Well, I really have never had an interest in FMA, and it didn't help that my roommate was 'into it' -- and she notoriously liked contrived, long-winded series like Saiyuki and Kyo Kara Maoh. I watched a few episodes, but it completely failed to catch my interest. I really don't care for the art style in either the anime or the manga, so there wasn't even an aesthetic reason for me to watch; Edward's character design is one of my least favorite out of any anime/manga, with the over-detailed body and extremely simple face, it just lacks a lot of congruence for my tastes.
These days I have little free time to watch much of anything, never mind anime series that are long-winded. Now I've been assured that there are no filler episodes to FMA (at 51 episodes, it's still a bit long-winded for my tastes), but I just couldn't get into it enough to make it worth my time.
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Originally Posted by Sacred X
...the hatred for the show/game could come from strong dissapointment, or disliking how often people give it such a good word when the person themself did not see it that way at all to the point where it gets annoying.
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Exactly. I just don't see anything remotely remarkable about the show, and the dub job they slapped on it for the US release doesn't help. I've watched a lot of other anime that had remarkable stories and characters that were also released here, but since a lot of people laud FMA, less 'experienced' fans go on and on about it (ditto for Naruto, possibly the worst case of this barring DBZ). I know this seems a bit of an otaku stance, but I really don't have that kind of mindset. Cowboy Bebop is lauded ad naseum, but I think that is a series that deserves it more than FMA.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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