User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 361: The Two Bombs, Review./@comment-24066070-20131122224003/@comment-4829046-20131124061529

It is! If I were the President, I would make it compulsory for every citizen to watch it even if they used illegal means to do so >:) or at least distribute free copies.

But seriously, it is amazing. Great story, characters, moral conflict, fights etc. The anime is superb, not the original anime though, that was an anime-only story in its entirety, not the manga story. What you want is FMA Brotherhood which has the actual story. But that doesn't change the fact that both of them are good to watch but if you don't have time then just watch about 10-15 or so episodes of FMA and then start FMA Brotherhood cause you might need some of the background data which isn't in Brotherhood even though it is very trivial and not really necessary.

If you are gonna read the manga, then you don't need to follow that though. But the anime is awesome; great animation(fight scenes mainly), great soundtrack, great opening songs, etc. so it would be a waste not to watch it. Its one of the better anime out there. And quite a difference from the inconsistency and censoring of FT anime. Not to mention it has legit blood and gore, which I should add would be disturbing to some and why it has a 15+(or 17+ in some places) age rating. And it has a lot of psychological elements.

But here's the thing, it is also one of the funniest shows. Kinda weird when comparing the other content but that's why its so good. There is a good balance. Oh and no completely unnecessary and random fanservice.