*⚠ **_NOT SPOILERS,_** READ TO AVOID MISSING IMPORTANT DETAILS IN FUTURE EPISODES ⚠* Episodes *6, 8, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48,* and *49* _have _*_scenes after the credits;_* they are sometimes just fun little vignettes, but *often they include significant details that **_will_** be relevant later on,* and that might make some future events confusing if you haven't watched them; _it's therefore highly recommended to watch them._ If you don't have this list at hand, just look at how much time is left in the video when you get to the credits; if it's more than usual, there's almost certainly a post-credits scene. Furthermore, the credits in episodes *45, 54, 63,* and *64* are different than usual, and worth watching (especially the ones in *64,* which everyone will probably be expecting a reaction to).

Huh, Mary reacting to a goat anime out of the blue, what a chad

The Philosopher's Stone is an actual part of real-world alchemy. Of course, real-world alchemy doesn't actually work, but it was a serious study a few centuries ago - the idea that you could turn materials into something more valuable or useful. The Philosopher's Stone was a perfect material that allowed the user to turn lead into gold, heal injuries and extend their life. The creation of a philosopher's stone was a central study of alchemy but of course, no one ever achieved it.

About darn time!! Prepare to cry Mary lol love this show, hope to enjoy this journey with you all the way through your anime introduction

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a great show that only keeps getting better.

Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and Experimental Series Lain are top tier anime on pair with this one (imho)

So exciting! This is a great anime! Im sure youll really enjoy it.

Okay, so here's the deal with The Philosopher's Stone. It's totally an idea thought up by alchemy IRL. They called it a stone, but they weren't sure if it would be solid, liquid, energy, or what. They just "knew" it would be the magic ingredient that could turn lead into gold, or give you immortality. Why was the lead into gold part connected to the immortality part? Because alchemists didn't understand about atoms and periodic elements yet. They thought lead and gold were states of the same matter, and that gold was lead "purified". Therefore! If you could "purify" lead into gold, then you could "purify" a human being with all their flaws into a perfect immortal angelic being. They weren't seeking the philosopher's stone for wealth, and not even seeking it for the immortality, but to reverse the Biblical fall of man from the garden of Eden to restore mankind to its original state of grace. Like nature had a crack in it, and it was their job to spackle it. That was the idealistic premise, anyway. Governments and treasure seekers just wanted the gold and immortality.

Show recommended DEATH NOTE I am super glad to see this. Hope you watch Fullmetal Alchemist as well. Fullmetal Alchemist brotherhood is good but watching the original helps you develop bonds with characters.

I'm really excited that you're reacting to this, it's easily one of the GOATs in anime. Some anime do one thing or another better than FMA, but really none have managed to top it in all areas, and it excells in pretty much all areas. I'm sure others will or have explained it, but the pacing in the first dozen episodes is a little fast and condensed. The reason is that there was a different adaptation that came out several years before, but the original source manga had not yet finished. Due to delays, they had to basically invent the back half of the original anime. FMA Brotherhood is the more faithful adaptation, but the problem was that it came out close enough to the original anime adaptation that the kind of had to assume you were at least a *little* familiar with it. That's why they introduce so many characters so quickly, it's rapid fire because at the time the audience was largely expected to have known who they were already and instead of fully recreating 25ish episodes exactly the same, they sped up the beginning so that they could get to the new material faster.

Ive only seen the first 6 episodes. Now I want to watch the rest just for Mary's reactions 😂

HERE WE GO!!! 🎉

This makes me very happy! So looking forward to this! *EDIT:* I agree… the English dub is great.

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is one of my all time favourite stories in any media. I am so excited to watch you experience this!

I would absolutely LOVE to see her reaction to Cowboy Bebop, probably my favorite anime of all time and a true CLASSIC. It only has 26 episodes, and the English dub is much preferred over the Japanese one, so it shouldn’t be a difficult or long anime to watch/finish. Another anime with 26 episodes is Trigun, that is great too, with a great English dub!

It's not an anime series, but I really think you'd like the animated series Love, Death, and Robots. Each episode is a short story, about 8 - 20 mins long depending on the episode. They are all very unique and well done, and some of the best animation and storytelling you'll see.

Mary: Tissues ✅ - Note Pad ✅ - Wits ✅ - Library card ✅ 😂 This going to be SO much Fun. Prepare Thy Self ❤️‍🔥 🦾🦿

Dude I'm so glad you're reacting to FMA Brotherhood!😌👍🏼

The nicest thing about the fmab community is that I can just trust someone will tell u what the best video pairings are. Oh, I needed this today. Go queen. Lolz

The "philosopher's stone" is a concept from alchemy and it's about two millennia old as a concept. It was a substance (basically a chemical) that supposedly had many wondrous uses. You could use it to extend life (sometimes even to the point of immortality some thought), restore youth, heal the body, and it could transmute base metals to gold or silver. In the show it's a bit different but they'll explain it.

Always excited to see my favorite reactors take a journey through this anime!

I usually prefer original audio in everything, but this one really has excellent voice acting and I love the people who did it. (Critical Role ftw!). There is also an extra voice acting outtakes video and it's pretty hilarious. EDIT: On the other hand, I like that you kept the english subs to the japanese version, the translation is much more precise.

As someone who's in the original/subbed version camp, this anime hold a special place in my heart as one of the first dubbed animes that I watched. Brotherhood is a great anime, but imo you should've maybe started with something you could finish in a week or two depending on your schedule like Frieren, which is easy to pick up and given your knowledge of the German language the characters will be easy to remember.

It's so cool that you're reacting to this as it's one of the best ever.

So happy to see you enjoying this series Mary. It's just begun, but I really think you'll be gratified watching it. Thank you, ma'am!

This is the best anime to start with if you have never seen any. And I love that you're watching the english dub. IMO it's better than the native language. There are so many great anime that I don't really have a number one but I say this my favorite, usually.

Yes! Love that you're checking out some anime. FMAB is fantastic. Other top series are... (* indicates the anime series is completed) 1. Attack on Titan * (action horror suspense thriller) 2. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (slice of life, adventure drama) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender * (action, adventure drama, most FMAB-like) 4. Demon Slayer (action, adventure drama) 5. My Dress-Up Darling (romance, comedy, slice of life) - just to throw in some other genres

I personally feel like any work should be watched in its original language, simply because that's the truest form of the directors vision.

Glad u like the music, it's one of the strongest features of the show, not enough people mention it!

Yes! One of my favorite anime and it’s the dub! Bless you 🥹❤️

YES YES YES I am so happy to see this channel reacting to an anime and my favorite one at that. YES

Love this show and love your reactions! Looking forward to the rest of the series and highly recommend the anime Trigun! It's only 26 episodes and has a great balance of silly and serious.

I loved this show when I was younger. It still holds up pretty well, but the Full Metal series has two different canons that mirror each other in a lot of ways and can make being a fan a chore.

FMAB is a great show. One of the few where the dub is quite good. I will enjoy watching with you!

Awesome, Mary! I look forward to taking this journey with you :)

Holy shit, I had a full-body reaction when Mary saw Hughes and his Daughter interacting. I don't know if either Mary or I will be prepared for spoilers. Love the show, can't wait to get there.

13:30 - DON'T SKIP after episodes, it's rarely spoilers for the next episode it hold extra important information that isn't congruent to the current episode.

oh! i saw Fullmetal Alchemist in my subscription feed I Know How I'M Starting My Day~

Yay! I know it wasn't me but having said to maybe watch this in the last animated movie video I feel like it is :D

FMAB has some of the best Dub voice acting of any anime. Just fir fuhrer Bradley alone the Dub is amazing.

MARY & FMAB ?! HERE WE GO 🙌🔥🍻

On DVD I think there's subtitles for English dub and one for English sub

FMA Brotherhood is one of the rare animes where english dub is good

A Philosopher Stone is actually a real world concept. It actually dates back to roughly early 300 AD Alchemy. Also don't worry about those "sub only purist". I'm 39 years old and I've been watching anime since I was 4 years old. I've been watching English dub anime ever since I could remember. I do watch original Japanese version of anime but if it has a English dub I watch that instead. So I have been watching anime minimum 10 years before those whiners was even a thought in their parent's head. So their options doesn't even matter if they want to harass you for watching a English dub anime.

Dont worry about the preview, this show is done so well that there is absolutely no spoiler in the preview

Oh, this is going to be good. Mary, you're in for a treat. This is a Beethoven sonata-level anime.

FMAB is an excellent anime, with a very good progression and countless interpretations and meanings for different imaginaries. Enjoy!

You’re killin me! Another series that’s not The Expanse! I know… you’re saving it so you can really savor it =-)

OMG! I love the show and I love YT-reactions to it (send before watching the video. Let’s see)

Wonderful Mary!! I love this anime series and I am looking forward to watching your reactions!! Best wishes always!! 🙂❤

One of my fav anime

Awesome choice. Frieren next?

This is the best. You will NOT be disappointed. Great choice Mary!

So excited for this Mary! I hope you'll enjoy it a lot 😊 Ps. I think you might like an Anime called "Violet Evergarded" It's very short (Less than 20 episodes) It is beautifully animated It has a great story

I recommend checking out a series called "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion." It's also relatively short and has a fantastic English dub. Giant robots, empires and politics, and a bit of high school drama as well.

I’m looking forward to this series so I really hope you like it. As for other anime titles I just want to say you should avoid any Studio Ghibli things. They are GREAT, don’t get me wrong, but they are super into making copyright claims. There have been a number of reactors that I like who have lost their channels because of them and had to start over from scratch which I would hate to see happen to you. If you watch any Ghibli things I’d make them Patreon exclusive. OK, thats it. Enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist!

Ed being annoyed about his height (or perhaps, lack there of) makes a LOT more sense when you know that he's 4'8. And 15 years old. He IS short for his age. The milk propaganda comes directly from the author herself, as she grew up on a dairy farm (also her author avatar is a little cow). If the difference between the subtitles and what was being said confused you, it's cause those would be the english subs for watching it in Japanese (so a more, direct, translation), as opposed to the subs for the dub translation (the "dubtitles" as I've seen them referred to). So there's going to be a slight difference in translation(b/c dubs and subs have different parameters to work with, such as the dub having to match the lip flaps on screen, while the subs have timing and can't be to long since people need to be able to read them). So you have the Japanese subs turned on as opposed to the dub-subs on. If that makes sense. Unrelated but your cat looks very adorable and is just stealing the show chilling out back there.

Ooh this is so exciting!!!

My anime suggestions: Stiens Gate, Death Note, Banna Fish, death Parade, Future Diary, Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied , FLCL, Princess Tutu, Samurai Champloo, Trigun

AHHHHHH EXCITED!!!!!!! GOOD SHOW GOOD SHOW!!!! This show is the very peak and best example of English dubbed anime, it revolutionized the industry into American companies taking voice acting seriously. That being said, you are not a native English speaker, there is a high chance subtitles will be just as appreciated as English dub.

For once I'm glad someone is doing a dubbed version. I've seen the anime years ago, but the subtitled Japanese version. So I'm going to watch the dubbed episodes before your reactions now. Also my eyesight has gone really bad and it will be at least some weeks before I have new glasses, so I'm struggling with the subtitles. This will be great!

I think the subtitles you have on are for the Japanese dialog. There might be another option to have cc subtitles for the English version?

Hellsing Ultimate (Dubbed) would be an interesting anime for you to watch come October. Vampire all around 😂

Hell yeah… get ready it’s gonna be a wild ride

Three thoughts: a very welcome surprise! man I hope this gets more views.. what did u say I was watching the kitty

I'm so excited that you're not only starting this show, but are open to trying other anime too. I have a list of common recommendations that I think would be good for you to start with: Shows: 1. Attack on Titan 2. Haikyu 3. Frieren Movies: 1. Your Name 2. A Silent Voice 3. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Anime recommendations: Made In Abyss, Assassination Classroom, and Dr. Stone

oh noooo...mary is in for it lol

Watch Cowboy Bebop. It's only 26 episodes and it's one of the best. The English dub is also incredible. You've GOT to watch it at some point on the channel.

Mary have you seen law biding citizen? a law movie of sorts with a star studded cast and i think you'd enjoy it

Are you German? This is a really good Anime, and yes the English Dub is actually better im opinion (same with the anime "Death Note") Next episodes should be interesting.

anime: Lovely Complex romantic comedy

ya... the subtitle are more for the Japanese version. It'd be better if you just got rid of them. imo

good choice

ohhh.....Would she survive Berserk 97'? I also recommend Basilisk. Good emotional show.

Oh lets FREAKING GO HELL YEAH

I didnt remember how brotherhood starts so crazy without anything being explained... if you never seen FMA, guarantee youre lost AF lol

If your looking for excellent anime that people will be excited for then Attack on Titan has to be the top of the list.

Yasssssssssssss I'm very much of the opinion that reaction channels work significantly better with an English dub, too. I tried watching some channels with JP dub and it just got way too confused

I'm surprised you haven't watched the original Full Metal Alchemist first and that you started with the Brotherhood reboot. Anyway, Death Note is my favourite anime. Might be interesting to look into IT.

Yeeeeees!!!! My favoriteeee, im so freaking happy!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

ep4 on the way

Anime suggestions: the first season of Berserk

Leeets go! 🎉

There are a handful of Animes where even the creators admit that the English dubs are better. This and Cowboy Bebop are two of the standout examples. If you can get through the first handful of episodes, you can make it to the end of the series. Good luck and enjoy. We eagerly look forward to your next upload of this series.

soo cool

I didn't expect it, I miss your One Piece reactions as well...

Yey

Please disable the subtitles in the future it's scrambling my brain :D

You are into anime? I dont want to sound demanding but you HAVE to watch Attack on Titan. Its absolute brilliance and you as a mother and very empathic person would enjoy it alot im sure.

This is out of the blue

I would have thought for sure you would have started with Death Note first given the legal and mora l background of the show.

Do people in the US watch anime dubbed to english?

Demonslayer

AND DUBBED!!!....Stop you're already married, hahahaha Imma say this loud and proud for the cheap seats, PLEASE REACT TO MOB PHSYCHO 100 NEXT!

Nice choice Mary! One of the best anime shows ever made, I'm a subtitle guy but this makes the short exception list! Hope you really enjoy this masterpiece that many of us millennials grew up with ❤

Reacting to greatest show!!!

your subtitles are off/ wrong

My Hero Academia next! Haha

Vinland Saga is another great anime to check out. Seeing your taste and emotional intelligence in previous reactions, i think youll absolutely love it. Its also one of those anime that is paced, written, and storyboarded in a way that is similar to live action. Its one i could see being a great live action if they treated it with the proper respect it deserves. Thats another reason why i think its a good show for newer anime watchers to check out. I agree with your choice of watching FMAB in dub, but i recommend Vinland Saga in sub.