Similar to the 2003 anime but without the romance angle, Edward and Alphonse's dad is much older than he seems, and was once a slave to an alchemist who created Father based on Hohenheim's blood. The couple managed to continuously cheat death using philosopher's stones, but after Hohenheim dumped Dante for Trisha Elric, his ex resorted to using Homunculi as her minions, promising she could restore their human forms. After Dante's quest for eternal life is exposed, she's killed by her own servant, Gluttony, who she previously sent on a mindless eating rampage.ĭante doesn't exist in Brotherhood or the original manga, and the main villain is instead revealed to be Father - the original Homunculus. Centuries old, Dante was the lover of the Elric brothers' father, Hohenheim. When the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime began to cover its own original material, the story had yet to reveal its true villain, so was forced into concocting a fresh antagonist - a mysterious woman called Dante.
The Fullmetal Alchemist anime depicted this Homunculus as a serpent-like creation, who wanted to find its father through the Gate of Truth, but the final form of Brotherhood's Envy is a one-eyed blob who eventually takes its own life, consumed by its own jealousy. As a by-product of the 2003 anime's Homunculus mythology, the remains of the transmuted humans act as a weakness to their respective villains.Įnvy's story is one of the biggest changes. Where Ed defeats Greed in the original anime series, the Homunculus is captured and transferred into someone else in Brotherhood. Brotherhood's Gluttony is actually Father's failed attempt at creating a Gate of Truth and the Homunculus ends up being killed by Pride. Because of Lust's sympathetic origin story in the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime, she aligns with the Elric brothers, but her death sends Gluttony into a state of depression. In Brotherhood, Sloth is merely a tunnel-digging monster, while Pride is King Bradley's son and the King himself is Wrath. Sloth is a motherly woman in Fullmetal Alchemist, posing as the secretary to King Bradley who is revealed to be Pride.
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The opening also begins with Ed lying on his back in a grassy field reaching for the sky, and ends in that same shot, as if the sequence in between had just been a daydream.As well as their backstories, each Homunculus also experiences vastly different journeys in the 2003 series and Brotherhood. The editing is a strength of Golden Time Lover the placements of certain characters' shots draw contrasts (Kimblee and Scar, Father and Hohenheim, etc.). The camera pans out and swerves, revealing General Olivier Mira Armstrong atop the tank, sword out and commanding it to fire.
One spectacular scene transition stands out after a shot of Buccaneer and Miles standing side by side, a tank barrel enters the frame from the edge. It does so deftly indeed, the most memorable part of the sequence is the spotlight of the newly-introduced Fort Briggs characters. The third Brotherhood OP is Golden Time Lover by Sukima Switch, and the sequence plays before Episodes 27-38. By this point, Brotherhood had gone in a completely different, manga-accurate path to the first anime like Undo, Golden Time Lover has the burden of introducing plenty of new supporting characters. The shot of the Homunculi is very similar to Melissa’s Envy and Gluttony lunge at the camera followed by a close-up of Lust, misleadingly painting her as the main villain. The very last bit is a rapid montage alternating close-ups of Ed and Al, played over the concluding drum beat. Winry sometimes shows up, emphasizing her friendship with the brothers, while Armstrong, Hawkeye, Hughes, and finally Mustang also receive successive hero shots. There are many shots of the Elrics running together, emphasizing the faster pacing. RELATED: Fullmetal Alchemist: 5 Characters Alex Armstrong Could Defeat (& 5 He'd Lose To) Before the music picks up, the opening begins with a Neon Genesis Evangelion homage (Ed and Al's bodies floating up and down along the sides of the screen, like Rei and Asuka in The Cruel Angel's Thesis). The song and animation alike are faster-paced than Melissa, while also better elaborating on the character’s personalities. The second Fullmetal Alchemist opening, set to L'Arc-en-Ciel's Ready Steady Go, plays in front of Episodes 14 to 25.
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