User blog comment:Nub888/Brotherhood DUB/@comment-1318060-20100214133125

It's because all the actors have had six years to refine their voice acting skills. It's natural that they'll sound a bit different, however, we should get much better performances out of them all this time. Chris Sabat's Armstrong, I thought, had a bit more depth to him, as if another shade had been added to his personality. Colleen Clinkenbeard's Riza sounded deeper and more womanly to me; hopefully, this'll widen the gap between her voice and Rose's. And Vic Mignogna displayed a greater ability to make Ed sound young in the flashback than the first anime, in which he sounded almost exactly the same at each age. Al's new voice is certainly something to get used to. I'd heard Maxey Whitehead as Czeslaw Meyer in Baccano! and I thought the voice she did there sounded almost exactly like Aaron Dismuke a lot of the time. She seems to have put a much higher pitch on for her performance as Alphonse, which is odd since it makes him sound just a little too young, but I noticed a gradual deepening of Al's voice as the episode went on. I'm sure we'll all settle into it soon enough, her included.

I wish they could have translated Kimblee's State Alchemist name as "Red Lotus" instead of "Crimson", but I suppose that's water under the bridge. Other than that, I was ecstatic to hear "Ishval" transliterated correctly and can hardly wait to hear if they pronounce Jean Havoc's name properly this time.