<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anime and Manga portal </Td> </Tr> <P> Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Japanese: 鋼 の 錬金術 師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, Hepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Furumetaru Arukemisuto) is an anime series adapted from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa . Produced by Bones, the series is directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi . Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the second anime television series based on Fullmetal Alchemist, the first being 2003's Fullmetal Alchemist . Unlike the previous adaptation, Brotherhood is an almost 1: 1 adaptation directly following the original events of the manga . It was first announced in the manga series' 20th tankōbon volume . In Japan, it is differentiated from the 2003 series by the inclusion of the English language title . The series premiered on April 5, 2009, on MBS - TBS' Sunday 5: 00 PM JST anime time block, replacing Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and ran weekly until airing its final episode on July 4, 2010 . Voice actresses Romi Park and Rie Kugimiya reprise their roles as main characters Edward and Alphonse Elric, respectively . </P> <P> 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 would also stream it "within days" of the episodes airing in Japan . On February 14, 2010, the English - dubbed version of the series began its run on Adult Swim . On February 1, 2016, Funimation announced that they would be losing home video and streaming rights to both Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa by March 31, 2016 . The series was transferred to Aniplex of America . </P> <P> Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood adapts all 27 volumes of the manga, unlike the first television series . Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric are raised by their mother Trisha Elric in the remote village of Resembool in the country of Amestris . Their father Hohenheim, a noted and very gifted alchemist, abandoned his family while the boys were still young, and while in Trisha's care they began to show an affinity for alchemy . However, when Trisha died of a lingering illness, they were cared for by their best friend Winry Rockbell and her grandmother Pinako . The boys traveled the world to advance their alchemic training under Izumi Curtis . Upon returning home, the two decide to try to bring their mother back to life with alchemy . However, human transmutation is a taboo, as it is impossible to do so properly . In the failed transmutation that results, Al's body is completely obliterated and Ed loses his left leg . In a last ditch attempt to keep his brother alive, Ed sacrifices his right arm to bring Al's soul back and houses it in a nearby suit of armor . After Edward receives automail prosthetics from Winry and Pinako, the brothers decide to burn their childhood home down (symbolizing their determination and decision of "no turning back") and head to the capital city to become government sanctioned State Alchemists . After passing the exam, Edward is dubbed the "Fullmetal Alchemist" by the State Military, and the brothers begin their quest to discover the nature of the fabled Philosopher's Stone, under the direction of Colonel Roy Mustang . Along the way, they discover a deep government conspiracy to hide the true nature of the Philosopher's Stone that involves the homunculi, the alchemists of the neighboring nation of Xing, the scarred man from the war - torn nation of Ishval, and their own father's past . </P>

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