Episode 27: Teacher (2003 series)

Synopsis
The Elric brothers meet their alchemy teacher Izumi Curtis, and she learns the horrible sin they committed years ago. Meanwhile, Colonel Mustang realizes his transfer to Central City can bring him closer to his friend's killer.

There is a rather significant difference in this version of Ed and Al's reunion with Izumi and their declaration of how they chose to perform Human Transmutation despite her direct forbidding given during their apprenticeship. In both the manga and the 2009 anime version, although Izumi attacks Ed and Al, she stops soon after she declares that she already knew their bodies had been affected by some tragic accident (recognizing that there is no body inside Al's armor, and that Ed's left leg and right arm are automail). However, in this version, she beats Ed until he collapses, covered with bruises and cuts. It is only after he pulls himself up to his knees, expecting the beating to continue, that she surprises both brothers by embracing them gently and allowing them to finally grieve. While the manga/Brotherhood version still begins harshly, she embraces them much sooner and comforts them, but her 2003 attack lasts much, much longer, and is seemingly merciless.