Right now we're in the middle of the Briggs story arc.

With last ep they finished animating everything till volume 17 (chapter 69)

Just for future reference; this is a really bad answer.
What's wrong with it? No context. For all a newcomer knows the Briggs arc could be near the start of the plot, it could be the final arc.
A bit of context (Chapter/Volume X out of Y) is much more useful.

Good to know, but I interpreted the question as "At what point in the story is Brotherhood at right now?".

This weekend, I watched from ep 13 to ep 35.
I had only watched the 12 first episodes before because I was disappointed by the contrast between the two different animes, even if the second is more respectful of the scenario.
But now, it's the second part of the story, which wasn't animated before, so I'm feeling better watching because I can't compare with the other anime. Besides, I prefer the manga but it's too long waiting one whole month for a chapter.
That's why I decided to watch the episodes of Brotherhood, even if I didn't like the 12 first episodes so much. XD

And as a Royai fan, I really enjoyed watching episode 19. =D
But episode 27 was a little boring IMO, with all the flashbacks. x___X

Ok, help me now. There is one humongously big thing I don't understand in FMA:
Spoiler for...eh...after episode 30-ish...or sth...
Why do they have to kill a lot of people (all the riots etc that Falman lists, Ishval, and Lior, and now they want Briggs too to have a blood crest) for all the "corners" of the whole-country-transmutation-circle?
It doesn't make sense to me. If they kill people there will be fewer left for the big Stone (or whatever). Do they make little stones eveytime? Wait, eveyone just dies, the bad guys don't collect them to make stones...Wait, in Ishval, didn't they capture ishvalans and made Kimblee's stone?
I'm lost....
I have read the manga up till now, but my memory is extremly fuzzy...

@MsLinn:
The bloodsheds ("crests of blood") in the corners of two nested pentagons are a part of the transmutation circle. Blood has strong symbological signifigance (it seems to be connected to souls in FMAverse too), so the locations where bloodsheds have taken place are neccessary for the nation-wide transmutation circle just as much as the tunnel forming the circle is.

Ok, but why must they kill people? What's the point?
Thank you for helping!

...Part of the "magic system" in the FMAverse. There's no more "point" to it than there is a "point" for having to draw a circle or clap to change something into something else. The author just has decided that if one wants to create a Philosopher's Stone in the fictional world she has created, there needs to be a five-point transmutation circle and there must be blood in the points. For a really big transmutation circle, there needs to be lots of blood.

ok ok, I think I get it now. It's the blood itself, it's a symbol and it is needed. (wow, I'm slow...)
I was hoping for a big epiphany that I had forgotten about in the manga, but thank you very much anyway!

~ New Fullmetal Alchemist Anime? I Saw A Different Version Of Fma, ~

I saw a different version of the first episode of fullmetal alchemist. did they ever do a remake of it or a new altered series. The first one i saw involved Father cornelo(sorry if i spelled it wrong) but i saw a different new episode. this one involved someone named the freezing alchemist. so if anyone can tell me if there is a new alter series of FMA that would be real appreciated.

@bleachfan771 - Welcome to our board!

The FMA anime episode you've just watched is called FMA: Brotherhood, and it is a remake of Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, this time based on FMA mamga storyline. For more info about this anime series, please check out FMA "Brotherhood" anime series, general FAQ. ^^

And also, because this new series is based on FMA manga storyline, if you are not familiar with FMA manga, checking out FMA Mamga-anime (first series) differences? How well are FMA anime (first series) and FMA Manga story-lines correlated? may be helpful also.

And then, if you get more questions about this new FMA anime series, please post your question on FMA "Brotherhood" anime series General Q & A thread, and we'll try to help with your questions there.


Closing the thread, please check out the above mentioned threads, and if you have more questions see your post there. ^^


I'll move the posts to FMA "Brotherhood" anime series General Q & A thread later.

ETA: Since OP has read this, I'm merging the thread.

At what age do you guys think I should introduce my little brother (he is currently 10 yr old) to FMA??? I was thinking 13??? Maybe?? I want him to be old enough to appreciate the "depth" of the series, rather then just the fighting and the action.

@ Zonkie I know [as] has a warning up for content not suitable for kids under 14... That would be my suggestion... if I had a younger sibling or even a child...

Can I ask what this image is about? I saw it around a few times, but I never found out what it's about, or maybe even if I can watch it anywhere. Thank you :3

^ Blux, the link is not working. (actually, that's not the proper code ^^, and I see there is no link address there behind the underlined part xp)
Can you post the link address, or describe what it is, or if that is shown on some thread, tell us the thread title and on which post?

XD Sorry about that, It should work now

Hello Blux! The picture that you posted the link to appears to be the artwork on the duster jacket of an "Original Drama CD." I believe that you can find out more about these drama CDs on the forum. I am not familiar with them myself, so I can not give you any additional information. Sorry!

Do you think they will make a continuation to FMA: Brotherhood?
Will there be another variation to FMA?[color="#FF0000"][/color]

^ Well, from what we know so far, there's going to be a Brotherhood FMA movie coming out in 2011.
But I doubt that there will be a continuation. I mean, the story is completely finished. For FMA, the most we can expect will probably gaidens (from the manga) and maybe OVA's. Dunno.

(but I'm still hoping for more! XD)

CloudXXX - rosieechan is right, they will most likely not be doing anything else with Fullmetal Alchemist apart from the movie set to come out next year. As the manga has finished, and Brotherhood followed the manga, there is nothing for the anime to follow any more.

Well, I don't really think it has to do with age, more with maturity level. I started getting into FMA at age 11 and was still able to absorb and appreciate all it had to offer. If your brother is mature for his age, you should give it a try in about a year or so. If 'not so much', then maybe it is wiser to hold off until a little longer.

~Perfect FMA~

Hey there! I was interested in retwatching FMA/Brotherhood with a friend of mine, and I recall that last year I found a guide getting the best out of both series.

It was something along the lines of watching the first 19 episodes of FMA(1) save for a few episodes, and then starting brotherhood at episode 8 and watching it to completion so that you get the full manga story, with all the character development and none of the rush. Has anyone heard of this? I've been trying to find the guide again with no luck.

Hi, jteamjason! Welcome to the board!

Unfortunately, I don't know of any such guide, but I do hope that someone else may be able to help you!

<Since your thread involved a question regarding Brotherhood, I merged it to this Brotherhood Q&A thread. >

Haha thank you!

- Artbook? -

Hi everyone =D Is there an artbook for Brotherhood? I know there are three manga ones, and an artbook for the original anime, but how about Brotherhood? I really love artbooks, so if there is one I'd love to track it down... <3

Hi, Chizakura! welcome to the forum!

There is an illustration book for Brotherhood and you can find info and some images on the Original-Art/Illustration book for FMA:B thread.

This thread will be merged with that one or maybe the Q&A thread later.

Oh I'm so sorry. .___.; Next time I'll look more carefully for a topic before starting up a new one. Sorry again.

{ Oh, please don't worry! Don't feel bad. I struggled finding the original thread, too, but it was quite difficult since the word "Artbook" wasn't in the topic title of the FMA:B Illustrations thread. If you're stuck with anything at all, feel free to ask for help!

I have now merged your thread to this Q&A thread since it was a question. }

-I need advice from you guys -

I have a case of dyslexia which makes subbed episodes difficult to watch for me. I can read words at this point of my life but it takes my full focus on the sentence and maybe 4 to 5 more seconds to read than normal. I miss about half the visuals and this saddens me. So dubbed versions of anime suit me the best. I recently watched Part 1 - 4 of FMA: brotherhood and found out part 5 eng. dubbed isnt coming out till later this month. Knowing I have to wait for this to be released bothers me since I really want to finish the series, but im mature enough to wait. However I came up with a possibility in my head. I cannot get enough of FMA so I thought I could maybe watch the first FMA anime? I read the sticky before I posted and learned that FMA is different after episodes 13 and 14 since that part of the manga wasnt complete yet, but I wanted to post this topic to make sure. So should I watch the other anime while waiting for part 5 eng. dub? It wont spoil brotherhood will it? If it doesnt then I may start right away since Netflix happens to have the whole FMA series . thanks in advance!

Oh (sorry for double post) also try not to spoil anything please . Again I have watched the first 4 parts of FMA: brotherhood.

It's okay to watch the first anime, don't worry. It won't spoil Brotherhood at all. The two plots are different and the two end differently.

I think that this thread can be moved to the Brotherhood Q&A thread or anime-1 Q&A thread later.

Thanks! This will keep me busy until part 5

Thanks again for answering my question.

No worries! That's as concise an answer I could think to give without plunging into spoilery depths! I hope you enjoy anime-1 --it's great stuff!

ETA: Thread merged 29/8/11

Real quick background: Loved the first series, but only got 2/3 of the way in (maybe less) before I got too busy to watch it. That was a couple years ago, and now I want to either: watch FMA-1 again or start Brotherhood...or both.

One thing that everyone says when discussing the differences between FMA-1 and Brotherhood is that they are the same up to a point, and then they diverge.

If that's the case, then can I watch the first X (X being a certain number, not the roman numeral) episodes of FMA and then start watching Brotherhood at episode Y?

If so, what would X and Y be? Could you even mix and match up until a point? For example: 1-5 of FMA, then episode 8 of Brotherhood, then 10-12 of FMA, and then Brotherhood until the end? (These are arbitrary numbers I'm picking, I'm not referencing specific episodes or story arcs)

I really loved FMA-1 a lot, and I've been having trouble with the first couple episodes of Brotherhood. Everyone says that Brotherhood has the tighter story towards the end, but its beginning is moving a little too fast for me right now.

Thanks.

You might want to check out the FMA-1 & FMA:B Storyline Comparisons, and the Suggested "Converged" Viewing Scheme thread. Someone found the suggested viewing schemes that someone put together and kindly shared them with us. It should have what you're looking for.

dsver1; I made something similar to this so I hope I can help.

Around the time Julia(first anime's Sloth) introduced you can drop there and start to watch Brotherhood series from ep 8.

or you can watch till the Hughes' death and start from episode 11.(which I recommend the most)

Wow, thanks for the amazing replies!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Now, I just have to read around and figure out my path. It'll be a lot easier now that I have this invaluable info!

After reading all the suggestions, I think I'm going to combine FirstMoon and Bridge 1 from the link posted (couldn't see the orig author's name). So, 1-27 (skipping 4, 10-12) of FMA-1, and then starting FMA:B at episode 11. I'm honestly not worried about minor plot holes and plot retreads, so I think this will work for me.

Thanks again!

@dsver1 Huh, funny. I actually disagree with this. I think that you should watch both series as is, separately. Just because there are some important scenes in the beginning of Brotherhood that aren't in the first anime. (For example when Roy comes to see the Elric brothers is quiet a different scene in Brotherhood than it is in the first anime.) I know Brotherhood is rushed at first, but it's only like that for the first 14 or so episodes, then the plot completely changes.

My recommendation? Watch both series as they are. Their both amazing and deserve to be watched in their entirety (Or even read the manga! I love the manga the most, actually )