The (not BL but) Anime Thread

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Fullmetal Alchemist / Fullmetal Alchemist brotherhood - Loved this series; my favourite one. +++
Brotherhood has a better story - so go for that one. 'The original' has more humour/better music but falls short on the story (in comparison to brotherhood).

What's the difference between those two? Shouldn't I watch the the first one to understand the story? Or isn't it a sequel?

The first one: Fullmetal Alchemist was created before the manga was finished. This lead to the anime catching up to the manga story-wise. Instead of creating a lot of 'filler-episodes' they guessed how the story progressed - which in the end is okay in itself as an anime but isn't quite as epic as the true story depicted in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (which is true to the manga).

Because the animes were created by different people there's different 'artistic touches' to each (beside the difference in story). In the end I would recommend seeing Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, because of the story being better developed.