I love the dramatic tone of the opening theme and the adorable ending theme. As a musician I appreciate the composition of the lyrics and the background melody. I'm partial to the sound of string, even if they are simulated. Hee hee.   See 2 other replies

The animation IS better, man. It's obvious. Sure maybe some things have slightly less detail than in the first series (i didn't especially notice) and it takes itself a little less seriously, but compare the fight scene with Teacher while she's reading in both series and you'll see. It's totally fluid in this series, like an American cartoon, as opposed to a little more stilted like is usually the case when anime tries to depict constant motion. Even things like the boys running in the forest. The episode quality is almost on par with like what you would see in an anime/JRPG's opening sequence, when they actually use the full budget and make it flashy and fluid.   See 9 other replies

u said higher animation quality??? i agree when it comes to the buildings and backgrounds but the people look downgraded. since this series is going lighter in tone at the moment the characters (ed) looks more cartoony with his bright blonde hair. look back on eds first fight with cornell in the old series and this one. the automail quality looks way better. the original is actually one of the best drawn anime ive ever seen. did u really think the last ones animation was bad?   See 9 other replies

I agree! Both opening and ending. Although it grew on me, I couldn't stand the opening theme song for the first series. The opening for this one is beautiful but that's to be expected coming from Yui. The ending is a little cheesy to me with the male's vocals but is still pretty good as well.   See 2 other replies

So far I think these episodes are quite rushed. Having seen the old plot, i think what they're trying to do is start the series and just sort of recap quickly until the split- it makes no sense to start the series right at the split, but at the same time it would be difficult to view the 20 or so episodes that are exactly the same as the old series.
I am enjoying the higher animation quality- it seems they have a much larger budget on this one. Hopefully after the plot diverges there'll be less rushed episodes.   See 9 other replies