FMAB 15 Full Reaction
Added 2025-06-23 19:00:04 +0000 UTCFull uncut reaction to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Episode 15
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Best introduction. Snuggle puppy! Btw full metal alchemist does animation change quite a bit compared to other anime I watch. Black lagoon, Ghost in Shell, Psycho-Pass, and maybe Hellsing rarely breaks the style up for comedy. But they are more darker tone then Full Metal.
RyokoTheBeast
2025-06-28 16:25:59 +0000 UTCOur introduction to Ling! One of my favourite characters in the series, he's just a brilliant addition to the cast
Knightlight 1414
2025-06-24 15:54:33 +0000 UTCI commented without finishing the video.. yes bethany you're right the style change is because they're probably adapting it very faithfully and the manga. Just depends on the anime if they do it.
Pepe Greene
2025-06-24 15:08:35 +0000 UTCYup, great episode especially with all the humor! I know many have said it in this comment section, but the wacky animation is just comedic effect, and almost every anime out there uses it to the fullest extent (One Piece is my favorite when it comes to this trope).
J Sal
2025-06-24 07:06:22 +0000 UTCYou’re not slick with this comment lol 😂 but I know which part you’re talking about, another 👀 moment coming soon 🤫
J Sal
2025-06-24 07:02:28 +0000 UTCI'm really glad you guys are so drawn to Ling so quickly! He just might be my favorite in the show. You're in for quite the ride with all the characters - some of the best character writing of all time in my opinion :D
DudeTrue
2025-06-24 02:53:26 +0000 UTC"I want to achieve immortality." Ken: PFFT, LAME Me: AWESOME!
Winzy
2025-06-23 23:31:36 +0000 UTCThe changes in animation is supposed to exaggerate their expressions. They use it alot to show how goofy the characters are being. Or how serious/ angry they are. It depends. Like Izumi (the teacher). She always has a shadowy, demonic look with red eyes to show how “angry” she is, even tho shes not really angry. Hope that made sense.
DarkUchiha
2025-06-23 21:01:52 +0000 UTCAnd here is where we’ve officially completely and totally split off from the story the first anime in 2003 told, with the introduction of the Xingese royalty. They’re all pretty awesome characters. Ling in particular is both hilarious and extremely engaging. He has a lot in common with best homunculus, Greed, being someone of supreme ambition but kind and caring to his people, inspiring genuine loyalty. While Arakawa largely based Amestris on WWI era Germany, Xing is based largely on ancient China, which is plain to see in their style of clothing, May’s panda, and their accents. In fact a lot of Xing is just a direct parallel to China, from the emperor and clan structure to alkahestry literally being the Chinese study of western alchemy with a focus on healing properties. In fact it’s the origin of many of those East Asian superstitions you sometimes hear about, about consuming bizarre ingredients to cure everything from the common cold to infertility (not that the west doesn’t have its own whole host of superstitious home remedies). The word “Xing” means “star” in Chinese, and Ling’s name means “dawn,” so he is the prince seeking to become the star of his country that leads them into a new dawn. And let’s not forget our own people in all the excitement for our foreign visitors, in particular Hawkeye and Barry. Capturing Barry is a huge win for Mustang’s goal of uncovering the government conspiracy and usurping King Bradley, sorry, Wrath, as the fuhrer. He’s not the brightest bulb, but Barry still has a lot of knowledge about what happened the night the 5Th Laboratory was destroyed, including at least 2 other people who were present: Lt. Maria Ross (who shot his hand with her pistol, and whose form Envy initially took when murdering Hughes), and her partner sergeant Denny Brosh. Scar crushing those walnuts wasn’t supposed to convey how strong he is (though doing so is incredibly impressive), it’s to show his emotional state when asked about his name. Until that point he was playing with them in his hand, but the subject of his name causes a flare up in his anger leading to him crushing them. It shows how he responds to even the most minor of irritations with only one thing: destruction. If Ishvalan names are holy gifts from God, he feels he has no right to accept that gift given the sins he has chosen to commit for the purpose of destroying those who have wronged him. He’s so wrapped up in paying evil unto evil it’s all he knows anymore, and he’s angry with himself for forsaking his faith in the name of vengeance. This was a really funny episode to be sure, but it leads into a sense of dread as we know what’s coming. The Elrics and Winry are heading to Central in part to see the Hughes family, blissfully unaware of what happened. The secret can’t be kept from them for long. At the same time Scar’s path is set to converge there, putting our boys back in his crosshairs. On top of that, Ling, who is in direct competition with the other potential heirs of Xing, is accompanying the Elrics just as May, another traveler from Xing, is accompanying Scar. If Ling is a Xingese prince who came to Amestris for the philosopher’s stone, then wouldn’t May be his direct competition? Whatever the future holds, one thing is for certain: our upcoming events will not be kind to Ed and Al.
Hell Yeah Gaming
2025-06-23 20:54:01 +0000 UTCAs mentioned by others, the animation change is used as an emphasis for comedic moments. Think of it like the anime version of slapstick. While still used in anime today, it is far more common in older anime like FMAB.
Akio Senpai
2025-06-23 20:16:53 +0000 UTCAh yes the people of Xing make their appearence! I love Ling and Mei, such great characters. Also the change in animation for comedic moments happens in some other anime as well, I think it's mainly to show the shift between what is a joke and what's more serious/reality. Like when Winry hits Ed and blood is spewing everywhere they change to a more cartoony style, then when they go back to the normal style there is no blood to show you "He's not really bleeding all over the floor, he's just really hurt". Or when Izumi (their teacher) barfs blood it's more exaggerated in the cartoony style for comedy but when they actually want you to take it seriously, it's in the normal style. The switch between styles is pretty jarring sometimes for fmab but it happens less and less as we get to the more serious moments of the story.
Kami_Psy
2025-06-23 19:47:51 +0000 UTCwait what???? thats a cat?????
Pdrs
2025-06-23 19:07:53 +0000 UTC2:31 "There's gonna be freaky panda in this ?!" Excuse me, but I'll have you know that's actually a freaky cat.
JT
2025-06-23 19:04:57 +0000 UTC
