New Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Series!!

Darth Kenshin · **New Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Series!! -** 08-25-2008

I was gonna put this in the Upcoming Anime thread, but figured since this is one of the more popular shows amongst the BN users, it might deserve its own thread. Plus, it's farther in the future than what I intended the Upcoming Anime thread to discuss. Anyway:

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The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday that a new television anime series is in the works. A new anime series was a topic of much fan discussion for several months, but it was thrust into a more public spotlight last month when a management document was purportedly leaked from the BONES anime studio. The document listed Fullmetal Alchemist animator Yasuhiro Irie as "Hagane 2 kantoku" (Iron/Fullmetal 2 director).

After the purported leak, BONES President Masahiko Minami posted an official statement that said that no file with this same formatted information existed within the company. When asked about the possibility of a sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist or Darker than BLACK (another BONES anime), Minami told ANN, "It hasn't been decided yet. We are interested in doing them. As original science-fiction works, they were extremely fascinating. With these kinds of dramatic story lines, I feel that there's a lot we could do potentially."

Viz Media will publish the 17th volume of the manga version in North America this October, while FUNimation Entertainment released both the first television series and its theatrical movie finale.

Source: New Fullmetal Alchemist TV Anime Series Confirmed - Anime News Network

I can't wait for more details to emerge, like how long it will be, when it takes place, what it will cover, etc. Personally, this is among my favorite anime and I'm VERY excited that more is on the way. Who else is excited?

laptop711 · 08-25-2008

woot i cant w8 this is my fave anime woot

**Vergil the Fallen** · 08-25-2008

hell yeah man! I hope BN uploads it so we can download it from here instead of going through the torrents and dumbass Megaupload and rapidshare....and oh shit, more than FMA, Darker than Black baby!!!!!!! I wonder how they will pick up from the last episode or whether they will pick it up at all.

Darth Kenshin · 08-25-2008

yeah I heard about the rumors a while ago, but didn't make much of it. Now that FMA is confirmed, I assume that everything that leaked that day (including a Darker Than Black sequel) was legit. I'm pretty excited for Darker Than Black (assuming it's true), but more excited for Alchemist. I wonder how long it will take, and whether or not they can coincide it with the end of the manga. Theoretically, the manga looks to be winding down. If they start this show a year from now (12 more volumes of the manga) and it's a show that goes on for a year or more, the manga could feasibly be over by the time this new series ends.

rozarazan · 08-25-2008

i just can't wait wonder if they are completing the anime story or the manga or creating an entirely new story

grimmjaw88 · 08-25-2008

Wow, I hope it is not rumor .... it is one of my favorites anime

**Mushiro** · 08-25-2008

Freaking BOMB. There were a few short OVA's from the FMA Ride in Universal Studios somewhere in the UK or around there depicting Ed in the future (our current time). I was hoping that was an indication that the series wasn't ever yet, so it looks like my hopes have some backing. I wonder if they'll start a whole new series with different characters, or just go into the future of FMA, or even follow the original plot of the manga. Can't wait to see what comes of this.