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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...
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Season 1

  • Those Who Challenge the Sun
    7.7/10901 votes

    Those Who Challenge the Sun

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2003

    When Edward and Alphonse meet a so-called religious leader who can invoke miracles, they believe he's carrying the philosopher's stone.

    Director: Seiji Mizushima, Kazuki Tsunoda

    Writer: Sho Aikawa

  • Body of the Sanctioned
    7.7/10816 votes

    Body of the Sanctioned

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2003

    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

  • Mother
    8.1/10814 votes

    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: Unknown

  • A Forger's Love
    7.0/10748 votes

    A Forger's Love

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2003

    While on their way to seek out an important man from their childhood, Ed and Al come across a town haunted by a ghostly woman.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Man with the Mechanical Arm
    7.6/10707 votes

    The Man with the Mechanical Arm

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2003

    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

  • The Alchemy Exam
    7.8/10697 votes

    The Alchemy Exam

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2003

    Once in Central City, Ed and Al move into the vast mansion of sewing-life alchemist Shou Tucker and begin to prepare for the Alchemy Exam.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Night of the Chimera's Cry
    9.0/101,033 votes

    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

  • The Philosopher's Stone
    8.1/10661 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Be Thou for the People
    7.8/10642 votes

    Be Thou for the People

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2003

    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

  • The Phantom Thief
    7.4/10635 votes

    The Phantom Thief

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2003

    While trying to avoid their meeting with Mustang, Ed and Al end up in a small town and become embroiled in a manhunt for a female Robin Hood.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Other Brothers Elric (1)
    7.4/10597 votes

    The Other Brothers Elric (1)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2003

    Ed and Al head to Xenotime in hopes of finding the Philosopher's Stone, but they find only two boys creating a strange red water.

    Director: Kazuki Kakuta

    Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

  • The Other Brothers Elric (2)
    7.4/10594 votes

    The Other Brothers Elric (2)

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2003

    Ed and Al uncover a conspiracy involving the Tringham Brothers' father, his involvement with the red water and the disease that's stricken Xenotime.

    Director: Masakazu Amiya

    Writer: Manabu Ishikawa

  • Fullmetal vs. Flame
    7.9/10609 votes

    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

  • Destruction's Right Hand
    7.8/10579 votes

    Destruction's Right Hand

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/2004

    While the shape-shifting Envy disguises himself as Cornello, Ed and Al find Marcoh and learn about the Stone's involvement in the Ishbal Rebellion.

    Director: Tarou Iwasaki

    Writer: Sho Aikawa

  • The Ishbal Massacre
    8.3/10595 votes

    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

  • That Which Is Lost
    7.5/10559 votes

    That Which Is Lost

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/2004

    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

  • House of the Waiting Family
    7.8/10567 votes

    House of the Waiting Family

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/2004

    While resting and receiving repairs back in Resembool, Ed visits his mother's grave and Al reveals his concerns about his fading memories.

    Director: Kazuki Kakuta

    Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

  • Marcoh's Notes
    7.6/10545 votes

    Marcoh's Notes

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/2004

    Ed and Al are forced to go in search of another source for Marcoh's book after Lust, Gluttony and Scar burn the First Branch Library to the ground.

    Director: Atsushi Otsuki

    Writer: Manabu Ishikawa

  • The Truth Behind Truths
    7.9/10540 votes

    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: Unknown

  • Soul of the Guardian
    8.2/10559 votes

    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: Unknown

  • The Red Glow
    8.4/10572 votes

    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: Unknown

  • Created Human
    8.5/10583 votes

    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: Unknown

  • Heart of Steel
    7.7/10544 votes

    Heart of Steel

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/2004

    Edward upsets Winry with his refusal to talk, and Alphonse decides to confront Edward with his questions about artificial souls.

    Director: Tomoki Kyoda

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bonding Memories
    7.7/10536 votes

    Bonding Memories

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/2004

    Alphonse runs off and comes face to face with Scar, who's been hiding out among the mercenary-plagued refugees of Ishbal.

    Director: Tomoki Kyoda

    Writer: Unknown

  • Words of Farewell
    8.9/10744 votes

    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: Unknown

  • Her Reason
    7.3/10519 votes

    Her Reason

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/3/2004

    As Ed, Al and Winry arrive in Rush Valley to retrieve automail, Mustang figures that a high-ranking officer must be responsible for Hughes' death.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Teacher
    7.9/10529 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • All is One, One is All
    7.9/10523 votes

    All is One, One is All

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/17/2004

    In order to teach them a life lesson and give them time to reflect, Izumi leaves Ed and Al on Yock Island -- the place where she first found them.

    Director: Shigeru Ueda

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Untainted Child
    8.1/10518 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Assault on South Headquarters
    8.0/10502 votes

    Assault on South Headquarters

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 5/1/2004

    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

  • Sin
    8.1/10512 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Dante of the Deep Forest
    7.6/10500 votes

    Dante of the Deep Forest

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/15/2004

    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

  • Al, Captured
    7.7/10495 votes

    Al, Captured

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/29/2004

    When Martel takes over Al's armor and brings him to Greed's headquarters, it's up to Izumi and Edward to come to the rescue

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Theory of Avarice
    8.4/10533 votes

    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: Unknown

  • Reunion of the Fallen
    7.7/10498 votes

    Reunion of the Fallen

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/12/2004

    As Edward and Alphonse head out to the Ishbal camp with Winry, Lust is sitting down at a restaurant when a man from her past enters the room.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Sinner Within
    7.5/10490 votes

    The Sinner Within

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/19/2004

    Ed and Alphonse hope to learn more about the Philosopher's Stone when they lend a hand to a group of Ishbalan refugees being shipped further south.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant & The Mystery of Warehouse 13
    7.7/10525 votes

    The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant & The Mystery of Warehouse 13

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/26/2004

    While he investigates Mustang, Lt. Havoc orders his man Falman to find him a girlfriend. Later, Mustang must investigate the haunted Warehouse 13.

    Director: Shingo Kaneko

    Writer: Unknown

  • With the River's Flow
    7.4/10483 votes

    With the River's Flow

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 7/3/2004

    After an argument splits up Ed, Al and Winry, Al bumps into a familiar face, and Winry decides to investigate Hughes' murder with Sheska.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Secret of Ishbal
    7.9/10480 votes

    Secret of Ishbal

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 7/10/2004

    Kimblee is named State Alchemist and heads out with the troops to Liore, where Scar is gouging out the earth with a large stone.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Scar
    8.6/10512 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Holy Mother
    8.5/10506 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • His Name Is Unknown
    8.7/10519 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Stray Dog
    8.1/10487 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hohenheim of Light
    8.2/10488 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Rotted Heart
    8.1/10487 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Human Transmutation
    8.0/10482 votes

    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: Unknown

  • Sealing the Homunculus
    8.4/10498 votes

    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

  • Goodbye
    8.0/10494 votes

    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: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Other Side of the Gate
    8.2/10499 votes

    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

  • Death
    8.7/10555 votes

    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

  • Laws and Promises
    7.0/106 votes

    Laws and Promises

    Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 10/2/2004

    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.

    Director: Kenji Yasuda, Kazuki Kakuta

    Writer: Sho Aikawa