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.
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Fullmetal Alchemist
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⭐8.2/101,043 votes
Quick facts
First Aired
2003
Seasons
1
Episodes
51
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.2/10
Votes
1,043
Genre
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Status
Ended
Network
TBS
Language
JA
Seasons
S01E01
Those Who Challenge the Sun
⭐ 7.1
Oct 4, 200324 min
When Edward and Alphonse meet a so-called religious leader who can invoke miracles, they believe he's carrying the philosopher's stone.
S01E02
Body of the Sanctioned
⭐ 7.5
Oct 11, 200324 min
Edward and Alphonse struggle over whether they should reveal the truth behind Cornello's miracles -- and possibly ruin the townspeople's lives.
S01E03
Mother
⭐ 7.6
Oct 18, 200324 min
A young Ed and Al are determined to bring back their dead mother, who was their pillar of strength during dreary times of war.
S01E04
A Forger's Love
⭐ 6.9
Oct 25, 200324 min
While on their way to seek out an important man from their childhood, Ed and Al come across a town haunted by a ghostly woman.
S01E05
The Man with the Mechanical Arm
⭐ 7.3
Nov 1, 200324 min
Ed and Al hop aboard a train to Central City and quickly find themselves defending the passengers -- including Gen. Hakuro -- from terrorists.
S01E06
The Alchemy Exam
⭐ 7.2
Nov 8, 200324 min
Once in Central City, Ed and Al move into the vast mansion of sewing-life alchemist Shou Tucker and begin to prepare for the Alchemy Exam.
S01E07
Night of the Chimera's Cry
⭐ 7.8
Nov 15, 200324 min
Now an official State Alchemist, Ed takes a closer look at Tucker's chimera experiments and begins to realize there's something very wrong going on.
S01E08
The Philosopher's Stone
⭐ 7.3
Nov 22, 200324 min
A disenchanted Ed resigns from his position as State Alchemist, and when Winry arrives in town, she may be the serial killer's next victim.
S01E09
Be Thou for the People
⭐ 7.3
Nov 29, 200324 min
Ed and Al go on assignment to inspect a small mining colony and discover its inhabitants are being heavily taxed by a tyrant and his Alchemist.
S01E10
The Phantom Thief
⭐ 7.0
Dec 6, 200324 min
While trying to avoid their meeting with Mustang, Ed and Al end up in a small town and become embroiled in a manhunt for a female Robin Hood.
S01E11
The Other Brothers Elric (1)
⭐ 7.1
Dec 13, 200324 min
Ed and Al head to Xenotime in hopes of finding the Philosopher's Stone, but they find only two boys creating a strange red water.
S01E12
The Other Brothers Elric (2)
⭐ 7.0
Dec 20, 200324 min
Ed and Al uncover a conspiracy involving the Tringham Brothers' father, his involvement with the red water and the disease that's stricken Xenotime.
S01E13
Fullmetal vs. Flame
⭐ 7.0
Dec 27, 200324 min
Ed reports back to Mustang in East City, where discussion of Doctor Marcoh and the Philosopher's Stone leads to a duel between Ed and the colonel.
S01E14
Destruction's Right Hand
⭐ 6.8
Jan 10, 200424 min
While the shape-shifting Envy disguises himself as Cornello, Ed and Al find Marcoh and learn about the Stone's involvement in the Ishbal Rebellion.
S01E15
The Ishbal Massacre
⭐ 7.4
Jan 17, 200424 min
As the Strong Arm Alchemist defends them from the surrounding chaos, Marcoh reveals to the Elrics the vast atrocities of the Ishbal Massacre.
S01E16
That Which Is Lost
⭐ 7.2
Jan 24, 200424 min
As Marcoh faces a deadly encounter with Lust, Armstrong and the Elrics flee to Resembool. Ed is sent into a rage when they lose Al in the process.
S01E17
House of the Waiting Family
⭐ 7.1
Jan 31, 200424 min
While resting and receiving repairs back in Resembool, Ed visits his mother's grave and Al reveals his concerns about his fading memories.
S01E18
Marcoh's Notes
⭐ 6.9
Feb 7, 200424 min
Ed and Al are forced to go in search of another source for Marcoh's book after Lust, Gluttony and Scar burn the First Branch Library to the ground.
S01E19
The Truth Behind Truths
⭐ 7.0
Feb 14, 200424 min
Ed and Al are horrified when they learn what the key ingredient in making a Philosopher's Stone is, but they forge ahead to explore an abandoned lab.
S01E20
Soul of the Guardian
⭐ 7.4
Feb 21, 200424 min
Several malfunctions in their armor impede Ed and Al as they face off against some tortured souls bound to empty suits.
S01E21
The Red Glow
⭐ 7.2
Feb 28, 200424 min
Barry sets off a series of explosions that inadvertently free Greed and the other prisoners. Tucker returns from the dead in a surprising new form.
S01E22
Created Human
⭐ 7.1
Mar 6, 200424 min
As Envy, in the form of Basque Grand, gathers the human ingredients to form the Stone, Maes Hughes sets out to rescue the Elrics from Laboratory 5.
S01E23
Heart of Steel
⭐ 7.0
Mar 13, 200424 min
Edward upsets Winry with his refusal to talk, and Alphonse decides to confront Edward with his questions about artificial souls.
S01E24
Bonding Memories
⭐ 6.9
Mar 20, 200424 min
Alphonse runs off and comes face to face with Scar, who's been hiding out among the mercenary-plagued refugees of Ishbal.
S01E25
Words of Farewell
⭐ 7.3
Mar 27, 200424 min
When Ed and Al take Winry on a quest to tail Scar and learn more about the Stone, they discover a connection between Lab 5 and the war in Ishbal.
S01E26
Her Reason
⭐ 7.2
Apr 3, 200424 min
As Ed, Al and Winry arrive in Rush Valley to retrieve automail, Mustang figures that a high-ranking officer must be responsible for Hughes' death.
S01E27
Teacher
⭐ 7.1
Apr 10, 200424 min
Edward and Alphonse fear for their lives when they come face to face with Izumi Curtis, their former teacher, who brings them back to Dublith.
S01E28
All is One, One is All
⭐ 7.0
Apr 17, 200424 min
In order to teach them a life lesson and give them time to reflect, Izumi leaves Ed and Al on Yock Island -- the place where she first found them.
S01E29
The Untainted Child
⭐ 7.3
Apr 24, 200424 min
Edward and Alphonse discover that the young boy on Yock Island is, all at once, an alchemist, a homunculus and able to transmute his own body.
S01E30
Assault on South Headquarters
⭐ 7.3
May 1, 200424 min
As the military captures the mysterious Yock Island boy and imprisons him in South Headquarters, Yoki spots Scar among a group of Ishbalans.
S01E31
Sin
⭐ 7.1
May 8, 200424 min
Envy disguises herself as Bradley and plucks the homunculus child from Izumi. Meanwhile, the boy remembers his past after he eats Stone fragments.
S01E32
Dante of the Deep Forest
⭐ 7.3
May 15, 200424 min
Izumi drops in on Ed and Al's fight with Wrath, a new homunculus who seeks the rest of Edward's body in order to make himself human.
S01E33
Al, Captured
⭐ 7.0
May 29, 200424 min
When Martel takes over Al's armor and brings him to Greed's headquarters, it's up to Izumi and Edward to come to the rescue
S01E34
Theory of Avarice
⭐ 7.4
Jun 5, 200424 min
With Ed, Izumi and Sig in his custody, Lt. Col. Archer reinstates Shou Tucker as State Alchemist and orders his men to hunt down Greed.
S01E35
Reunion of the Fallen
⭐ 6.7
Jun 12, 200424 min
As Edward and Alphonse head out to the Ishbal camp with Winry, Lust is sitting down at a restaurant when a man from her past enters the room.
S01E36
The Sinner Within
⭐ 7.3
Jun 19, 200424 min
Ed and Alphonse hope to learn more about the Philosopher's Stone when they lend a hand to a group of Ishbalan refugees being shipped further south.
S01E37
The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant & The Mystery of Warehouse 13
⭐ 7.1
Jun 26, 200424 min
While he investigates Mustang, Lt. Havoc orders his man Falman to find him a girlfriend. Later, Mustang must investigate the haunted Warehouse 13.
S01E38
With the River's Flow
⭐ 7.0
Jul 3, 200424 min
After an argument splits up Ed, Al and Winry, Al bumps into a familiar face, and Winry decides to investigate Hughes' murder with Sheska.
S01E39
Secret of Ishbal
⭐ 7.0
Jul 10, 200424 min
Kimblee is named State Alchemist and heads out with the troops to Liore, where Scar is gouging out the earth with a large stone.
S01E40
The Scar
⭐ 7.3
Jul 17, 200424 min
After Lust and Gluttony drop in on Edward's confrontation with Scar in Liore, the seventh and final homunculus is finally revealed.
S01E41
Holy Mother
⭐ 7.3
Jul 24, 200424 min
With the help of Rose, the Holy Mother, Scar instructs the inhabitants of Liore not to provoke violence as they lure the military into town.
S01E42
His Name Is Unknown
⭐ 7.6
Jul 24, 200424 min
With Ed busy aiding the people of Liore, Scar is the only one who can help Alphonse when his armor begins transforming into an explosive compound.
S01E43
The Stray Dog
⭐ 7.3
Jul 31, 200424 min
While the Elric Brothers flee Liore, Winry meets a complete stranger in Resembool who is later introduced to her as Ed and Al's father.
S01E44
Hohenheim of Light
⭐ 7.3
Aug 7, 200424 min
As the Elrics' father, Hohenhelm of Light, sets out to confront the leader of the Homunculi, Lyra and Rose find a secret stairway in an old church.
S01E45
A Rotted Heart
⭐ 7.4
Aug 21, 200424 min
A complex and entangled history reveals itself as Van Hohenheim of Light battles Dante, the leader of the Homunculi.
S01E46
Human Transmutation
⭐ 7.3
Aug 28, 200424 min
The brothers are in danger when they become separated. Ed returns to Dante's mansion to look for clues. Al meets with the deranged Shou Tucker.
S01E47
Sealing the Homunculus
⭐ 7.3
Sep 4, 200424 min
Wrath believes that Sloth is his real mother. Sloth battles Shou Tucker. Ed realizes that Al has been tricked by Tucker.
S01E48
Goodbye
⭐ 7.4
Sep 11, 200424 min
Armstrong declares an uprising against the Führer on the northern border while Ed, joined by Izumi, fights the remaining Homunculi in Central.
S01E49
The Other Side of the Gate
⭐ 7.1
Sep 18, 200424 min
King Bradley comes home to give his son a birthday gift. Edward meets with Russell in an abandoned church. Maria and Denny arrive to support Izumi.
S01E50
Death
⭐ 7.4
Sep 25, 200424 min
Edward Elric arrives in World War I after being pulled through the Gate. Roy Mustang confronts his enemy, Homunculus Pride.
S01E51
Laws and Promises
⭐ 7.4
Oct 2, 200424 min
Edward Elric realizes he must make the ultimate sacrifice if he wants to retrieve his brother from the Gate. Hawkeye breaks free from her captors.