I'm not the biggest fan of anime, but of those that I have seen, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is by far the best. The things I love: The plot is amazing. There are constant twists to keep you on the edge of your seat, and there is no filler, with every episode impacting the plot in an important way. The characters are all likeable with well defined motivations and character traits, with almost every named character playing an important part of the plot. The female characters like Olivier Armstrong and Winry Rockbell are especially well written, considering this is a shonen anime. The animation is top notch, the backgrounds and fight scenes are all detailed and visually impressive. The series also puts forth many philosophical questions about morality and the value of life.The only problem I have with the series is that the first 14 episodes feel very rushed. This is because those episodes are adapting the same content from the manga as the beginning episodes of the original 2003 FMA series. While the first 14 episodes are still good, they are clearly inferior versions of the first 28 episodes of FMA 2003. After the beginning episodes, Brotherhood starts with new content and majorly increases in quality. I highly recommend Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to anybody, even people who aren't normally fans of anime, because it has a broad enough feel to appeal to western audiences, in addition to anime fans.

One of the best stories anime has ever told and even just one of the best stories ever told. It's exciting, the story elements make sense in world, almost no plot holes, and I'm sad that it ends but happy of how it did. Don't deny yourself the incredible experience of watching it.

All I can say is that act one is arguably slow. Act two picks up a little. And act three (episode 40+) picks up and delivers the "10/10" people give it. It is truely a well-crafted story. The ending isn't a complete one, but somewhat satisfying to an extent. Mustang isn't given much in the end until the last end credit song plays. At that point you wanted to a certain character get his legs back and see Mustang be whole again. Instead, these characters are swept under the rug. Did anyone want to see Mustang and her subordinate get together? They just never tie it to completion, which was something this could've benefited from.

This anime is worth every single bit of praise (and money, I would say). At first, it didn't really seem interesting and all, but then my friend and I bought this on BluRay, Japanese with English subs, I can say it was worth all the money ! Animation ? You got it. Humour ? You got it. Suspense and plot twists ? You got it. Lovely protagonists ? You got it.This Anime has got it all, I watched it within a week only, because I was so hyped throughout each and every episode of it. I liked it. I liked all this "philosophical" stuff. Homunculus, Alchemy, Chemistry, The Philosopher's stone ... they are all adapted from historical myths and legends, and were incarnated into the Anime.I recommend this to everyone, adults, teens, Anime fans, or non- Anime fans. It is worth your time and money, it is the type of show you would never dislike. It will leave you satisfied for good.Definitely right among my top ten Animes, I rate it full 10/10.