Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the second anime series based on the Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa. It is a more direct adaptation than the first series, directly following the original events of the manga, whereas the original series deviated from the manga. In Japan, it is differentiated from the 2003 series by the inclusion of the English language title.

The series was directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi. The series premiered in April 5, 2009 on MBS-TBS' Sunday 5:00 pm JST anime timeblock and ended in July 4, 2010.

Synopsis

After losing their mother, Edward and Alphonse Elric try to revive her using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates under the theory of equivalent change and breaking the taboo of human alchemy carries a heavy price. Ed loses his left leg, and Al loses his body. Ed manages to seal Al's soul inside a great armor, at the cost of her right arm. Years later, Ed, now with two mechanical "automails" limbs, and Al, still trapped in the armor, burn down their home, each concerned for the other's happiness. Ed, who had a natural talent and ability for alchemy, becomes a nationally certified alchemist and is soon known everywhere as the “The Alchemist of Steel”. The true objective of both brothers is to search for any information about the legendary Philosopher's Stone, in the hope that it will allow them to recover their bodies. All your hopes rest on the mythical stone, which may not even exist.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Edward Elric	Romi Park	Vic Mignogna
	Edward Elric	Romi Park	Vic Mignogna
	Alphonse Elric	Rie Kugimiya	Maxey Whitehead
	Winry Rockbell	Megumi Takamoto	Caitlin Glass
	Winry Rockbell	Megumi Takamoto	Caitlin Glass
	Roy Mustang	Shinichirō Miki	Travis Willingham
Homunculi
	Lust	Kikuko Inoue	Laura Bailey
	Gluttony	Tetsu Shiratori	Chris Cason
	Envy	Minami Takayama	Wendy Powell
	Greed	Yūichi Nakamura	Chris Patton
	Greed	Yūichi Nakamura	Troy Baker
	Führer King Bradley / Wrath	Hidekatsu Shibata	Ed Blaylock
	Führer King Bradley / Wrath	Hidenobu Kiuchi (young)	Christopher Bevins
	Selim Bradley / Pride	Yūko Sanpei	Brittney Karbowski
	Sloth	Fumihiko Tachiki	Patrick Seitz
	Father	Iemasa Kayumi	Kent Williams
	Homunculus, dwarf in the jar	N/A
Alchemists
	Van Hohenheim	Unshō Ishizuka	John Swasey
	Izumi Curtis	Shōko Tsuda	Christine Auten
	Alex Louis Armstrong	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher Sabat
	Solf J. Kimblee	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Eric Vale
	Tim Marcoh	Masayuki Omoro	Jerry Russell
	Isaac McDougal	Kōichi Yamadera	Bryan Massey
	Basque Grand	Shin Aomori	R. Bruce Elliott
	Shou Tucker	Makoto Nagai	Chuck Huber
	Gold-Toothed Doctor	Bon Ishihara	Mark Stoddard
Military
	Maes Hughes	Keiji Fujiwara	Sonny Strait
	Riza Hawkeye	Fumiko Orikasa	Colleen Clinkenbeard
	Olivier Mira Armstrong	Yōko Sōmi	Stephanie Young
	Maria Ross	Kaori Nazuka	Meredith McCoy
	Jean Havoc	Yūji Ueda	Mike McFarland
	Kain Fuery	Tetsuya Kakihara	Kevin M. Connolly
	Vato Falman	Kenji Hamada	Kyle Hebert
	Heymans Breda	Biichi Satō	Jeremy Inman
	Denny Brosh	Yuuki Hayashi	Jim Foronda
	Yoki	Kazuki Yao	Barry Yandell
	Buccaneer	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Phil Parsons
	Raven	Katsuhisa Hōki	Christopher Ayres
	Fokker	Shinsuke Nagashima	Brian Mathis
	Miles	Kazuya Nakai	Jason Douglas
	Grumman	Rokurō Naya	Bill Flynn
	Henschel	Kiyoyuki Yanada	Cole Brown
	Dr. Knox	Kinryū Arimoto	R. Bruce Elliott
	Sheska	Chika Fujimura	Gwendolyn Lau
Xing
	Ling Yao	Mamoru Miyano	Todd Haberkorn
	May Chang	Mai Gotō	Monica Rial
	Lan Fan	Nana Mizuki	Trina Nishimura
	Fu	Katsunosuke Hori	Kenny Green
Ishval
	Scar	Kenta Miyake	J. Michael Tatum
	Scar's Brother	Takehito Koyasu	Robert McCollum
	Scar's Master	Yuzuru Fujimoto	Grant James
	Rick	Eriko Kawasaki	Jamie Marchi
	Elder Shan	Noriko Uemura	Linda Young
Chimeras
	Zampano	Takashi Hikida	Chris Rager
	Jerso	Tomoyuki Shimura	Andrew Love
	Heinkel	Shinpachi Tsuji	Bradley Campbell
	Darius	Masuo Amada	George Manley
	Martel	Takako Honda	Tiffany Grant
	Bido	Yūji Ueda	Greg Ayres
	Dolcetto	Anri Katsu	John Burgmeier
	Roa	Tetsu Inada	John Gremillion
	Nina Tucker	Sumire Morohoshi	Brina Palencia
Resembool
	Pinako Rockbell	Miyoko Asō	Juli Erickson
	Trisha Elric	Yoshino Takamori	Lydia Mackay
Hughes Family
	Gracia Hughes	Tomoe Hanba	Anastasia Muñoz
	Elicia Hughes	Misato Fukuen	Cherami Leigh
Lior
	Rose Thomas	Satsuki Yukino	Colleen Clinkenbeard
	Father Cornello	Seizō Katō	Andy Mullins
	Cray	Akimitsu Takase	Charles Campbell
Laboratory 5
	Barry the Chopper	Hideyuki Umezu	Jerry Jewell
	Slicer Nº. 48 (head)	Dai Matsumoto	Bill Jenkins
Dublith
	Sig Curtis	Seiji Sasaki	Bob Carter
	Mason	Shūhei Sakaguchi	Josh Martin
Rush Valley
	Paninya	Akemi Okamura	Cynthia Cranz
	Garfiel	Kenta Miyake	Antimere Robinson
Bradley Family
	Mrs. Bradley	Ai Satō	Dana Schultes
Mustang Family
	Chris Mustang / Madame Christmas	Yōko Matsuoka	Pam Dougherty
Armstrong Family
	Catherine Elle Armstrong	Rie Kugimiya	Kate Oxley
Xerxes
	King of Xerxes	Takkō Ishimori	Bill Jenkins
Gate of the Truth
	The Truth	N/A	Luci Christian
Others
	Narration	Iemasa Kayumi	Kent Williams

Episodic Characters

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Slicer Nº. 48 (body)	Kenji Nojima	Duncan Brannan	8
Dominic LeCoulte	Shōzō Iizuka	Greg Dulcie	11
Ridel LeCoulte	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Christopher Bevins
Satella LeCoulte	Sayuri Yamauchi	Susan Huber
Yakovlev	Kiyoshi Katsunuma	Brad Hawkins	25
Storch	Go Shinomiya	J. Paul Slavens	25
Pinako Rockbell (young)	Mami Koyama	Shelley Calene-Black	27
Trisha Elric (young)	Yuki Mitsugi	Tia Ballard	27
Van Hohenheim (young)	Daisuke Namikawa	Aaron Dismuke	40
Philip Gargantos Armstrong	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher Sabat	45
Hakuro	Taketora	Phil Parsons	46

Additional Voices

Maeghan Albach
Regan Adair
Laura Bailey
Tia Ballard
Christopher Bevins
Clint Bickham
Zach Bolton
Johnny Yong Bosch
Anthony Bowling
Emily Boyle
Duncan Brannan
Brandon Bristow
Jonathan Brooks
Cole Brown
John Burgmeier
Doug Burks
Shelley Calene-Black
Bradley Campbell
Charles Campbell
Brian Capshaw
Bruce Carey
Patrick Carroll
Bob Carter
Chris Cason
James Cave
Eric Cherry
Michael Chinnici
Luci Christian
Leah Clark
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Robert Colin
Justin Cook
Hilary Couch
Chad Cox
Cynthia Cranz
Duane Deering
Pam Dougherty
Jason Douglas
Greg Dulcie
Craig Dvorak
Bill Flynn
Jim Foronda
Jessica Foster
Scott Freeman
Cris George
Caitlin Glass
Tiffany Grant
Josh Grelle
John Gremillion
Jason Grundy
Chad Halbrook
Martha Harms
Clarine Harp
Andrew Haskett
Brad Hawkins
Kyle Hebert
Jean-Luc Hester
Scott Hinze
Cassandra Hodges
Chris Hury
Jeremy Inman
Bill Jenkins
Jeff Johnson
Jim Johnson
Kristi Kang

Jim Kuenzer
Cherami Leigh
Bruce Lewis
Jason Liebrecht
Andrew Love
Kristopher Luce
Gregory Lush
Bob Magruder
George Manley
Jamie Marchi
Brian Mathis
Julie Mayfield
Joel McDonald
Chris McFarland
Mike McFarland
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Mary Morgan
Carli Mosier
Rob Mungle
Anastasia Muñoz
Mariela Ortiz
Jonathan C. Osborne
Phil Parsons
Tony Patterson
Ben Phillips
Newton Pittman
Orion Pitts
Brandon Potter
Steve Powell
Monica Rial
Tyson Rinehart
Jaime Rivera
Carrie Savage
Sean Schemmel
Dana Schultes
Patrick Seitz
Jennifer Seman
Michael Serrecchia
Stephanie Sheh
Blake Shepard
Greg Silva
Ian Sinclair
J. Paul Slavens
Micah Solusod
Mark Stoddard
Kristin Sutton
John Swasey
J. Michael Tatum
T.A. Taylor
Elias Taylorson
Austin Tindle
Alexis Tipton
David Trosko
Michael Turner
Alison Viktorin
David Wald
Tyler Walker
Viktor Walker
Brett Weaver
David Wilson-Brown
Shelton Windham
Allison Yamagata
Ian Yamagata
Barry Yandell
Jerry Zumwalt

Animax Dub

A separate dub was presumably done for Animax Asia, as various roles have been listed on some of the actors resume's.

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Edward Elric	Romi Park	Muriel Hofmann
	Edward Elric	Romi Park	Muriel Hofmann
	Alphonse Elric	Rie Kugimiya	Lily Truncale
	Winry Rockbell	Megumi Takamoto	Muriel Hofmann
	Winry Rockbell	Megumi Takamoto	Muriel Hofmann
	Roy Mustang	Shinichirō Miki	Matt Bailey
Homunculi
	Lust	Kikuko Inoue	Muriel Hofmann
Alchemists
	Izumi Curtis	Shōko Tsuda	Muriel Hofmann
	Alex Louis Armstrong	Kenji Utsumi	Mike Brooks
Military
	Riza Hawkeye	Fumiko Orikasa	Muriel Hofmann
Xing
	May Chang	Mai Gotō	Lily Truncale
	Lan Fan	Nana Mizuki	Lily Truncale
Rush Valley
	Paninya	Akemi Okamura	Lily Truncale

Notes

Unlike the Japanese version, the English dub retains most of the voice cast used for the original dub of the first series. Although for various reasons, there were recasts for a few roles.
- As Aaron Dismuke had grown up since voicing Alphonse, (Dismuke was 12 at the time of recording for the original series) he was replaced by female voice actress Maxey Whitehead. Dismuke still appears in this dub, this time playing young Hohenheim.
- John Swasey replaced Scott McNeil as Van Hohenheim, as McNeil is not a regular in FUNimation's voice cast. McNeil is based in Vancouver, though he has occasionally voiced in a few FUNimation dubs from time to time.
- J. Michael Tatum replaced Dameon Clarke as Scar, as Clarke had moved onto his live-action career.
- Jerry Russell replaced Brice Armstrong as Tim Marcoh, as Armstrong had retired in 2009.
- Robert McCollum replaced Bill Townsley as Scar's Brother, due to Townsley departing from voice acting and moving to New York.
In the original Japanese version, The Truth is depicted as having the voice of whoever encounters him with a slight effect added to differentiate, which is more in line to its role as a literal 'part' of whomever it is engaging with. In the dub, Truth is voiced by Luci Christian, the voice of Wrath in the 2003 anime.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2010-2011	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Contents	Region	Country
FUNimation Entertainment	2010-2011	The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
	2010-2011	5 Volumes	1 NTSC
	2012	The Complete Series	A DVB-T
	2012	2 Volumes	A DVB-T

External Links

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood at the Internet Movie Database