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Full Metal Alchemist: Anime or Manga?

Postby Tommy » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:54 pm

For those of you that don`t know FMA`s manga and anime have seperate arcs and different characters but the storyline in all is the same. Do you like the anime or manga better?

EDIT: This might be a little hard since the manga isn`t done, but try to guess from what you`ve seen.
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Postby starwarsboy90 » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:03 pm

I say Anime. I've read a little of the manga, but the anime is definitly hardcore, in whatever language,lol.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:26 pm

Presuming the manga doesn't make a drastic change that I dislike, the manga rather easily. It feels much better written to me, and the plot is overall deeper and more involving.

To illustrate, the issue with Greed is handled in a very different manner in the anime than in the manga. In the manga, it is one tightly-knit event that contains many important elements and a few interesting fight sequences. The anime spreads this out over time, including some awkward plot shifts to make everything work, and then removes a few of the good parts (though at least it adds a fight between Ed and Greed).
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Postby starwarsboy90 » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:23 am

Yeah, I noticed that, they should of involved more plot with Greed, the anime seemed lacking in that regard.
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Postby kazekami » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:21 pm

The manga is awsome! I watched only a few episodes of the anime. I'd like to see more. But I heard that Ling wasn't in the anime. and Ling is a pretty intresting charachter.
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Postby RedMage » Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:41 pm

In that Greed's death seemed pretty pointless in the anime, it shouldn't be hard to handle his character better in the manga, but since I haven't read it I don't know.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:20 am

I definitely feel it was handled better (not wonderfully, but at least it was used well). It was all the events surrounding it that entire incident struck me as superior.

kazekami wrote:But I heard that Ling wasn't in the anime. and Ling is a pretty intresting charachter.

Especially given the recent development with Father (my apologies if you are unaware of this). I honestly have little idea where the author is going to take it. And yes, he isn't in the anime.
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Postby Tommy » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:44 pm

I was gonna say anime, but the manga is better written.
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Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:03 pm

Both are pretty good, but because I love reading, I'm going with the manga.

On a related note, has anyone read the FMA book that's often found next to the manga? It's a novelization of a few FMA episodes.
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Postby Tommy » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:24 am

Yep, I plan on getting one of those for my birthday.

The first book has a title like "The Sands of something".

I heard it is very well-written.
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Postby Sami_jane » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:50 am

cant say i have ever read the manga but i love the anime. :)
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Postby Tommy » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:00 am

Sami_Jane, I MUST Pm you a link to the manga!!!
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Postby Ssjjvash » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:16 pm

I have not seen a lot, but from what I saw and read in the manga, I like the anime better.
This was a very tough choice though because I like them both very well. There were a couple of things from the anime that seemed to be more detailed and that is what helped me make my decision.
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Postby Tommy » Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:19 am

From my current knowledge, the person who writes the manga barely has anything to do with the anime. I`m pretty sure Square-Enix just took her character and story and just fooled around with them to make a different plot and WOLA: The anime.

I could be dead wrong.
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Postby Pride » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:19 pm

I'm a manga fan!
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Postby Tommy » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:08 am

You really shouldn`t choose the anime, unless you`ve read the manga.
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Postby starwarsboy90 » Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:54 am

Like you really shouldn't choose the manga, not unless you watched the Anime. It's the reverse. Some people watch the show first before ever reading the manga, then they get into the manga, etc.
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