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Dr. Ezra
April 27th, 2007, 06:21 PM
Which do you prefer overall?

I had to say both. I love Arakawa's drawings, but it was easier to follow the storyline of the anime.
crow-kun
April 27th, 2007, 08:55 PM
Which do you prefer overall?

I had to say both. I love Arakawa's drawings, but it was easier to follow the storyline of the anime.................... :shaking head smiley: <------- (we really need one)
Talon
April 27th, 2007, 09:12 PM
The manga is better because it doesn't have this stupid crap about Ed going to Nazi Germany and Envy turning into a dragon. Don't get me wrong, I love the anime. The manga is just better in terms of story.
Kali-chan
April 27th, 2007, 09:29 PM
Well, seeing as how I've only read the first volume of the manga, I naturally think that the anime is better...
Dr. Ezra
April 28th, 2007, 02:43 PM
You should continue the manga, it's worth it.
Bezerker
April 29th, 2007, 03:55 PM
The manga is the genuine article. The 2nd half of the anime series was nearly all made up by a 3rd party who don't have an iota of creative genius compared to Arakawa.

Screw bones and their plot holes & mistakes. Ill take the loss of animation & voice for a much better story anyday.
crow-kun
April 29th, 2007, 04:24 PM
The manga is the genuine article. The 2nd half of the anime series was nearly all made up by a 3rd party who don't have an iota of creative genius compared to Arakawa.

Screw bones and their plot holes & mistakes. Ill take the loss of animation & voice for a much better story anyday.Your sarcasm fails me. :(
Bernard_Monsha
April 29th, 2007, 05:21 PM
The manga is better because it doesn't have this stupid crap about Ed going to Nazi Germany and Envy turning into a dragon. Don't get me wrong, I love the anime. The manga is just better in terms of story.

Yes three eyed old men controling the world is certainly great literature. :rolleyes:
crow-kun
April 29th, 2007, 08:20 PM
Yes three eyed old men controling the world is certainly great literature. :rolleyes:Right and a man who loses both of his arms and is still able to do backs flips is the greatest visual representation of the human spirit an anime has ever produced :rolleyes:
Bernard_Monsha
April 30th, 2007, 11:07 AM
Right and a man who loses both of his arms and is still able to do backs flips is the greatest visual representation of the human spirit an anime has ever produced :rolleyes:

If that is the best you can do. We also have Shinji Ikari self loatheing homonculi who does not ant to see himself, Mr Triclops I created Alchemy except for Chinese and Jewish alchemy which I am vunerable too. Oh yes I forgot he drinks philosophers stones and craps them out of his magic third eyes. Boy, are you sure L Ron Hubbard and Ed Wood did not give this guy writing tips? I so want to see a film version of the manga just so we can riff it.
Bezerker
April 30th, 2007, 07:51 PM
Your sarcasm fails me. :(

Thats good, considering there was no sarcasm in there...
animegurl
April 30th, 2007, 11:42 PM
I actually liked both. :D
crow-kun
April 30th, 2007, 11:42 PM
Thats good, considering there was no sarcasm in there...Awesome!!!
Dr. Ezra
May 14th, 2007, 11:29 AM
I'm kinda leaning toward the manga at the moment...
Deadoloth
June 2nd, 2007, 07:40 AM
I anime really helped create great characters through voice talent, and emotional connections with the audience. I admit the movie was a little over the top, but it was good none the less.
Dr. Ezra
June 2nd, 2007, 12:05 PM
I still haven't seen the movie.
Charred Knight
June 2nd, 2007, 01:32 PM
If that is the best you can do. We also have Shinji Ikari self loatheing homonculi who does not ant to see himself, Mr Triclops I created Alchemy except for Chinese and Jewish alchemy which I am vunerable too. Oh yes I forgot he drinks philosophers stones and craps them out of his magic third eyes. Boy, are you sure L Ron Hubbard and Ed Wood did not give this guy writing tips? I so want to see a film version of the manga just so we can riff it.

Its not like Envy was a paragon on not being envious of the Elric brothers in the anime.

OH NO THE NAME MATCHes THE PERSONALITY!
baltro27
August 26th, 2007, 05:57 PM
the manga. u cant have FMA whithout Lin(did i spell his name right?) version of greed and mr. yoki
Bezerker
August 26th, 2007, 06:06 PM
Not to mention what the newest chapter left off with, the origins of Hoenheim & The Homunculus (17 more days til the next chapter, Arakawa, how you torture me)
wrathborne
August 27th, 2007, 03:37 AM
I like both, but I find the story line in the manga is better (it also has more characters - eg. Lin and Lanfan) and Scars still running around at the point i'm at.
RPGQueen
November 6th, 2007, 06:53 PM
Anime a bit more than the Manga. I do like both though.
blink
November 7th, 2007, 09:24 PM
Which do you prefer overall?

I had to say both. I love Arakawa's drawings, but it was easier to follow the storyline of the anime.

i have to agree... im a lazy reader so i prefer the anime but i do read the manga sometimes
CitizenGeek
November 16th, 2007, 03:26 PM
I've read about half of the manga (I need to start reading it again, actually!) and I've watched all of the anime (not seen the movie yet, though). I most certainly prefer the anime. Not only does the FMA anime benefit from all the usual aspects that makes anime superior to manga (music, colour, movement) but the storyline that Studio Bones created is by far superior to the route the manga went down.

Plus, Lust in the manga is criminally underdeveloped compared to how great she is in the anime!
Waga
November 21st, 2007, 08:51 AM
hated anime ending but still love it as a whole
MightyDustLoop
November 21st, 2007, 09:52 PM
Would've preferred the anime have left off with the TV series and not the movie. Then I definitely would have felt it superior. Regardless, the last half of the series is what captivated me, and that was when Bone's take on it came into play. I guess the deviation in who's ideas were helming the thing helped give it that jarring effect. Keeping up with the manga though and it's still pretty good.

Guess I'm just glad we get two different takes on the story.
Waga
November 22nd, 2007, 04:47 AM
same here..
warset
November 23rd, 2007, 10:56 PM
eventhough managas are usually better

but in this case, i go for anime...
warset
November 23rd, 2007, 10:59 PM
ya agreed, i wish they hadn't done that movie...

but if u only look at the serie, the story line is awsome, especially the second half.. its just amazingly deep, while short and sweet, unlike some other n##uto anime which had to use 300+episodes to make some story line.
CitizenGeek
November 25th, 2007, 07:33 AM
So, the movie is bad, then? I haven't picked it up yet (no idea why, I love FMA!). Should I not bother with it?
Waga
December 4th, 2007, 10:00 AM
It Depends. Sometimes i get fustrated by how quick it takes to read some manga. I think that a huge weakness of some manga such as naruto. Its so short that you can never realy immerse yourself enough in the world the mangaka is creating or feel saisfied. You're always left gaging for more like that guy who was cursed to starve for eternity with sumptious bits of food dangled just out of his reach. Though obviously this makes you really up for reading the next instalment of the manga, the manga can be as equaly successful if not more simply by extending its its length but maintaining its rate of release. At the very least customers would get more satisfaction. Then again that may not be possible when Shonen Jump are the editors.
Shawaazu
December 7th, 2007, 09:44 PM
I've seen all of the anime and have read the first nine volumes of the manga. I find myself liking everythng about the manga more, so it gets my vote.
Mr. sickVisionz
December 31st, 2007, 01:54 PM
The anime is better imo. I became emotionally attached to alot of the characters. Also, it puts more importance on drama which I think is important because the series already has alot of action and science stuff. It feels very balanced. Plus i love animation, especially quality animation. When I read stuff like bleach and naruto i'm always amped because I can't wait to see how it will be once they get it animated.

The manga seems overly focused on alchemy tech talk. I love that stuff though so its not a complaint, but thats the only advantage that the manga has to me. Well, that and it having a longer story.

I wish they'd actually have like a 2-3 episode OVA that summed up the series to where the manga differs (basically when its Furhor invades Greed's bar/hideout) and then they made a new series that followed the manga storyline. But the japn seem to have a love for killing a series even though its popular and you can still make quality stuff from it.
Ace Paladin
March 5th, 2008, 10:55 AM
I like the anime more.

I liked how the Humonculi were created due to Human Transmutation, and that each Alchemist who attempted it had to carry their sin on their shoulders. It made humonculi more human. I loved Lust in the anime.

I like the manga how the Sins are killed according to how Dante thought each deadly sin should be punished, according to his seven layers of hell theory.

Divine Comedy, it was called? Or something like that.
KakuTheGiraffe
July 1st, 2008, 11:45 AM
Manga BY FAR
The Anime is just boring and way overdramatic... while the manga has a good balance of action, comedy, and drama. The Anime is just drama with occasional action

Plus, Hawkeye and Armstrong are WAY underdeelopped in the Anime
Jamie-chan
November 29th, 2008, 10:34 AM
Well, it's sort of hard to say. The anime plot was weird but not TOO annoying. However, the manga is getting weird. Honestly, I don't care what evil deeds the Homonculi are up to now. Being a linear kind of person, I only care when Ed and Al's quest is involved. So I don't like where the manga is going at all.
On the other hand, I like the character development a lot better in the manga.
lordlee
January 19th, 2009, 03:38 PM
I say manga, but then again we're getting a new anime come April, probably based on the manga. I eagerly await the internet exploding.

Also, as the kind of guy that say, prefers TTGL to NGE I like the manga. Even as things grow dire it still brilliantly blends hilarious and awesome. The anime on the other hand, while a masterpiece in art, soundtrack, and story is absurdly depressing by the end. And then there's the entertaining but utterly batsh*t insane train-wreck that was the movie.
Bernard_Monsha
February 1st, 2009, 08:13 AM
Anime by far, the author of the manga (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-8j8c7iL3E&feature=related) watched too many Ed Wood movies while huffing gasoline considering Father's plot has been revealed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cE1fzfOogo). I am still flabbergasted people try to defend this crap.
mooseegg1982
February 16th, 2009, 02:12 PM
I like parts of the Anime, but the manga just has so much more to offer, you know.
Zechs
March 10th, 2009, 04:42 AM
Both are great in there own way. I'm gonna have to go with the anime though.
Scar (Ishbalan)
March 13th, 2009, 10:42 AM
i like both but i like the anime more.
jvgklan
April 9th, 2009, 05:50 AM
The manga is the genuine article. The 2nd half of the anime series was nearly all made up by a 3rd party who don't have an iota of creative genius compared to Arakawa.

Screw bones and their plot holes & mistakes. Ill take the loss of animation & voice for a much better story anyday.

Didn't Arakawa tell BONES to make their own ending? At least that's what I read some where. I think it was NEWTYPE USA a long time ago.