Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Complete Collection One Blu-ray – Blu-ray, April 24, 2012

I recently have been watching the anime subbed on Youtube and Hulu, so I was overjoyed to find that I could finally watch the anime dubbed. But as any anime I have a few pro's and con's:Pro'sThe voice actors in this did a amazing job on this, the writing is superb, and the suspense keeps me up in the night till 2 in the morning. I'll admit that in the beginning I was very "if-ie" about another person playing Alphonse Elric, especially since it was a girl, but over time I grew fond for the "girly" Al. When I went back a few days ago to watch the original it was strange for me to hear the other persons voice playing as Alphonse! I have to say that the animations are also wonderful as well as the writing. Every point gets across as the Elric's discover a evil plot involving the philosopher's stone, what it is it made of, and what they have to do with it.I would recommend FMAB to any FMA fan who didn't like the ending (like me), or anyone who was a fan of the darkness in Soul Eater or the drama in Fruits Basket (the manga).Con's:One of the reason's why I bought FMAB on Amazon was to make Amv's and post them on Youtube. What I didn't factor in was that the DVD's might have been copyrighted (which they are) which means that I can't upload them to Movie Maker or PowerDirector. The only way how to get rid of the copyright (as far as I know and if you've got a better solution please reply with it) is to get a DVD Ripper (AKA more money down the drain). Also another problem arose while trying to make these videos: you need the disk in the player while having it up, so I couldn't have more then 7 episodes (ex: Ep. 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7). The point is this is that if your buying this to make Amv's DON'T buy off of Amazon and make my mistake over again. If you have had this problem already easiest solution is to buy it off of Itunes. This makes to so you can have what ever episodes you want in it so you can have the 1st episode and the last in the same Amv .Keeping that in mind, the first season costs around $30 while the second season is split up in parts so I can't tell you how much is the total cost is, but you will have to invest money in this.The only problem I found in the anime is that the beginning feels a little rushed to me. The first 5-8 (?) episodes that spanned the first 1st and (in some cases) 2nd volume of the manga gave very little time for character development and attachment that was found in the first go at the Fullmetal Alchemist "world". For example, Nina in Brotherhood didn't have much time to develop (Rose was another character I felt they didn't do justice to).Don't be surprised that a some of your favorite characters didn't come back to do Brotherhood. A some new people had to come and do the voices characters such as Roy, Alphonse, Maes, and more.If you have doubts about whether to watch this or not, go to dubbed online or Youtube and then buy FMAB if you like it. I give it 5 stars for the suspenseful action and drama this anime has to offer. Well done Funamation!PARENTS:In part one of the series there is no nudity. But there is violence and blood.

First part to the Brotherhood version of FMA! Its like Hellsing Ultimate version of Hellsing. Better animation, uncensored and better improved story.

The original FMA anime follows its own storyline while Brotherhood follows the story in the manga. The two series have basically the same story until they get to Lab 5 and the two anime go in vastly different directions. I'm not here to tell you which series is better. I like them both equally because they are both excellent shows. Brotherhood is much more fast-paced but it also skips a few things from the original series. The first episode of Brotherhood has an anime-only story and an anime-only character and Mustang is introduced in a rather wonky way. Mustang isn't introduced as this badass character but an useless oneI also like the origins of the Homunculi more in the original show. Not that the origins of Father and his ilk are bad but there's really no explanation on where Father came from other than a throwaway line. The motivation of Father is also kinda boring: become a god to "fix" the world. It's just like any other anime plot.Brotherhood is far from bad. It has great characters, great action, great funny moments, great animation and a fantastic dub. I feel like I should justify why I prefer dubs over subs.The subtitles usually go by a tad too fast for me to read them. I usually focus more on the subtitles and nothing else. Plus I can't tell who's talking if someone is off-screen unless they have a VERY distinctive voice; all I'm hearing is Japanese and NOT the character who's speaking. I hear no accents, no emotion, no passion, all I'm hearing is a foreign language that I can't understand without watching what amounts to is a book--an actual book--shown on screen page by page. I don't watch anime to read a freaking book.Yes there are good dubs and this counts as one of them.The original show is good and so is Brotherhood. I would recommend both shows actually. They are equally good in my opinion.