Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 1 Times Watched: 11,419 | Comments: 2

In a brief flashback two young boys, Edward and Alphonse Elric, attempt to perform an alchemical transmutation. Something goes horribly wrong. Alphonse disappears, Edward is missing his left leg and right arm, and a grotesque figure reminiscent of their mother appears out of the transmutation circle. The scene switches to the current day and the brothers are seen walking across a desert. They arrive at Lior, where they hear about a religious leader named Father Cornello who can invoke miracles....

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 2 Times Watched: 5,234 | Comments: 0

The brothers reveal that they were trying to revive their mother and they warn Ros that reviving her boyfriend, Cain, would result a similar fate. Cornello then attacks them, and they barely escape. To comfort Ros, Cornello shows her a silhouette of Cain. He then orders the townspeople to attack and capture the Elrics, which they do. Cornello catches Ros trying to visit Cain and he reveals the silhouette to be a chimera made of birds. He leaves her to be eaten by the chimera, but Al arrives just...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 3 Times Watched: 3,756 | Comments: 0

In a flashback episode, Ed and Al learn alchemy from a very young age, taking after their father, who apparently abandoned his family some time ago. They show their alchemy to both their friend, Winry Rockbell, and their mother, Trisha Elric. Trisha encourages them, but she dies from a sudden illness and the brothers vow to revive them with alchemy. They apprentice themselves to Izumi Curtis, and after her training, they attempt to resurrect Trisha, but Ed loses his left leg and Al loses his...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 4 Times Watched: 3,545 | Comments: 0

On their way to Central City, Ed and Al take a detour to meet an alchemist named Majihal, whose name had appeared several times in their father's correspondences. Upon entry into Majihal's village, they are warned that a zombie has murdered several villagers. Klose, a young child, asks the brothers to avenge her sister's death. Majihal talks to the brothers and they discover that he has been attempting to revive Karin, his former lover who died in an accident. He has been using the souls of the...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 5 Times Watched: 3,659 | Comments: 3

Edward and Alphonse are told by Mustang to board the train that is currently leaving the station. Their train is hijacked by a group of terrorists led by a man named Bald. They take General Haruko, who happens to be on the train, and his family captive and demand that their leader is released from prison. Ed and Al fight back, however, and meet Major Maes Hughes, who helps them defeat Bald and rescue the General. The train arrives safely at the station and the military moves in to arrest the...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 6 Times Watched: 3,164 | Comments: 0

Ed and Al begin preparing for the Alchemy Exam while lodging with Shou Tucker, "The Sewing-Life Alchemist," who is well-known for creating intelligent chimeras. The brothers become fast friends with Tucker's daughter, Nina, and her dog, Alexander. Elrics' cramming is only interrupted when Hughes and his wife, Gracia, throw a birthday party for Ed. During the party, Gracia goes into labor and they witness the birth of Elicia.

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 7 Times Watched: 2,771 | Comments: 0

Ed, having passed the State Alchemy Exam, now is a "dog of the military." Mustang gives Edward a silver pocket watch, a symbol of Ed's rank and an alchemical amplifier. Edward writes a letter to Winry, his childhood friend, and Nina writes one to her mother, who disappeared two years ago and hasn't been responding to Nina's letters. Tucker, up for his State Alchemist re-certification, needs to pass or he cannot continue to care for his daughter. In his desperation, he turns Nina and her dog into...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 8 Times Watched: 2,612 | Comments: 0

Anguished by the horrible consequences of Tucker's new alchemic research and disgusted at his first assignment, organizing Tucker's research, including the malformed chimeric specimens, Ed considers deserting his new career with the State Military. Ed is told that Tucker himself was immediately executed, without a trial, because his guilt was so obvious. Winry, who has arrived at Central to visit Ed and Al, is kidnapped by a serial killer butcher named Barry, who disguised himself as a woman and...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 9 Times Watched: 2,482 | Comments: 0

Ed and Al take Winry shopping to try to cheer up. They enjoy themselves, but Ed receives his second assignment: inspecting the coal mines at the town of Youswell. Upon arriving in Youswell, Ed is kicked out of the single inn in Youswell. Lieutenant Yoki, the military commander in charge of the area, appears and tries to collect taxes from the inn but a riot erupts and Yoki nearly kills Kyle, the inn owners son before Ed appears and saves Kyles life. Noticing that Ed is a state alchemist, Ed is...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 10 Times Watched: 2,979 | Comments: 0

After exposing Father Cornello in Lior as a fraud, Ed and Al are on their way back to report to Colonel Mustang about the incident. They stop at the town of Aquroya and get caught up in the manhunt for a talented cat burglar, Psiren, who uses her skills as an alchemist to make fools of the local police time and again. The Chief of Police hopes to fight fire with fire by using Ed to catch Psiren. Three times, Psiren tricks Ed and Al into thinking that she steals for the good of the people; saving...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 11 Times Watched: 2,848 | Comments: 0

On a tip from Psiren, Edward and Alphonse arrive in Xenotime to look for the Philosopher's Stone. They find a young girl trapped under a fallen mine cart and save her using alchemy. The girl introduces herself as Elisa and brings them to the tavern. During the feast in their honor, the brothers hear that the Philosopher's Stone is near completion. A man named Mugwar has been researching the stone, but when Ed and Al introduce themselves, they discover that impostors have assumed their names....

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 12 Times Watched: 2,718 | Comments: 0

Ed and Al depart from the mansion after Ed is saved by Fletcher. Mugwar, stunned at the damage dealt to the lab, asks the Tringham brothers to use an alternate method to speed up the creation of the red stone. When Russell refuses, Mugwar reveals that he knows the Tringhams are not the real Elrics and captures them. Back at the tavern, Ed and Al learn about Nash Tringham, Russell and Fletcher's father. The original discoverer of the red water, Nash soon left the city and was never seen again...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 13 Times Watched: 2,747 | Comments: 0

Ed finally arrives in East City to report to Colonel Mustang on his investigation into the Philosopher's Stone. Fury picks up a dog and tries to get someone to adopt it but fails. Ed and Mustang discuss Ed's reports when Ed brings up Doctor Marcoh. Basque Gran enters and announces that Central Headquarters has moved to the Eastern Headquarters. At the lunchroom, Gran interrupts Ed and Hughes's discussion about Marcoh and declares that Marcoh was a deserter. When Ed discovers that he is up for...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 14 Times Watched: 2,758 | Comments: 0

Civil unrest has broken out in the town of Lior. Lust, Envy, and Gluttony discuss Ed's progress. Scar kills another State Alchemist in East City. Ed and Al find Marcoh and learn about the usage of the Philosopher's Stone in the Ishbal rebellion. Used as an amplification device for many alchemists' powers, the Stone increased damage by large amounts. Marcoh escaped from the army after the large scale destruction during the war and became a doctor to repent for his sins. Basque Gran, who was...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 15 Times Watched: 2,749 | Comments: 0

Scar and Armstrong continue to duel, and Ed, Al, and Marcoh escape in the chaos. Armstrong discovers that Scar is from Ishbal and that he uses alchemy. Marcoh tells Ed and Al about the Ishbal rebellion. Ishbal, originally a peaceful region that only differed in religion, erupted in civil war when an officer accidentally shot a child. State Alchemists were liberally used against the Ishbalans, who viewed alchemy as heretical. Marcoh was asked by Basque Gran to provide transmutation amplification...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 16 Times Watched: 2,509 | Comments: 0

Ed and Al head back to Resembool to repair Ed's broken arm and Al's broken armor, and Armstrong volunteers to tag along to protect them. Lust attacks Marcoh in his "safe house" and coerces him into revealing the location of his research on the Philosopher's Stone. She, along with Gluttony, then kills him and heads toward the National Central Library, 1st Branch. On the train to Resembool, Armstrong and Ed discover that Al was unloaded at the previous station and are forced to search for him....

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 17 Times Watched: 2,376 | Comments: 0

Ed and Al return to Risembool with Armstrong and are greeted by Pinako. Winry, appalled by the damage sustained by the brothers, admonishes the pair. Pinako, understanding that the brothers need to return to Central urgently, agrees to repair Ed's arm and adjust Ed's leg in just three days. Armstrong, refusing to rest like the brothers are, helps out and tells Pinako and Winry about the Elric brothers' fame. Ed visits his mother's grave and both of the brothers reminisce about their childhood....

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 18 Times Watched: 2,382 | Comments: 0

In the library in Central City, Lust and Gluttony search for Marcoh's research. Scar, also looking for Marcoh's research, notices that Lust reminds him of someone he knows. When the pair attacks him however, he realizes that they are Homunculi. Returning from Resembool, Ed and Al arrive at Central by train and meet their new bodyguards, Maria Ross and Denny Brosh. When they arrive at the National Central Library, 1st Branch it is a smoldering mess and Ed and Al go on a exhaustive search to find...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 19 Times Watched: 2,856 | Comments: 1

Ed and Al are horrified by the "truth behind truths" Marcoh's notes revealed about the key ingredient in making a Philosopher's Stone, and nearly give up their quest. Al tries to convince Ed to continue, but it is Maria Ross who inspires him to continue. Wanting to ascertain the truth for themselves, they decide to investigate Central's Fifth Laboratory, suspecting that the lab, officially closed for years, is secretly being used for research on the Philosopher's Stone. Ignoring the orders of...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 21 Times Watched: 3,150 | Comments: 0

Alphonse's battle with Barry the Chopper is interrupted by the arrival of Scar, who easily defeats Barry. However, Barry sets of a series of explosions and escapes. These explosions manage to free Greed, who frees people from the cells around him. Slicer agrees to take Ed to the interior of the lab, but Slicer's little brother commits suicide after Ed calls him human. Kimblee, the Crimson Alchemist, and several other prisoners are led by a fake Basque Gran to be ingredients for the Stone. Ed and...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 20 Times Watched: 2,858 | Comments: 0

Each of the Elric brothers finds himself in fierce battle with a guard of Laboratory 5. However, both brothers soon discover that the guards are identical to Al; the guards are souls bound to empty suits of armor. Number 48 reveals himself as Slicer, a serial killer, and Number 66 reveals himself as Barry the Chopper, who the brothers helped arrest. Though Ed feels his auto-mail failing, he manages to grab Slicer's helmet, immobilizing Slicer. However, Slicer reveals that he was in fact two...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 22 Times Watched: 2,933 | Comments: 1

Knowing that the Elric brothers have gone to Laboratory 5, Maes Hughes organizes an expedition to rescue them. Above Ed, Envy gathers the human ingredients for Ed's attempt to transmute a Philosopher's Stone. Fhrer King Bradley joins Hughes' expedition and mobilizes the military to save the Elric brothers. Kimblee sets off an explosion, causing the prisoners to fall into the room below. Ed, surprised at the "ingredients," questions why they are here, but Envy, Lust, and Gluttony appear and give...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 23 Times Watched: 2,387 | Comments: 0

Edward, recovering from his wounds from Labratory 5, is scolded by Maria Ross for almost dying. Winry realizes she forgot one of the parts of Edward's arm and hastens to Central to fix Ed's arm. Hughes, investigating the Laboratory, asks Edward about the events, and Ed reveals the existance of the Homunculi. Winry arrives in Central and is guided to Ed by Major Armstrong. After the brothers refuse to tell her about the events, she leaves in a fury and is dragged off by Hughes to celebrate...

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 24 Times Watched: 2,333 | Comments: 0

Alphonse has run away. He soon runs into Scar, who has been hiding among other refugees from Ishbal, still recovering from his fight at the Central Library with Lust and Gluttony.

Anime, Fullmetal Alchemist | Episode 25 Times Watched: 2,090 | Comments: 0

n a flashback, then-Major Hughes promises then-Lt. Colonel Mustang he will work under him and help push him to the top so he can become Fhrer, and make the country a better place. Back in the present, Hughes' investigation into the incidents at Laboratory Five leads him to discover a conspiracy within the military concerning the war in Ishbal and the Philosopher's Stone.