James G

2003 original is by far the better storyline the gruesome deaths and the bloody action along with the connection you feel to each character. The overall feel of the original is much darker and makes a lot more sense to me, even the ending I find better because it’s not all just happy endings, many good people died along the way and in the end Ed restores his brother but at the cost of being taken to the real world. The ending left me wanting more and I got the final ending with the movie Conqueror of shambala maybe not the happy ending everyone wanted but the best the brothers Elric could get which left me feeling happy and sad at the same time. All in all the original series and movie are probably my favourite show of all time, where as 2009 series I found a lot less dark and I didn’t feel as much of a connection with anyone plus a lot of it doesn’t make sense if your following the laws of the original, I know people say brotherhood is better cause it follows the events of the manga more closely but I couldn’t care less the original will always be the first and in my opinion the one and only FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST. Let me know if you agree or not love to hear other people’s opinions