Fullmetal Alchemist

My First Review!

"You can't gain something without sacrificing something else of the equal value. This is the principle of the equivalent trade."

Plot

The story takes place in an alternate world from ours in the early 1900's. Two young brothers, older Edward Elric and younger Alphonse Elric, live with their mother Trisha in the small village of Resembool. Their father left home when they were still very young, but Ed and Al inherited his passion for alchemy.

1909. On a fine day, Trisha dies of an unknown illness, leaving her two sons orphans. Ed blames his father for Trisha's death and wants to find a way to bring her back to life. At this time, Ed was 10, Al 9. When Edward finds out about flesh forging in an alchemy book that belonged to his father, he engages in an intense training with Al in order to be able to perform a human transmutation.

On February 1910, the Elric brothers cross the forbidden line trying to resurrect their
mom. The attempt ends in a complete failure. In the process, Ed loses his left leg and Al his whole body. In a last try full of despair, Ed uses alchemy to restore his brother's spirit putting it in a suit of mail, at the further cost of his right arm. When Al wakes up in the armour, he suddenly realizes what happened and takes his unconscious injured brother to the neighbours, the Rockbells.

After that day, the two decide to embark on a journey to find the legendary Philosopher's Stone, rumoured to create anything from nothing, in hopes of getting back their original bodies.

I say:

A great anime! I've finish watchin it (51 episodes).
There's a big differences in the anime. The first half of the plot closely follows the manga. It diverges ner the middle of the story when the Elric brothers travels to Rush Valley. A former lover of Hohenheim (the brothers father) Dante (not appear in the manga) acts as the main antagonist.

The story followed in Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conquerer of Shambala situated two years after the end of the anime.

I miss FMA! T.T

My Rate:

Story & Characters: 8/10
Art : 7/10
Music: 8/10
Presentation: 6/10