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[annwyd]

I'm getting kind of tired of all the bashing of the FMA anime that goes on. And for once I'm not talking about people on the MU*s but rather people scattered about LJ

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[zinthos]

I think it depends a lot on what you were looking for. I admit to getting into a "zomg Bones you didn't include this this and this from the manga you hors :( :( :(" rut sometimes, but...I still honestly like the manga better. Which is biased because really, I think the manga did a better job focusing on the later developments of the military people. (Such as my pet minor character. See? Bias right there.) And -- really, they did make some mistakes. Trelali up there had a good point with the Lust episode. I also point to the whole military sideplot where they simply...never filled in what happened to Havoc and Armstrong and co. during their half of the coup. Shoddy storywork towards the end. :/ (I swear I'm going to write a fic that fills in that little gap. Sometime.)

But -- hey, if you like the anime over the manga, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The anime /does/ shine beautifully at times, especially during the first half. I think they did Hughes absolutely wonderfully in the anime, even better than the manga rendition. Ep 25 totally made me cry whereas Chapter (whatever, can't remember the number offhand) just kinda made me go "...what? He's really gone?" without really tearing me up. And while I still dislike the ending for the most part, there were some sequences in the later eps that were simply awesome. Just comes down to what you like, I guess.

...ha ha, spam. Sorry 'bout that. I figure I'm one of the offenders in this, so...

[annwyd]

Nah, not you. If you like the manga over the anime, that's one thing; it's just the people who froth and rave over the EVIL that is the anime blah blah blah who make me roll my eyes.