FMA: Brotherhood is an anime that i enjoyed a lot, i wish i watched this before, after friends telling me to watch it, i wasn't sure because i thought it was too long, now i even feel it was short and left me wanting a little more but at the same time glad for the conclusion.
Story
It starts almost predictable for me, talking about the plot, it appears a guy, an ex statal alchemist killing statal alchemists because he found out about a secret that the militia is doing something and he wants to stop them and at that part i was making my bets about what he was talking and if he was really a ''bad'' guy, (turns out i was right about it, and not just that one but a lot more) then i thought the story wasn't going to surprise me, but it was the opposite, it did surprised me a lot of times; I got to point out that the story is well made and told with little noticeable flaws, the story is not just about the adventure of Ed and Al to retrieve their bodies back but is about finding out the truth behind what they're looking and how it connects to the people, the country and the fate of all, meeting new people that will help them and some old friends too, finding about their stories. The story will make you shed some tears for unexpected people and humanoids, feel sorry for murderous guys, even if you hated them, you will feel empathy for their reasons of being like that, the ending was good, with a final scene of a photo that i liked and that's why i think the story is outstanding.
Art & Animation
The art style was not amazing but it sure was very good and the animation too, with great fight scenes but sometimes those fight scenes and art style were dropping quality at certain scenes the character design is not my favorite but it was good, i think the FMA from early 2000 had a better animation and i only saw some eps. when it was aired in CN but in general it was very good.
Sound
The background music is really good the same can be said about the first OP that has beautiful vocals and reminded me of Maoyuu's OP, the first ED was good too, the rest were meh, too many OPs and EDs, for me that amount was unnecessary and they give spoilers, the VA was great, if it wasn't for that amount of OPs and EDs the sound could have been outstanding but for that it's just great.
Character
The amount of great and outstanding characters is high, everyone is interesting and great villains that are despicable but somehow the creator made you care for them.
-Edward Elric is the big brother of Alphonse, who may not look strong but he is despite his inmature personality and his anger at everyone who calls him little; He's good hearted and always wants to save people.
-Alphonse Elric is the little brother, more mature but at the same time could be more naive than Ed, he's even more kind hearted than Ed.
-Winry is like the little or at times big ''sister'' of the Elric brothers kicking their asses when they get in trouble or creating trouble for them.
-Izumi Curtis is the sensei that teached alchemy to Ed and Al and she beat the life out of them, she is a great character.
-Roy Mustang is the one who started the brothers to be statal alchemists and a great one of the most powerful characters but at the same time useless under water, he is a great leader aiming to be the new Fuhrer so he can help and protect people.
-Scar is an Ishvalith who is seeking revenge against every statal alchemist that was or wasn't involved in the Ishvalith war, a powerful character.
-Yao Ling is great full of ambition and at the same time determination of reaching his goal of becoming the Emperor of Xing no matter what, friendly and deadly, he will be a real friend to Ed, and a bother to him.
-May Chang is a little girl that is seeking for the same thing that Ling, to become the Ruler of Xing.
-Kimblee was a little disappointing because i thought he was going to be more dangerous than what he looked or what he did, he was the only let down of a character.
-Van Hohenheim is the father of the Elric's and someone with a though past and that past leads him to abandon his family, he's one great character.
And a big amount of great characters, like the Armstrong family, Hugh Maes, the various Chimeras, Greed, Hawkeye, Prof. Marcoh, Envy, Father, King Bradley, Bucaneer, Miles and the list goes and goes, is a big great cast of memorable outstanding characters.
Enjoyment
This is for me a flawed masterpiece, i recognize like any other the flaws but i have to follow the enjoyment i had, it was superb, it was outstanding, i was never bored and kept watching the next eps. when i could, the ending was good but i wanted more even with a good conclusion.
