I think FMA is better than Brotherhood for the first part. I believe you’re supposed to switch at the episode titled “All Is One, One Is All” because it has the same title in both series. So you watch 27 episodes of FMA, and then start Brotherhood with episode 12
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VivianRixia@piefed.social 1 day ago
So you want an adventure anime with chill travel vibes and maybe some action, but not focused on action.
- Fullmetal Alchemist is the original GOAT of Adventure anime if you’ve not seen it already. Watch Brotherhood, not the original.
- Spice and Wolf gives similar chill vibes following a merchant and wolf god companion. Watch the 2024 remake.
die4ever@retrolemmy.com@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Or just watch both in full. While the ending of Brother hood was vetter than FMA’s ending, I think FMA’s ending was still good
ramble81@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
The originals ending is a scrambled mess IMO because they ran out of manga/LN content and had to make up their own thing. I really don’t think it turned out well at all.
I do agree that it fleshed out the earlier arcs better but that’s because they were dragging their feet for time and new content. The pacing of Brotherhood is just right from start to finish.
- die4ever@retrolemmy.com@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
true!
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 day ago
for slowburn action/drama might I second
- cowboy bebop
- samurai champloo
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 1 day ago
For spice & wolf, the original is still great too
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 20 hours ago
The original is going to remain unfinished though, while the remake plans to continue the story… at least for now.
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 20 hours ago
Oh for sure, but it’d be a shame to not watch such a classic imo. It ends unfinished, but it doesn’t leave with any cliffhangers or anything.
Deyis@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Watch Brotherhood, not the original.
Wrong - watch the original up until they get to Rush Valley (around ep26 or so IIRC) and then switch over to Brotherhood. Or just watch all of the original and then Brotherhood.
Brotherhood tries to rush the first half of the original into 3 episodes which ruins the pacing.
Unboxious@ani.social 8 hours ago
Brotherhood tries to rush the first half of the original into 3 episodes which ruins the pacing.
I was curious so I took a quick look and it’s actually about 28 episodes.
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 1 day ago
True, but its more complicated to recommend like that. And I found the pacing of the original to be too slow for my liking. I agree that Brotherhood rushes through those first stories too fast, and skips two arcs that matter for no reason, but the original was slow and boring, even if it told the stories properly.
Deyis@beehaw.org 1 day ago
I mean, if you can enjoy the pacing of Frieren, you can enjoy the pacing of the original FMA.
I obviously don’t want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn’t seen it but the rush in Brotherhood robs some crucial plot points of any emotional impact and is lesser for it.
Unboxious@ani.social 1 day ago
If you’re talking about the Tucker family that whole thing actually gets even less time in the original original FMA - that is to say, the manga. I think it’s all over in 2 pages or something crazy like that.
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 1 day ago
I think Frieren does the slow pacing much better than the original FMA, but that’s a fair take.
Unique_Emerald_Sol_I@ani.social 8 hours ago
I see someone woke up today and chose violence lol.
I kid, of course – as a lover of both versions of FMA, I understand how the slight change in tone & story appeals to different people; and I’ve yet to see the Spice & Wolf remake, I’ve just only heard about the criticisms people had with the things it changed.