So who else is watching this?

For the uninitiated and uniformed, they've made a new Fullmetal Alchemist series..

Why?

Because if you've read the manga, you realize the original anime jumped the shark rather early on and went a bit nuts, the manga has a much more interesting and deeper story than the original anime adaptation had..

But thats not saying the original anime stinks, it doesnt, its still very good..but it lost its luster once i started reading the manga...which i finally did only recently! [And im addicted]

Anyways, Brotherhood, or Fullmetal Alchemist (2009) or Fullmetal Alchemist 2 is following the manga a lot closer....the action moves a lot quicker, and they're changing minor things just to make it not entirely boring if you've seen the first anime and read the manga [The first episode is an..interesting adventure that takes place before Ed/Al go to Lior, which is where the first anime and the manga started...it hints at a lot of the later plot points, but its an excellent "grab" episode to get you hooked]

Episode 2 is a flashback explaining how Ed/Al lost their limbs and body respectively

then so far from episode 3 on has been following the manga fairly closely

The art and animation is..outstanding..beautiful..the sound is amazing, the opening and ending songs are VERY good [Especially the opening...]

[link] The opening, watch in HQ

Done now? Good, Now you want to watch dont you?

Recommendation for how to get it? Eclipse's h264 1280x720 is excellent, they do great subs, I also believe Shinsen-subs is subbing as well, and their work is also fantastic [I have most of Gundam 00 from them]

Its also I think available on Hulu from Funimation, but I personally dislike streaming video, Sorry Funimation, I apreciate what you're trying to do, just know I probubly will be buying the blu-ray/dvd of this series when its available [I hope Blu-Ray will be an option given the high definition production...]