J-Title : 鋼の錬金術師
Director : Mizushima Seiji
Writer : Arakawa Hiromu
Country : Japan / 2003
Episode : 25min × 51ep
Homepage : 鋼の錬金術師 公式ホームページ ( http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/ )(August, 2007)
Score : ★★★★☆
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About Fullmetal Alchemist
It remade for an animation which based on an original which was written by Arakawa Hiromu, and was published in the monthly "少年ガンガン" of Square-Enix. The origin was published since 2001, it received lots of responses at that time, because of solid creation, huge world, and inhalant plot, so sales volume of the magazine was getting improved. It has won "49t Shogakukan Manga" in 2004, it was on air from Dec, 2003 to Dec, next year on TBS, MBS by 51 episode. And Fullmetal Alchemist the movie was released in July, 2005.
This is about, Alphonse who was sealed his soul in an armor, and Edward who takes a trip to find Philosopher's Stone with him. It shows sometimes comically, sometimes seriously, however in the last part, the plot is different from the origin, so it was criticized two way, one of them is that, it finished very well with original plot, because the origin doesn't finish yet. The other one is that, it didn't express the charm of origin even the half.
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Plot
Edward who has lost his left-foot when he tried ductility for dying his mother. However his younger brother, Alphonse lost his body that he has more serious than his older brother. So Edward sacrificed his right-arm and succeed to seal Alphonse's soul to an armor.
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Edward who changed some of his body to artificial arm and artificial foot, even though he is talented that he became national alchemist which belongs to an army at his young age, thinks he should find Philosopher's Stone to return his younger brother's body. Although he is just ten years old, he is getting growable in his travel.
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By Young
This is why I like Japanese Animation. Let me write my 8 thoughts below.
1. There is fantasy such as alchemy, there is principle of the world which called "Equivalent Exchange" in the fantasy as alchemy. This question about the principle is what the animation want to show.
This question finally become philosophy, and it is based on the philosophy and showed a question of human rights, the dignity of the life.
It showed lots of things, so it's a little in a mess. Especially in the last part, the main characters leapt to the world which we live, but it's insistent a little bit.
