In brotherhood things happen a lot differently than it did in the old series..It's only like that rushing through stuff for the first 10 episodes or so. Then it's much different. (won't spoil anything)   See 15 other replies

You can now find it right here on Hulu.   See 15 other replies

I haven't watched the old series in full, but from what I saw I agree with Jim. The old series animation, scenery, and action were not as fully developed as in this new series.What you're describing about the characters was a decision by the studio to draw the characters differently. The characters in FMA:B are drawn to closer resemble the original drawings from the manga.Roy and Edward, for example, have slightly (very slightly) rounder faces in FMA:B and FMA:M as compared to FMA:1.   See 15 other replies

They are rushed. What you described is exactly what they're trying to do. Hurry the "old" content along so the old fans don't get bored.   See 15 other replies

Not everyone in Japan and every watcher in N. America knows the general outline of the FMA back story. Not even every anime fan does.And even if they did, a remake needs to stand on it's own as a product.Making an entire product that starts somewhere in the middle is a terrible idea. If the exposition could be flash-backed in or written out so that it didn't matter, than it may work. (Such as for characters like Yoki.) But in this case too much would need to be flash backed in or written out. The evolution of Scar's character, the introduction of Mei (which was reduced from the manga), the events behind the gate, and more. Each would need to be explained later in dialog or be contained in a flash back or written out entirely. A lot of meaningful restructuring would need to take place (too much).   See 15 other replies

Motion wise its a higher quality. There's more movement, the movement is smoother, etc, there's more frames. The characters do look different, i assume that different artists drew them, and they used a different color scheme. Now I wanna rewatch the old series and compare, they put that on hulu too(so happy).   See 15 other replies