For some reason I was really excited when I saw the commercials on AdultSwim announcing the premiere of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. So I stayed up just so I could watch it and it’s on right now. So far, it looks like Funimation did a good job on the dub. I don’t really care for Mustang’s voice though, or Armstrong’s. I think they should have just gotten all of the same voice actors from the previous anime to return and do the voices again. I mean, we the fans, already associate certain voices with characters. Edward’s English VA is the same, why not the others? Sure, a lot of the Japanese seiyuu for the new series are different too, but the voices are close. Where as in the English dub some of the voices are way off from the previous ones. So weird.

It was good seeing Maes alive again though. I’ve been following the episodes online in Japanese, the last episode I watched was forty-two, so yeah, definitely good to see old characters and re-watch it again from the beginning.

I love that this series is staying more true to the manga too. While the other storyline in the anime was good, the real storyline is so much better and includes some awesome characters that got ignored last time around.

Loved watching the scene were Armstrong starts ripping off his clothes to “inspire” Ed and Al. Good thing he left the breeches of his uniform on at least. Gotta love the sparkles. Armstrong is definitely one of my faves, but his older sister is the coolest member of the Armstrong family.

Now, after watching the English dub of episode one, I’m gonna go back and re-watch the series that has thus far been released online in Japanese.