#fma 03

[poltergeist-avrilu]

Some FMA sketches I did while I was in class (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

Also... Metalhead Edward 🌘✨

[mksbigg3stfan]

Winry haters send me into cardiac arrest

[pluviatrix]

oct. 3 pt 2.

also:

[iconicname]

never turn back

[erachiiii]

The edception is real

[oatmealaddiction]

Okay but the weirdest thing about the whole "Brotherhood is better you should skip 03" discourse that's become commonplace now, it sort of forgets the world Brotherhood came out in and why you should watch the original Fullmetal Alchemist. When Brotherhood came out, the original Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the most beloved and most watched animes of all time. Brotherhood assumes you the audience have already seen it because of course you have, everyone has seen it, so it skips important information and speeds the story up because it doesn't want to bore you with things you already know. Have you ever wondered "hey why does the first episode of Brotherhood kind of suck, and why am I being introduced to like 50 new characters, and why are they acting like I know what the hell an alchemist is?" It's because Brotherhood thinks you've seen 03.

The first 7 or so episodes of Brotherhood constitute dozens of chapters in the manga, and the first 25 or so episodes of the original Fullmetal Alchemist. The Nina Tucker episode in Brotherhood, in FMA 03 takes up nearly three episodes. Yoki gets a backstory in 03 and it's genuinely one of the best episodes and taken directly from the manga and Brotherhood glosses over it because: duh, you've already seen it. And so if you skip the original you miss out on dozens of really great character building episodes like Ed and Al meeting Hughes for the first time and getting to spend a whole episode helping him free a train from terrorists, or Ed and Roy having a duel that expands on the relationship they have, or episodes where the brothers just help out random people in towns before the major story gets going.

The original also paces itself quite a bit better than Brotherhood and is more in line with the mangas storytelling. In the manga we don't find out about The Gate until nearly two dozen chapters in, and the same goes for the original anime. Like, that's a twist reveal in those stories, and it's weird that the most watched series is the one where they tell you all about The Gate in the first two episodes because they assume you've already seen the original show.

What's more, people don't know that Hiromu Arakawa helped write for the anime while she was still in the middle of writing the manga, and as a result was inspired to write scenes in Brotherhood that the anime did first. That scene of Edward getting impaled by a falling beam? Directly inspired by a similar scene in the original anime. There's a lot of little instances of that and they're great when you can recognize parallels and things in Brotherhood that are direct references to the original anime, but people don't notice any of that anymore. Because the original anime is just an automatic skip these days, and it's a bummer because people don't realize what a giant it was back before Brotherhood was released. They treat it as *bad,* not realizing it was one of the most beloved anime of its time and the problems people take issue with have a lot more to do with personal taste than any kind of actual flaw in the writing. Brotherhood was never meant to dethrone it, and the original anime was always supposed to be part of the viewing experience which is why those first few episodes of Brotherhood are so fast paced. So like, please stop telling people Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 is a skip, or it's bad, or you don't need it because Brotherhood is better. Regardless if you think Brotherhood is better or not, the original wrote Brotherhood's check. It was huge, it was beloved, and Brotherhood is *banking* on the knowledge you've seen all of it and loved it. And trust me when I say there is so much to love about the original series. It's still my favorite branch of the FMA franchise, and it's worth your time, I promise you.

[eelektrossfan]

[ID: Screenshot redraw of fullmetal alchemist, there’s Alphonse on metal armor piggy backing Edward, a blond kid with a bright red coat sleeping on Alphonse’s back, they are in the middle of the night in a town slightly lit, the artist’s signature is on the bottom left. / End ID]

Gift (for MYSELF HAHAH <- very normal)

[fma-03lric]

Why I like 03's automail reveal in liore more than BH prompted by this pic I encountered again:

When I compare the scenes visually, I really really like how proportionally larger Ed's automail is in 03 to the rest of his body. It's more bulbous and thicker around the shoulder portion. When we get a forward facing shot of Ed you can see clearly how far the anchoring port comes across his chest. It's up to the juncture of his neck and over his pectoral muscle.

Despite Winry's wonderful talent and work with automail, you can only make such a durable high functioning model so slim. 03 in general highlights Ed's more childlike qualities. It makes use of visual contrast to point that out as well. To me, seeing the automail on him is like seeing a domestic cat have a panther paw. Much too powerful and encompassing for the size of it.

It's yet another reminder that he's a kid in an adult world. Too smart and too young and having made such a large mistake. It's very fitting for the overall tone of 03.

(the animation of Ed tearing his coat over his shoulder was also sick as fuck in 03 like holy god it was awesome)

[raffa-taff]

Silly comic I made a bit ago because as soon as I thought of it I needed to draw it

[flamealchemist]

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 official artwork

[wickedcriminal]

Nothing makes me happier than unhinged Ed being like "yep!! That's MY blood!! I drew that while I was bleeding out!! :DD" and Armstrong reacting about as well as you'd expect

[olvitier]

Recently watched conqueror of shamballa and I forgot how much i love it and Edward's outfit so I did a little doodle of him!

[pluviatrix]

i marveled at the miracle of your pulse, its hummingbird thrum within glorious cage of hard-won flesh, yes, for this, i'd do it all again.

happy birthday to the third elric brother, arson elric, and happy twentieth anniversary to the original anime </3

bonus:

[the-silliest-ever]

probably the most cunty sibling duo ive seen

[sorcery-fight]

Each Intro (in order listed on the poll) beneathe the cute ^_^

Melissa - Porno Graffitti

Ready Steady Go - L’Arc~en~Ciel

Undo - Cool Joke

Rewrite - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION

again - YUI

Hologram - NICO Touches the Walls

Golden Time Lover - Sukima Switch

Period - Chemistry

Rain - SID