Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

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Synonyms: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist (2009), FMA, FMAB

Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

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Type: TV

Episodes: 64

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 5, 2009 to Jul 4, 2010

Premiered: Spring 2009

Broadcast: Sundays at 17:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Square Enix, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Studio Moriken

Licensors: Funimation, Aniplex of America

Studios: Bones

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Theme: Military

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 9.09¹ (scored by 2,115,346 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #2²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3

Members: 3,336,615

Favorites: 225,463

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9.09

Ranked #2Popularity #3Members 3,336,615

Episodes: /64

Synopsis

After a horrific alchemy experiment goes wrong in the Elric household, brothers Edward and Alphonse are left in a catastrophic new reality. Ignoring the alchemical principle banning human transmutation, the boys attempted to bring their recently deceased mother back to life. Instead, they suffered brutal personal loss: Alphonse's body disintegrated while Edward lost a leg and then sacrificed an arm to keep Alphonse's soul in the physical realm by binding it to a hulking suit of armor.

The brothers are rescued by their neighbor Pinako Rockbell and her granddaughter Winry. Known as a bio-mechanical engineering prodigy, Winry creates prosthetic limbs for Edward by utilizing "automail," a tough, versatile metal used in robots and combat armor. After years of training, the Elric brothers set off on a quest to restore their bodies by locating the Philosopher's Stone—a powerful gem that allows an alchemist to defy the traditional laws of Equivalent Exchange.

As Edward becomes an infamous alchemist and gains the nickname "Fullmetal," the boys' journey embroils them in a growing conspiracy that threatens the fate of the world.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Elric, Edward

Main

Park, Romi
Japanese

Elric, Alphonse

Main

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Mustang, Roy

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Hughes, Maes

Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese

Greed

Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi
Japanese

Hawkeye, Riza

Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko
Japanese

Yao, Ling

Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Rockbell, Winry

Supporting

Takamoto, Megumi
Japanese

Armstrong, Alex Louis

Supporting

Utsumi, Kenji
Japanese

Armstrong, Olivier Mira

Supporting

Soumi, Youko
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Cook, Justin

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Maruyama, Hiroo

Producer

Yonai, Noritomo

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Irie, Yasuhiro

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation

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Opening Theme

	1: "again" by YUI (eps 1-14)
	2: "Hologram (ホログラム)" by NICO Touches the Walls (eps 15-26)
	3: "Golden Time Lover (ゴールデンタイムラバー)" by Sukima Switch (eps 27-38)
	4: "Period" by Chemistry (eps 39-50)
	5: "Rain (レイン)" by SID (eps 51-62)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Uso (嘘)" by SID (eps 1-14)
	2: "LET IT OUT" by Miho Fukuhara (eps 15-26)
	3: "Tsunaida Te (つないだ手)" by Lil'B (eps 27-38)
	4: "Shunkan Sentimental (瞬間センチメンタル)" by SCANDAL (eps 39-50)
	5: "RAY OF LIGHT" by Nakagawa Shouko (eps 51-62)
	6: "Rain (レイン)" by SID (eps 63)
	7: "Hologram (ホログラム)" by NICO Touches the Walls (eps 64)

Reviews

Apr 13, 2024

saladhead

Recommended

If my friends asks about what anime that they must watch in their first time, i will recommend this anime. FMAB is so unique, the main characters, the plot, the conflict was so different. The story is delivered well, its not like "MC want to get stronger and train, and then beat the main villain" likewise but like he get the experienced with meet another alchemist, had a good/bad experience from them, then side characters have a conflict that aligned with conflict from MC itself. Its a new experience if you wanna watch anime and i think its 90s or 00s style of anime, so ...

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Mar 12, 2024

XD_eric

Mixed Feelings

This is a very unique shonen. It has many interesting plot twists, deep characters and great storytelling. I like this anime. That's said, it's not for everyone. Years ago this was a 10 for me, but after watching other shows, I realized FMAB was not revolutionary, not even for it's time, even less nowadays. It's solid, it's good, but it's a shonen from 2010. If you like this kinda of show, you'll probably love FMAB. If you don't like the genre, you'll probably dislike it. And even more, if you're watching for the hype, especially if you had many anime shows in your watched list, ...

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Jul 21, 2023

Phasar2022

Not Recommended

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STORY: Alright, alright.... So Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood follows the original Manga more closely than it's predecessor, Fullmetal Alchemist. I'll introduce you to the so called "story". Ed and Al are brothers who lives with their mother, Trisha in a small village of Risembool. Trisha dies of a strange disease and Ed and Al try to bring her back to life by using a magic called Alchemy, in doing so Ed loses an arm and a leg and Al loses his whole body. Ed and Al set out to look for the Philosopher stone that is said to break the rules of Alchemy. There is also ... some military business and something about Homunculus but for the life of me I can't pay attention to it. And thus the "journey" begins. So FMA Brotherhood... I keep on reminding myself of how good the first series is. You see, where as the first FMA was a fantastic fantasy world, Brotherhood fails to pull me in or build up on any atmosphere or charm. Without atmosphere it's very hard to be sucked into the story, but that isn't to say the story is not good, the story is very good! The story has a ton of twists and turns with a lot going on but there is no charm which makes all the events just seem bland. Sure it may of not needed charm if it weren't for the fact that the story has an absurd amount of comic relief, maybe the comic relief was supposed to be charming however the comic relief is so misplace and awkward it kills any atmosphere the story was trying to build up upon. The drama is also very weak, it actually is more soap opera like than the first series, barely any of the moments manage to squeeze a single tear from my eyes. It's that weak. Moments that brought tears to my eyes in the first series are just a side note in Brotherhood. It is also worth noting that Brotherhood absolutely does not feel like an adventure but more like a series of events, so much happens in a single episode that all the episodes just seem to run together. This is alright if you are heavily into action but it really gets in the way of any heartwarming or tear jerking moments. One more thing I think I should talk about is the symbolism and Philosophy, The symbolism in Brotherhood is barely noticeable, but even if it was why should I care about it if the show doesn't even let me into it's world? If I was sucked into the world then I would care, then I would say "THIS IS BRILLIANT!" The philosophy has an entirely different problem. Brotherhood has many different themes like, "Friendship (Yu-gi-oh)", "Revenge (Naruto)" and some old Greek philosophies. This is all well and good but it's hard to take it seriously when there is some silly comic relief taking place only a few moments after "Za Meaning of Life". All in all the story does seem like it has a lot to offer but the bad pacing, comic relief and overall lack of tone and atmosphere brings it down. All it needed is some better direction. 5/10

ANIMATION: The animation is actually pretty decent, I can't tell how they did the animation however the world of Brotherhood lacks color, this is a huge problem for a fantasy title. The only time the animation looks good is when an action scene is going on, Brotherhood has some of the best looking fight scenes I have ever seen but this is also a problem because it looks like the animation gets a sudden boost in quality as soon as someone enters looking like s/he is about kick some ass. Overall the animation is mostly lack luster only saving the extravagance for the action scenes. 5/10

MUSIC: Oh god the music! OH GAWD! Don't get me wrong, some of the music is incredible but the way they use it is so wrong. Barely does the music support any scenes often using some of the most bland songs from the soundtrack to make the scenes dreadful to watch. Add that to the already bland animation and the end result comes off as dreadful. This is too bad because I've listened to the soundtrack and the songs aren't really that bad, the soundtrack could of easily made up for the bland animation but... I'm starting to wonder if the director really cared about this series. 4/10

CHARACTERS: At least the characters are decent! At least! You got Ed and Al who's relationship is downplayed from the first to make room for it's large cast members. Yes, this is a series with loads and loads of characters. Does it handle it well?.... To a certain extent, yes! All the characters get their moment to shine and they are all well developed HOWEVER one thing that makes me want to bitch slap the writers into another dimension is their over used comedy gags. How am I supposed to take their emotional side seriously if they just crack a joke right after some dark and brooding moment? How am I supposed to take the fights seriously if they just randomly go into their chibi-form right in the middle of a fight scene? They did this is the first series a lot too but it wasn't shoved in your face (well... not as much) as in Brotherhood. Overall the characters could of been very good but if it weren't for their quirky side being shoved down my throat it would've been so much better. 6/10

OVERALL: I hear so many people calling this a masterpiece but It's too flawed on so many basic levels to even be called good. It's an average anime. This is really too bad since I loved the first anime so much. Do yourself a favor and read the manga instead, don't let bad art, bad pacing and terrible music do the job for you. I give Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood a 4/10

Brotherhood also gets an award or being the most overrated anime of all time (currently the third highest rated anime on anime news network and ranked FIRST on this site)

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