The series premiered on April 5, 2009, on MBS-TBS's Sunday 5:00 pm JST anime block. When the manga was reaching its ending, Irie announced the staff was already working in the final episodes on that ending and expressed shock at the series' conclusion. The Japanese version of the series is called Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist ( 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Furumetaru Arukemisuto ?, abbreviated as 鋼の錬金術師FA) to differentiate it from the 2003 series. Bones produced the new series with Yasuhiro Irie as director and Hiroshi Ōnogi as writer. In the 20th volume of the manga, creator Arakawa announced that a second Fullmetal Alchemist was being produced. Along the way, they discover a deep government conspiracy to hide the true nature of the Philosopher's Stone that involves the homunculi, the alkahestrists of the neighboring nation of Xing, the scarred man from the war-torn nation of Ishval, and their own father's past. After passing the exam, Edward is dubbed the "Fullmetal Alchemist" by the State Military, and the brothers begin their quest to discover the nature of the fabled Philosopher's Stone, under the direction of Colonel Roy Mustang. After Edward receives automail prosthetics from Winry and Pinako, the brothers decide to burn their childhood home down (symbolizing their determination and decision of "no turning back") and head to the capital city to become government sanctioned State Alchemists. In a last ditch attempt to keep his brother alive, Ed sacrifices his right arm to bring Al's soul back and houses it in a nearby suit of armor.
In the failed transmutation that results, Al's body is completely obliterated and Ed loses his left leg. However, human transmutation is a taboo, as it is impossible to do so properly. Upon returning home, the two decide to try to bring their mother back to life with alchemy. The boys traveled the world to advance their alchemic training under Izumi Curtis. However, when Trisha died of a lingering illness, they were cared for by their best friend Winry Rockbell and her grandmother Pinako. Their father Hohenheim, a noted and very gifted alchemist, abandoned his family while the boys were still young, and while in Trisha's care they began to show an affinity for alchemy. Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric are raised by their mother Trisha in the remote village of Resembool in the country of Amestris. Main article: List of Fullmetal Alchemist charactersįullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood adapts all 27 volumes of the manga, rather than the first television series which featured an original story line.
On February 1, 2016, Funimation announced they they would be losing home video and streaming rights to both Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, by March 31st, 2016. On February 14, 2010, the English dubbed version of the series began its run on Adult Swim. Madman Entertainment would also stream it "within days" of the episodes airing in Japan. On April 3, 2009, Funimation announced they would stream English subtitled episodes four days after they air in Japan. On March 20, 2009, it was announced that the English title of the series was Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and that it would receive its English language premiere on Animax Asia, with Japanese audio and English subtitles, from Apat 8:30 p.m, five days after its Japanese premiere. Voice actors Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya reprise their roles as main characters Edward and Alphonse Elric, respectively. The series premiered on Apon MBS-TBS' Sunday 5:00 PM JST anime time block, replacing Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and ran weekly until airing its final episode on July 4, 2010. In Japan, it is differentiated from the 2003 series by the inclusion of the English language title. It was first announced in the manga series' 20th tankōbon volume. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the second anime television series based on Fullmetal Alchemist, the first being 2003's Fullmetal Alchemist, as a 1:1 adaptation directly following the events of the manga. Produced by Bones, the series is directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood ( Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師, Hepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi ?) is an anime series adapted from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa.