Title: Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood
Episode count: 51 (tentative)
Official site: http://www.hagaren.jp
When does it start?
TV Broadcast
Japan: 5th April 2009, 17:00 on TBS and MBS stations (GMT+9) [Japanese language, no subs]
South East Asia (Singapore, Philippines, etc): 10th April 2009, 20:30 on Animax Asia (GMT+8) [Japanese language, English and Chinese subs]
Taiwan: 11th April 2009, 22:30 on Animax Taiwan (GMT+8) [Japanese language, Chinese subs]
Hong Kong: 22nd April 2009, 23:30 on TVB Digital (GMT+8) [Japanese language, Chinese subs?]
Internet Streaming
Japan: 10th April 2009, on GyaO [Japanese language, no subs]
USA: 9th April 2009, 12:00 on FUNimation's video streaming site (CST) [Japanese language, English subs]
Australia: 5th April 2009, 18:00 at Supernova: Brisbane, subsequent episodes will be streamed on Madman's site a few days after each Japanese telecast (GMT+10) [Japanese language, English subs]
France: Soon after JP airing, on Youtube [Full details currently unavailable]
Details:
Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood is a brand new animated series based on the popular manga of the same title. It is a reboot of the previous animated series, aiming to follow the original manga's storyline more closely. As the manga is expected to end within a year, the anime series aims to conclude as close to the end of the manga's serialization run as possible. While it will be more of a manga adaptation than the previous series, it should be noted that there will still be original material exclusive to the anime to keep events fresh for at least the first part of the series. For example, the anime original character Isaac is created and designed by the manga author herself, based on a specific request from the anime director.
Staff:
Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Series Composition: Hiroshi Ohnogi
Character Design: Hiroki Kanno
Music: Akira Senju
Art director: Takeshi Satou
Art design: Kazushige Kanehira
Color design: Soko Nakao
Design: Shinji Aramaki
Sound director: Masafumi Mima
Animation Production: BONES
Cast:
Rie Kugimiya as Alphonse Elric
Romi Paku as Edward Elric
Megumi Takamoto as Winry Rockbell
Shinichiro Miki as Roy Mustang
Biichi Satou as Heimans Breda
Fumiko Orikasa as Riza Hawkeye
Hidekatsu Shibata as King Bradley
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Kimblee
Kaori Nazuka as Maria Ross
Keiji Fujiwara as Maes Hughes
Kenji Hamada as Vato Falman
Kenji Utsumi as Alex Louis Armstrong
Kenta Miyake as Scar
Kikuko Inoue as Lust
Kouichi Yamadera as Isaac
Minami Takayama as Envy
Tetsu Shiratori as Gluttony
Tetsuya Kakihara as Cain Fury
Yuji Ueda as Jean Havoc
Music:
Opening Theme 1 - again by Yui
Ending Theme 1 - Uso by Sid
Videos:
Ed narration teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUTBQXdOKBg&fmt=22
Al narration teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idozY4yijIw&fmt=22
ED song teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1lAY-zbN0&fmt=22
Mustang narration teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gEu6hbLi_A&fmt=22
30 sec teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IiimwI5ijw&fmt=22
OP song teaser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B_vnG-D6lE&fmt=18
60 sec trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH9vs2QB2hY&fmt=22
Key Visuals:
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