7.7/10869 votes#1 - 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
7.7/10786 votes#2 - 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
8.1/10782 votes#3 - 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
7.0/10716 votes#4 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10675 votes#5 - 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
7.8/10668 votes#6 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/10962 votes#7 - 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
8.1/10637 votes#8 - 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
7.8/10615 votes#9 - 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
7.4/10608 votes#10 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10571 votes#11 - 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
7.4/10568 votes#12 - 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
7.9/10582 votes#13 - 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
7.8/10553 votes#14 - 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
8.3/10570 votes#15 - 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
7.5/10534 votes#16 - 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
7.8/10542 votes#17 - 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
7.6/10520 votes#18 - 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
7.9/10515 votes#19 - 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
8.2/10533 votes#20 - 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
8.4/10545 votes#21 - 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
8.5/10552 votes#22 - 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
7.7/10518 votes#23 - Fullmetal Heart
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: N/A
7.7/10511 votes#24 - 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: N/A
8.9/10704 votes#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Those Who Challenge the Sun" is the best rated episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 869 votes. Directed by Seiji Mizushima, Kazuki Tsunoda and written by Sho Aikawa, it aired on 10/4/2003. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Body of the Sanctioned".