"Metal Alchemist": a review of two seasons of the anime

In the anime «Metal Alchemist" (another name for "Fullmetal Alchemist) there are two seasons, which tell a similar story, but differ greatly among themselves. The disclosure of the main aspects of each of them can be seen in the article.

Plot of the first season

In the 2003 anime «Metal Alchemist” tells the story of brothers Elrico – Alphonse and Edward. As a child, they have violated one of the main alchemical bans – tried to raise a man. Their mother died when they were very young, but because they tried to rectify the situation. As a consequence, the older brother loses his legs with a hand, and younger – the whole body. His soul Edward was attached to a suit of armor and thereby deprived of the opportunity to eat and sleep. They soon become state alchemists and begin the hunt for the philosopher's stone to return their own bodies. On their way to face the homunculi, a misunderstanding on the part of many people and other obstacles, but the brothers stubbornly go to your goal, and attract viewers.

The universe in the first season

The Whole world in the anime «Metal Alchemist” based on the science of equivalent exchange. The main law it says that to create a new object only from an adequate supply of materials for him. Special of the drawn circle, which placed the inputs and the result of human intervention, there is a transformation. This fact and the existence of the mythical philosopher's stone, was the basis of the plot. The two brothers went into public service only to have the resources to search for information about it. The existence of artificial humans, homunculi, also explains the limitless possibilities of the stone, which can even give immortality. In the anime «Metal Alchemist" of 2003, the narrative is leisurely, and the universe is revealed only around the main characters. Some of the flashbacks in the end to allow more to understand the history of the appearance of the philosopher's stone, but many issues remained open surface or even untouched. It is because history was rewritten in the second season.

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Characters

The Number of characters in 1 season «Metal Alchemist» lovers of diversity. There is a man named Scar, which his abilities inherited from his brother. He is obsessed with revenge to all those who arranged the war in his native country of ishbal. In addition to the main characters, there are also state alchemists, but of these, only Roy Mustang appears more often on the screens. The most positive characters are shown only brothers, and others use alchemy only for the sake of their desires. The history of the homunculi are named after the seven deadly sins, is revealed gradually. Laziness, Anger, Pride, and others of this number are the tools of the main villain in achieving their goals. Minor characters appear in the course of history, and just the story of some of them permeates the whole story. For anime of 2003, the level of disclosure of individuals was quite deep, but it merits canceling the second season.

Plot in the continuation

Anime «Metal Alchemist 2: Brotherhood” hard to call it a direct sequel. It is rather the processing of the whole story in a new wrapper 2009. The plot further develops around the young brothers who tried to resurrect his mother and paid for it. In the second season explains what alchemy they've studied on the basis of the records of his father. Because they had this innate ability, they managed to do it easily. Shortly after the tragedy, their bodies dropping them to the state alchemist Roy Mustang and invites the public service. This possibility Edward and Alphonse used to search for the philosopher's stone. From that moment, the large differences in the narratives, because the adventures of the main characters open the curtain on the whole basis of alchemy, ulterior motives the entire leadership of the country and the essence of the philosopher's stone. In General, the plot looks more cheerfully, though not without recurring themes from the first season.

The universe

In the second season of “Metal Alchemist Brotherhood” the universe develops more actively. Specifies the geopolitical situation, remember the past war in the country, and most importantly – revealed the problems of the alchemists in the service of the state. They are used for mass extermination of people on the battlefields that shows the moral side of most of the characters. It is from wrong judgments about the actions of the country wakes up Roy Mustang and his team's desire to change everything. On the other hand, the audience intelligently increasing feeling that the state alchemists are happening terrible things. The presence of the homunculi and their conversations on this topic suggest different ideas. The authors were able to create a more holistic universe where the story reveals the huge number of characters and more efficiently designed motivation of most of them. From the firstthe time of the fight the Mustang with the ice alchemist the viewer is thrown into the atmosphere of mystery, if you carefully listen to their conversation.

Characters

In season 2 of «Metal Alchemist" some characters will be familiar to those who watched the first, original story 2003. For example, this is Roy Mustang, though he now has his own team, which will be shown throughout the series. The scar with his revenge for the war in Ishvara also featured Shu Tucker and the episode with the Chimera, even though the story changed a little bit. The main change worth noting is the famous story of the homunculi, which was changed completely. The essence of each of the artificial creatures have displayed deep enough. On the screen often have friends in the service of the main characters, including Louis Armstrong, Maes Hughes and Olivia Armstrong (a little later). Show and those of the alchemists, which satisfies the ability to use force in the war. Among them – is an interesting personality of Solfa kimblee's, but in the episodes shown Basque Gran. The total number of characters has increased significantly. In the course of history appear new identities that are smoothly woven into the story. The viewer does not have questions about whether you want to introduce new personalities, and it – a good result in view of the total number.