Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi
FMA
Full Metal Alchemist

Japanese

鋼の錬金術師

English

Fullmetal Alchemist

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Oct 4, 2003 to Oct 2, 2004

Episodes

51

Duration

24 min per ep

Season

fall 2003

Broadcast

Saturdays at 18:00 (JST)

Studios

Bones

Licensors

Funimation
Aniplex of America

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Themes

Military

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

497

Score

8.11

Scored by

905495

Popularity

83

Members

1501076

Favorites

26161

External Links

Synopsis

Edward Elric, a young, brilliant alchemist, has lost much in his twelve-year life: when he and his brother Alphonse try to resurrect their dead mother through the forbidden act of human transmutation, Edward loses his brother as well as two of his limbs. With his supreme alchemy skills, Edward binds Alphonse's soul to a large suit of armor. A year later, Edward, now promoted to the fullmetal alchemist of the state, embarks on a journey with his younger brother to obtain the Philosopher's Stone. The fabled mythical object is rumored to be capable of amplifying an alchemist's abilities by leaps and bounds, thus allowing them to override the fundamental law of alchemy: to gain something, an alchemist must sacrifice something of equal value. Edward hopes to draw into the military's resources to find the fabled stone and restore his and Alphonse's bodies to normal. However, the Elric brothers soon discover that there is more to the legendary stone than meets the eye, as they are led to the epicenter of a far darker battle than they could have ever imagined. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Fullmetal Alchemist won the TV Feature Award in the 9th Animation Kobe Awards and was one of the Jury Recommended Works in the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival in the anime division. As the manga was still on-going at the time, the anime midway through diverged from the manga. This led to it having an anime-only ending, unlike Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood which would air years later. On July 31, 2016, FUNimation Entertainment's license to the series expired.

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