Any anti-FMA fans here?

O.K. Does anybody else agree with me that Full Metal Alchemist is the most over-rated anime ever to hit the shores of North America? I mean I watched the whole thing, and even the movie; but not once did i say: Damn this anime is good. In fact there were times when i said WTF? This is what people like? I'll admit I liked the story and the concept of the anime, but the presentation was horrible. Most of the anime felt like fillers and could have been cut-out as it had nothing to do with anything. The homonculus being named after Sins is also poorly done I mean just because you name something Lust doesn't mean its a representation of Lust. Nobody lusted after her and she didn't lust after anybody. Somebody else has got to agree with me that this anime is really not as good as everybody says it is. is it just due to the adult swim publicity it's receiving or am i in the minority here?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by BurningRanger

Uh. I'm pretty sure both

Spoiler:

Scar and his brother

lusted after Lust's original human self, and it was this lust that caused him to try to revive her.

Wrath is angry that his mother tried to, almost literally, throw him in the trash. Gluttony eats stuff. Sloth is gifted with the ability to transform into a viscous liquid, and is generally a slow-moving, slow-speaking character. Envy, which can be defined as the desire to be someone else, has the ability to, well, be someone else. Greed I don't remember because I last watched the series about two years ago, but I think the explanation had to do with his underworld cronies. Pride is the king of the frickin' country.

So, that's 1 out of the 7 humunculi that is not well-named. You may want to come up with a better reason not to like the show.

If i remember correctly; Scar's brother was gonna marry her. I GUESS you could call that lust but i really wouldn't since there's supposed to be genuine love when you marry someone. And i honestly didn't feel that scar lusted after Lust both pre or after homonculus. I thought he was surprised when he first saw her but no real sexual wants. Sloth is laziness, not lack of movement; and i remember the secretary being not very lazy. And Envy? He thought everybody else was ugly except for his one girl-boy form. He didn't envy anybody except for a figure he made up. How is that envy? And so what Pride is the king of a country. How does that make him prideful? He had like no screen time so neither of us could back up our statements with much. Greed I don't remember him being greedy at all; and obviously you can't either. Gluttony is the only one that fits his name. He eats and eats, i guess you win that one.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Ryuu

Quoted for truth.


You basically hate Fullmetal Alchemist because OTHER people praised it so much, and it didn't live up to YOUR expectations. I liked Fullmetal Alchemist. Sure it isn't the best anime ever (I could probably name at least 20 that are better in my eyes), but I watched the whole things and I got into it. The ending wasn't what I wanted, but I was satisfied by watching it - even if there were problems with it.

Then again, I watched it before it became hyped up (like Dragonball Z, Inu Yasha, Naruto, etc.). And it doesn't seem as if you hate the anime 'cause it's bad - you even watched the whole thing. Most people would stop watching after a certain number of episodes if it was bad (you even watched the movie). You probably enjoyed it (didn't love it, but you liked it), however you can't see the fact because you're clouded on expectation.

Also, I don't think too many people say "Damn this anime is good." They may think something along those lines, but I don't think too many people would go about it like that.



Anyways, towards the Lust comment:

Spoiler:

Lujon, remember him? He lived in the Fossil diseased town. He was suppose to get married, but things happened which lead to him getting a red stone from Lust to save the town from the disease. He fell in love with Lust to the point that after she left, he was devastated. He didn't get married like he was going to, and I think he even tried searching for her.

I'll admit that a large part of why i posted this was because of the disppointment I had espiecally after all the hype it received. But I really thought it was bad; I've watched a bunch of animes that took a really long time to get good, but once it did they were pretty amazing. FMA was not one of them IMO. I just couldn't find a point in the story I liked besides it being original. I don't know about where you live; but where i live it's gotten to the point where it's not uncommon to see a guy in a cheat red coat with a alchemist thing on his back, or a fat FMA badge across thier chest or something know waht i'm saying? Basically i just don't understand, why. And no i'm not one of those anti-trend people who are all like awww naruto sucks cuz um.... other people like it. I actually liked naruto up until the fillers. Know what i'm saying?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.