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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. 7.2/10(8 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. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Body of the Sanctioned

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    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Kenji Yasuda
    Writer:Sho Aikawa
  3. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #3 - 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
  4. 6.7/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Those Who Challenge the Sun

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    S1:E1

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

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  5. 6.7/10(6 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. 6.6/10(8 votes)

    #6 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm

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    S1:E5

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

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  8. 6.6/10(8 votes)

    #7 - 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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    Director:N/A
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  9. 6.6/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Be Thou for the People

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    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.

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  10. 6.6/10(7 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 6.6/10(5 votes)

    #10 - 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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    Director:N/A
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  12. 6.5/10(8 votes)

    #11 - The Alchemy Exam

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    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  13. 6.5/10(6 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. 6.5/10(6 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. 6.4/10(7 votes)

    #14 - The Other Brothers Elric (1)

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    S1:E11

    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.

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  16. 6.4/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Her Reason

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    S1:E26

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  17. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - 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
  20. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 6.4/10(5 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. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #24 - 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
    Writer:N/A
  26. 6.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - 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

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Night of the Chimera's Cry" is the best rated episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 8 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, "Body of the Sanctioned".