When comparing Naruto Shippuden vs Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, the Slant community recommends Naruto Shippuden for most people. In the question“What are the best animes to watch?” Naruto Shippuden is ranked 11th while Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Naruto Shippuden is:
Every episode is not only quite visually appealing but they also try to have a deeper meaning. The episodes usually try to tell a story about love, friendship, forgiveness, and the willpower to keep going on.
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Pros
Pro Tells a meaningful story
Every episode is not only quite visually appealing but they also try to have a deeper meaning. The episodes usually try to tell a story about love, friendship, forgiveness, and the willpower to keep going on.
Pro Awesome Character Development
You can watch each and every character growing from the beginning from a little kid to powerful ninja. Especially Naruto & Sasuke.
Pro Really creative
This anime is very creative when it comes to overall story or to character designs and weapons.
Pro Inspiring story
Naruto is an inspiring tale of an outcast earning the recognition and respect of everyone around him through sheer willpower, hardwork and a kind heart. Naruto is an inspiration and a role model to many people in this world and always motivates people to never ever give up.
Pro Incredibly deep and entertaining story
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is a titan when it comes to storytelling. The depth of the story is astounding; you begin by following the Elric brothers, 2 alchemists who are on a quest to find the Philosopher's Stone in order to use it to restore their bodies to their natural states. However, as they unravel the mysteries associated with the stone, they uncover something that threatens the security of their country, Amestris, and the rest of the world with it.
While the feel of the anime is dark and ominous, there's plenty of humor to break it up, great fight scenes to watch, and a myriad of interesting characters to follow.
Overall, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is a superbly entertaining show.
Pro Follows the manga as closely as possible
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood's writing and production was overseen by the writer of the manga, in order to ensure the accuracy of the content.
Pro Well-developed characters
Every single character background is very curated and deep.
At the end you'll know not only the story of the two protagonists, but also everything around.
Pro No filler
Because this new edition of the show follows the manga so closely, and was produced towards the end of the manga's release, there isn't any filler added.
Pro Funny and serious
Can pass through funny moments, and can become very dark.
Cons
Con Lots of filler
While at times this one is not as bad as the original Naruto, it does have the odd episode, as well as a few arcs of filler which leave much to be desired.
Con Long
As one of the more lengthy shows, boasting 500 episodes, it can be difficult to want to watch the entire thing, even without the filler.