Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

In a world where alchemy dictates the laws of existence, young Edward Elric carries the weight of a devastating past. Twelve years prior, a desperate attempt to resurrect his deceased mother resulted in the loss of a limb and his brother’s entire body, whose soul is now bound to a suit of armor. As a State Alchemist, Edward seeks a solution to restore both himself and Alphonse to their original forms.

Their quest for the Philosopher's Stone, an artifact said to transcend alchemical limitations, unveils a complex and dangerous reality. The brothers’ journey takes them deeper into a conflict far exceeding personal redemption, forcing them to confront ethical dilemmas surrounding alchemy's power and the true cost of manipulating life itself. The series explores themes of loss, sacrifice, and the consequences of challenging fundamental laws, all set against a backdrop of intricate world-building and compelling character relationships.

Streaming Platforms:

Netflix

Characters:

Elric, Alphonse (Main) - Voice Actors: Kugimiya, Rie, Dismuke, Aaron, Ponticelli, Benedetta, Andreatto, Rodrigo, Gerick, Wanja, Baráth, István, Yun, Mi Na, Torres, Jhonny, Pic, Audrey, Palacios, Elena
Elric, Edward (Main) - Voice Actors: Mignogna, Vic, Park, Romi, Novara, Renato, Scianca, Patrizia, Campos, Marcelo, Vieira, José Manuel, Turba, David, Szabó, Máté, Rada, Blanca, O, In Seong, Pestel, Arthur, Escobar, Ricardo
Archer, Frank (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Show, Baker, Troy, Moneta, Claudio, Bang, Seong Jun, Pappas, Constantin, Camilo, Leonardo, Hüpgen, Hans-Detlef, Belisario, Ledner
Armstrong, Kathleen Elle (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kugimiya, Rie, Oxley, Kate, Regina, Márcia, Häcke, Maximiliane, Henríquez, Melanie, Bréheret, Laurence
Armstrong, Alex Louis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Utsumi, Kenji, Sabat, Christopher, Zucca, Mario, Bierstedt, Detlef, Baroli, Gilberto, Allemane, Benoît, Tena, Pedro
Armstrong, Philip Gargantos (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Utsumi, Kenji, Sabat, Christopher, Bayer, Hans, de Moraes, Luiz Carlos, Zucca, Mario, Peter, Eric
Armstrong, Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bréheret, Laurence, Park, Romi, Harp, Clarine, Montenegro, Arlete
Bard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishii, Kouji, Chandler, Andrew, Peter, Eric, Balzarotti, Marco, Friebe, Thomas, Camilo, Leonardo, Guzmán, Juan
Barry the Chopper (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Itou, Kentarou, Jewell, Jerry, Lima, Mauro Eduardo, Gradi, Emmanuel, Maise, Dieter, Bottale, Luca, Vitale, Carlos, Kazazian, Thierry
Belsio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Joudrier, Tony, Seki, Toshihiko
Bido (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ayres, Greg, Lévy, Gilbert, Silveira, Carlos, Harting, Peter, Ookawa, Tooru
Black Hayate (Supporting)
Bradley, Mrs. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mukaidono, Asami, Gonzales, Ashley, Baroli, Rosa Maria, Linderhaus, Silke
Bradley, King (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shibata, Hidekatsu, Blaylock, Ed, Varga, Rókus, Faragó, András, Lobue, Luiz Antônio, Hernández, Fernando, Räuker, Erich, Fallica, Raffaele, Pichon, Yann
Bradley, Selim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsumura, Makoto, Werner, Rieke, Little, Zarah, Prato, Mercedes, Castro, Júlia, Keita, Fily
Breda, Heymans (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimura, Tomoyuki, Pérez, Luis Miguel, Berry, Josh, Mehani, Taric, Benedetti, Marco, Roberto, Ivo, Szatmári, Attila
Brosh, Denny (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sablik, Nico, Markovics, Tamás, Harada, Masao, Pascal, Benjamin, Foronda, Jim, Jeon, Gwang ju, Araújo, Márcio, Mantovani, Roger, Martínez, Kaihiamal
Clause (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yajima, Akiko, Marques, Jussara, Häcke, Maximiliane, DuPar, Charlet, Bienaimé, Nathalie, Aponte, Rebeca
Clause's Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Schemmel, Sean, Moreno, Sérgio, Sonobe, Keiichi
Cornello (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arimoto, Kinryuu, Bolla, Róbert, Mullins, Andy, Lopes, Guilherme, Lemarié, Sylvain, Kuschmann, Bernd, Balbi, Marco, León Pecheco, Rubén
Cray (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takase, Akimitsu, Carter, Bob, Ridolfo, Claudio, Castro, Mauro
Curtis, Sig (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Carter, Bob, Sasaki, Seiji, Lemarié, Sylvain, Fuochi, Tony, Castro, Mauro, Lévy, Gilbert
Curtis, Izumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Auten, Christine, Bizot, Hélène, Tsuda, Shouko, Németh, Kriszta, Fanfani, Donatella, Gaidarji, Tânia, Lee, Gye Yun, Leiße, Kordula
Dante (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugiyama, Kazuko, Mayfield, Cindee, Hazan, Danièle, Gomes, Isaura, Rizzoli, Laura, Brings, Luise Charlotte
Dolcetto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Burgmeier, John, Matsumoto, Yasunori, Lévy, Gilbert, Beccari, Claudio, Krause, Thomas, Rocha, Roberto, Pulido, Juan Amador
Elisa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Keita, Fily, Kumai, Motoko, Fakhri, Parisa, Bullara, Fernanda, Volpé, Isabelle
Elric, Trisha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mackay, Lydia, Takamori, Yoshino, Aubry, Brigitte, Nyírő, Eszter, Wunsch, Vanessa, Olivieri, Elda, Araújo, Alessandra, Lemes, Cecília
Envy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Mayumi, Powell, Wendy, Haggége, Julien, Seder, Gábor, Giraldi, Silvio, Eom, Sang Hyeon, Grull, Hervé, Indriago, Héctor, Felletti, Alessandra, García, Ivette
Falman, Vato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hebert, Kyle, Murozono, Takehiro, Vári, Attila, Lima, Wellington, Meese, Andreas, Carrero, José María, Kazazian, Thierry, Delli, Antonio, Sesana, Paolo
Fuery, Kain (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiratori, Tetsu, Connolly, Kevin M., De Santis, Paolo, Pascal, Benjamin, Meese, Andreas, Benedetti, Marco, Júnior, Figueira, Alfieri, Vittorio, Serrano, Ezequiel
Gluttony (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takato, Yasuhiro, Cason, Chris, Rába, Roland, Kazazian, Thierry, Baaken, Renier, Sandri, Luca, Marchetti, César, Fumero, Gonzalo
Grand, Basque (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Elliott, R. Bruce, Aomori, Shin, Moreno, Antônio, Murzeau, Thierry, Volcanes, Armando
Greed (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suwabe, Junichi, Patton, Chris, Marconato, Alexandre, Kazazian, Thierry, Padilla, José, Quillico, Gianni, Pérez, Salvador
Grumman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsukada, Masaaki, Kilbinger, Hans-Gerd, Vaccari, Hélio, Fox, Gordon
Hakuro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikawa, Jin, Parsons, Phil, Campanile, Carlos, Ciravolo, Natale, Chiesse, Nestor, Murzeau, Thierry
Halling, Kyle (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawakami, Tomoko, McCoy, Meredith, Maurer, Hannes, Piovani, Tosawi
Havoc, Jean (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McFarland, Mike, Matsumoto, Yasunori, Prata, Patrizio, Corsetti, Sérgio, Hamvas, Dániel, Balam, Ángel, Eom, Sang Hyeon, Schepmann, Philipp, Bozo, Philippe
Hawkeye, Riza (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Neya, Michiko, Clinkenbeard, Colleen, Biasetti, Simona, Quinto, Letícia, Wienand, Gabriele, Nyírő, Bea, Jurado, Giannina, Manoury, Agnès, Sarmentera, Silvia, Kim, Seon Hye
Hohenheim, Van (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ebara, Masashi, McNeil, Scott, Király, Attila, Lopes, Guilherme, Hong, Si Ho, Rouzier, Gérard, Farina, Raffaele, Reitz, Olaf
Hughes, Gracia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mitsuishi, Kotono, Pissardini, Adriana, Goode, Lauren, Glunz-grosch, Petra, Fantini, Silvana, Escobar, Françoise
Hughes, Maes (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji, Strait, Sonny, D'Errico, Alessandro, Roden, Simon T., Oberfrank, Pál, Monge, Cyrille, Kim, Il, Laffey, Luiz, Montero, Miguel Ángel
Hughes, Elicia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshida, Mayumi, Reboul, Christelle, Titus, Tierney, Paulita, Flora, Brückner, Sarah, Henríquez, Melanie
Inspector (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Béthune, Patrick, Baaken, Renier, Hasuike, Ryuuzou, Stoddard, Mark, Camilo, Leonardo
Karin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hazan, Danièle, Komiya, Kazue, Scalvi, Patrícia
Kimblee, Solf J. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuji, Vale, Eric, Rott, Fritz, Chiesse, Nestor, Eom, Sang Hyeon, Ridolfo, Claudio, Rivillon, Benoît, Díaz, Víctor
LeCoulte, Dominic (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gouri, Daisuke, Thomkins, Matthew, Lemarié, Sylvain, Bayer, Hans, Lilla, Sidney
Leo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sinterniklaas, Michael, Obermöller, Heiko, Fukushima, Jun, Chesman, Yuri, Saudinós, Jorge, Bourdon, Thierry
Lujon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bosch, Johnny Yong, Koyasu, Takehito, Joudrier, Tony, Scattorin, Lorenzo, Haase, Markus, Moreno, Sérgio
Lust (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Bailey, Laura, Satou, Yuuko, Patruno, Stefania, Solecki, Janka, Welter, Ilya, Sindberg, Susan, Alves, Vanessa, Díaz Toledo, Elena
Lydia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Fumiko, Savage, Carrie, Gülland, Britt, Baroli, Luciana, Chemin, Pascale
Lyra (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rial, Monica, Kakazu, Yumi, Haffner, Anikó, Aponte, Rebeca, Schmitz, Tanja, Rada, Blanca, Homs, Nathalie, Santos, Angélica, Della Pasqua, Marisa, Marinho, Raquel, Volpé, Isabelle
Majhal (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Williams, Kent, Hashi, Takaya, Silveira, Carlos, Hüpgen, Hans-Detlef, Vlérick, Jean-François, Ríos, Luis Fernando
Marcoh, Tim (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Armstrong, Brice, Totani, Kouji, Keen, Jérôme, Monsalve, Rafael, Eom, Sang Hyeon, Lilla, Sidney, Balzarotti, Marco, Löw, Jürg
Martel (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Grant, Tiffany, Kasahara, Rumi, Helena, Lúcia, Bonalana, Ranja, Keita, Fily
Mason (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sonobe, Keiichi, Martin, Josh, Sodre, Elcio, Friebe, Thomas, Pichon, Yann, Ríos, Luis Fernando
... and 30 more characters

Staff:

Cook, Justin (Producer)
Maruyama, Hiroo (Producer)
Minami, Masahiko (Producer)
Ooyama, Ryou (Producer)
Watson, Barry (Producer)
Iizumi, Tomokazu (Assistant Producer)
Kurosu, Reo (Assistant Producer)
Mizushima, Seiji (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Mima, Masafumi (Sound Director)
Amiya, Masakazu (Episode Director)
Andou, Masahiro (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
Fukuta, Jun (Episode Director)
Hashimoto, Masakazu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hata, Yoshito (Episode Director)
Irie, Yasuhiro (Episode Director, Animation Director)
Iwasaki, Tarou (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kakuta, Kazuki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kaneko, Shingo (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kyouda, Tomoki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Matsuura, Johei (Episode Director)
Nakatsu, Tamaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Oono, Kazuhisa (Episode Director)
Ootsuki, Atsushi (Episode Director)
Suzuki, Norimitsu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Ueda, Shigeru (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yasuda, Kenji (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Aikawa, Shou (Script)
Clinkenbeard, Colleen (Script, ADR Director)
Inoue, Toshiki (Script)
Ishikawa, Manabu (Script)
McFarland, Mike (Script, ADR Director)
Takahashi, Natsuko (Script)
Takayama, Katsuhiko (Script)
Yamatoya, Akatsuki (Script)
Yoshinaga, Aya (Script)
Masui, Souichi (Storyboard)
Matsushita, Yukihiro (Storyboard)
Nanba, Hitoshi (Storyboard)
Sasaki, Shinsaku (Storyboard)
Tachibana, Masaki (Storyboard)
Tokoro, Tomokazu (Storyboard)
Yokoyama, Akitoshi (Storyboard)
Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Fujibayashi, Shouko (Theme Song Lyrics)
Hyde (Theme Song Lyrics)
Kay, Crystal (Theme Song Performance)
Kitade, Nana (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
L'Arc~en~Ciel (Theme Song Performance)
Matsubara, Ken (Theme Song Arrangement)
Nishikawa, Susumu (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
... and 253 more staff

News:

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Award Winning, Drama, Fantasy, Military, Shounen
Themes: Military
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Bones
Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Square Enix
Licensors: Aniplex of America, Funimation
Rating: 8.11 / 10
Rank: #531
Popularity: #85
Users Listed: 1,527,254
Users Scored: 917,989
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 01/30/2023
Aired: October 4, 2003 – October 2, 2004 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 51
Broadcast: Saturday at 18:00 (JST)

Fullmetal Alchemist