7.424 minSeason 1 • Episode 51
LatestEdward Elric realizes he must make the ultimate sacrifice if he wants to retrieve his brother from the Gate. Hawkeye breaks free from her captors.
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.
Acting
Romi Park's Edward screams with the fury of a thousand wronged children
Score
Michiru Oshima's orchestral devastation will haunt your playlists
Writing
Original anime ending that dared to out-dark the manga
Romi Park
Edward Elric (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Alphonse Elric (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Winry Rockbell (voice)
Toru Okawa
Roy Mustang (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Scar (voice)
Naomi Wakabayashi
Sheska (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Wrath (voice)
Miyoko Aso
Pinako Rockbell (voice)
Michiko Neya
Riza Hawkeye (voice)
Mayumi Yamaguchi
Envy (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Rose Thomas (voice)
Masashi Ebara
Van Hoenheim (voice)
Kenji Utsumi
Alex Louis Armstrong (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Maes Hughes (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Greed (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2003 version diverged from Hiromu Arakawa's unfinished manga, creating an entirely original — and bleaker — second half that anime purists still fight about.
The series invented the 'gate of truth' visual that Arakawa later adopted into the manga, making this the rare adaptation that influenced its source material.
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