Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Also known as Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST · 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST · FMA · FMAB · Hagaren

Year:

2009

Status:

Completed

Episodes:

64

Format:

TV series

Season:

Spring 2009

Studio:

bones

Source:

Manga

Episode length:

25 min

Genres:

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

AniList score:

9.0/10

Synopsis

"In order for something to be obtained, something of equal value must be lost." Alchemy is bound by this Law of Equivalent Exchange—something the young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric only realize after attempting human transmutation: the one forbidden act of alchemy. They pay a terrible price for their transgression—Edward loses his left leg, Alphonse his physical body. It is only by the desperate sacrifice of Edward's right arm that he is able to affix Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor. Devastated and alone, it is the hope that they would both eventually return to their original bodies that gives Edward the inspiration to obtain metal limbs called "automail" and become a state alchemist, the Fullmetal Alchemist. Three years of searching later, the brothers seek the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical relic that allows an alchemist to overcome the Law of Equivalent Exchange. Even with military allies Colonel Roy Mustang, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes on

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