Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | |
|---|---|
| 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Hagane no Renkinjutsushi | |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa |
| Screenplay by | Hiroshi Ōnogi |
| Directed by | Yasuhiro Irie |
| Voices of | |
| Music by | Akira Senju |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 64 + 4 OVAs (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers |
|
| Cinematography |
|
| Animator | Bones |
| Editor | Gō Sadamatsu |
| Running time |
|
| Production company | Fullmetal Alchemist Production Committee |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBS, TBS |
| Release | April 5, 2009 – July 4, 2010 |
| Release | August 26, 2009 – August 25, 2010 (OVAs) |
| Related | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, Hepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) is a Japanese anime television series, serving as the second animated adaptation of the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa, after the 2003 anime series. Produced by Bones, the series was directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi, with music composed by Akira Senju. It was conceived to create a faithful adaptation that directly follows the entire story from the original manga, as the first anime adaptation strayed away from it to create a story exclusive to that series after running out of published manga material to adapt.
Production for Brotherhood began in 2008. The series aired a total of 64 episodes on MBS, TBS and its affiliates from April 2009 to July 2010. It was originally licensed in North America by Funimation and broadcast English dubbed on Adult Swim in the United States from February 2010 to September 2011. In March 2016, Funimation's license for the series expired and it was transferred over to Aniplex of America.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood has received acclaim since its initial airing and is regarded as one of the greatest anime series of all time, with praise given to its faithfulness to the manga and its incorporation of characters and plot details that were not present in the 2003 anime series, either due to unpublished manga material or creative changes to accommodate the former; the climactic episodes were also lauded for both their action sequences and moral messaging.