Saw the sketch for this and the only version I found of it finished was like 2 pixels so I decided to finish it myself.
Some process photos below the cut ✨ (including just the line art if you wanna color it yourself)
If you wanna color the line art digitally, if you are able to, just set the image to multiply and make sure the color layers are below the line art layer <3 if you have questions feel free to ask in replies
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Did I do a good job making it look official hehe I really tried
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The way the 03 fma anime leans into the tragedy of Nina and Alexander by having the Elric brothers meet them BEFORE Ed becomes a state alchemist. Ed and Al live with the Tuckers for months (at least 4)* while studying for the state alchemist exam, they eat meals together, play together, and all sleep under the same roof. When the time for the exam comes Nina and Alexander go with the brothers every time, offering encouragement beforehand and waiting outside until it's over so she can ask them how it went. Al mentions how living with the Tuckers makes it feel like how things were before their mom died, like they're part of a real family again. They love this little girl and her dog, they really fit themselves into the roles of her big brothers. It really makes the fate of this girl hit all the harder when she's not just a child the brothers knew for a few days and felt a connection with, but one who they've come to know very well and who they really considered to be family.
* We know the Elrics lived with the Tuckers for at least 4 months because in the episode prior to their meeting (about a day) Gracia Hughes is mentioned to be 5 months pregnant. The brothers + Nina are present when she gives birth, so we know the brothers have been living with the Tuckers for 4 months at this point. It is unclear how much more time passes after that until the Nina incident.
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FullMetal Alchemist 2003 is a bad adaptation…
…but a darn good Anime taken on its own terms. However, talking about how it’s “better” or “worse” than Brotherhood (y’all know who you are) is pointless when… neither was intended to be like or outdo the other.
Say the Manga is… ingredients for a meal, said meal being Brotherhood or 03.
03 utilizes some plot beats and storylines from the Manga but modifies upon them in order to create set up for the largely original plot that’s of its own making.
It knows what to keep, what to tweak and what to excise from something that will inevitably be different in tone as well as character evolution.
By contrast, Brotherhood intends to be more true to the Manga but not all of it. Various plot beats are retooled like the investigation of Liore are made the second adventure we see of the Elrics.
Some like the Youswell Mine and Yoki are skipped over with a passing mention before later being adapted later in a truncated adaptation.
Some are outright changed such as the Elrics and Winry learning of Hughes dying before Maria Ross’s accusation of such hits the papers. That is, with a later scene of them meeting Grace and Elicia over the matter.
This list goes on…
Though some find they haven’t found their sea legs at first, this adaptation shakes out to be one of the 2010s big gateway Anime titles. Either way, it’s a technically better adaptation of the original Manga by default.
03 didn’t adapt the Manga but with filler ala the Big Three of Shonen Jump. Rather it built a new story around the parts of the Manga it had to work with a went off. Probably one of the few Anime Original Endings that have stood the test of time really.
Now HOW those elements were handled for each version 03 had focused on can make for a good discussion at the very least. But neither version of FMA should be judged by what it isn’t and never was going to be.
It just… makes it hard to humor a comparison when one is clearly preferred over the other. Especially when some mostly amount to petty memes and potshots.
I know this saying is rightfully maligned but for this context? I don’t care who started it, somebody has to end it.
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03 nation. . . 03 nation I'm coming for you. you won't be able to escape
(edit. because i started liveblogging my 03 watch on this post. you may check the reblogs if you want methinks. I hit post limit tho :pensive emoji:)
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idc if i've posted this before. this fucking gif is peak i love it.
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y'now what? this version of catherine is valid af
havoc is just mean
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What is it? You did say you wanted to see my real face, didn’t you?
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rewatched my favorite 03 episode where we can see Sander for the first time 🥰
Yeah, it is a screenshotedit! I used this one
I love that Sander's design is very simple and it is less job with the editing and he always will fit into the bg fkdjfkhdg
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Guys I met the voice actor of Alphonse from FMA 2003 and he called Alphonse a “good little boy” and I feel like I needed to share that with the world
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