This article is about the 2003 TV series episode list. For the 2009 TV series episode list, see List of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episodes. Season of television series
| Fullmetal Alchemist | |
|---|---|
 Fullmetal Alchemist volume one DVD cover by Funimation | |
| Native name | |
| Kanji | 鋼の錬金術師 |
| Revised Hepburn | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| Release | |
| Original network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
| Original release | October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04) – October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02) |
Fullmetal Alchemist is an anime television series loosely based on the manga of the same title by Hiromu Arakawa. Set in a fictional universe in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scientific techniques, the story follows two alchemist brothers named Edward and Alphonse Elric, who want to recover parts of their bodies lost in an attempt to bring their mother back to life through alchemy.
Produced by Bones and directed by Seiji Mizushima, Fullmetal Alchemist was first aired on TBS Television in Japan from October 4, 2003, to October 2, 2004. It later aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in the United States from November 7, 2004, through March 19, 2006. A theatrical release titled Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, a sequel to the television series, premiered in Japanese theaters on July 23, 2005; and it premiered in the U.S. on August 24, 2006. A series of five original video animations (OVAs) were also released. The majority of these OVAs are side stories and do not expand on the plot. In 2009, a new anime, titled Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for the English release, started broadcast on MBS and TBS, being directed by Yasuhiro Irie. Brotherhood is an independent second anime series adaptation that directly follows all the events of the original manga, and is not related to the first anime series.
The first series has been released in a series of thirteen DVDs from December 17, 2003, to January 26, 2005, in Japan. Funimation also released the same series of DVDs from February 8, 2005, to September 12, 2006, in the United States. MVM had released the first eight volumes in the United Kingdom; however, Funimation gave the rights over to Revelation Films. In March 2006 a DVD featuring the OVAs was released in Japan with the name of Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection. Funimation acquired and dubbed the Premium Collection, which was released on August 4, 2009. During January from 2009, Bones released a "DVD box archives" of the anime. It includes the first anime of 51 episodes, the film, the CD soundtracks, and guidebooks from the series.
Eight pieces of theme music are used for the episodes. Each of the theme songs was performed by artists under Sony Music Entertainment Japan's label, whose anime distribution unit, Aniplex, handled the production and music production for the series. The music score was composed and arranged by Michiru Oshima. For episodes 2–13 the opening theme is "Melissa" by Porno Graffitti and the ending theme is "Kesenai Tsumi" (消せない罪, "Indelible Sin") by Nana Kitade. Episode 1 also uses "Melissa," but it uses it as an ending theme, and it doesn't have an opening theme. For episodes 14–25 the opening theme is "Ready Steady Go" by L'Arc-en-Ciel and the ending theme is "Tobira no Mukō e" (扉の向うへ, "Beyond the Door") by Yellow Generation. For episodes 26–41 the opening theme is "Undo" by Cool Joke and the ending theme is "Motherland" by Crystal Kay. For episodes 42-51 the opening theme is "Rewrite" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation and the ending theme is "I Will" by Sowelu (except the finale episode, which has a voiceover with the credits instead of an ending theme song). All episodes that originally opened with "Melissa" and "Undo" had "Ready Steady Go" shown in place of those songs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and YTV's Bionix. The DVD releases from Funimation include all openings in their original places and format.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Storyboarded by | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | English air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Those Who Challenge the Sun" Transliteration: "Taiyō ni Idomu Mono" (Japanese: 太陽に挑む者) | Seiji Mizushima | Kazuki Tsunoda | Shō Aikawa | October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04) | November 7, 2004 | |
| In a flashback, the Elric brothers Edward and Alphonse attempt to perform an alchemical transmutation in the hopes of resurrecting their late mother, but fail. As a consequence, Al disappears, Ed loses his left leg and his right arm, and a grotesque figure appears in the transmutation circle. In the present, the brothers arrive at the desert town of Lior, where they hear about a religious leader named Father Cornello who can perform miracles. Realizing that he is performing alchemy and ignoring the law of equivalent exchange, they believe that he possesses the philosopher's stone, which they have been searching for to restore Al's body. Threatened, Cornello orders Cray to kill them. Rosé, a girl the brothers meet, is traumatized after witnessing Al's lack of a human body. She runs to Cornello, the Elrics close behind, and Cornello releases a chimera on them. Cornello also transmuted a giant bird from a parrot and sends it to fight against Ed, who fends off both creatures by exposing his metal arm and leg, made from "automail". Cornello then realizes why Ed is nicknamed the "Fullmetal Alchemist", and that the brothers committed the ultimate sin of human transmutation. | |||||||
| 2 | "Body of the Sanctioned" Transliteration: "Kinki no Karada" (Japanese: 禁忌の身体) | Kenji Yasuda | Kenji Yasuda | Shō Aikawa | October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11) | November 14, 2004 | |
| Cornello attacks the boys to drive them away, and orders the townspeople to capture them. Ed transmutes some metal to look like Al, and allows himself to be captured. Cornello then takes the state alchemist pocket-watch from Ed, assuming that it is his secret to performing alchemy without a transmutation circle. Cornello catches Rosé trying to visit her deceased boyfriend Cain and he reveals the silhouette to be a chimera made of birds. He leaves her to be eaten by the chimera, but Al arrives just in time to save her. As Cornello tells Edward his plan to use Lior as the base for world domination, Al broadcasts it across town. Ed defeats Cornello with his superior alchemy, only to find out that the philosopher's stone is a fake. When Rosé confronts the Elrics about how their exposing Cornello did more harm than his deception, Ed tells her to walk on her own two feet. As the Elrics leave, Lust and Gluttony manage to salvage their plans with Lior by killing Cornello and replacing him with the shapeshifter Envy masquerading as the "real" Cornello. | |||||||
| 3 | "Mother" Transliteration: "Okāsan..." (Japanese: おかあさん…) | Shingo Kaneko | Shingo Kaneko | Shō Aikawa | October 18, 2003 (2003-10-18) | November 21, 2004 | |
| In a flashback that continues through to episode nine, the Elrics learn alchemy from a very young age, taking after their father, who abandoned his family when Al was still too young to remember him. They show their alchemy to both their friend Winry Rockbell and their mother Trisha. Trisha encourages them in their pursuits, but she dies suddenly and the brothers vow to revive her. The transmutation goes awry: Edward loses his left leg and Al loses his entire body. Ed then sacrifices his right arm to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armor. Alphonse carries Edward to Rockbell Automail, where Winry and her grandmother Pinako forge his Automail limbs. Roy Mustang arrives unexpectedly, having received a letter from the boys inquiring about their father Hohenheim of Light. Having seen the attempted human transmutation, Mustang tries to recruit the boys to become state alchemists, but Pinako angrily orders him to leave. Ed decides to become a state alchemist so that he can gain access to the state library, and find a way to restore Al's body. The Elrics burn down their childhood home and leave Resembool. | |||||||
| 4 | "A Forger's Love" Transliteration: "Ai no Rensei" (Japanese: 愛の錬成) | Kenji Yasuda | Kentarō Nakamura | Toshiki Inoue | October 25, 2003 (2003-10-25) | November 28, 2004 | |
| On their way to Central, the Elrics stop at a train station where they hear of an alchemist named Majhal, whose name had appeared several times in their father's correspondences relating to human transmutation, and decide to pay him a visit. Upon entering Majhal's village, they encounter a girl named Clause, who tells them that a zombie has murdered her older sister and several other villagers. When the brothers meet Majhal, he tells them that the mysterious zombie is believed to be his former lover Karin, who died in an accident several years ago. After further investigation, the brothers discover that Majhal has been attempting to revive Karin by using mannequins that look like her, and using alchemy to attach the souls of the village girls he has kidnapped to the mannequins. Ed discovers that Karin had not died, but temporarily lost her memories. Once her memories returned, she had sought out Majhal, but he was already too possessed by his passions of reviving Karin to recognize her. Majhal refuses to accept the wrinkled old woman as his Karin, and he attempts to kill Ed. Ed knocks Majhal's weapon out of his hand, which flies into the air and impales Majhal, killing him. | |||||||
| 5 | "The Man with the Mechanical Arm" ("Dash! Automail") Transliteration: "Shissō! Ōtomeiru" (Japanese: 疾走! 機械鎧) | Shinsaku Sasaki | Shigeru Ueda | Aya Yoshinaga | November 1, 2003 (2003-11-01) | December 5, 2004 | |
| The Elrics are told by Mustang to board the train that is currently leaving the station. Their train is hijacked by a group of terrorists led by a man named Bald. They take General Hakuro and his family captive and demand that their leader is released from prison. However, the Elrics fight back, and meet Major Maes Hughes, who helps them defeat Bald and rescue Hakuro. The train arrives safely at the station and the military moves in to arrest the terrorists. Bald manages to escape, but Mustang demonstrates his abilities as the "Flame Alchemist" and restrains Bald. Mustang then informs Ed that the grateful Hakuro has given him special permission to take the state alchemist examination, which surprises and annoys Ed because of the implication that Mustang manipulated him. | |||||||
| 6 | "The Alchemy Exam" Transliteration: "Kokka Renkinjutsushi Shikaku Shiken" (Japanese: 国家錬金術師資格試験) | Kazuki Tsunoda | Jōhei Matsuura | Natsuko Takahashi | November 8, 2003 (2003-11-08) | December 12, 2004 | |
| The Elrics begin preparing for the state alchemy examination while lodging with Shou Tucker, known as the "Sewing-Life Alchemist", who is credited for creating intelligent chimeras. The brothers become fast friends with his young daughter Nina and her dog Alexander. Hughes and his wife Gracia throw a birthday party for Ed, interrupting a chance to cram. During the party, Gracia goes into labor and they witness the birth of Elicia. Ed discovers at this time that he can perform alchemy without a transmutation circle. After the written portion of the test, Mustang forces Al to drop out due to his absence of a body, and the suspicions that this fact would raise were it to be discovered by his higher-ups. Ed successfully passes the interview and passes the practical portion when he saves the entire prospective state alchemist group with his quick thinking, courage, and ability to transmute without the use of a circle. | |||||||
| 7 | "Night of the Chimera's Cry" Transliteration: "Kimera ga Naku Yoru" (Japanese: 合成獣が哭く夜) | Kenji Yasuda, Seiji Mizushima | Kenji Yasuda | Shō Aikawa | November 15, 2003 (2003-11-15) | December 19, 2004 | |
| Ed is now a state alchemist. Mustang gives Ed a silver pocket watch, a symbol of his rank and an alchemical amplifier. Suspicious of Tucker's silence concerning the talking chimera that he created two years ago, Ed investigates at the state library but is denied access. On the way out, Ed encounters a mysterious man with a cross-shaped scar across his face, and a strange tattoo on his right arm. Brigadier General Basque Grand learns of Ed's investigations and orders him to stop, having the Elrics move out of Tucker's mansion. The Elrics sneak into Tucker's basement laboratory, where he has just finished creating another speaking chimera. Ed then pieces together that Tucker used his wife for his first chimera, and has now used Nina and Alexander for the new one. Tucker tells Ed that he is just as guilty for his human transmutation efforts, and Ed nearly beats Tucker to death in response. As Tucker is arrested, Ed manages to free the chimera, which encounters the scarred man. He declares it to be a sin against nature and destroys it. The scarred man disappears, and the Elrics discover Nina-Alexander's bloody remains on the alley wall. | |||||||
| 8 | "The Philosopher's Stone" Transliteration: "Kenja no Ishi" (Japanese: 賢者の石) | Masaki Tachibana | Yoshito Hata | Shō Aikawa | November 22, 2003 (2003-11-22) | January 2, 2005 | |
| Anguished by the horrible demise of Nina, and disgusted at his first assignment of organizing Tucker's research after learning of the man's death, Ed considers deserting to track down Nina's killer. Luckily, Al finds reference to the philosopher's stone among Tucker's papers. Ed is incredulous that such a thing even exists. Left to his own devices, Al has spoken to Führer King Bradley. Winry, who has arrived at Central to visit, is kidnapped by a butcher-turned-serial killer named Barry the Chopper, who disguises himself as a woman. Ed gets kidnapped as well and his automail arm is taken from him as he tries to free Winry and run away. Forced into a fight for his life, Ed almost kills Barry in an act of maddened desperation until Al arrived to stop him, having the authorities arrest Barry. Ed breaks down in tears, and then agrees to search for the philosopher's stone with Al after talking it out with him. Mustang later allows them to search for it, with the caveat that he be kept abreast of developments. Ed is officially dubbed the "Fullmetal Alchemist" by Bradley. | |||||||
| 9 | "Be Thou for the People" ("The Dog of the Military's Silver Watch") Transliteration: "Gun no Inu no Gindokei" (Japanese: 軍の狗の銀時計) | Akitoshi Yokoyama, Seiji Mizushima | Atsushi Ōtsuki | Katsuhiko Takayama | November 29, 2003 (2003-11-29) | January 9, 2005 | |
| While the Elrics take Winry shopping, Ed receives his second assignment to inspect the coal mines at the town of Youswell. However, the townsfolk is distrusting of the state military. Lieutenant Yoki, the military commander in charge of the area, comes to collect taxes from the local inn, though a riot erupts. Ed appears in time before Yoki nearly murders Kyle, the son of the innkeeper. Yoki invites Ed to his mansion, after noticing that the Ed is a state alchemist, through flattery and bribery. Come nightfall, the inn is destroyed by Lyra, an alchemist and maid working for Yoki. Al saves Kyle from the rubble. Ed reluctantly transmutes the gold coins that Yoki attempted to bribe him with, overlaying the gold over coal bars. He then uses them to purchase the mine from Yoki under the guise of a priceless transfer before returning the bars to stone and selling the entire town to the people of Youswell for a single night stay at the newly repaired inn. Ed defeats Yoki's alchemist servant Lyra, becoming known as a hero. | |||||||
| 10 | "The Phantom Thief" ("Phantom Thief Psiren") Transliteration: "Kaitō Sairēn" (Japanese: 怪盗サイレーン) | Tomoki Kyoda | Masakazu Hashimoto | Toshiki Inoue | December 6, 2003 (2003-12-06) | January 16, 2005 | |
| After exposing Cornello in Lior as a fraud, the Elrics are on their way back to report to Mustang about the incident. They stop at the town of Aquroya where Ed gets treated for a stomach bug. That's where he and Al meets a kind and patient nurse who reminds Al of their mother. After being discharged from the hospital, Ed gets caught up in the manhunt for a talented cat burglar named Psiren, who uses her skills as an alchemist to repeatedly fool the local police. It turns out the cat burglar is the nurse and she convinces them she's stealing to raise money to prevent the hospital from being torn down. It soon becomes apparent she's not giving the money to the hospital after it gets demolished (and she repeats the same excuse with two other buildings). Al gives her the benefit of the doubt because he saw how kind she was and they find out she does help the city in an indirect way; she draws in tourists. Ed finally manages to catch her and Al isn't necessarily happy about it. In the end, the crafty Psiren escapes police custody. | |||||||
| 11 | "The Other Brothers Elric: Part 1" ("The Land of Sand: Part 1") Transliteration: "Sareki no Daichi: Zenpen" (Japanese: 砂礫の大地・前編) | Tomoki Kyoda | Kazuki Tsunoda | Natsuko Takahashi | December 13, 2003 (2003-12-13) | January 23, 2005 | |
| The Elrics arrive in Xenotime, a town plagued by sickness, to look for the philosopher's stone. They hear that a philosopher's stone is near completion, researched by a man named Mugear. When they announce themselves as the Elric brothers, the town turns on them, saying the Elric brothers have already arrived. They sneak into Mugear's mansion and find the imposters but are fended off by the older brother (an alchemist named Russell Tringham). Al later runs into his imposter counterpart, Russell's younger brother Fletcher; Fletcher apologizes for taking the Elrics' names and Al urges him to tell Russell to stop. Meanwhile, Mugear meets underground with Lust, who is behind the plan to make the philosopher's stone. The following night, Ed and Al sneak into the mansion again but are exposed to toxic "red water". Fletcher helps them escape but Russell wants to continue his father's unfinished work, even though the byproducts are making the town sick. Al reveals that the red stone they have made is a poor copy of the Philosopher Stone and Russell attacks Ed using crimson water. However, Fletcher dives in the way and is soaked in the toxic water. | |||||||
| 12 | "The Other Brothers Elric: Part 2" ("The Land of Sand: Part 2") Transliteration: "Sareki no Daichi: Kōhen" (Japanese: 砂礫の大地・後編) | Shinsaku Sasaki | Masakazu Amiya | Manabu Ishikawa | December 20, 2003 (2003-12-20) | January 30, 2005 | |
| Ed and Al reluctantly flee the mansion. Fletcher and Russell are imprisoned by Mugear when they refuse to use an alternate method to create the crimson stone more quickly. The Elrics learn that Nash Tringham, the father of Russell and Fletcher, was the original discoverer/researcher of the red stone. After the mining town ran out of gold, Mugear convinced Nash that a philosopher's stone would turn lead into gold and make the town prosperous again, but the side affects were toxic red water and sick babies. A traveling alchemist doctor, Tim Marcoh, healed one of these babies with a mysterious stone. Mugear invites the Elrics to help him and Ed tricks him into taking him to the imprisoned Tringham brothers. Ed convinces Russell that his father abandoned the research when he saw the damage, and that the Tringhams must find their own path. Ed frees them and faces off against Mugear; the researcher is defeated but the underground mine shaft collapses, causing the crimson water to flood out of the spring. Fletcher uses alchemy to make the trees absorb the water, neutralizing the threat. Edward and Alphonse say farewell to the Tringhams, boarding a train for East City. | |||||||
| 13 | "Fullmetal VS Flame" Transliteration: "Honō VS Hagane" (Japanese: 焔VS鋼) | Masahiro Andō | Masahiro Andō | Shō Aikawa | December 27, 2003 (2003-12-27) | February 6, 2005 | |
| The Elrics report to Mustang regarding about the investigation into the philosopher's stone. Master Sergeant Kain Fuery picks up a dog and tries to get someone to adopt it but fails. Mustang and Hughes then discusses with Ed about Marcoh. Grand later interrupts and declares that Marcoh was a deserter. When Ed is offered re-certification, he challenges Mustang to a duel in exchange for the information. The approved duel is set to fight in the parade grounds. Mustang nearly defeats Edward, but allows him to counter from his hesitation. Mustang informs Ed about Marcoh after halting the match. That night, Hughes reveals that a man named Scar is responsible for Bradley's move. | |||||||
| 14 | "Destruction's Right Hand" Transliteration: "Hakai no Migite" (Japanese: 破壊の右手) | Tarō Iwasaki | Tarō Iwasaki | Shō Aikawa | January 10, 2004 (2004-01-10) | February 12, 2005 | |
| Civil unrest has broken out in the town of Lior with Envy using his shape-shifting powers to disguise himself as Cornello. The Elrics find Marcoh and learn about the usage of the philosopher's stone in the Ishbal rebellion before he went missing. Grand enters with soldiers, confiscates Marcoh's information on the philosopher's stone, and arrests Marcoh, leaving the Elrics behind. However, Scar appears and kills Grand before turning his attention to Marcoh. The Elrics and Marcoh quickly evade into a tunnel, long enough to be saved by Major Alex Louis Armstrong, the "Strong Arm Alchemist". | |||||||
| 15 | "The Ishbal Massacre" Transliteration: "Ishuvāru Gyakusatsu" (Japanese: イシュヴァール虐殺) | Kenji Yasuda | Kenji Yasuda | Shō Aikawa | January 17, 2004 (2004-01-17) | February 19, 2005 | |
| Armstrong reveals that Scar is an Ishbalan alchemist during their battle. Marcoh tells the Elrics about the Ishbal massacre, how state alchemists were used against the Ishbalans, who viewed alchemy as heretical. Marcoh, forced to use his research, caused huge casualties on the Ishbalan side. Mustang, forced to kill a pair of doctors who were saving lives from both sides, allows Marcoh to desert. When the doctors are revealed to be Winry's parents, Marcoh refuses to escape to Resembool with the Elrics. Scar, fleeing from the military, runs into the Elrics again as they defend themselves against him, resulting in Scar destroying Ed's arm and damaging Al's body. Just as Scar prepares to finish off Ed, Marcoh throws his red stone at Scar, causing him to painfully absorb the stone into his tattooed arm. Outnumbered by military reinforcements, Scar manages to escape into the sewers and Marcoh is taken to a "safe location" by the Führer's personal secretary. | |||||||
| 16 | "That Which Is Lost" Transliteration: "Ushinawareta Mono" (Japanese: 失われたもの) | Tomoki Kyoda | Masakazu Hashimoto | Shō Aikawa | January 24, 2004 (2004-01-24) | February 26, 2005 | |
| Armstrong escorts the Elric brothers back to Resembool to have themselves repaired. Lust attacks Marcoh in his "safe house" and coerces him into revealing the location of his research on the philosopher's stone. Lust and Gluttony then kill him as they make their way to the state library. On the train to Resembool, Ed and Armstrong discover that Al was unloaded at the previous station and are forced to search for him. When Armstrong urges patience, Ed explodes in rage and abandons Armstrong. However, Ed is soon jumped by a girl who steals his automail leg. The girl's grandfather, while giving back Ed's leg, explains that he lost his leg during the Ishbal rebellion and that he wishes to retain his wound as a reminder of it. Meanwhile, Al is stolen by a boy who wishes to prove himself by raiding an enemy's mansion. Al frightens the boy by claiming he is a haunted armor. The Elrics reunite as Armstrong reappears, grabbing them and dashes toward the departing train, hoping to catch it. | |||||||
| 17 | "House of the Waiting Family" Transliteration: "Kazoku no Matsu Ie" (Japanese: 家族の待つ家) | Kazuki Tsunoda | Kazuki Tsunoda | Natsuko Takahashi | January 31, 2004 (2004-01-31) | March 5, 2005 | |
| The Elrics and Armstrong all return to Resembool, meeting up with Pinako, who agrees to repair Ed in three days time. While the Elrics recuperate, Armstrong assists Winry and Pinako in work. The Elrics later reminisce about their childhood while at their mother's tombstone. Al seems to worry about having fading memories, but Armstrong breaks the tension. A few days later, receiving his replacement arm and leg, Ed uses his alchemy to rebuild Al's armored body from the shattered remains. Afterwards, the brothers and Armstrong head back to Central to find Marcoh's research. | |||||||
| 18 | "Marcoh's Notes" Transliteration: "Marukō Nōto" (Japanese: マルコー・ノート) | Shinsaku Sasaki | Atsushi Ōtsuki | Manabu Ishikawa | February 7, 2004 (2004-02-07) | March 12, 2005 | |
| In the state library, Lust searches for Marcoh's research before encountering Scar; she reminds him of a previous acquaintance. He realizes that Lust and Gluttony are homunculi as the library is set ablaze from their attack. The Elrics meet Sergeant Denny Brosh and 2nd Lt. Maria Ross, their new bodyguards, not long before they find the first branch of the state library burned to the ground. The Elrics go on an exhaustive search to find other sources for the book, leading them to Sheska, a file clerk who formerly worked at the library before being fired for reading all the time. Sheska reveals that she has memorized all of Marcoh's works, and then makes handwritten duplicates for the Elric brothers. The writing is written in a code created by Marcoh, though resembling that of a cookbook. The brothers attempt to decipher the hidden data for several days, only to discover that producing the philosopher's stone requires human lives. | |||||||
| 19 | "The Truth Behind Truths" Transliteration: "Shinjitsu no Oku no Oku" (Japanese: 真実の奥の奥) | Tamaki Nakatsu | Tamaki Nakatsu | Katsuhiko Takayama | February 14, 2004 (2004-02-14) | March 19, 2005 | |
| Horrified by the key ingredient in making the philosopher's stone, the Elrics nearly give up their quest. However, Ross inspires them to continue. A hidden piece of information reveals an unused laboratory next to a prison where raw materials for the stone were gathered. Ignoring the orders of Brosh and Ross, they sneak out to investigate the laboratory themselves. Scar attacks the dormitories and gathers that the brothers have traveled to the fifth laboratory before pursuing them. Ed enters the building via an air duct, triggering several traps before finally meeting the security guard named Number 48. Outside, Al is ambushed by another security guard named Number 66. | |||||||
| 20 | "Soul of the Guardian" Transliteration: "Shugosha no Tamashii" (Japanese: 守護者の魂) | Tarō Iwasaki | Tarō Iwasaki | Katsuhiko Takayama | February 21, 2004 (2004-02-21) | March 26, 2005 | |
| The Elrics learn that the guards are souls bound to empty suits of armor. Ed struggles in his battle against Number 48, a serial killer known as Slicer, when his automail arm malfunctions. Ed momentarily gains the upper hand, but is shocked to learn that his opponent is a pair of brothers, with the elder bound to the helmet and the younger controlling the body. Ed manages to defeat the Slicer brothers by use of Scar's destruction technique, yet he refuses to finish them off, due to seeing Al in the same manner. Al realizes that Number 66 is Barry the Chopper, who tries to suggest that Al never truly existed, saying he was a doll made for Ed. Contemplating on the possibility, Al recalls that Ed was afraid of telling him something. | |||||||
| 21 | "The Red Glow" Transliteration: "Akai Kagayaki" (Japanese: 紅い輝き) | Masahiro Andō | Masahiro Andō | Shō Aikawa | February 28, 2004 (2004-02-28) | April 2, 2005 | |
| Scar luckily arrives and helps a disadvantaged Al defeat Barry. This causes Barry to set off explosives, freeing an imprisoned Greed as well as others around him. The older Slicer agrees to take Ed to the interior of the laboratory, but the younger Slicer breaks his blood seal after Ed calls him human. Solf J. Kimblee, the "Crimson Alchemist", and several other prisoners are led by a fake Grand to be ingredients for the philosopher's stone. Ed and Slicer are attacked by mutant chimeras until they are called off by Tucker, who, after his death was fabricated, has become a chimera himself. As Al and Scar travel into the laboratory, Scar reminisces about his brother and Ishbal, but they are attacked by Lust and Gluttony, who Scar reveals to be homunculi. Tucker shows Ed around the laboratory, who realizes that he has been given the opportunity to create the philosopher's stone. | |||||||
| 22 | "Created Human" Transliteration: "Tsukurareta Ningen" (Japanese: 造られた人間) | Sōichi Masui | Masakazu Hashimoto | Shō Aikawa | March 6, 2004 (2004-03-06) | April 9, 2005 | |
| Hughes organizes an expedition to rescue the Elrics in the fifth laboratory. Envy, in the guise of Grand, gathers the human ingredients and forces Ed to attempt to transmute a philosopher's stone. Bradley joins the expedition and mobilizes the military in the rescue mission. Kimblee sets off an explosion, causing the prisoners to fall into the room below. Ed questions the prisoners for their reason being in the laboratory, though this results in a short fight against Envy before Lust intervenes. Lust takes Al hostage, giving Ed the ultimatum of transmuting the philosopher's stone or watching Al's blood seal be broken. Ed fails in his struggle to transmute the stone. Suddenly, Ed's body begins to react after being doused in the incomplete stone, destroying his surroundings. The homunculi escape as the military invades the base and Ross calms Ed down. | |||||||
| 23 | "Fullmetal Heart" Transliteration: "Hagane no Kokoro" (Japanese: 鋼のこころ) | Kenji Yasuda | Kenji Yasuda | Natsuko Takahashi | March 13, 2004 (2004-03-13) | April 16, 2005 | |
| Ed, recovering from his wounds from the laboratory, is scolded by Ross for almost dying. Needing his automail repaired, Ed calls for Winry to come to Central. When Winry arrives at the train station, Al still contemplates what Barry had told him. After the brothers refuse to tell her about the events, Winry leaves in a fury and is dragged off by Hughes to his daughter's birthday party. Hughes tells her that men tend to hide things so as not to worry anyone. Al decides to confront Ed about what he was afraid to tell him, asking if he was really an artificial soul. | |||||||
| 24 | "Bonding Memories" Transliteration: "Omoide no Teichaku" (Japanese: 思い出の定着) | Shinsaku Sasaki | Yoshinori Odaka | Toshiki Inoue | March 20, 2004 (2004-03-20) | April 23, 2005 | |
| Al has run away after not receiving an answer from Ed. He soon runs into Scar, who has been hiding among other refugees from Ishbal as they are terrorized by mercenaries posing as the state military soldiers with Barry accompanying them. After being reunited with his brother, Ed and Al reaffirm their existence. Meanwhile, the leader of the mercenaries is killed by Furher Bradley's secretary when he confronts her about his band being attacked by the Brothers and Scar, revealing her to be a homunculus. | |||||||
| 25 | "Words of Farewell" Transliteration: "Wakare no Gishiki" (Japanese: 別れの儀式) | Sōichi Masui | Kazuki Tsunoda, Seiji Mizushima | Shō Aikawa | March 27, 2004 (2004-03-27) | April 30, 2005 | |
| Deciding to follow Scar to get clues about the philosopher's stone, the brothers take Winry with them when she notices that Rush Valley, a town best known for its automail shops, is en route. As they leave, Hughes investigates the fifth laboratory, discovering a connection between it and the war in Ishbal. He confronts the key suspect in it, Juliet Douglas, but is then attacked by Lust. He escapes the two women and tries to telephone Mustang with his information via telephone booth, only to be attacked by Envy, disguised as Ross before he assumes Gracia's form to deliver the death blow. Hughes is posthumously promoted to the rank of a brigadier general. In a flashback, Mustang and Hughes conspire together to ensure the tragedy in Ishbal never happens again. | |||||||
| 26 | "Her Reason" Transliteration: "Kanojo no Riyū" (Japanese: 彼女の理由) | Tarō Iwasaki | Tarō Iwasaki | Natsuko Takahashi | April 3, 2004 (2004-04-03) | May 7, 2005 | |
| Mustang investigates Hughes' murder and concludes through Armstrong that a high ranked member of the military may be responsible for his death. Izumi Curtis, Edward and Alphonse's teacher, shows up at Central looking for them, but she has missed them by a few days. Edward, Alphonse, and Winry, on their way to Ishbal, arrive in Rush Valley. | |||||||
| 27 | "Teacher" Transliteration: "Sensei" (Japanese: センセイ) | Masahiro Andō | Masahiro Andō | Katsuhiko Takayama | April 10, 2004 (2004-04-10) | September 18, 2005 | |
| Izumi has finally caught up with her wayward protégés, Edward and Alphonse. They have every reason to fear her as she drags them back to Dublith. | |||||||
| 28 | "All is One, One is All" Transliteration: "Ichi wa Zen, Zen wa Ichi" (Japanese: 一は全、全は一) | Shigeru Ueda | Shigeru Ueda | Akatsuki Yamatoya | April 17, 2004 (2004-04-17) | September 25, 2005 | |
| Izumi strands Edward and Alphonse on Yock Island, where they originally learned an important life lesson before she took them on as apprentices years before. She wants them to have time to reflect on their mistakes. | |||||||
| 29 | "The Untainted Child" Transliteration: "Kegarenaki Kodomo" (Japanese: 汚れなき子ども) | Tamaki Nakatsu | Tamaki Nakatsu | Shō Aikawa | April 24, 2004 (2004-04-24) | October 1, 2005 | |
| The young boy who shadowed Edward and Alphonse on Yock Island is not only an alchemist; he is able to transmute his own body. After finding out about the scars on the boy's right arm and left leg, Ed discovers that the boy is a homunculus who took his limbs during their failed attempt at human alchemy. | |||||||
| 30 | "Assault on South Headquarters" Transliteration: "Nanpō Shireibu Shūgeki" (Japanese: 南方司令部襲撃) | Sōichi Masui | Masakazu Hashimoto | Shō Aikawa | May 1, 2004 (2004-05-01) | October 8, 2005 | |
| Yoki spots Scar in a group of Ishbalans arriving at a refugee camp. He runs off to contact the military, hoping to be reinstated. Meanwhile, the military, believing the mysterious boy to be a homunculus, captures and imprisons him in South Headquarters. A chimera called Bido discovers the same and Izumi storms South Headquarters to rescue him, but she soon finds herself in a five-way fight over the boy. | |||||||
| 31 | "Sin" Transliteration: "Tsumi" (Japanese: 罪) | Kenji Yasuda | Kenji Yasuda | Shō Aikawa | May 8, 2004 (2004-05-08) | October 15, 2005 | |
| Amid the confusion inside South Headquarters, Envy, disguised as Bradley, manages to take the homunculus boy from Izumi. Kimblee and Bido came to battle for the same purpose as the boy remembers all his past after consuming small fragments of the Philosopher's Stone. | |||||||
| 32 | "Dante of the Deep Forest" Transliteration: "Fukai Mori no Dante" (Japanese: 深い森のダンテ) | Masaki Tachibana | Tarō Iwasaki | Shō Aikawa, Akatsuki Yamatoya | May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15) | October 22, 2005 | |
| Edward and Alphonse battle the new homunculus known as Wrath, who wants the rest of Edward's body to make himself human. Izumi interrupts the fight by separating the combatants with a deep chasm. After Wrath escapes, Izumi sends Edward and Alphonse to meet her alchemy teacher, an old woman named Dante, to learn an important lesson about the principle of equivalent exchange. At Dante's house, they discover that Lyra has become her apprentice, and Greed's party comes and battle the Elrics. | |||||||
| 33 | "Al, Captured" Transliteration: "Torawareta Aru" (Japanese: 囚われたアル) | Tarō Iwasaki | Kazuki Tsunoda | Akatsuki Yamatoya | May 29, 2004 (2004-05-29) | October 29, 2005 | |
| Marta hops inside Alphonse's armor and slows him down just enough for Loa to overpower Al, and the kidnappers take him to their headquarters for a rendezvous with Greed. While Ed searches through town to discover any information on Al's whereabouts, Izumi goes to see Dante. In an intense conversation, Dante reveals that the kidnappers left an emblem revealing the name of the pub Al has been taken to. At the hideout, Greed reveals to Al that he desires the knowledge of how souls can be bound to inanimate objects, such as Al's suit of armor. Izumi bursts onto the scene to rescue Alphonse from the powerful homunculus and his cohorts, and is later joined by Edward. They are unable to cause harm to him, however, as he utilizes his Ultimate Shield whenever attacked. Before he and Ed can truly battle, the military bursts into the building to take over. During the escape, Greed discovers that Kimblee has betrayed his team, but has no time to deal with him, as the kidnappers must take Al and leave. Before Ed is able to run after them, he is cornered at gunpoint by the military, whom demand he stand down and report to Lt. Colonel Archer. | |||||||
| 34 | "Theory of Avarice" Transliteration: "Gōyoku no Riron" (Japanese: 強欲の理論) | Sōichi Masui | Jun Fukuda | Akatsuki Yamatoya | June 5, 2004 (2004-06-05) | November 5, 2005 | |
| Archer has Edward as well as Izumi and Sig Curtis in custody. Archer reinstates Tucker as a state alchemist under his command and orders his men to take no prisoners hunting down Greed and his associates. As Greed tries to escape with his cohorts, Strongarm burst through the wall and battles with Law until Law collapses the wall, ensuring the group's escape. While Greed and co. recover in a small shack, Lust and Gluttony appear. Dolcetto and Law unwaveringly step up and sacrifice themselves allowing Greed, Al, and Marta (who is still inside of Al's armor) to escape. In a forest, Greed instructs Al to wait for him until sunrise, and for Marta to watch after him while he goes to take care of business. Marta realizes he is headed for Dante's house and tries to go after him, but Al refuses to allow her to do so. When Greed arrives at Dante's, he is greeted by Lyra, who knows his purpose for returning to Dante's. She guides him to a parlor, where he discovers Dante's body split down the middle, seemingly by a sword, and a complex alchemy circle on the ceiling and floor. Before he has time to react, Lyra uses alchemy to forcibly eject the Philosopher's Stone fragments that Greed has consumed in his life. She exits, leaving him in pain, as Ed enters. Shocked at Dante's corpse, he blames her death on Greed. While they fight, Ed discovers the secret to his human shield through logic, and uses alchemy to undo it. He manages to stab Greed in through the chest, which surprisingly causes Greed to collapse in pain. Greed explains to Edward that the only way to kill a homunculus without its regeneration is to physically murder one near the human remains that it was created with, and he also reveals that he let Al go. Greed departs this information with Ed in hopes of ensuring the deaths of the rest of the homunculi, and then he dies, much to the shock of Ed who has never killed before. At sunrise, Marta gets up and leaves Al, knowing that Greed isn't returning. The brothers reunite and, together with Winry, Izumi, and Sig, bury Greed and Dante. They bid Izumi and Sig goodbye, saying they will next find the Ishbalans. | |||||||
| 35 | "Reunion of the Fallen" Transliteration: "Gusha no Saikai" (Japanese: 愚者の再会) | Masahiro Andō | Masahiro Andō | Toshiki Inoue | June 12, 2004 (2004-06-12) | November 12, 2005 | |
| Lust, Envy, and Gluttony are in a restaurant discussing Greed's recent death. As they leave, a car wreck outside causes a small boy to become injured. The mother's cry for help brings forth a man who heals him using a ring similar to the one that Cornello wore in Lior. Lust watches the man heal the child, and as he turns to the crowd as sees her, she recognizes him as Lujon, a man from her past. They catch up in the restaurant, where a flashback shows us how Lust and Gluttony watch the results of a landslide and its victims. As they watch, a rescue crew approaches, containing Lujon, and he rescues a girl from the pile. Meanwhile, the Elrics and Winry, while riding in a cart South to the Ishbalan camp, must save a girl from a band of thugs in the forest. She reveals her name is Lydia, and that she is looking for a man named Lujon, who is supposed to be finding a second Philosopher's Stone to save the people of their village from the return of a plague. This illness looks similar to Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (also called Lewandowsky–Lutz dysplasia, colloquially known as tree man illness). As Lujon, Lust, and Gluttony ride back together to his village, Lujon reveals that the power in his Philosopher's Stone has waned considerably. The flashback continues, revealing how Lujon's failed attempts to cure the first onslaught of the plague provoked Lust into teaching him the refined arts of alchemy. As they study together, Lujon falls in love with her; however, Lust only stays with him because he invokes faint memories in her mind that she cannot identify. Once he has learned the secrets to curing the illness, he manages to save his fiance Lydia from death's grip. On the day of their wedding, Lujon leaves her at the altar for Lust, who unsuccessfully commands him to go to her. Once he leaves, she laughs with Envy about the success of their plan. In present time, Lujon embraces Lust in the village before saving his people, exclaiming how he won't let her leave him this time. Before he can let her go, Lust stabs him dead. The villagers all perish, and minutes later, the Elrics and Winry arrive to witness the tragedy. Lydia runs into the fog before they can stop her, and is found lying dead next to Lujon's corpse, succumbed to the disease as Lust rides away in her carriage. | |||||||
| 36 | "The Sinner Within" Transliteration: "Waga Uchinaru Togabito" (Japanese: 我が内なる科人) | Kenji Yasuda | Masakazu Hashimoto | Shō Aikawa | June 19, 2004 (2004-06-19) | November 19, 2005 | |
| On their way to Ishbal, Edward and Alphonse try to help a group of Ishbalan refugees being shipped further south by the military, hoping to get more information about the philosopher’s stone and the war in Ishbal. | |||||||
| 37 | "The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant & The Mystery of Warehouse 13" Transliteration: "Honō no Renkinjutsushi, Tatakau Shōi-san, Dai-Jūsan Sōko no Kai" (Japanese: 焔の錬金術師 戦う少尉さん 第十三倉庫の怪) | Shingo Kaneko | Shingo Kaneko | Natsuko Takahashi | June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26) | November 26, 2005 | |
| In this comedy interlude, 2nd Lt. Jean Havoc has been investigating Mustang under orders from internal affairs, and he enlists several comrades to help. However, Mustang's theft of Havoc's potential girlfriends is negatively affecting Havoc's productivity, so Mustang orders Warrant Officer Vato Falman to find Havoc a date. Armstrong recommends his sister, who rejects Havoc because she expected someone more muscular. In the other half of the episode, Mustang is roped by his subordinates into investigating the mystery of the "haunted" thirteenth warehouse that appears out of nowhere. | |||||||
| 38 | "With the River's Flow" Transliteration: "Kawa no Nagare ni" (Japanese: 川の流れに) | Tarō Iwasaki | Tarō Iwasaki | Akatsuki Yamatoya | July 3, 2004 (2004-07-03) | December 3, 2005 | |
| After wrecking the tractor that Winry stole for them, Edward and Alphonse have arrived at a town after a long walk. They separate after getting into an alchemy-enhanced argument about what they should do next. Alphonse then bumps into an old acquaintance, Marta. Meanwhile, Winry meets with Sheska in Central, and the two decide to launch their own investigation into the murder of Hughes. They discover what Hughes had discovered about Juliet Douglas, and then eavesdrop on a conversation she has with Envy. | |||||||
| 39 | "Secret of Ishbal" Transliteration: "Tōhō Naisen" (Japanese: 東方内戦) | Kazuki Tsunoda | Kazuki Tsunoda | Shō Aikawa | July 10, 2004 (2004-07-10) | December 10, 2005 | |
| On the train ride to a military base near Lior, Mustang is dismayed to discover that Kimblee is a part of the force and has been reinstated as a state alchemist by Archer, who has been promoted to Colonel for this operation. The Elrics and Marta arrive in Ishbal, and are surprised to find that only ruins remain. There, they discover that 2nd Lts. Breda and Havoc have been spying on them, and they are brought to Mustang, who puts the Elric brothers under his supervision. At dinner, Mustang shows Ed an aerial view of Lior, which reveals that Scar, who has been dragging a giant rock around the city, gouging the earth, is creating a giant Grand Arcanum transmutation circle, which upsets Ed. Ed then goes to Colonel Archer and asks to go undercover into Lior to investigate the area for the military. Archer agrees on the condition that Al is left behind so Ed does not have the will to "go AWOL". He then leaves after giving Armstrong his silver pocket watch. | |||||||
| 40 | "The Scar" Transliteration: "Kizuato" (Japanese: 傷痕) | Kenji Yasuda | Kenji Yasuda | Shō Aikawa | July 17, 2004 (2004-07-17) | December 17, 2005 | |
| After arriving in Lior, Ed finds his old acquaintance Rosé, who is now called "Holy Mother" and unable to speak. He also runs into Scar, and the two of them begin battling in an alley, to be interrupted by Lust and Gluttony. Al and Marta are shocked to find Kimblee at the military base, and Marta, acting out of rage, attacks Kimblee, and after a failed attempt to injure Marta by sacrificing a soldier, Kimblee finds himself fighting Al, who is protecting Marta. The battle is broken up by Mustang. Scar reveals his past to Ed, at the insistence of Rosé and Lyra, who is acting as Rosé's voice. Before the war, Scar's brother lost his fiance due to a fatal illness, and tried to use alchemy to bring her back, but instead created Lust. His brother then went on to create the Philosopher's Stone, and it is revealed where Scar's tattooed arm comes from, and the X-shaped scar on his face. He then reveals his plans to use the Grand Arcanum to create another Philosopher's Stone, but not by sacrificing the people of Lior, but by sacrificing the soldiers of the military. Führer Bradley arrives at the military base, and has a private conversation with Kimblee, where he is given the instructions to go into Lior and cause trouble, and return with Ed's dead body. Marta overhears this and also discovers that Bradley is actually Pride, the seventh and final homunculus, whose Ultimate Eye is hidden under the eyepatch. She encounters Al and hides inside him, but Bradley comes and sticks his sword inside Al, tragically killing Marta. | |||||||
| 41 | "Holy Mother" Transliteration: "Seibo" (Japanese: 聖母) | Tamaki Nakatsu | Tamaki Nakatsu | Shō Aikawa | July 24, 2004 (2004-07-24) | January 8, 2006 | |
| Scar, speaking for Rosé, tells the people of Lior to lure the military into the city, but not to provoke them. Kimblee, with a group of chimeras, attacks civilians in the city, and Scar instructs the civilians to leave the city, so that he can create the Philosopher's Stone when the military arrives. Ed sends a letter to Mustang explaining all that's happening in Lior, and advising him to keep the military from entering the city. Mustang and his group learn about what happened at Laboratory Five in Central, and how a Philosopher's Stone is made. Mustang tells Alphonse to go into Lior and find his brother. Archer prepares to assault the city of Lior, but is ordered to wait by Bradley. When Lust asks Pride why he told Archer to wait, he says he was acting upon their master's orders. Angry, Lust decides to go into Lior alone so she can help Scar create the Philosopher's Stone. Ed and Rosé help the civilians exit the city of Lior, and Wrath and Sloth confront Ed. Wrath's weakness is revealed, and Wrath then attacks Rosé, who manages to speak and call out to Ed to get his attention. Scar confronts Kimblee, and they begin an alchemic battle, causing more destruction in the city. Alphonse intercedes by trapping Kimblee, who then escapes and uses his alchemy to begin transforming Alphonse's armor into a bomb. | |||||||
| 42 | "His Name is Unknown" Transliteration: "Kare no Na o Shirazu" (Japanese: 彼の名を知らず) | Masakazu Hashimoto | Masakazu Hashimoto | Shō Aikawa | July 24, 2004 (2004-07-24) | January 15, 2006 | |
| Al's armor is slowly transforming into an explosive compound following Kimblee's attack. With Ed helping the Liorites escape, Scar is the only one who can help Al. Scar then proceeds to turn Al into the Philosopher's Stone. Seeing that Scar has killed Kimblee, Archer orders the military army into Lior to take him down. After taking multiple gunshot wounds in protecting Lust, Scar takes his last breath and transmutes the whole city with himself and the soldiers inside. Upon seeing the destruction, Ed races to find Scar. Finding his brother alive, Ed soon realizes what Scar has done. Lust then appears, instructing the brothers to start running; that they will soon be sought after. | |||||||
| 43 | "The Stray Dog" Transliteration: "Norainu wa Nigedashita" (Japanese: 野良犬は逃げ出した) | Masahiro Andō | Masahiro Andō | Shō Aikawa | July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31) | January 22, 2006 | |
| A complete stranger tries to strike up a conversation with Winry upon the arrival of Winry and Sheska in Resembool. Pinako introduces him to Winry as Edward and Alphonse's father, Hohenheim of Light. Meanwhile, the Elric brothers flee Lior for Resembool, while Mustang's brigade, on orders from Bradley to capture the boys, is in hot pursuit. Once the brothers are cornered, Mustang explains to them that he is not after them due to military orders, but because he is angry at them for not seeking his protection. | |||||||
| 44 | "Hohenheim of Light" Transliteration: "Hikari no Hōenhaimu" (Japanese: 光のホーエンハイム) | Tomokazu Tokoro, Seiji Mizushima | Tarō Iwasaki | Shō Aikawa | August 7, 2004 (2004-08-07) | January 29, 2006 | |
| Rosé and Lyra descend a secret staircase in an old church and meet with the homunculi who bow to them. Later, Hohenheim decides to confront the leader of the homunculi, Lyra. He calls her Dante and offers to tell her why her body rots, if she leaves his sons alone in exchange. Ed and Al learn about Hughes' death. | |||||||
| 45 | "A Rotted Heart" Transliteration: "Kokoro o Rekkasaseru Mono" (Japanese: 心を劣化させるもの) | Yukihiro Matsushita | Kazuki Tsunoda | Shō Aikawa | August 21, 2004 (2004-08-21) | February 5, 2006 | |
| As Hohenheim battles the leader of the homunculi, who is revealed to be Dante, their common history is revealed. | |||||||
| 46 | "Human Transmutation" Transliteration: "Jintai Rensei" (Japanese: 人体錬成) | Shigeru Ueda | Shigeru Ueda | Shō Aikawa | August 28, 2004 (2004-08-28) | February 12, 2006 | |
| Tucker makes a deal with Alphonse, offering to show Alphonse how to use the philosopher’s stone in exchange for using the stone to resurrect his daughter Nina, while Lust offers to help Edward in exchange for making her human. | |||||||
| 47 | "Sealing the Homunculus" Transliteration: "Homunkurusu Fūin" (Japanese: ホムンクルス封印) | Shingo Kaneko | Shingo Kaneko | Shō Aikawa | September 4, 2004 (2004-09-04) | February 19, 2006 | |
| As Edward, Lust, Wrath, and Sloth all arrive at the factory where Alphonse went to meet Tucker, a climactic battle ensues, as Edward and Alphonse must finally confront their creation. | |||||||
| 48 | "Goodbye" Transliteration: "Sayōnara" (Japanese: さようなら) | Kenji Yasuda | Masakazu Hashimoto | Shō Aikawa | September 11, 2004 (2004-09-11) | February 26, 2006 | |
| Entrenched at the northern border with Drachma, Armstrong declares his and Mustang's intention to rebel against the Führer. Meanwhile, as the Elrics and Wrath see Sloth evaporate, Envy enters, disguised as Winry, and kidnaps Alphonse. Edward begins to chase after Envy but is stopped by Wrath, who begins attacking him for killing Sloth. Izumi arrives, distracting Wrath, and he runs into the woods, and Edward and Izumi leave to confront the other homonculi. The Tringham brothers have arrived in Central with an important message for the Elric brothers. However, while in a bookstore, Russell pretends to be Edward again to get out of paying for some books. Sadly, Russell and Fletcher find themselves captured, the military believing them to be the real Elric brothers. The Führer sentences them to death, but they are saved by Brosh and Ross. The four of them run into Edward and Izumi, who are trying to find the Führer. However, they are confronted by Archer, who has turned into a cyborg being. Izumi stays to confront Archer, and she orders everyone else to leave. Trying to find another way to reach the Führer, Edward stops a car and notices Mustang and Hawkeye inside, both of whom having been hiding in Central so they can attack the Führer without him expecting. Mustang has Edward enter the car and during the car ride, the duo finally have a chance to repair their friendship before they go their separate ways. | |||||||
| 49 | "The Other Side of the Gate" Transliteration: "Tobira no Mukō e" (Japanese: 扉の向こうへ) | Tamaki Nakatsu | Tamaki Nakatsu | Shō Aikawa | September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18) | March 5, 2006 | |
| Envy delivers Alphonse to the leader of the homunculi in the city hidden beneath Central. Edward soon discovers the city thanks to a page from Nash's diary, leading to a final confrontation with Dante. Edward also learns that Dante is planning to transfer her soul to Rosé's body using the philosopher's stone from within Alphonse. She then sends Edward through the Gate of Truth and he awakens to find himself and Hohenheim in a wartorn London. | |||||||
| 50 | "Death" Transliteration: "Shi" (Japanese: 死) | Masahiro Andō | Masahiro Andō | Shō Aikawa | September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25) | March 12, 2006 | |
| As zeppelins rain bombs upon London during World War I, Edward and Hohenheim flee the city. As they watch the attack from a distance, Hohenheim explains that in this world, on the other side of the gate, the science of physics has developed instead of alchemy but, because Edward's soul was transferred over without his body, the Gate of Truth within himself can be used to return to Amestris. Meanwhile, with Hawkeye's help, Mustang has sneaked into the Führer's mansion to confront him and avenge Hughes. Gluttony, moping over Lust's death, is forced by Envy to begin gradually eating Alphonse's armored body to complete the Philosopher's Stone within him so Dante can use the stone to switch bodies with Rosé. Annoyed with Gluttony still mourning the loss of Lust, Dante alchemically destroys his mind so he can be nothing but an eating machine just as he begins gradually eating Alphonse. Wrath, still moping over Sloth's death, tries to intervene by using alchemy so he can use Alphonse to revive Sloth, but Dante has Edward's original limbs removed from Wrath's body so he can no longer perform alchemy in doing so. After repairing his relationship with Hohenheim, Edward returns to Amestris and tries to stop Dante's plans and set Alphonse and Rosé free, only to be distracted by Envy, who begins tormenting him in battle. When Edward angrily demands to see Envy's true form, Envy gleefully obliges, transforming into Hohenheim and Dante's deceased son, causing Edward to hesitate in sorrow. Dante reveals that Envy was the first ever homunculus, created when Hohenheim attempted human transmutation to revive his son who died of mercury poisoning. As Envy admits this is the reason why he hates Hohenheim for abandoning him to start a new family, the homunculus instantly transforms his arm into a blade and heartlessly kills Edward by piercing him through the heart while a horrified Alphonse, Rosé and Wrath watch. | |||||||
| 51 | "Laws and Promises" ("Munich 1921") Transliteration: "Myunhen Senkyūhyakunijūichi" (Japanese: ミュンヘン1921) | Seiji Mizushima, Kenji Yasuda | Kenji Yasuda, Kazuki Tsunoda | Shō Aikawa | October 2, 2004 (2004-10-02) | March 19, 2006 | |
| Alphonse breaks free and attempts human transmutation as he sacrifices himself - using what's left of his Philosopher's Stone within him to revive his brother. Envy appears at the Gate of Truth, having failed to stop Alphonse, and encounters Edward's soul. Learning that Hohenheim is still alive on the other side, Envy gleefully decides to head through to kill him against Edward's advice, disappearing into the distance as a green, serpentine dragon. Edward reawakens to see his body fully healed as well as his right arm and left leg are now flesh and blood. However, Alphonse has been taken by the Gate of Truth as a consequence. After having Rosé take an injured Wrath with her and flee to Resembool, Edward attempts human transmutation, offering his own life, allowing Alphonse to return to his body, albeit his memory is recalled up to when the brothers tried to resurrect their mother. Meanwhile, Mustang successfully kills Führer Bradley with the help of his son Selim, who unintentionally weakens his adoptive father by bringing him the remains of the human from which the Führer was originally based. The Führer responsively strangles his son to death out of anger before Mustang takes his advantage. As he takes Selim's body and leaves the mansion, Mustang is confronted by Archer, who apparently shoots him in the left eye. Hawkeye arrives in time to save Mustang's life and kills Archer. Dante escapes into an elevator to find the Führer to help her exact vengeance, only to be devoured by Gluttony, who fails to recognize her. Alphonse is back in Amestris now and Edward is pulled through the Gate of Truth and is currently in Munich. The brothers both resolve to reunite again someday. | |||||||
Special and OVAs
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | "Reflections" | April 27, 2005 (2005-04-27) | N/A | |
| A recap of the series, with sections narrated by the Elric brothers, Mustang, Hughes, Greed, and Envy. | ||||
| 1 | "Chibi Party" | March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29) | August 4, 2009 | |
| The premise is a wrap party for Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, where the characters from both the theatrical release and the series are turned into chibi forms. Envy's dragon form is actually a costume which is revealed after he enters. After removing the costume, many characters confuse his androgynous form with that of a female. Hawkeye announces the party has begun, and several characters try to get the mic. Edward and Alphonse try to stop them but is trampled by. Two suits of armor go next and reveal they are Scar and Lust, who are mad that they only got a cameo in the movie. Scar rips off his cross-shaped scar and propels it across the room at Edward and Alphonse, but misses and strikes Gluttony who proceeds to eat everyone. Edward meets Heidrich, and Alphonse changes his voice to that of Heidrich in order to insult Edward. The Elric brothers then deal with a drunk Winry, who is furious at Edward because she thinks he is in a relationship with Noah. | ||||
| 2 | "Kids" | March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29) | August 4, 2009 | |
| This brief sequence shows three children, who bear exact resemblances to the Elric brothers and to Winry Rockbell, making a trip through a modern city. They travel alone to Edward's apartment. Edward is by then aged and also referred to as their great-great-grandfather. In the end, a text scrolls along the bottom-center that reads, "Edward will turn 100 in 2005, somewhere in this world..." | ||||
| 3 | "Live Action" | March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29) | August 4, 2009 | |
| Alphonse, in his armor form, embarks on a quest in a real-life Japan to find his brother Edward. His search eventually takes him to Studio Bones, where the series was produced, but due to his size he cannot fit through the door. | ||||
| 4 | "Alchemists vs. Homunculi" | March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29) | August 4, 2009 | |
| This short was originally shown at Universal Studios Japan. In this interactive short, the viewer is introduced as a new member of the military, welcomed by Fuhrer Bradley who assigns the viewer to Mustang's group. After a briefing on how the Fullmetal Alchemist world works, Mustang instructs his troops on a plot to rescue the Elric brothers from the homunculi. In the underground city, Greed has captured Edward, Alphonse and Winry, although Winry is revealed to be Envy in disguise and easily defeats Greed. Envy then lures the brothers into a trap set by Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, and Wrath. The fight leads to a ballroom where Mustang shows up, along with his troops and reinforcements including Armstrong, Kimblee, and Archer. A large battle follows which ends when the viewer activates an alchemy ring received from Mustang. Unfortunately, according to Armstrong, the viewer seems to have overdone it, and the building blows up as a result. Everyone survives, with Edward and Alphonse congratulating the viewer on their hard work before departing themselves. | ||||
Home media release
Japanese
| Volume | Discs | Episodes | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1–2 | December 17, 2003 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3–6 | January 21, 2004 | |
| 3 | 1 | 7–10 | March 24, 2004 | |
| 4 | 1 | 11–14 | April 28, 2004 | |
| 5 | 1 | 15–18 | May 26, 2004 | |
| 6 | 1 | 19–22 | June 23, 2004 | |
| 7 | 2 | 23–26 | July 28, 2004 | |
| 8 | 1 | 27–30 | August 25, 2004 | |
| 9 | 1 | 31–34 | September 29, 2004 | |
| 10 | 1 | 35–38 | October 27, 2004 | |
| 11 | 1 | 39–42 | November 26, 2004 | |
| 12 | 1 | 43–46 | December 22, 2004 | |
| 13 | 1 | 47–51 | January 26, 2005 | |
| Premium Collection | 1 | 4 OVAs | March 29, 2006 | |
English
| Title | Discs | Episodes | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1: The Curse | 1 | 1–4 | February 8, 2005 | |
| Volume 2: Scarred Man of the East | 1 | 5–8 | April 5, 2005 | |
| Volume 3: Equivalent Exchange | 1 | 9–12 | May 31, 2005 | |
| Volume 4: The Fall of Ishbal | 1 | 13–16 | July 26, 2005 | |
| Volume 5: The Cost of Living | 1 | 17–20 | September 20, 2005 | |
| Volume 6: Captured Souls | 1 | 21–24 | November 15, 2005 | |
| Volume 7: Reunion on Yock Island | 1 | 25–28 | January 10, 2006 | |
| Volume 8: The Altar of Stone | 1 | 29–32 | March 7, 2006 | |
| Volume 9: Pain and Lust | 1 | 33–36 | May 2, 2006 | |
| Volume 10: Journey to Ishbal | 1 | 37–40 | June 27, 2006 | |
| Volume 11: Becoming the Stone | 1 | 41–44 | August 1, 2006 | |
| Volume 12: The Truth Behind Truths | 1 | 45–48 | September 5, 2006 | |
| Volume 13: Brotherhood | 1 | 49–51 | September 12, 2006 | |
| Boxset Part 1 | 4 | 1–16 | September 18, 2007 | |
| Boxset Part 2 | 3 | 17–28 | November 20, 2007 | |
| Boxset Part 3 | 3 | 29–40 | February 5, 2008 | |
| Boxset Part 4 | 3 | 41–51 | March 11, 2008 | |
| Complete Series Part 1 | 4 | 1–25 | January 27, 2009 | |
| Complete Series Part 2 | 4 | 26–51 | March 10, 2009 | |
| Premium OVA Collection | 1 | 4 OVAs | August 4, 2009 | |
| The Complete Series on Blu-ray | 6 | 1–51 | September 15, 2015 | |
References
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- "Japanese Box Office: Fullmetal Alchemist movie Debut". Anime News Network. July 27, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
- "Japanese Box Office: FMA: The Conqueror of Shambala Opens This Weekend". ICv2. August 24, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
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General
- "Official site with episode listings in Japanese" (in Japanese). Sony Music. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2006.
- "Official site with episode listings in English". Adult Swim. Archived from the original on May 3, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2006.
External links
- The official North American website for the anime series Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
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