Time for something with a bit more personal investment to it
than the last review. Fullmetal Alchemist, in no uncertain terms, is one of the
best anime series ever. Its characters, its incredibly dark and complex themes
about life and death, its airtight pacing and yet incredible variety; it is a
true-blue classic. It has had film iterations before, primarily the two
connected to the two FMA series (the original and Brotherhood, which actually
went in quite different directions due to their different connections to the
manga), but this is the first attempt at a live-action adaptation. However,
this is a wholly different beast to what we got with Bleach, for both good and
bad reasons.