2/5 Some good scenes, but mainly disappointing.
  by Nicholas Quijas (Missouri)
If you love Full Metal Alchemist as much as I do and are hoping for more Ed and Al's awesomeness, then stop here. Continue to watch the original anime and the movie and read the manga, but you probably shouldn't get this.

The OVA collection consists of four features-an "interactive" video, a live action one, a spoof Wrap Party, and a kid's feature. As for the interactive feature, there's nothing interactive about it. It's basically a string of pretty boring, pointless scenes followed by one very awesome fight scene that cannot be put into the timeline of the anime, in which some of the characters occasionally address the screen as if the viewer is a character. The "live action" feature is a short video where some amateur camera man moved a life-size statue of Al (bound to his armor suit) around modern Tokyo and inserted a lame voiceover. The wrap party is a hilarious video in which you see the characters of the anime enjoying a party just after finishing the production of the movie. Finally, there's the kid's feature-a short video with almost no dialogue that follows a group of young children that look mysteriously familiar.

Like I said, if you love FMA, then you may want to stay away from this. If you do buy it, I recommend sticking to the last scene in the interactive feature and the wrap part. The rest if pretty much garbage.

5/5 FMA OVA
  by Cheza the wolf girl
This is a good little treat for the hard core fans of FMA, many who have already seen the japanese version. Sadly, the voice acting is a little off but the jokes in here are just as good as any the Japanes could pull and, as far as I'm concerned, they make more sense. This is good for those who truly love FMA but not so much for the casual watcher. Or maybe I'm wrong...

5/5 awesomest movie ever!
  by renhada (the bobcave)
Even thought it's not actually a movie. FMA fans will LOVE the extras on this!

5/5 Nice addition to my collection
  by Cathy Cotton (West Salem, WI USA)
Fullmetal Alchemist is one of my top 5 anime's of all time. I'm thrilled to death to hear that a new series called FMA-Brotherhood is being shown in Japan. So to have the OVA collection be released now was great timing and a teaser for the fans waiting for the new season to be dubbed and released. I especially liked the "Chibi Party", it was funny and great to hear the English dub voices again, especially Aaron Dismuke who voiced Al whose voice has obviously changed. Hence the perfect line, "It's called puberty Ed, it may happen to you someday too." For those not familiar with this voice actor, he was 11 years old when he started to play the part of Al, he's now 16.

I also enjoyed the interactive section where you get to be a new recruit state alchemist going on a mission to fight the homunculi. My all time favorite was the short of the three little kids heading to the big city to visit their great grandfather. Hmmm...they look identical to Ed, Al and Winry when they were kids. Just go with it, enjoy seeing some familiar faces and go awwwww.

This is a video that isn't necessarily a "must have" for those who are expecting an extension of the story but it's definitely one I'm glad I bought to add to the rest of my FMA collection. Listening to the English dub voices again was nostalgic and I'm happily anticipating the release of the dubbed FMA-Brotherhood. I wonder who will voice Alphonse? I hope they sound really close to the young Aaron so it's not such a jolt. I also hope that they find a good role for Aaron to voice in the new series. He has to be a part of it...it would be like missing a member of your family at a reunion if he's not.

1/5 Full Meh-tal Alchemist OVA
  by Michael Abele (Seattle, WA)
Wow. As a big FMA fan, I had been hoping this would get released here. What a disappointment. About 30 minutes long is pretty lame, but for the material to be just as lame? Meh. Save your money for FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood coming next year.