#when i first watched fma

[jays-doodle-spool]

currently rewatching fmab

one of the first anime I ever watched and still probably my favorite ngl

[salvidida]

I swear, so much of the 'plot holes' and 'out of nowhere plot developments', even the supposed 'filler' that so many people attribute to fma 2003 would instantly evaporate if even half of these people actually paid any attention to the show whatsoever. Better yet, if they gave it more than one full watch through, since it's a layered anime that absolutely rewards multiple watches.

[midnightwerewoolf]

Kinda funny how out of the two of them Edward is the one who looks the most like Hohenheim when he was younger.

[stillmadaboutpetra]

the greatest gift ive ever been given is...my wife has never seen FMA of any variation and...her best friend who is my fellow weeb ALSO somehow never watched FMA of any variation which means i get to have a sleepover and make them BOTH watch FMA?????? (also im taking away his weeb card idk seems valid of me to do this) DO YOU KNOW HOW SATISFYING THIS WILL BE? DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

[lady-harrowhark]

Top 5 anime/mangas, fma doesn't count. go

I love that we all know FMA is in a league of its own.

Anyway, top five non-FMA anime in no particular order:

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Ouran High School Host Club

Anohana (full title is Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai if we want to get fancy)

Eureka Seven

This is cheating but I love them equally so I'm putting two into one slot in part because they are similar in some sort of Quality that I can't describe so I often think of them as a pair despite their differences: Toradora! and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

[devilsskettle]

i think i'm finally gonna read house of leaves wish me luck

[waitineedaname]

favorite member of the mustang gang not counting roy or riza

probably falman!! initially it was havoc, but I ended up appreciating falman more after all the briggs stuff. the poor guy keeps ending up in situations he was NOT prepared for. I love the stuff with him and barry because it's just so silly and weird, imagine having to babysit a serial killer suit of armor. what even. and then I love him becoming part of the trusted circle in briggs, and I especially love the moment on the promised day where he's absolutely fucking terrified and crying because he thinks he's gonna die, but he holds a gun up to bradley anyway. and then taking charge to keep holding off the central troops while everyone else is dealing with bradley!!! I'm realizing as I type this that I love him way more than I thought. my funny guy who has read every page on wikipedia <3

[thousand-winters]

Rewatching something you watched initially in your teenage years is wild because oh my god, Ed is so small, leave him alone, he looks so tiny in front of an adult wanting to hurt him, leave him alone????

[dont-open-dead-inside-25]

WAIT YOU LIKE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST I DIDNT KNOW RHAT 😭

I LOVE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST YOU HAVE NO IDEA

my children:

the love of my life

[f0lklobito]

Can't stop thinking about how these two scenes parallel each other. Here we have two older brothers, two great alchemists, desperately looking around themselves and trying to find someone, anyone that could help them because they're suddenly alone in the world. And the only thing they want then, the only thing that matters at all, is that their little brothers live. They both lose an arm – their right arm – to get their brothers back. Scar's brother gives it to Scar, so that he may live and continue his work, and sacrifices his life for him. Ed gives it away to Truth, as the price to get Al's soul back, at least – and we know he was also ready to lose more, as he says “Whether it be an arm or a leg, take it! But give him back! He's my only brother!”. And as I said, they're both desperate because even though they're not experiencing grief for the first time, losing their brothers would make them completely alone.

[guardianspirits13]

I am absolutely FASCINATED by how simultaneously detail oriented and completely disordered the 2nd Fullmetal Alchemist movie is. Like there are minor scenes that are panel-to-panel accurate to the manga. For an exclusively Japanese cast, the care and attention that went into the wigs/makeup/costume design are incredibly impressive, like the entirety of Mustang’s squad is picture perfect. On the other hand, Ling popping up for the first time during the train takeover? Mei having the introduction he was supposed to? It’s absolutely wild but as campy as some of it is you can tell real care was put into this. Also Ed was cast perfectly and even though he is decidedly not played by a teenager, that 15yo rebellious asshole energy is captured PERFECTLY. Say what you want but I consider this a masterpiece tbh

[mintleflower]

Remember them... I made clearer feral refs for my friends' convenience

[iris-nonsense]

Sometimes i forget that the greatest pice of shit of fma is this cute little child

[koipalm]

edward elric i miss you. sooo so so fucking bad. my guyest ever....

[thecoffeetragedy]

There’s Trigun on my dash I feel like I’m in high school again!

[rheeses-pieces]

Born in the US (Oklahoma specifically) and my introduction to anime was Studio Ghibli films. I was watching those from the moment I could walk basically. My first anime series though was Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and I started in the middle because I saw it from my stepfather watching it in the living room. Years later I watched 03, then went back and fully watched Brotherhood. Fullmetal Alchemist is still one of my favorites to this day.

I didn't even watch Death Note until I was well into high school, and it's because my aunt had the full manga set and gifted it to me one Christmas because she knew I liked anime. As I was reading the manga, I figured I'd watch the anime too, see how closely they followed.

I didn't really like DN that much, if I'm being honest. Love the concept of the book itself, though maybe with a different result aside from death, I don't like the idea of killing, and Light was always so extra to me, too dramatic, even for my dramatic self.

Long story short, no, Death Note wasn't my first anime. I'd attribute "baby's first anime" to something like Naruto or Sword Art Online before Death Note.

That post about death note being "everyone's first anime" (untrue statement) made me curious and now I want to gather data for science

Can you reblog this and tell me where are you from and what was your starter anime?