In 2. While it followed the story at first, it quickly spun off in another direction, and ended up with an entirely different conclusion altogether. This was pretty much inevitable, since the manga was released in a monthly magazine the weekly anime would have tons of filler to make sure it didnt overrun the story. For more information on this series and the tropes and characters involved exclusively in its own canon, check out its own page. In 2. 00. 9 as the manga was nearing its end a new anime series Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was announced it followed the mangas story much more faithfully with nearly no filler while skimming through material already covered in the 2. When it was released in the US, nearly the entire original cast of the 2. The Secret World Of Arrietty Full Movie on this page. For anyone who wants to watch an accurate animated adaptation of the original manga, this is the series to watch. After the end of Brotherhood, a movie set within the series Fullmetal Alchemist The Sacred Star of Milos was released in 2. US. Unlike The Conqueror of Shamballa a film based off the first anime series, this film exists as a side story to the mangaBrotherhood. In the US and Canada, Viz Media licenses and publishes the manga series, while Brotherhood is available on Crunchyroll. Elsewhere in the English speaking world, Brotherhood is licensed to Manga Entertainment in the UK and Ireland, while Madman Entertainment distributes both the show and the manga in Australia and New Zealand. This page deals with Hiromu Arakawas original manga and its direct anime adaptation titled Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. For the loose 2003 anime. A live action film adaptation will be released in 2. A Recap can be found HERE. List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters. Some of the Fullmetal Alchemist characters from left to right and top to bottom Lust, Edward, Alphonse, Armstrong, Scar, Winry, Mustang, Hawkeye, Gluttony, Izumi with her husband in the background, Bradley, Pinako and Den, Barry the Chopper and the Slicer Brothers, Envy, Havoc, and Hughes. The Fullmetal Alchemistmanga and anime series feature an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Hiromu Arakawa. The story is set in a fictional universe within the 2. Although they basically start the same, the first anime, midway through its run, begins to differ greatly from the original manga characters that are killed early on in the manga survive to the end of the first anime and vice versa. The second animes Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood events, however, faithfully follow those from the manga. The homunculi were created by or are at the discretion of Father, each being a manifestation of one of his traits his greed, his lust, and so on. Father would later reveal that he ultimately created the homunculi for the sole attempt of purifying himself of what he believed to be his personal flaws. As a psychological effect of their unusual physical prowesses, many homunculi tend to be proud, and exalt their nature as a homuculus. Each homunculus has a Philosophers Stone somewhere in his or her body which fuels their regenerative ability. At least five of the Homunculi are either natural humans or artificial human bodies who were injected with Philosophers Stones, which were broken off from Fathers body.