Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Also known as Hagane no Renkinjutsushi
TV Finished 2009 Teen
Two brothers try to use alchemy to bring their mother back, pay an appalling price, and spend the rest of the series trying to get what little of themselves is left back. It covers a large cast and a national conspiracy without losing the sibling argument at its centre, and it finishes the story it started.
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"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 their side, the brothers find themselves caught up in a nationwide conspiracy that leads them not only to the true nature of the elusive Philosopher's Stone, but their country's murky history as well. In between finding a serial killer and racing against time, Edward and Alphonse must ask themselves if what they are doing will make them human again... or take away their humanity.
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Characters & voices
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Edward ElricMain character
Romi ParkJapanese voice
Alphonse ElricMain character
Rie KugimiyaJapanese voice
Roy MustangSupporting character
Shinichirou MikiJapanese voice
Winry RockbellSupporting character
Megumi TakamotoJapanese voice
Riza HawkeyeSupporting character
Fumiko OrikasaJapanese voice
Ling YaoSupporting character
Mamoru MiyanoJapanese voice
GreedSupporting character
Yuuichi NakamuraJapanese voice
Maes HughesSupporting character
Keiji FujiwaraJapanese voice
ScarSupporting character
Kenta MiyakeJapanese voice
Olivier Mira ArmstrongSupporting character
Youko SoumiJapanese voice
NarratorSupporting character
Iemasa KayumiJapanese voice
Alex Louis ArmstrongSupporting character
Kenji UtsumiJapanese voice
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