Poll of the Day > Why does FMA: Brotherhood start with a filler episode?

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GanonsSpirit 01/21/18 8:34:56 PM #1:	How do you decide to make a new anime that follows canon and start it off with filler? --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:894527286] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>How do you decide to make a new anime that follows canon and start it off with filler?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/21/18 8:36:05 PM #2:	How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:894527378] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 01/21/18 9:05:18 PM #3:	Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:894529441] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 01/21/18 9:23:32 PM #4:	GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:894530621] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 01/21/18 9:26:08 PM #5:	GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. Or can also be used to describe something which doesn't advance the core story >_> However, in the more general sense, it may make sense to start a series with original content when the source material has issues. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:894530813] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> Or can also be used to describe something which doesn't advance the core story >_> However, in the more general sense, it may make sense to start a series with original content when the source material has issues.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FellWolf 01/22/18 1:59:52 AM #6:	I like the first episode. --- http://i.imgur.com/QzUHUGL.gif http://i.imgur.com/IJPGRfT.jpg WORK IT! ARF ARF ARF! <cite>FellWolf posted [p:894544746] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>I like the first episode.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 01/22/18 2:30:59 AM #7:	the first episode sets the overall tone for the series, and it's fantastic --- i could be your whore. <cite>helIy posted [p:894545655] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>the first episode sets the overall tone for the series, and it's fantastic</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spooky96 01/22/18 4:00:15 AM #8:	FellWolf posted... I like the first episode. This, actually. Really liked the part when Ed and Fuhrer meet for the State Alchemist exam. 'You still have a lot to learn my naive young alchemist'. 'When did he draw his sword?' <cite>spooky96 posted [p:894547726] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>FellWolf posted...</cite> <quote>I like the first episode.</quote> This, actually. Really liked the part when Ed and Fuhrer meet for the State Alchemist exam. 'You still have a lot to learn my naive young alchemist'. 'When did he draw his sword?'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 01/22/18 4:33:30 AM #9:	spooky96 posted... FellWolf posted... I like the first episode. This, actually. Really liked the part when Ed and Fuhrer meet for the State Alchemist exam. 'You still have a lot to learn my naive young alchemist'. 'When did he draw his sword?' That's the second episode. Also, Rose looks weird without dark skin. --- http://i.imgur.com/tsQUpxC.jpg Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:894548348] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>spooky96 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FellWolf posted...</cite> <quote>I like the first episode.</quote> This, actually. Really liked the part when Ed and Fuhrer meet for the State Alchemist exam. 'You still have a lot to learn my naive young alchemist'. 'When did he draw his sword?'</quote> That's the second episode. Also, Rose looks weird without dark skin.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamechamp3k 01/22/18 5:21:45 AM #10:	Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." Lokarin posted... GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist. --- http://i.imgur.com/ES0IWHz.jpg Kuro-channnnnnn... <3 <cite>Gamechamp3k posted [p:894549247] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nade Duck 01/22/18 5:47:48 AM #11:	Gamechamp3k posted... Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." Lokarin posted... GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist. it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc. --- http://i.imgur.com/ElACjJD.gifv <cite>Nade Duck posted [p:894549701] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote>Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist.</quote> it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamechamp3k 01/22/18 4:44:06 PM #12:	Nade Duck posted... Gamechamp3k posted... Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." Lokarin posted... GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist. it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc. It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material. --- http://i.imgur.com/ES0IWHz.jpg Kuro-channnnnnn... <3 <cite>Gamechamp3k posted [p:894580654] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>Nade Duck posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote>Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist.</quote> it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc.</quote> It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 01/22/18 4:46:10 PM #13:	The first couple episodes of dragon ball Super were pretty fillery <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:894580770] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>The first couple episodes of dragon ball Super were pretty fillery</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nade Duck 01/22/18 5:07:11 PM #14:	Gamechamp3k posted... Nade Duck posted... Gamechamp3k posted... Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." Lokarin posted... GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist. it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc. It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material. i've always thought of filler as episodes that (though not necessarily bad) aren't in the source and could be cut out entirely without any effect on any important parts of the story. --- http://i.imgur.com/ElACjJD.gifv <cite>Nade Duck posted [p:894582179] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Nade Duck posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote>Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist.</quote> it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc.</quote> It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material.</quote> i've always thought of filler as episodes that (though not necessarily bad) aren't in the source and could be cut out entirely without any effect on any important parts of the story.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamechamp3k 01/22/18 5:40:16 PM #15:	Nade Duck posted... Gamechamp3k posted... Nade Duck posted... Gamechamp3k posted... Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." Lokarin posted... GanonsSpirit posted... Lokarin posted... How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling? Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material. I know that, I mean contextually The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist. it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc. It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material. i've always thought of filler as episodes that (though not necessarily bad) aren't in the source and could be cut out entirely without any effect on any important parts of the story. Episode 1 of Brotherhood fits that definition perfectly. Its long-lasting effect on the series amounts to people offhandedly saying "Hey remember when that ice guy did ice things." There's no narrative impact. --- http://i.imgur.com/ES0IWHz.jpg Kuro-channnnnnn... <3 <cite>Gamechamp3k posted [p:894584423] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>Nade Duck posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Nade Duck posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Gamechamp3k posted...</cite> <quote>Because it exists in a world where a Fullmetal Alchemist anime already exists, and that anime mostly faithfully followed the beginnings of the manga. Having an entirely original first episode tells those who viewed the prior adaptation "Don't worry, it's not just a retelling, this is something new." <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>How can anything start with a filler? How does that work? What is it filling?</quote> Filler is stuff in an adaptation that wasn't in the source material.</quote> I know that, I mean contextually</quote> The first episode of Brotherhood is a standalone story about the brothers and the military fighting an ice alchemist terrorist.</quote> it wasn't that much of a filler though. the whole time the ice alchemist was talking about the homunculus conspiracy and trying to warn them, iirc.</quote> It's not a judgement of quality or relevance to the plot, it's a matter of whether or not the events depicted exist within the source material.</quote> i've always thought of filler as episodes that (though not necessarily bad) aren't in the source and could be cut out entirely without any effect on any important parts of the story.</quote> Episode 1 of Brotherhood fits that definition perfectly. Its long-lasting effect on the series amounts to people offhandedly saying "Hey remember when that ice guy did ice things." There's no narrative impact.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AllstarSniper32 01/22/18 6:30:58 PM #16:	Man, even Naruto had less filler! --- If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking systems, there would be a revolution before morning - Andrew Jackson <cite>AllstarSniper32 posted [p:894587554] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>Man, even Naruto had less filler!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Oblivion_Hero 01/22/18 6:40:22 PM #17:	It was essentially a filler, but it does foreshadow some events or concepts, and introduced a decent chunk of characters (some of whom played different roles in the original anime or didn't exist in it). --- "It's unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water." <cite>Oblivion_Hero posted [p:894588128] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>It was essentially a filler, but it does foreshadow some events or concepts, and introduced a decent chunk of characters (some of whom played different roles in the original anime or didn't exist in it).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HagenEx 01/22/18 7:11:03 PM #18:	Why does Dragon Ball Z end with a filler episode? --- The side of the fence that we climb determines who's afraid <cite>HagenEx posted [p:894590085] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>Why does Dragon Ball Z end with a filler episode?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
helIy 01/22/18 8:00:29 PM #19:	ugh dbz didn't end with a filler episode anyways, the thing about FMA is that all the filler episodes just sorta...don't seem like filler. the amount of care put into both series is fantastic --- i could be your whore. <cite>helIy posted [p:894593275] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote>ugh dbz didn't end with a filler episode anyways, the thing about FMA is that all the filler episodes just sorta...don't seem like filler. the amount of care put into both series is fantastic</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamechamp3k 01/23/18 4:16:50 PM #20:	helIy posted... anyways, the thing about FMA is that all the filler episodes just sorta...don't seem like filler. the amount of care put into both series is fantastic Yeah, the word "filler" applies more to shows like the aforementioned Naruto that added new side stories as a means to keep the series active when they get too close to the manga, which updates less frequently. Fullmetal Alchemist took a totally different approach. --- http://i.imgur.com/ES0IWHz.jpg Kuro-channnnnnn... <3 <cite>Gamechamp3k posted [p:894651913] in Why does F... [t:76228198]...</cite> <quote><cite>helIy posted...</cite> <quote>anyways, the thing about FMA is that all the filler episodes just sorta...don't seem like filler. the amount of care put into both series is fantastic </quote> Yeah, the word "filler" applies more to shows like the aforementioned Naruto that added new side stories as a means to keep the series active when they get too close to the manga, which updates less frequently. Fullmetal Alchemist took a totally different approach.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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