Question by Shay: What to watch next: Beyond Full Metal Alchemist?
So my husband convinced me to watch Full Metal Alchemist and now I’m hooked on anime. Of course the jerk waited until after I finished it to tell me that it was the best and anything else is going to seem sad in comparison. Men.
Where to go from here? Any anime you would consider on par or at least a close runner up to Full Metal? Anime movies would be appreciated too.
Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Joseph
cowboy bebop
cowboy bebop movie
code gaess
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i suggest naruto or dragonball
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (just came out last week, it’s much closer to the manga than the first version)
http://www.animeseason.com/hagane-no-renkinjutsushi-2009/
There’s also a FMA movie called “Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa”
D. Gray man
http://www.animeseason.com/dgray-man/
Soul Eater
http://www.animeseason.com/soul-eater/
Chrono Crusade
Busou Renkin
Eureka Seven
Scrapped Princess
I loved Full metal, have you watched the movie? After that I got hooked on Trigun, but it only has 26 episodes you’ll find that a lot with Anime. Some older but great shows are:
Evangelion
cowboy bebop
Ghost in the shell
Ranma 1/2
far to many to list, but tho’s are the more common greatest hits.lol
I like FMA too, but there are a ton of great ones out there
First, you should watch “black cat” it’s really great!
Weiss kreuz
Code geass
Full moon wo sagashite….it’s my favourite
getbackers
perfect girl evolution
just to start you with a few
Seconding Cowboy Bebop – I don’t know anyone that’s seen it and not loved it. If you like it, Samurai Champloo is good too and similar in style.
Honestly, it’s hard to go wrong with a lot of the stuff Adult Swim shows (or used to show) – Bebop, Trigun, Ghost in the Shell, and Death Note are all solid and pretty watchable by most audiences, I think.
If you want something lighter, look into films by Hayao Miyazakiand Studio Ghibli. I have yet to see a bad movie come out of there, and while aimed at kids they are all easily enjoyable by all ages.
Avoid Naruto, Dragon Ball, and Inuyasha unless you enjoy series that seemingly never end and drag on forever.
If you liked Full Metal Alchemist, I’d move to Escaflowne at some point.
The Problem is Fox got it in the US ( the TV Station.. many years ago) and so there were a ton of problems and they had to release the DVDs/Vids a couple of times,.. they got complaints and aired things out of order some times.. ode the Drama.
Escaflowne is about a girl that travels to another world by mystery means ( of course,.. naturally because Anime likes to do that). This world is in a Paralellel universe where they can see the Earth of their universe and it’s just a moon or whatever. You of course have boyfriend interest and trying to get home,.. but the world is nice to emerse in. There are Animal People, Catgirls, Knights,.. Mechas,.. magic, Dragons,.. Angels,….. and one girl being tossed around and shown off that’s trying to make herself have a talent and be helpful to them all. Avoid the movie and the Animation may be odd.
There is an Anime that’s paired with FMA in Anime Music Videos and I thought it was Full Metal Panic but it’s not.. so if you can search for it on a desc. The main chars seem to be an Elf and a Nun,.. but the Nun seems to have a locket from FMA,.. so maybe it’s by the same company or artist.. and the Locket/Watch spews out fun signs like the Alchemist draw.. the time period is about the same too.. maybe 10-20 years later. I am so helpful today >.>
If you want to annoy your husband, start watching Ah! My Goddess ( the new series just drags like it’s an American daily soap). The two series [of Ah! My Goddess] seem slightly different in what happens. In both the Main character accidently calls the Goddess hotline and, thinking it’s a prank, wishes the Goddess that appears will stay with him forever. Now in the first series they made it seem like people got a final Wish before they died and since the Goddess and the boy were stuck together,.. well.. she intervened saving the boy from his fate. In the new series [which as far as I watched doesn’t act like this is a last wish deal] they just have to explain everything and the slight difference in music and animation takes a while to adjust.
I have 15 spelling mistakes XD I think I’ll give up for now.
Oh wait,.. one more. You might want to watch Battle Angel Alita,.. AKA Gully. I don’t know which name you will find it under.. I think they have three series now. It’s become a popular theme but I’m pretty sure the Manga started before Ghost in the Shell ( the first movie). Just,.. you know.. the future is trashed and there are Cyborgs, Andriods, Robots.. stuff like that. Main characters are an Andriod/Cyborg/Robot/Whatever they went with and her “Father”. I’m bringing this up because James Cameron or whatever his name some how got dibs on the Movie… It keeps shifting back and forth if it will be live action or pureple Computer Graphics.. the person playing the main character keeps shifting, too. For a while it looked like it would be Jessica Alba,.. but I can’t keep up with who is who in it and I gave up.
Added: It’s been half an hour, I’ve thought of more posiblities.
Magic Users Club — Teens form a Covenant in school as their Club ( they go bonkers makeing clubs in Japanese schools and your expected to be part of them). They are all naive, shy, flakey teenagers though.. you might expect better results from your cat.
Slayers! — Short woman,.. running around with tall dumb blonde guy,.. doing magic.. and totalling being screwed around with by the universe.
Socerer Hunters — I don’t know,.. I always got this and Slayers! titles reversed ( so did everyone else I knew when I first saw these). If you’ve seen Cowboy Bebop,.. it’s like a few Faye Valentines.. actually trying to work for a living by being Bounty Hunters of a different sort.. and not doing very well.. with guys in the group. Option 1: Capture someone and get money. Option 2: Tease males and sun bath… Pick Option 2 now and wonder why you’re too broke to eat XD
Those Who Hunt the Elves — I haven’t seen this ( that I can recall) but from what I recall way back in the 90’s,.. it should be some what like FMA.
you NEED to watch the movie and new series coming out heres the movie/series: http://www.idkwtf.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist/
new series called Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Brotherhood: http://www.zomganime.com/fullmetal-alchemist-2-brotherhood-episode-2/
the first episode is on the bottom
manga 1 – 94: http://www.onemanga.com/Full_Metal_Alchemist/
I LOVE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!