is the second independent anime television series adaptation produced by Bones and Aniplex based on the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa. Yasuhiro Irie served as series director, while Hiroshi Ōnogi served as the screenwriter. The series follows the story of two alchemist brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who want to restore their bodies after a disastrous failed attempt to revive their mother through alchemy. Unlike the original 2003 anime adaptation, which diverged into a story exclusive to that series near the beginning of its run, the second series directly follows the entire story from the original manga. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood comprises a total of 64 episodes, 4 original video animations (OVAs), and a theatrical spin-off film.

The anime series premiered on April 5, 2009, on MBS and TBS's Sunday 5:30 p.m. JST anime timeblock, replacing Mobile Suit Gundam 00. It received its English language premiere five days later on Animax Asia, with Japanese audio and English subtitles. Anime licensing distributor Funimation (now Crunchyroll LLC) streamed English subtitled episodes four days after the Japanese air dates on both its website and its YouTube channel. Funimation suspended streaming of the series for a few weeks in May following the accidental leak of an episode of One Piece from its servers before it had aired in Japan. Every episode was also made available on American subscription service Hulu, showing 14 days after their original airing, as well as via Australia's Madman Entertainment. English dubbed episodes of the series started premiering on American cable network Adult Swim from February 14, 2010, onwards, at 12:00 a.m. ET as part of its Saturday night action block.

Aniplex began releasing the series in DVD and Blu-ray on August 26, 2009. The first one contains two episodes and an original video animation (OVA). Three more OVAs were included in the fifth, ninth and thirteenth volumes alongside four episodes. Other volumes feature four episodes and no OVAs. A total of sixteen volumes were released, with the last one on November 24, 2010. Funimation began releasing the episodes on Blu-ray and DVD in five volumes, each of thirteen episodes on May 25, 2010.

Brotherhoods music was composed by Akira Senju. Ten pieces of theme music were used in Brotherhood. The respective opening and ending themes for the first 14 episodes are "Again" by Yui, and by Sid. From episode 15–26, the respective opening and ending themes are "Hologram" by Nico Touches the Walls, and "Let It Out" by Miho Fukuhara. From episode 27–38, the respective opening and ending themes are "Golden Time Lover" by Sukima Switch, and by Lil'B. From episode 39–50, the respective opening and ending themes are "Period" by Chemistry, and by Scandal. From episodes 51–62, the respective opening and ending themes are by Sid, and "Ray of Light" by Shoko Nakagawa. While episodes 63 and 64 do not use any opening themes, they use "Rain" and "Hologram", respectively, for the endings. __TOC__

Episodes

OVAs Note: All the original video animations were written by Hiroshi Ōnogi.

Home media release Japanese + Aniplex (Japan – Region 2/A) Volume Episodes Cover character(s) Release date Ref. 1 1–2 + OVA 1 Edward Elric August 26, 2009 2 3–6 Edward Elric & Alphonse Elric September 30, 2009 3 7–10 Roy Mustang & Maes Hughes October 28, 2009 4 11–14 Childhood Edward Elric & Alphonse Elric November 25, 2009 5 15–18 + OVA 2 Ling Yao, Fu & Lan Fan December 23, 2009 6 19–22 Roy Mustang January 27, 2010 7 23–26 Edward Elric February 24, 2010 8 27–30 Riza Hawkeye March 24, 2010 9 31–34 + OVA 3 Olivier Mira Armstrong April 21, 2010 10 35–38 Winry Rockbell & Scar May 26, 2010 11 39–42 Young adult Van Hohenheim & Homunculus June 23, 2010 12 43–46 Edward Elric & Alphonse Elric July 21, 2010 13 47–50 + OVA 4 Greed-controlled Ling Yao & Lan Fan August 25, 2010 14 51–54 Roy Mustang & Riza Hawkeye September 22, 2010 15 55–59 Father, Wrath / King Bradley & Pride / Selim Bradley October 27, 2010 16 60–64 Young adult Edward Elric & Alphonse Elric November 24, 2010

English + Crunchyroll LLC (North America – Region 1/A) Title Discs Episodes Release date Ref. Part 1 2 1–13 May 25, 2010 Part 2 2 14–26 August 24, 2010 Part 3 2 27–39 December 28, 2010 Part 4 2 40–52 April 5, 2011 Part 5 2 53–64 August 2, 2011 OVA Collection 1 (DVD) + 1 (BD) 4 OVAs May 22, 2012 Series Collection 1 5 (DVD); 4 (BD) 1–33 April 24, 2012 Series Collection 2 5 (DVD); 4 (BD) 34–64 July 17, 2012 Box Set I 7 1–30 November 20, 2018 Box Set II 7 31–64 November 20, 2018

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