Now since the Fullmetal Alchemist Box Set 1 is out...

[gubi-gubi]

MI and MAC version of Kodocha are very good. They used r2 video and fansub for the most part. Besides, R1 version of Kodocha are edited. Especially the early episodes are dumbed down. On top of that, it's missing the first opening song (replaced by second opening), preview and some other parts.

That's not totally true. They had to to that because the Japanese companies had a fallout with the artists who did the 1st opening but that only lasted a couple of eps anyway. The only edits are like 10seconds and they are still subbed and dubbed and that was because the artist was mentioned. The R1s are good.