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The Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1

Every episode of Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist Season 1

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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  1. 9.0/10(1.0k votes)

    #1 - Night of the Chimera's Cry

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    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.

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    Director:Kenji Yasuda
    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  2. 8.9/10(740 votes)

    #2 - Words of Farewell

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.7/10(515 votes)

    #3 - His Name Is Unknown

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    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.

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  4. 8.7/10(551 votes)

    #4 - Death

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    S1:E50

    Edward Elric arrives in World War I after being pulled through the Gate. Roy Mustang confronts his enemy, Homunculus Pride.

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    Director:Masahiro Ando
    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  5. 8.6/10(508 votes)

    #5 - The Scar

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    S1:E40

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

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    Director:N/A
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  6. 8.5/10(581 votes)

    #6 - Created Human

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    S1:E22

    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.

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    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.5/10(502 votes)

    #7 - Holy Mother

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    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.

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  9. 8.4/10(570 votes)

    #8 - The Red Glow

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    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.

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    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.4/10(530 votes)

    #9 - Theory of Avarice

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    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.

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    Director:Jun Fukuda
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.4/10(494 votes)

    #10 - Sealing the Homunculus

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    S1:E47

    Wrath believes that Sloth is his real mother. Sloth battles Shou Tucker. Ed realizes that Al has been tricked by Tucker.

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    Director:Shingo Kaneko
    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  12. 8.3/10(592 votes)

    #11 - The Ishbal Massacre

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    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.

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    Director:Kenji Yasuda
    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  13. 8.2/10(557 votes)

    #12 - Soul of the Guardian

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    S1:E20

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

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    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.2/10(484 votes)

    #13 - Hohenheim of Light

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    S1:E44

    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.

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  15. 8.2/10(495 votes)

    #14 - The Other Side of the Gate

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    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.

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    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  16. 8.1/10(810 votes)

    #15 - Mother

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    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.

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    Director:Shingo Kaneko
    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.1/10(658 votes)

    #16 - The Philosopher's Stone

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    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.

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  18. 8.1/10(515 votes)

    #17 - The Untainted Child

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    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.

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  19. 8.1/10(508 votes)

    #18 - Sin

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    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.

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  20. 8.1/10(483 votes)

    #19 - A Rotted Heart

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    S1:E45

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

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  21. 8.0/10(499 votes)

    #20 - Assault on South Headquarters

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    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.

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  22. 8.0/10(483 votes)

    #21 - The Stray Dog

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    S1:E43

    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.

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  23. 8.0/10(478 votes)

    #22 - Human Transmutation

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    S1:E46

    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.

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    Director:Shigeru Ueda
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  24. 8.0/10(490 votes)

    #23 - Goodbye

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    S1:E48

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

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  25. 7.9/10(606 votes)

    #24 - Fullmetal vs. Flame

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    S1:E13

    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.

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    Director:Masahiro Ando
    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  26. 7.9/10(538 votes)

    #25 - The Truth Behind Truths

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    S1:E19

    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.

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    Director:Tomoki Kyoda
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Night of the Chimera's Cry" is the best rated episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 1026 votes. Directed by Kenji Yasuda and written by Sho Aikawa, it aired on 11/15/2003. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Words of Farewell".