that I'm going to miss the anime's version of Wrath, he had an interesting story in the anime.

No way! I just found out about this last night, and I haven't been able to stop spazzing!!! It's a dream come true!!!! I really hope they continue from right about where the original anime started to differ from the manga, and then they can animate the whole thing with Lust and Mustang and the northern arc!!! Oh and let's not forget Ran Fan and Ling!!! Oh yeah, and Barry too!!!

I'll get super excited like the rest of you guys when it actually comes out- if it ever does.

It's been officially confirmed, Kurenai. There's no doubt about it.

I thought it says that the rumor of a rumor was true, but the rumor itself wasn't true and that they are undecided.

I'm probably being to literal aren't I? I do that a lot. ;

Damn, and I just resumed watching the current anime after only seeing the first few episodes...

Ah, well. Aside from my bad timing...
...This is going to be...phenomenal.

If you even looked at the page linked to on the very first post, you'd have that all answered for you.