3/26/2023 0 Comments Full metal alchemistIf the latter of these sounds heavy, it’s because both series and their source text have more weight than most popular shonen anime usually do. Their journey places them in harm’s way more often than not, dealing with everything from goofy con-artists to the military and the abundance of war crimes it commits. As children, they attempted a forbidden human transmutation in order to bring their mother back from death, and in their failure, lost pieces of themselves (Edward losing an arm and leg and Alphonse his whole body, his soul now attached to a suit of armor). Both series follow Edward and Alphonse Elric, a pair of brothers who, in a world where alchemy reigns supreme, seek to restore their bodies to the way they were. Though where they cited Brotherhood as a corrective to the problems of the original series, I find it to be quite the opposite. It’s not unlike Game of Thrones in many ways, as Gita Jackson noted in their piece comparing the two shows. Over the years, Fullmetal Alchemist has gotten a bad rap due to its divergence from its source text. But, no, I am here to maintain that Brotherhood is the lesser series of the two, and we, as a culture, should be embracing it as the philosophically dense, gorgeously directed work of art it is. After all, the years have been unkind to the 2003 series ever since the 2009 adaptation became a critical darling simply for being a “faithful adaptation” of its source text. “Surely you jest, Juan,” you might say, wondering if I mistakenly confused Seiji Mizushima’s original adaptation of the text and Yasuhiro Irie’s second, more commonly known as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Nearly two decades after its original release, it has been made entirely unavailable to watch legally (hooray for piracy!), replaced by the second attempt at adapting Hiromu Arakawa’s shonen manga of the same name. In hunting down what streaming platform it was available on, I realized something: it was gone. While working on the latest one, I thought the series Fullmetal Alchemist would be the ideal choice for this particular person. In my spare time, one of the things I love doing most is curating lists of anime for friends to watch when they request advice in that genre. And obviously, when discussing finales in particular, there will be spoilers: You know the ones, where months, years, or even decades later, it still provokes a reaction? We’re here for you. In our feature series It Still Stings, we relive emotional TV moments that we just can’t get over. Editor’s Note: TV moves on, but we haven’t.
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