Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Images
Some images from the upcoming Fullmetal Alchemist – Brotherhood anime to be shown on Animax on April 10 at 8:30pm.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is set in a fictional world where alchemy the transmutation of raw materials into objects is science and the way of life. The brand new anime series is based on Hiromu Arakawa hit manga series which follows the well-loved Elric brothers Edward and Alphonse on their perilous journey in search of the legendary Philosophers Stone. They set forth in the hope that the magical artefact can restore their bodies after a failed alchemy experiment to revive their dead mother cost Edwards left leg and right arm; as well as Alphonses entire body, leaving his soul affixed to a suit of armour.
Production for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was undertaken by anime studio BONES which made the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, and is directed by Yasuhiro Irie who also helmed Kurau: Phantom Memory, Soul Eater, episodes of Alien Nine and RahXephon, as well as animation sequences in the first Fullmetal Alchemist series.
Hiroshi Ohnogi (Macross Zero) leads script development while Hiroki Kanno (Yu Yu Hakusho The Movie: Poltergeist Report) takes on character design, with music by Akira Senju (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam). Producers include Ryo Oyama from production and distribution firm Aniplex; broadcaster MBS’ Hiro Maruyama; Nobuyuki Kurashige from video games and publishing firm Square Enix; and BONES’ Noritomo Yonai. Well-loved voice talents Paku Romi and Rie Kugimiya, winner of the Best Lead Actress at the Third Annual Seiy? Awards for her part in Shakugan no Shana, are reprising their roles as protagonists Edward and Alphonse Elric respectively.
With a story spun off from the manga series, the previous Fullmetal Alchemist anime series was broadcast in 2003 and was voted the most popular anime of all time in Japan in two online polls by Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi. Its theatrical sequel Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa debuted 2005 to great critical acclaim including Animation Of The Year, Best original story and Best music awards at the 2005 Tokyo Anime Fair; the 2005 Animation Grand Award prize from the Mainichi Film Awards; as well as the Best Animated Film honour at Canadas Fantasia International Film Festival.
Here’s the trailer for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
April 3rd, 2009 at 11:30 am
Ooh. Is this supposed to be the sequel to the tv arcs?
Saw the 1st season of the series and loved it.
Watched the full-length movie; Full Metal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shambala with my critics for friends. Guess what, they were instantly hooked.
I LOVED IT, THEY LOVED IT, WE LOVED IT! XD
And it’s from anime studios Bones (c) and Aniplex (c).
You know it’s gotta’ be good.
Sooo looking forward to watching the new series.
April 10, Friday, 8:30 PM.
But because of the lent season, maybe I’ll go watch the re-runs (if they decide to have any).
But still, HECK YES!
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
@SunStrider
yep, this is the sequel. I’m also looking forward to watching this. ^^
April 5th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Guys, this isn’t a sequel. The first series had a storyline loosely based on the manga. This series follows the manga explicitly. Basically, they’re redoing the series from the beginning with the original plot rather than the first anime’s modified one. The first anime ended off with the movie. Hope this helps clear things up
April 6th, 2009 at 2:21 am
tnx for clearing that up, Spades. ^^
April 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
So this is a remake?
April 6th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
aside from the synopsis that I posted on my post, this is the other info that I got from the official press release of Animax:
Set to emulate the overwhelming success of the first series and sequel movie, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood offers a touching story, exciting action and fantastic artwork that have become hallmarks of the world-renowned Fullmetal Alchemist franchise. Definitely the biggest and most keenly anticipated mega anime title this year, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood comes to Animax amidst stiff competition for the show worldwide, and that is made all the more satisfying for our viewers with the highly-coveted same-week broadcast, added Gregory Ho.
as for it being a reboot of the entire series, that remains to be seen until we actually watch the 1st episode on April 10.
but hey, its only a few days away anyway. ^^
April 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I wish they’d rather broadcast K-On! instead…
:3
April 7th, 2009 at 4:40 am
The FMA Brotherhood, is based on the original version within the manga. I already watched the first episode, and it’s really different from the FMA aired on Philippine TV 4 years ago.
April 8th, 2009 at 8:13 am
hey what channel will this come on? I’m looking forward to it. its gonna be great!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:37 am
@Virginia
Animax channel.
May 7th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Tagalog version coming soon on TV5.
May 25th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
so this one (FMAB) follows the manga well? hmm, quite interesting. because i got too confused and was like “WTF?” watching the 1st ep on TV5 (Philippines). ive seen Conqueror of Shamballa already and i could tell when i watched the 1st ep of FMAB that it was different.
im glad TV5 acquired the rights to this! now im gonna watch every episode (with replays, hah!) and try to compare the two.
hope this is also pure win, like the first.
July 26th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
This is great news! I’m excited to see this. I haven’t read the manga but I have seen the old series, which made me an instant fan of the story. I’ve heard the manga version is way better. We’ll see this time.
September 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Hmmm. They did not actually follow the manga even though they say that they will stay true to the mangas story, hehehe, kidding.. ^_^ They changed some story a bit but still it is relatively close to the manga story. I have no problem with the 1st anime (take note of that guys, 1st anime and not original anime) but i really like to follow the manga and FMAB is quite my taste.. and lastly, its been rumored that FMAB will be ending along with the manga, ain’t that cool ^_^
September 20th, 2009 at 11:44 am
hello im ed is a amazing story from ed and al im so happy to watch it every day i have to complain my mother to watch full metal alchemist brotherhood and the movie plzzzzzzzzzzzzz make me a friends forever in ever in ever in ever in ever and i love you two al and ed woooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww im so happy oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111
October 7th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
i always watch FMA: Brotherhood on Animax!!! every friday at 8:30pm, same week telecast as Japan ^_^ sooo exciting!!!!
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