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New Square Enix Cafe reveals Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Nier, and Fullmetal Alchemist menu items
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2026 - Tweet
Tokyo’s new video game/anime eatery has a lot to love (and eat).
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Fullmetal Alchemist to complete live-action adaptation with two new movies【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2022
Antagonist Scar joins the cast, along with several other fan favorites who didn’t make it into the first film.
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Where’d the time go?! Top anime series that finished ten years ago, ranked by Japanese netizens
- Katy Kelly
Apr 5, 2020
Seriously, it’s been a long, long time since these series aired, and now we feel really old.
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- (2010 • Animal Detective Kiruminzoo • anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Hidamari Sketch • Inuyasha • K-On! • nerdy • nostalgia • ranking)
Female otaku has perfectly sensible answer for when people ask why she doesn’t get a boyfriend
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2019
Dark magic and a price too great to pay are great reasons for remaining single.
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- (anime • clever • COK • dating • Fullmetal Alchemist • funny • otaku • relationships • romance)
No one would be worse off if half the anime being made wasn’t produced, says director
- Casey Baseel
Jun 26, 2018
Director of Fullmetal Alchemist thinks fans have twice as many series as they really need.
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- (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • manga • otaku • Seiji Mizushima)
Netflix’s Fullmetal Alchemist: It doesn’t suck
- Viewster
Mar 14, 2018
How does one turn a nearly 70-episode anime into a movie? The answer is you can’t. No one can.
- Japan
- (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • Viewster)
Alloy-ha! Sanrio & Fullmetal Alchemist collaboration results in wonderfully cute character goods
- Richard Simmonds
Nov 20, 2017
Hit anime/manga Fullmetal Alchemist characters Edward and Alphonse Elric have transformed again, but this time it’s not the result of alchemy.
Live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film’s IMAX trailer highlights action scenes
- Anime News Network
Nov 8, 2017
Film opens in Japan on December 1, will also open in over 190 countries.
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- (anime • Anime News Network • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • video)
Supporting cast of live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie appears in costume for first time【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2017
Anime heroes Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and Winry Rockbell featured in English-subtitled trailer.
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- (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • video)
Fullmetal Alchemist manga getting first new chapter in seven years
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2017
The Elric boys are coming back for a new installment from creator Hiromu Arakawa.
- Japan
- (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Hiromu Arakawa • Live action • manga • movies)
Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece Voice Actor Ed Blaylock Passes Away
- Anime News Network
Apr 23, 2017
Voice actor for King Bradley, Sengoku was 64.
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- (anime • Anime News Network • ANN • Fullmetal Alchemist • One Piece • voice actors)
New live-action Fullmetal Alchemist trailer shows off Ed’s mechanical arm, brother-in-armor Al
- Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2017
Preview highlights loyalty to source material’s character motivations.
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- (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • video)
First trailer released for Fullmetal Alchemist live-action film shows potential for awesome【Vid】
- Scott Wilson
Nov 20, 2016
Is this the movie that will put an end to the streak of bad live-action anime remakes?
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- (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • movies • trailer • video)
Learn Japanese through ridiculous manga: Fullmedal Alchemist 【Episode #5】
- Scott Wilson
Jun 24, 2016
“You cannot gain a medal without sacrificing something else in return.”
- Japan
- (Fullmetal Alchemist • funny • hiragana • Japanese language • learn Japanese • learn japanese through ridiculous manga • manga • scotto-sensei)
Live-action adaptation of anime Fullmetal Alchemist coming to theaters
- Casey Baseel
May 24, 2016
All-Japanese cast set to start filming in Europe next month.
How to create an anime-style magic circle with one simple item from the grocery store
- Casey Baseel
Feb 11, 2016
No chicken sacrifice required for this mystic ritual.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • energy drinks • Fullmetal Alchemist • funny • magic circle)
Fullmetal Alchemist shoes are here to complete fashionable anime fans’ footwear collections
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2015
When making her professional debut, manga creator Hiromi Arakawa decided to work under the masculine-sounding pen name Hiromu Arakawa. The choice was probably made under the logic that a male author would be more easily accepted by the predicted male fanbase of the action-adventure stories Arakawa was crafting.
In the end, though, all of that worrying was probably unnecessary. Male readers have no issue with Arakawa’s gender because she can produce awesome adventure stories, and her series have enjoyed broad crossover appeal with female manga readers as well. As a matter of fact, so many of Arakawa’s fans are women that there are now two pairs of pumps inspired by her most successful series, Fullmetal Alchemist.
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- (anime • fashion • Fullmetal Alchemist • manga • shoes • Super Groupies)
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