Fullmetal Alchemist

Starring Ryosuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda and Dean Fujioka and based on the manga series of the same name by Hiromu Arakawa, covering the first four volumes of the original storyline.

It was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on 1 December 2017. The theme song of the film, “Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo”, is performed by Misia.

Two sequels were released in 2022: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy.

When the brothers commit the taboo act of Human Transmutation to resurrect Trisha after she dies of illness, it backfires and they face the consequences via the Law of Equivalent Exchange: Edward loses his left leg, while Alphonse is dragged into the Gate of Truth.

Edward sacrifices his right arm to save his brother’s soul and bind it to a suit of armor.

His missing limbs are replaced with “automail” prosthetics made by the town’s automail mechanic whose granddaughter, Winry Rockbell, is the brothers’ childhood friend. Edward receives an invitation from Colonel Roy Mustang to join the military.

After becoming the country’s youngest State Alchemist with the title “Fullmetal Alchemist”, he and Alphonse begin their quest to find the legendary Philosopher’s Stone that can restore their bodies.

Years later, the brothers, now teenagers, receive help from Major General Hakuro after another failed attempt to find the stone.

Hakuro introduces them to Shou Tucker, a bio-alchemy authority who obtained his State Alchemist credentials by creating a talking chimera. Tucker points them to Dr. Tim Marcoh, who created a Philosopher’s Stone prior to going into hiding.

When Edward and Winry find Marcoh, he is murdered by Lust, an assassin.

Upon return, Edward and Alphonse are horrified to discover that Tucker has transmuted his young daughter Nina, and his dog together to create a human talking chimera in a bid not to lose his State Alchemist credentials.

They have Tucker arrested, though not before he tries to turn Alphonse against Edward, causing the brothers to fight.

Edward and Mustang’s close friend Major Maes Hughes makes a disturbing discovery from Marcoh’s notes, but is killed by Lust’s associate Envy.

Using Marcoh’s notes, Edward is led to the clandestine Fifth Laboratory, where he finds the now-insane Tucker holding Alphonse and Winry hostage.

When Edward learns that Philosopher’s Stones are unethically created from human lives, he has a breakdown, realizing he can no longer depend on that method. Lust kills Tucker, revealing herself as a homunculus.

Hakuro reveals himself as their partner, divulging that the military made Philosopher’s Stones using human hostages. He activates a Mannequin Soldier homunculi army with the Stones but is killed by them.

As the military destroys the Mannequins, Mustang kills Lust and tears out the Philosopher’s Stone that was powering her body. He gives Edward the stone so he can restore Alphonse but the brothers refuse, now knowing how they are made.

Instead, Edward uses the stone to appear before his brother’s corporeal body at the Gate of Truth and promises to find another way to restore him.

In a mid-credit scene, Envy is revealed to have survived Mustang’s attack as its true parasitic form escapes from its human body’s charred remains.