More of the FMA reboot.

Winry is hot.

So I didn't like the first two episodes very much. I thought that there are too many important plot points crammed haphazardly into too short a time frame.

Now I'm up to episode six and I'm starting to like it more.

The storytelling flows better, although it's still moving at a very fast pace. Things are revealed in episode six of Brotherhood that are kept until episode sixteen in the original anime. It has all been streamlined: filler cut, story condensed. This isn't universally bad, but I feel like I'm not really being given time to become attached to the characters before Important Plot happens.

I'm appreciating the updated animation, especially during fight scenes.

Although...

I feel like I'm being pandered to. The increased emphasis on the painful parts of the plot--how they're telegraphed in advance, how there's no time to rest between blows--it's as if the creators are proclaiming "THIS R SERIOUS ANIME" in a very loud voice. The original was better balanced.

I've been watching the original and the new one concurrently, which makes the differences stand out even more.

Episode seven is in the download queue. I'm really looking forward to when Brotherhood substantially diverges, which it hasn't yet.