Wow...talk about digging up an old thread.
I didn't have time to catch this while it was out....so I only watched and finished it this past few weeks.
I really liked it at the beginning. Lots of humour and action. Later episodes became depressing like...quite alot of people who you wouldn't expect to die died. Like omg....they didn't spare the kids.
Once it got even more serious, it got abit weird. There were inconsistencies thrown everywhere like for example....if Edward could repair his automail using alchemy (in the last few episodes), why didn't he do it way back in the mid episodes instead of going all the way to Resembool? In the later episodes, everything becomes rushed. People start dying without much character development, mysteries of alchemy are revealed but yet open more plot holes are opened.
Another thing I wasn't satiesfied with was the potential of all the characters in FMA. They were all likeable and interesting characters. But it was just too bad that their personalities weren't used to full potential. It was always about Edward and Alphonse....which I thought could be done with alot less. Take Roy Mustang for example. I thought he would be quite central to the story. But I was disappointed that he only showed up in probably 20% of the series. Same goes for the rest of the millitary personell like Hawkeye, Maes Hugh etc . and humoncolous.
The final explanation about Alchemy was even more dodged...like yeah...i'm supposed to believe that. So what happens when people from Edward's world dies? And that gate...is it me or does it look like the gate of purgatory? Limbo perhaps?
Pretty good story and buildup...but like most anime....the build towards the climax and end was pretty meh.
Btw...wasn't there some FMA RPG game?