The story starts with two brothers named Edward and Alphonse Elric. Their mother has recently passed and their father has gone away for unknown reasons. Left alone, the two try to bring their mom back using this anime's form of alchemy. In this anime, alchemist can use transmutation circles to transmute and shape the molecular and physical structure of materials around them for there own needs, but one taboo of alchemy is Human Transmutation, or resurrection. When the boys try to resurrect there mom, Alphonse loses his entire body and Edward loses one of him legs. In order to get at least Alphonse's soul back, Edward quickly uses alchemy for the task, in doing so loses 1 arm. With Alphonse's soul, he fuses it to a suit of armour making Alphonse one walking-talking Tin Can!
Edward and Alphonse set out on an adventure to find the philosopher's stone in order to get their bodies back to their original states.
This anime is fucken amazing, and a must watch. If you have never watched anime before, this show is a great one to start with and will instantly get you hooked!
