Episode 2: The First Day (2009 series)

A glimpse into the past reveals the pain and desperation that drove the Elric boys to break alchemy’s greatest taboo – human transmutation – and their reasons for becoming dogs of the military.

Episode Notes

 * This episode is adapted from content in Chapter 21: The Brothers' Secret, Chapter 23: Knocking on Heaven's Door and Chapter 24: Fullmetal Alchemist.
 * The Transmutation Circles that appear in the background of this episode's title card are the Human Transmutation circle devised by the Elric brothers and Roy Mustang's Flame Alchemy circle.
 * This episode marks as Izumi's first appearance (though she is not properly identified and introduced as she is as the amounts of knowledge in the Gate).
 * It's in this episode that it was mentioned for the first time the Xingese's alchemy, when Maes Hughes  gives to Roy the final report on the  Isaac McDougal  incident.