Fullmetal Alchemist (Japanese: 鋼㠮錬é‡'è¡"師, Hepburn: Hagane no
Renkinjutsushi) is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the
manga of the same name written and illustrated 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 2003 to
October 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, leading to the series deviating into an original plot
halfway through. The first series ended with a sequel film, Conqueror
of Shamballa, released in 2005. A second anime series, Fullmetal
Alchemist: Brotherhood, which adapted the entire story of the manga,
was broadcast in 2009.The first half of the anime's plot adapts the
first seven volumes of the manga. However, 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.
Renkinjutsushi) is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the
manga of the same name written and illustrated 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 2003 to
October 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, leading to the series deviating into an original plot
halfway through. The first series ended with a sequel film, Conqueror
of Shamballa, released in 2005. A second anime series, Fullmetal
Alchemist: Brotherhood, which adapted the entire story of the manga,
was broadcast in 2009.The first half of the anime's plot adapts the
first seven volumes of the manga. However, 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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