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The Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist

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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 thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 7 - Night of the Chimera's Cry
    8.0/10(1201 votes)

    #1 - Night of the Chimera's Cry

    S1:E7

    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

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  2. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 42 - His Name Is Unknown
    7.9/10(609 votes)

    #2 - His Name Is Unknown

    S1:E42

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 34 - Theory of Avarice
    7.8/10(628 votes)

    #3 - Theory of Avarice

    S1:E34

    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:Unknown

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  4. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 51 - Laws and Promises
    7.8/10(706 votes)

    #4 - Laws and Promises

    S1:E51

    Edward Elric realizes he must make the ultimate sacrifice if he wants to retrieve his brother from the Gate. Hawkeye breaks free from her captors.

    Directors:Kenji Yasuda, Kazuki Kakuta
    Writer:Sho Aikawa

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  5. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 3 - Mother
    7.7/10(943 votes)

    #5 - Mother

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown

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  6. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 15 - The Ishbal Massacre
    7.7/10(698 votes)

    #6 - The Ishbal Massacre

    S1:E15

    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

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  7. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 50 - Death
    7.7/10(664 votes)

    #7 - Death

    S1:E50

    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

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  8. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 2 - Body of the Sanctioned
    7.6/10(944 votes)

    #8 - Body of the Sanctioned

    S1:E2

    Edward and Alphonse struggle over whether they should reveal the truth behind Cornello's miracles -- and possibly ruin the townspeople's lives.

    Director:Kenji Yasuda
    Writer:Sho Aikawa

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  9. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 20 - Soul of the Guardian
    7.6/10(654 votes)

    #9 - Soul of the Guardian

    S1:E20

    Several malfunctions in their armor impede Ed and Al as they face off against some tortured souls bound to empty suits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 40 - The Scar
    7.6/10(598 votes)

    #10 - The Scar

    S1:E40

    After Lust and Gluttony drop in on Edward's confrontation with Scar in Liore, the seventh and final homunculus is finally revealed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 41 - Holy Mother
    7.6/10(589 votes)

    #11 - Holy Mother

    S1:E41

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 8 - The Philosopher's Stone
    7.5/10(770 votes)

    #12 - The Philosopher's Stone

    S1:E8

    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:Yoshito Hata
    Writer:Sho Aikawa

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  13. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 9 - Be Thou for the People
    7.5/10(752 votes)

    #13 - Be Thou for the People

    S1:E9

    Ed and Al go on assignment to inspect a small mining colony and discover its inhabitants are being heavily taxed by a tyrant and his Alchemist.

    Director:Atsushi Otsuki
    Writer:Katsuhiko Takayama

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  14. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 25 - Words of Farewell
    7.5/10(873 votes)

    #14 - Words of Farewell

    S1:E25

    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:Unknown

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  15. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 29 - The Untainted Child
    7.5/10(604 votes)

    #15 - The Untainted Child

    S1:E29

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 30 - Assault on South Headquarters
    7.5/10(585 votes)

    #16 - Assault on South Headquarters

    S1:E30

    As the military captures the mysterious Yock Island boy and imprisons him in South Headquarters, Yoki spots Scar among a group of Ishbalans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 31 - Sin
    7.5/10(598 votes)

    #17 - Sin

    S1:E31

    Envy disguises herself as Bradley and plucks the homunculus child from Izumi. Meanwhile, the boy remembers his past after he eats Stone fragments.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 32 - Dante of the Deep Forest
    7.5/10(583 votes)

    #18 - Dante of the Deep Forest

    S1:E32

    Izumi drops in on Ed and Al's fight with Wrath, a new homunculus who seeks the rest of Edward's body in order to make himself human.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 45 - A Rotted Heart
    7.5/10(562 votes)

    #19 - A Rotted Heart

    S1:E45

    A complex and entangled history reveals itself as Van Hohenheim of Light battles Dante, the leader of the Homunculi.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 47 - Sealing the Homunculus
    7.5/10(581 votes)

    #20 - Sealing the Homunculus

    S1:E47

    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

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  21. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 48 - Goodbye
    7.5/10(572 votes)

    #21 - Goodbye

    S1:E48

    Armstrong declares an uprising against the Führer on the northern border while Ed, joined by Izumi, fights the remaining Homunculi in Central.

    Director:Masakazu Hashimoto
    Writer:Sho Aikawa

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  22. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 49 - The Other Side of the Gate
    7.5/10(580 votes)

    #22 - The Other Side of the Gate

    S1:E49

    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

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  23. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 5 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm
    7.4/10(823 votes)

    #23 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm

    S1:E5

    Ed and Al hop aboard a train to Central City and quickly find themselves defending the passengers -- including Gen. Hakuro -- from terrorists.

    Director:Shigeru Ueda
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  24. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 16 - That Which Is Lost
    7.4/10(652 votes)

    #24 - That Which Is Lost

    S1:E16

    As Marcoh faces a deadly encounter with Lust, Armstrong and the Elrics flee to Resembool. Ed is sent into a rage when they lose Al in the process.

    Director:Masakazu Hashimoto
    Writer:Sho Aikawa

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  25. Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 Episode 21 - The Red Glow
    7.4/10(673 votes)

    #25 - The Red Glow

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Night of the Chimera's Cry" is the best rated episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist". It scored 8/10 based on 1201 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, "His Name Is Unknown".