Question about Brotherhood

[AeroKnu]

Hello~ I had a few questions about FMA brotherhood, I watched the first FMA as a kid and just finished re watching it along with the movie, now I moved onto brotherhood and I've never watched it before, I'm so lost why is Al back in the armor and why are they back in their world that's not where the movie left off...can anyone explain?

[ANATATO]

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The first anime and movie was a completely different storyline than the original storyline of the manga. Brotherhood is starting over again completely- only staying true to the manga this time.

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[Colonel_Crapshot]

AeroKnu

Hello~ I had a few questions about FMA brotherhood, I watched the first FMA as a kid and just finished re watching it along with the movie, now I moved onto brotherhood and I've never watched it before, I'm so lost why is Al back in the armor and why are they back in their world that's not where the movie left off...can anyone explain?

Allow me to shed light on your evident confusion;

During the creation of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime, the one you watched, the manga was not yet complete, as such Hiromu Arikawa (the writer of the manga) gave the creators of the anime creative freedom to take the story wherever they pleased, Brotherhood is the anime of the manga as it was complete, this means that for some of the first episodes they are re-treading ground from the previous anime, but (if you read the manga) follow more closely in parallel, so to clarify, Brotherhood is not a sequel to the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, the American translators (for whatever reason) decided that they could not air the show as "Fullmetal Alchemist" so they added "Brotherhood" to the title so people would more easily be able to differentiate it from its predecessor.

I'll say again, Brotherhood is not a sequel to the first Fullmetal Alchemist.

[AeroKnu]

Ohh okay I understand now c: thank you both!

[Firebender Zula]

It's not a continuation of the last anime, it's a new anime that follows the original manga.

[Suincunemon]

Brotherhood is not the story being continued. Fullmetal Alchemist was the series that was made for the viewers. The manga could not keep up and so they just continued on their own. That's how the original series was made. Brotherhood followed the manga. That's the difference.

[izabellavaly]

I love FMA!

[Thefruitsong]

izabellavaly

I love FMA!

That doesn't contribute to the thread!

Anyway, like many said, it's just following the manga

[Drummer_kidder]

PS3_michael_521

AeroKnu

Hello~ I had a few questions about FMA brotherhood, I watched the first FMA as a kid and just finished re watching it along with the movie, now I moved onto brotherhood and I've never watched it before, I'm so lost why is Al back in the armor and why are they back in their world that's not where the movie left off...can anyone explain?

Allow me to shed light on your evident confusion;

During the creation of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime, the one you watched, the manga was not yet complete, as such Hiromu Arikawa (the writer of the manga) gave the creators of the anime creative freedom to take the story wherever they pleased, Brotherhood is the anime of the manga as it was complete, this means that for some of the first episodes they are re-treading ground from the previous anime, but (if you read the manga) follow more closely in parallel, so to clarify, Brotherhood is not a sequel to the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, the American translators (for whatever reason) decided that they could not air the show as "Fullmetal Alchemist" so they added "Brotherhood" to the title so people would more easily be able to differentiate it from its predecessor.

I'll say again, Brotherhood is not a sequel to the first Fullmetal Alchemist.

So clever! smile