Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)
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Cover of the anime series's first DVD volume
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鋼の錬金術師 (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Science fantasy |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Seiji Mizushima |
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| Written by | Shō Aikawa |
| Music by | Michiru Ōshima |
| Studio | Bones |
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| Original network | JNN, Animax |
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| Original run | October 4, 2003 – October 2, 2004 |
| Episodes | 51 |
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| Original video animation | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection | |
| Directed by | Seiji Mizushima |
| Music by | Michiru Ōshima |
| Studio | Bones |
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| Released | March 29, 2006 |
| Episodes | 4 |
Fullmetal Alchemist (Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師 Hepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi?) is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same name by Hiromu Arakawa. Comprising 51 episodes, it was co-produced by the animation studio Bones, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Mizushima. It was broadcast on MBS in Japan from October 4, 2003, to October 2, 2004.
As in the manga, the series follows the adventures of brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for the Philosopher's Stone so they can regain the bodies they lost in a failed attempt to bring their dead mother back to life. During production, Arakawa requested an original ending that differed from the manga. The first series ended with a sequel film, Conqueror of Shamballa, released in 2005. A second anime series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which closely adapts the manga chapters, was later broadcast in 2009.
The first half of the anime's plot adapts the first seven volumes of the manga, but then the plots severely diverge from each other by the middle of the story, specifically around the time where Roy Mustang's friend Maes Hughes is murdered by the homunculus Envy in disguise.Dante, a former lover of Hohenheim and mentor to the Elric brothers' teacher, is the series' central antagonist. Centuries ago, Hohenheim and Dante perfected methods for making the Philosopher's Stone and achieved immortality by transferring their souls and intellects into other bodies as they age. Hohenheim was eventually overcome with the guilt of sacrificing lives to make the Stone and left Dante. Although Dante can still jump from body to body with the last stone she and Hohenheim created, she is not willing to risk the rebound of creating one herself. She thus uses the homunculi to encourage Edward and Alphonse, along with other equally desperate Alchemists to create another complete Philosopher's Stone for her.
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