Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, also titled 鋼の錬金術師: Fullmetal Alchemist in Japan, is the independent second anime adaptation developed by Bones based on the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa and is directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi. It was first announced in the manga series' 20th tankōbon volume. The series premiered on April 5, 2009 on MBS-TBS' Sunday 5:00 pm JST anime timeblock, replacing Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and ran weekly until airing its final episode on July 4, 2010. Voice actors Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya reprised their roles as main characters Edward and Alphonse Elric, respectively.

On March 20, 2009, it was announced that the English title of the series was Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and that it would receive its English language premiere on Animax Asia, with Japanese audio and English subtitles, from April 10, 2009 at 8:30 p.m, five days after its Japanese premiere. On April 3, 2009, Funimation announced they would stream English subtitled episodes four days after they air in Japan. Madman Entertainment will also stream it "within days" of the episodes airing in Japan. On February 14th 2010, the English dubbed version of the series began its air on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

This anime series is not to be confused with the 2003 anime series (if compared with its Japanese title) or as a sequel to it and unrelated to the 13th volume of the 2003 anime series also titled 'Brotherhood'.

Staff

 * Director: Yasuhiro Irie
 * Series Composition: Hiroshi Ohnogi
 * Music: Akira Senju
 * Original creator: Hiromu Arakawa
 * Character Design: Hiroki Kanno
 * Art director: Takeshi Satou
 * Art design: Kazushige Kanehira
 * Sound director: Masafumi Mima
 * Color design: Soko Nakao
 * Design: Shinji Aramaki

Cast
Japanese Cast:


 * Misato Fukuen as Elicia Hughes
 * Tomoe Hanba as Gracia Hughes

Theme Songs

 * Opening Theme:


 * 1: "Again" by YUI(episodes: 1-14)


 * 2: "Hologram" by NICO Touches the Wall(episodes: 15-26,)


 * 3: "Golden Time Lover" by Sukima Switch(episodes: 27-38)


 * 1) 4 "Period" by CHEMISTRY(39-50)


 * 1) 5. " Rain" by SID(51-60,62)


 * Ending Theme:


 * 1: "嘘 - Uso (Lie)" by SID(1-14)


 * 2: "Let it Out" by Miho Fukuhara(15-26)


 * 3: "Tsunai Da Te (Tied Hands)" by Lil'B(27-38)


 * 1) 4 "Shunkan SENTIMENTAL (Sentimental Moment)" by SCANDAL(39-50)


 * 1) 5. "RAY OF LIGHT " by Shoko Nakagawa(51-62)


 * 1) 6. "Rain" by SID (63)


 * 1) 7 "Hologram" By NICO Touches the Wall (64)


 * Insert Songs:

1. "Let it Out" by Miho Fukuhara (episode 27)

2. "Rain" by SID (episodes 52 and 61)

3. "RAY OF LIGHT" By Shoko Nakagawa (episode 64)