Just as planned.

Now is it brotherhood or that anime original one that didn't follow the manga?

Quote from: Lord Commissar on November 03, 2014, 09:51:27 PM

Now is it brotherhood or that anime original one that didn't follow the manga?

That same thing happened to Hellsing right?

I never watched Hellsing so I have no idea what happened with the anime adaptation.

Quote from: Lord Commissar on November 03, 2014, 09:51:27 PM

Now is it brotherhood or that anime original one that didn't follow the manga?

You  mean what happens with plenty of anime?

Most anime cash in adaptations don't go more than a single season and are made for promoting their source material.

In this case we have a faithful adaptation and an anime original one that goes off in its own direction.

Quote from: Lord Commissar on November 03, 2014, 09:51:27 PM

Now is it brotherhood or that anime original one that didn't follow the manga?

Original, I know nothing, I just decided to watch it on Netflix out of nowhere with no other knowledge than Ed's brother was trapped in armor.

Well brotherhood is much better in my opinion. If you're enjoying the 2003 version go ahead and finish it though. Brotherhood skips and abridges some stuff since it assumes people have seen the 2003 version.

If you want to see more stuff in the vein of FMA there's Attack on Titan. It manages to avoid many of the stereotypically weird shit that anime is known for that comes out of either the shonen or moe genres and tries to portray a serious story. It's gateway like FMA so while it's not really that profound for many vets a lot of new people really like it.

Something that isn't gateway though and tends to carry the same kind of weighty atmosphere are the various adaptations of Kinoko Nasu's light novels and visual novels.

Nearly everything written by Nasu takes place in the same universe so names, places, organizations and people show up in multiple stories. Kind of like the Marvel or DC universes. Only without nearly as many retcons or reboots.

So far there's 8 Kara no Kyoukai movies, an anime adaptation of Fate/Zero, an in progress adaption of Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, and a planned adaptation of Fate/Stay Night: Heavens Feel.

Ignore any Nasuverse adaptations made by Studio DEEN. They were so bad that they were officially stricken from the Type-Moon franchise history when Ufotable gained the rights to adapt Type-Moon works.