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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood S1E4 — An Alchemist's Anguish

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood•Season 1•Episode 4

An Alchemist's Anguish

9.2/10 · 7,791 votesApr 25, 200925 min

Ranked #9 of 64 in Season 1•+0.8 vs season avg

Ed and Al become interested in biological transmutation after witnessing a chimera in Lior, so Colonel Mustang introduces them to an expert in the field, Shou Tucker, the Life-binding Alchemist. Meanwhile, a serial killer whose targets are only State Alchemists is on the loose in

Directed byKiyomitsu Sato

Written byMichihiro Tsuchiya

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Romi Park

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Edward Elric (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

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Alphonse Elric (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

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Roy Mustang (voice)

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Riza Hawkeye (voice)

Megumi Takamoto

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Michihiro Tsuchiya

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Hitoshi Nanba

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Hiroya Iijima

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Kosuke Yoshida

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Kim Yeong-beom

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Hitoshi Miyajima

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Junichi Fukunaga

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Yuko Yoshida

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Noriko Takahashi

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Ryou Haga

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Mika Yamamoto

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Episode Summary

"An Alchemist's Anguish" is episode 4 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood season 1. It scored 9.2/10 from 7,791 votes, ranking #9 of 64 episodes this season (season average 8.4). Directed by Kiyomitsu Sato and written by Michihiro Tsuchiya, it aired on April 25, 2009.

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