As Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood moves through the middle period of the series, it's covering some very interesting ground. Ground that does slow the show down a bit but is important for establishing more of what the larger picture is. The show o more

I will confess that I didn't see much of the original Full Metal Alchemist anime, and whilst I have read a fair bit of the manga, I've not yet completed it so whilst the first collection of Brotherhood definitely was good, I was wondering if the dea more

The original Full Metal Alchemist series was one that was a bit hit-or-miss for me. I loved the first season but found the second season to drag; it never seemed cohesive to me, almost like the writers did not know what they wanted to do with it. Ma more

After the choice that Mustang was forced into in the previous episode, it ended in a way that's truly cruel for him as he's had his sight taken from him at the time when things are their most dangerous. It was a key move that was of critical imp more

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a remake of the popular Full Metal Alchemist series, this time designed to more closely follow the manga's storyline. The original series got through about the first season before they were fully caught up with th more

One part of war that rarely gets touched on both in movies and anime is that of propaganda. Often we're just following the main characters around as they deal with the smaller issues or are swept along with the tide of war. Fullmetal Alchemist: Broth more

A flashback of Mustang and Hawkeye during the Ishbal War, with the latter burying a child war victim. Mentioned then was a bit of Hawkey's past with her father, his study of Flame Alchemy, and Mustang eventually agreeing to burn part of the tattoo on more

Mustang's crew manipulates and pins the coup d'etat on the goons at Central, and it sure made for some good laughs along with Briggs bringing in the heavy artillery. Deceiving the public was a good move to expose their corruption, and also Ross& more