

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 Elric in the remote village of Resembool in the country of Amestris.

Voice actresses Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya reprised their roles as main characters Edward and Alphonse Elric, respectively.įullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood adapts all 27 volumes of the manga, unlike the first television series.

The series premiered on April 5, 2009, on 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. Unlike the previous adaptation, Brotherhood is an almost 1:1 adaptation directly following the original events of the manga.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the second anime television series based on Fullmetal Alchemist, the first being 2003's Fullmetal Alchemist. 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 FULLMETAL ALCHEMISTHepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Furumetaru Arukemisuto) is an anime series adapted from the Fullmetal Alchemistmanga by Hiromu Arakawa.
