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To start off, I watched this after I finished the manga and before I watched brotherhood. I’m not going to ramble on the differences between this and brotherhood but instead how much it varies from the original and various other aspects.

1) Story
The story not only varied way to much from the original but is also kinda bad. Granted, the manga wasn’t even 3 volumes in when they created the 03’ anime, in fact Hiromu said to just come up with their own story. I don’t know if the ending is the same as the manga but I doubt it is.

2) The Art
The art on this ... was atrocious, the colors hurt to look at. The only good thing I can say is that I like how they designed Rose and made her a POC. I absolutely hate the color of Ed’s hair though, what is he supposed to be? Tinkerbell?

3) VA
The voice acting for both the English and Japanese versions were below average, in fact the English one was terrible! The voice they gave Ed was insanely annoying to listen to. The only good thing I can say is that Al’s VA was precious.

4) music
The one good thing I can give this adaptation credit for is the music. READY STEADY GO is such a banger fr. Best part of the show.

5) they massacred my favorite evil NB villain; Envy.
I won’t spoil it but they made them male.
*angry enby noises*

Final thoughts
Read the manga or watch brotherhood but you should read the manga because Hiromu is an amazing artist ilhsm <3