The Differences between the First Fullmetal Alchemist anime and the manga

O.K. over the next few weeks or months, I'm going to explain the differences between the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime, and the manga, by ripping it apart piece by piece. The first anime stopped following the manga after the Rush Valley episode. I thought this would be an appropriate time to do so because the new series; Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is actually going to follow the manga (real) story line for once. I'd have to say that I'm quite happy that they are doing so, because I've watched Brotherhood up to episode 11, and it's so much better!!!! The art looks more like the manga, the action is so much more intense, and Winry looks absolutely adorable (I'm not saying she wasn't cute the first time around, she just wasn't Winry, Ed wasn't Ed, and Al wasn't Al. In fact, I felt like none of the characters true personalities were present). There was so much wrong in the first series, that I just couldn't stand FMA fans who didn't read the manga, and only watched the anime say: "Why are they doing a new series, I don't get it, I bet it won't be as good as the first one". They "don't get it" because they didn't get up off there lazy asses, and pick up the manga by Hiromu Arakawa, or read scans online. They have no right to watch an anime, before reading the manga. It's like over here in North America, where they adapt a novel into a movie (e.g. Twilight) some people hate the movie, some people love it. I'm not saying that I hated the old series at all, it's just not what I was expecting after reading the manga. I lost all hope to see the real rules of alchemy, the real homunculi, and the real plot after I watched the anime and movie, then FMA: Brotherhood came. It was April, one random night, when I saw it, and I understood immediately, "They're doing it over again!!!!!XD!!!!". I was so happy! This series will finally make sense for once. Also, the author (Hiromu Arakawa) is funding the new anime, probably because she was a little pissed off. Anyways, hopefully I can make this blog useful to anyone that has any questions about Fullmetal Alchemist the 1st anime, Conqueror of Shamballa, the manga, and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Enjoy!