Episode 56: The Return of the Führer (2009 series)

Central’s forces fight with renewed vigor following Bradley’s return, and the Fuhrer himself enters the battle. His first opponent is an armored tank. His second foe is even tougher.

Episode Notes

 * This episode is adapted from content in Chapter 97: The Two Philosophers and Chapter 98: Greed Without Limits.
 * The Transmutation Circle that appears in the background of this episode's title card is the Five-Point Human Transmutation circle in the palace at Xerxes.
 * In this episode, the part in the story played by Storch in the manga is instead played by an officer named Gamelan of the 3rd Sovereign Battalion.
 * The anime includes actual flashbacks of each of the Xerxians Hohenheim refers back to, whereas in the manga it was text only. This creates a bit of a continuity error regarding the young scholar "Tommy", who is portrayed with glasses, when it's well known that Xerxes did not have the technology to create them.