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Hah you're good I actually watched the original series when it came out.
Been meaning to try Brotherhood, I don't read manga so would be interesting to see the difference. But it's a heavy investment for a show I've sorta already seen.
The OG FMA was made while the manga was still coming out, they caught up with the source material and went a different way with the story. Brotherhood is what the creator intended for the anime to be. I always recommend Brotherhood over og if someone has never seen FMA.
I usually recommend people watch 2003 FMA up until episode 9 or so, and then switch to Brotherhood once it reaches the divergence point. Brotherhood is absolutely amazing and one of my favorite shows of all time, I consider it a comfort show that I'll occasionally rewatch because of how much I love it, but it DOES kind of rush through the early parts that were already done in order to get to the good stuff.
Its different enough after ~15 episodes where it doesnt feel like the same show anymore.
To give you an idea of what you're in for, where the story was in episode 30 in the original, they get to in episode 10 in Brotherhood. The story gets way different very, very quickly.
That's why I don't recommend watching only Brotherhood without watching the original. Brotherhood assumes you've seen the original so if it were your first time it rushes through the first act and doesn't develop the characters enough
You haven't seen it. The part of the story the first anime covers is only a small part of the second. After it outran the manga, it also had to completely wing it. Brotherhood is a much more traditional shounen thing, but I prefer it to the first one, which I think sort of jumped the shark.
Soundtrack was fucking awesome, though.
I watched the OG and brotherhood. Brotherhood is a different show completely. Not as 'slice of life' / chill as the OG, a lot more big plot turns though because its in step with the manga.
Brotherhood is a masterpiece, definitely worth a watch, especially if you liked anything about the worldbuilding of the 2003 anime.
And Edward is great in 2003, but in brotherhood he becomes one of the Titans of excellent character development and character arc, right up there with Prince Zuko.
I haven't gotten past the first season of Avatar, heh. Its on the list and I have enjoyed what I've seen but also can't binge it.
You can always just skip a few episodes. I don't know how many, but I'm sure someone online can tell you where to start if you've already seen the original
I also highly recommend Brotherhood
There's enough extra content that it's just as engaging to watch.