What's the difference between Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood?

What is the difference between Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood?

• Answer:

  The stories are somewhat different. Brotherhood is said to be more true to the manga, than the first animated series. There are several major differences: The way Homonculi are created, and whether they retain their memories of the people they are created from. The identities of some of the Homonculi including Wrath and Pride. Other smaller differences: In the original, Roy Mustang kills the Dr Rockbells. In Brotherhood, Scar kills the doctors. Lust - In the first series, she wants to be human, and turns on the other homonculi led by Dante. She is then killed by Wrath. In Brotherhood, she is killed by Roy Mustang after repeated burning. Scar kills Shou Tucker in Brotherhood, but Shou Tucker is still alive at the end of the first anime series, and even creates a Nina puppet. Barry the Chopper. In the 2003 series, Ed and Al encounter Barry in his original form. He is later defeated by Scar, and destroyed by explosives. In the 2009 anime, he is more involved, participating in a sub-plot around Hughes subordinate Maria Ross being convicted of Hughes murder. In the end, he is destroyed by his own body with an animal soul. Several characters appear only in one of them. Original Series: Majhal Lyra Brotherhood: Ice Alchemist Silver Alchemist FMA Brotherhood closely follows the manga .