Fifteen Years is Long Enough: The ‘Soul Eater’ Anime Deserves a ‘Brotherhood’ Edition

Modern anime fans have a real good deal. So many of the major anime properties in this day and age are getting proper adaptations. Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Bluelock, the list goes on and on (much like the final “season” of Attack on Titan), but the point stands that anime production studios are currently making faithful translations of the manga source onto the silver screen. Gone are the days of the endless filler of Naruto and One Piece (although, Boruto is one of the unlucky properties to have been cursed with even more filler somehow) as the anime had to constantly readjust to the pacing of the source manga. It was common enough that anime felt like it could meta-reference the way studios were forced to operate back then.

However, perhaps the most famous property that suffered from catching up to its source while it was still running is none other than Full Metal Alchemist. The saga of the Elric Brothers is one of the most iconic, beloved stories of the early 2000s. However, the first, original Full Metal Alchemist (releasing only two years after the manga started) quickly caught up and lead to what was unfortunately an all too common practice of gecko ending. Studio Bones, in an attempt to wrap up the anime in a reasonable manner, eventually had to go rogue, not unlike the final season of Game of Thrones. The story ended up faithfully translating the opening arcs of FMA, but ultimately diverged grea…