LogFAQs > #893315420

BTW, TC, the reason why people are (wrongly) saying the 2003 anime is bad and Brotherhood is vastly superior, is that when 2003 came out, the manga wasn't finished. So they ended up doing an anime exclusive ending half of the series (around 26 or so, but it still has differences before that). Then when the manga was finished they re-did it as Brotherhood (and even got 99% of the old VAs back). However, they rushed through the first 13 or so episodes of Brotherhood since they assumed you saw 2003 already. So, a lot of people (myself included), really like the first half of the 2003 anime, since it takes it's time with the content, instead of bum-rushing it with Brotherhood. Also, they fleshed out the Homunculous in 2003, which some people liked and some didn't.

But really, watch em both. 2003 is still really good, even if it's own story after the halfway point.
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