Ok both of the versions of this anime are good in their own ways but personally i hate how they made this, this feels like a lot more action with a lot less emotion. The ultimate proof of that is with how early in the anime Hues dies. While in the other series your grow to love characters and all the emotion surrounding them, this seem to lacks that. However what this one has going for it is some good action and a lot more of funny things. There are more of the classic anime/manga style jokes in here that have been done that you can see in many other animes. Idk personally i just had more of a connection to the characters in the other. At the same time i had only watched the first ten episodes on this one and am already about to stop watching it... So if you are looking for more of an action/funny anime go with this one, if you like more of one you get emotionally attached to go with the other but either way WATCH FMA.

I know this series follows the manga more than the first anime series; however, I like both series. Yet this episode fell flat for me. It seemed like a bit of plot shoehorned in to give Winry more character development. I like Winry, but certain things she did in this episode (without giving any spoilers) have always seemed slightly out of character for her. Not to mention that the 'humor' in this episode came off as rather irritating. Probably just a canon mishandling of a character, since it the first anime's corresponding episode felt the same way.