Title: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Genre: Shounen, Dark Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction
Written and Illustrated By: Hiromu Arakawa
Synopsis: The Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse were living perfectly with their mother in a peaceful town of Resembool. They are both smart children and they excel in alchemy like their father. However, their mother died due to an illness outbreak and they were left alone. They know an alchemy in which they can resurrect a dead called "Human Transmutation" which is a taboo. Alchemy requires an equal value of exchange or called "The Law of Equivalent Exchange" to perform the transformation. In Human Transmutation, they need to give the most equal amount to resurrect a dead. They took the risk to perform this dangerous alchemy. As a result, Alphonse's body and Edward's limb were taken as an exchange and unfortunately the Human Transmutation is a big failure. Luckily, Edward was able to take Alphonse's soul back and placed it in an empty armor. In exchange of that, Edward's arm was taken. In order to take back Alphonse' body, they are searching for the Philosopher's Stone.
Thoughts:
Finally, I finished the whole anime adaptation series of FMA but I still have the movie in 2005 left, let's get onto that soon ~ If I am going to compare the two anime adaptations, I can say that the anime series from 2003 is a better plot than the anime series in 2009. (To check out my review on FMAB click this link.)
This anime series is far different from the 2009 series. Though the main plot is still the same that the Elric Brothers will be looking for the Philosopher's Stone to get their bodies back to them but the whole information about the gate of Truth, Homunculus and even some character plots were changed. But let me focus on this TV Series alone.
(Elric Brothers before and after the Human Transmutation)
This anime has a dark and heavy character plots. When I watched this, I was not emotionally ready so I stopped from watching it for a while (LOL that was almost half a year). I am not just talking about these 12 and 11 year old brothers who performed the most restricted thing to do in Alchemy which is Human Transmutation but also the characters around them. You'll be seeing their personal desires and the darkness in their hearts, the sins of their actions and the results of their mistakes.
The series just circulated to the reality of the society, how sinful a human can be and at the same time how wonderful being an ordinary human is. It has less fight scenes and it is almost heavy plots which completes this anime.
At the last episodes of this TV Series, I can't understand how the Gate of Truth really works. It is such a confusion maybe because I haven't watched the movie that comes after the the series.
(Lust, a Homunculus)
Animation: 10/10
BONES was the one who animated this series that is why it has a similar animation with My Hero Academia. Since it has small ight scenes you won't be enjoying a long good animation.
Soundtrack: 10/10
KUDOS FOR THIS! The OST of the series is very good. You might not notice it but the BGM of the crucial scenes is heart racing adding to the tensing feeling for that particular scenes. I can even feel every line in my face that strains my facial muscles whenever I watch an episode with heavy feels.
(The famous scene of Roy Mustang crying before Hughes grave saying "it's raining")
Though I said that the plot is better than with the remake, I hate it was ended with Al and Ed got their bodies back but living in a different dimensions. It is actually really sad for me.
