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Unreleased OST

Anyone wishes the FMA soundtrack was truly complete? Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to have most of the tracks, but I wish we had all of them.

The tracks I’m talking about are:
- The piano version of Brothers
- “Kei” without the organ and only the choir
- The second version of “Equivalent Exchange” which is more intense
- The quicker-paced version of “The Way Back” at the end of the anime
- The harmonica version of “Brothers”

These are the ones that come to mind first. There’s also a track I cannot identify in Episode 16 when Ed is chasing the umbrella girl.

I also wonder why they included “Pointless argument” in the soundtrack when it’s only played during an episode preview afaik.

Finally, I wish we have the TV-sized versions of all the openings and endings. I believe only “Melissa” and “Kesenai Tsumi” exist in the soundtrack.

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u/TFY28 — 6 days ago
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For thought: Would it be a good or bad idea to explore a possible short romance between Edward and Noah? (This isn't a repost; this time I thought carefully about what I'm going to say.)

Okay, first of all, this idea was pure chance, and I'm not going to include it in my fanfic because I simply don't think it fits with the story or the essence of Fullmetal Alchemist, nor with the FMA audience (the majority of the public). Okay, my idea would be, what if, for a brief moment, Ed and Noah were romantically involved? Before I sound like a typical fan who likes to ship characters just for the sake of it, let me ask you this: setting aside fan thinking and thinking like a director or writer, the romance between these two could serve a purpose in the plot, and not just for the sake of it. Both characters have things in common, and I honestly feel that Noah could have been developed further. I'm not saying she'll do everything, but if she can "read people," she could have interacted more. Besides, she could be one of the few characters who understand Ed, plus the theme of Noah feeling like he doesn't fit in anywhere because of his social standing and his "psychic abilities." I don't know. Also, many say that Fullmetal Alchemist is "darker and more mature," but I think they're sticking to the basics or what they consider dark. And even though this version doesn't give us much development of Ed and Winry's relationship (like in Brotherhood), it seems like people take what little there is and make headcanon out of it. Whether they end up together or subconsciously associate Ed with Winry, I don't know, I'm getting way off track. I'm just saying that, IN MY OPINION, it's not so bad that Ed and Noah are a couple (for a very short time, due to plot developments). Besides, they could explore previously unseen facets of the character, like how he relates romantically to someone, or something I saw in another post about whether "Ed had trauma from his past experiences" or "is an alcoholic." Those would be interesting topics to explore. What do you think?

u/ConfectionFair6422 — 2 days ago
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Where to watch FMA 03 and Shamballa

Probably get this a lot on here, but I was wondering were are they currently avalible? I watched them both a couple years back, but I don't remember how. I would mainly like french/english dub thank you!

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u/Fun-Introduction-723 — 2 days ago
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This was my intro to anime at 30yo and I just need to word vomit about how much I love FMA03.

So I very recently started watching anime and reading Manga, because I am a huge fantasy/sci-fi/horror fan and I got to the point where I felt like I’d watched/read everything in those genres from western media and I was so tired of C-list crap to fill the void.

Apparently I’ve been missing out on like so much good fucking shit.

Anyway, I picked FMA03 to watch h first because I’d seen so many references to Shou Tucker and Nina. I wasn’t sure if I should do 03 first or Brotherhood, and just picked the older one.

Guys.

This altered my brain lmao. I love this show and story so much. I watched Brotherhood immediately after and it’s good, but it’s just not the same for me.

TBH, I don’t really care about the battles and think that part is boring (but I’ve always thought that, in LOTR and ASOIAF etc, battles are just blah blah blah to me too), so I was really only interested in the characters, the worldbuilding, and the story.

Ed and Al are fantastic characters. I was immediately attached to them and invested in whatever was to come for them.

I didn’t realise Shamballa was a thing and when I thought that Ed and Al ended up in separate universes and that was just…the end I literally cried so hard I threw up and that’s never happened to me before hahaha. I was not okay.

I can’t really explain exactly why I like 03 so much more than brotherhood, maybe it’s just the overall tone and gravity/maturity, but I just think that it was such an interesting and beautiful piece of art and storytelling.

I get so frustrated with the main sub because it feels like you can’t say that you prefer 03. Someone told me to be careful watching 03 fist because I might get confused about what is canon. Why can’t they just be 2 different stories with 2 different canons?

Since finishing both versions of FMA, I’ve watched Castlevania, Devilman Crybaby, AOT, and DanDaDan; and I also started reading manga, I’ve read Fire Punch, Dorohedoro, Chainsawman, and Berserk. My faves are: Berserk, AOT, Dorohedoro, and FMA03. If anyone has recs based on these please lmk!!

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u/creepykreme — 6 hours ago