Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) from Aniplex Japan (Oct. 29, 2014)

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Originally Posted by Lacenaire

I'm probably in the minority here, but I prefer the original to Brotherhood. For me, the original just has a tighter story mainly focused on the two brothers, which I feel worked very well for an anime series. I felt Brotherhood just had too many characters and too many plotlines to cover. It just felt very chaotic to me.

In addition, I feel the original has an overall darker tone. Brotherhood struck me as being a bit more for kids. Take for example the moments when their teacher vomits blood. This is very disturbing in the original but is treated as comedy in Brotherhood.

The original had an unsatisfactory ending.