9.0/10958 votesLoading...#1 - Night of the Chimera's Cry
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2003
Now an official State Alchemist, Ed takes a closer look at Tucker's chimera experiments and begins to realize there's something very wrong going on.
Director: Kenji Yasuda
Writer: Sho Aikawa
8.9/10701 votesLoading...#2 - Words of Farewell
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/2004
When Ed and Al take Winry on a quest to tail Scar and learn more about the Stone, they discover a connection between Lab 5 and the war in Ishbal.
Director: Seiji Mizushima
Writer: N/A
8.7/10533 votesLoading...#3 - Death
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 9/25/2004
Edward Elric arrives in World War I after being pulled through the Gate. Roy Mustang confronts his enemy, Homunculus Pride.
Director: Masahiro Ando
Writer: Sho Aikawa
8.6/10490 votesLoading...#4 - The Scar
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 7/17/2004
After Lust and Gluttony drop in on Edward's confrontation with Scar in Liore, the seventh and final homunculus is finally revealed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10497 votesLoading...#5 - His Name Is Unknown
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 7/24/2004
With Ed busy aiding the people of Liore, Scar is the only one who can help Alphonse when his armor begins transforming into an explosive compound.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10552 votesLoading...#6 - Created Human
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/2004
As Envy, in the form of Basque Grand, gathers the human ingredients to form the Stone, Maes Hughes sets out to rescue the Elrics from Laboratory 5.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
8.5/10488 votesLoading...#7 - Holy Mother
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 7/24/2004
With the help of Rose, the Holy Mother, Scar instructs the inhabitants of Liore not to provoke violence as they lure the military into town.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10545 votesLoading...#8 - The Red Glow
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/2004
Barry sets off a series of explosions that inadvertently free Greed and the other prisoners. Tucker returns from the dead in a surprising new form.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
8.4/10512 votesLoading...#9 - Theory of Avarice
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 6/5/2004
With Ed, Izumi and Sig in his custody, Lt. Col. Archer reinstates Shou Tucker as State Alchemist and orders his men to hunt down Greed.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: N/A
8.4/10478 votesLoading...#10 - Sealing the Homunculus
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 9/4/2004
Wrath believes that Sloth is his real mother. Sloth battles Shou Tucker. Ed realizes that Al has been tricked by Tucker.
Director: Shingo Kaneko
Writer: Sho Aikawa
8.3/10570 votesLoading...#11 - The Ishbal Massacre
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/2004
As the Strong Arm Alchemist defends them from the surrounding chaos, Marcoh reveals to the Elrics the vast atrocities of the Ishbal Massacre.
Director: Kenji Yasuda
Writer: Sho Aikawa
8.2/10534 votesLoading...#12 - Soul of the Guardian
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/2004
Several malfunctions in their armor impede Ed and Al as they face off against some tortured souls bound to empty suits.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
8.2/10469 votesLoading...#13 - Hohenheim of Light
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 8/7/2004
As the Elrics' father, Hohenhelm of Light, sets out to confront the leader of the Homunculi, Lyra and Rose find a secret stairway in an old church.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10479 votesLoading...#14 - The Other Side of the Gate
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 9/18/2004
King Bradley comes home to give his son a birthday gift. Edward meets with Russell in an abandoned church. Maria and Denny arrive to support Izumi.
Director: Tamaki Nakatsu
Writer: Sho Aikawa
8.1/10779 votesLoading...#15 - Mother
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2003
A young Ed and Al are determined to bring back their dead mother, who was their pillar of strength during dreary times of war.
Director: Shingo Kaneko
Writer: N/A
8.1/10636 votesLoading...#16 - The Philosopher's Stone
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2003
A disenchanted Ed resigns from his position as State Alchemist, and when Winry arrives in town, she may be the serial killer's next victim.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10499 votesLoading...#17 - The Untainted Child
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/24/2004
Edward and Alphonse discover that the young boy on Yock Island is, all at once, an alchemist, a homunculus and able to transmute his own body.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10492 votesLoading...#18 - Sin
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/8/2004
Envy disguises herself as Bradley and plucks the homunculus child from Izumi. Meanwhile, the boy remembers his past after he eats Stone fragments.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10468 votesLoading...#19 - A Rotted Heart
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 8/21/2004
A complex and entangled history reveals itself as Van Hohenheim of Light battles Dante, the leader of the Homunculi.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10468 votesLoading...#20 - The Stray Dog
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 7/31/2004
While the Elric Brothers flee Liore, Winry meets a complete stranger in Resembool who is later introduced to her as Ed and Al's father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10465 votesLoading...#21 - Human Transmutation
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 8/28/2004
The brothers are in danger when they become separated. Ed returns to Dante's mansion to look for clues. Al meets with the deranged Shou Tucker.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: N/A
8.0/10476 votesLoading...#22 - Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 9/11/2004
Armstrong declares an uprising against the Führer on the northern border while Ed, joined by Izumi, fights the remaining Homunculi in Central.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10582 votesLoading...#23 - Fullmetal vs. Flame
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/2003
Ed reports back to Mustang in East City, where discussion of Doctor Marcoh and the Philosopher's Stone leads to a duel between Ed and the colonel.
Director: Masahiro Ando
Writer: Sho Aikawa
7.9/10516 votesLoading...#24 - The Truth Behind Truths
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/2004
Ed and Al are horrified when they learn what the key ingredient in making a Philosopher's Stone is, but they forge ahead to explore an abandoned lab.
Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Writer: N/A
7.9/10509 votesLoading...#25 - Teacher
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/10/2004
Edward and Alphonse fear for their lives when they come face to face with Izumi Curtis, their former teacher, who brings them back to Dublith.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist
Every episode of Fullmetal Alchemist ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist!
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:TBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Night of the Chimera's Cry" is the best rated episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist". It scored 9/10 based on 958 votes. Directed by Kenji Yasuda and written by Sho Aikawa, it aired on 11/15/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Words of Farewell".