![]() She’s almost like a good-side foil to Wrath, considering her “survival of the fittest” philosophy and utter lack of mercy. Nowhere is this more obvious than with Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong, a character who doesn’t appear in the 2003 anime but who’s one of the most badass characters ever. The 2003 anime also did this, but not to anywhere near the same extent. Hiromu Arakawa went out of her way to subvert loads of sexist tropes that are prevalent in many manga. It apparently wasn’t even worth explaining why the homunculi embody the seven deadly sins. The world of that anime is always very vague, other than being Germany in a parallel universe, which has no connection to the manga. Nor are we given a map of the country, if I remember correctly. Or maybe in that version Amestris is the name of the world they live in and Shamballa/Britain is the name of their country? It’s never made clear. Let’s start with the nation of Amestris, whose name is never mentioned indeed, it’s Shamballa in the 2003 anime, though it’s sometimes called Britain. Better World-Buildingįullmetal Alchemist has some great world building, except that the 2003 anime really doesn’t. There’s no contest while perhaps not as striking a difference as with Greed, Scar is also way better in the Manga. It’s one of the most powerful scenes in the whole manga, and since Mustang killed her parents in the 2003 anime, it’s not there. I speak, of course, of the scene where Winry finds out that Scar murdered her parents, points a gun at him, and demands he bring them back. The only thing the 2003 anime really added to his character was a history with Lust, but I’m not sure it really goes anywhere, and it certainly doesn’t replace all the things that made him what he was in the manga.Īside from the 2003 anime more-or-less lacking Scar’s entire arc, there is one scene whose omission was a terrible crime against his character. There his status as the killer of Winry’s parents is revoked, making him instantly less interesting, and then he gets killed off before he can get much development. Like Greed, the fascinating character of Scar is short-changed in the 2003 anime. I should mention that the 2003 anime diluted the incident by not only leaving the victim’s age ambiguous, but also by having it turn out to have all been a misunderstanding it was actually a couple of priests who got killed (or something equally baffling).Īnd the dragon Envy turns into at the end of the 2003 anime is nothing compared to its grotesque true form in the manga: a huge, disturbing green monster covered in the tormented souls (including those of babies) that make up its philosopher’s stone, each one screaming in pain. The evil monster revels in every single human life it destroyed with that one bullet, from the man it framed to the country it ravaged. Nowhere is this more apparent than when Envy gleefully admits to having caused the Ishvalan Genocide by murdering an innocent child. ![]() Sure, the Envy of 2003 turned into his victims’ loved ones to torture them, but the Envy of the manga did all that and more with snarky sadism. The envy of the manga was always committing atrocities with an insane grin and boasting about it. Edward’s shock gives Envy the opportunity he needs to kill him, but worry not-as stated above, people can come back from the dead in the 2003 anime!Īfter killing Ed, there’s really nothing left for Envy to do in the anime. He reveals to Ed that he is, in fact, Ed’s half-brother by Hohenheim. Near the end of the story he fights with Edward, acting way more subdued than it ever did in the manga (though not as subdued as he acted near the beginning of the 2003 anime). In the 2003 anime, Envy impersonates Cornello for around twelve episodes, kills Maes Hughes, imprisons Greed, and acts as the 2003 villain Dante’s enforcer. Unfortunately there’s not all that much for Envy to do in the 2003 anime’s story, and besides, he’s just not as interesting a character. ![]() ![]() It just takes so much pleasure in being the cruelest of the homunculi that you can’t help but be enthralled whenever this shape-shifter is on the page. ![]() The homunculus Envy is widely considered to be the best villain in Fullmetal Alchemist. These articles were originally from my previous blog at My miniature painting articles range from updates concerning what I’m painting to full guides on how to paint.
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