Fullmetal Alchemist Manga vs Anime

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For those of you out there who are manga readers of this series and have seen the anime, then you would know that there are major and significant differences indeed. So, which story do you prefer more? What is it about the manga that you liked better or the anime that you liked better? What was about the manga that you disliked or the anime that you disliked?

For me, I truly love both of them, but in all actuality I prefer the manga story over the anime. I wish they would have carried on longer with the anime, going along with the story in the manga and such. I was disappointed with the movie ending and felt there were things left open.

With the manga, I love the artwork of Arakawa-sensei. She's amazing at really grasping your heartstrings with the story, especially in the most recent chapter. Some of the chapters the anime did recreate, but took them to a different degree than the others. There are major differences when it comes to the homunculi and how they were born, etc...

So tell me guys, which do you prefer? Anime or manga and tell me why.
 
But how can you say that based on how significantly different both stories are?
 
I've never read the manga before, but some different stuff happens in the manga, right? And, when comparing manga and anime most people usually say that the manga is better than the anime (I do too most of the time). I watched the whole anime and liked it, so I guess I'd probably end up liking the manga too, if I decided to read it, but collecting manga is an expensive business. Anyway, the manga would probably be better.
 
Can you tell me why though Host instead of posting a once sentence answer? I take it, conisdering you said surprisingly, you're more of a manga reader?
As for me, I hated the ending to the whole thing. I hated how Winry was left behind, I hated how they ended up in "our" world and didn't get to stay home with all the people they loved. I hated how the characters were actually portrayed in the movie. I felt that they could have been more in-depth. As for the anime in general, it was awesome, but where the manga is going as of right now, I'm loving it better than the anime/movie.
 
By law anime movies that are meant to wrap up popular series usually are disappointing in some way. I thought personally thought that the movie wrapped up everything fine and although the ending may not be the exact one I was expecting it was nice for a change even though it did leave me wanting to see more.

However I've never been unhappy with the manga ever, without the restrictions that the anime has it can have a far deeper and complex story that has far more characters and a darker sense around it which I love. To put it simply it's far more epic than the anime although both are to a better standard than most.
 
While i view both Anime and Manga both highly, I do tend to read more because its cheapter (and yes, im one of those PRETTY MUCH LAW ABIDING fans). Also since a manga is created, usually, by one to two people (with mabye a couple of assistants), you can really see the emotion and hard work put into manga, more so. Onwards, The anime of FMA really drew me into "the world" of it so to speak, much more than the manga did. The characters developed much better with animation and voices. For instance, the whole Mom Revival thing really hit alot harder with the anime, although this may be due to the character sloth. The fight scenes are alot better in the anime. The only draw back of the anime, for me anyways, is that [spoilers] Greed 2 isn't in it [/spoilders] So yeah.
 
Are you talking about Ling? None of the Xing characters are in the anime. Those are strictly manga-canon only.
 
Yes i know, exactly. The only Manga only character i liked was Ling when...the changed happened.
 
Awwww you didn't like Lanfan or Mei-chan? I love Lanfan and I actually feel really bad for her right now. I wonder if Ling will
manage to fight his way out of Greed's hold. I remember Edward saying something like "Ling's still in there" after he discovered that Ling had been turned into Greed.
 
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