Use in conjunction with fma-series for questions that specifically relate to the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime series.
Questions tagged [fullmetal-alchemist-2003]
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What's the difference between the FMA and FMA Brotherhood series?
I haven't watched Anime in many years, but recently I've had time to get back into it. I've seen that one of my favorite series, Fullmetal Alchemist, has done a series reboot. What I'm wondering is:
Does it present a lot of deep variations…
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How did the birds come back to life when Envy arrived?
After Cornello had been eaten by Gluttony, the townspeople search for him but find a lot of dead birds. Envy arrives as Cornello and passes off a miracle and claims that the Cornello who had been "conning" everyone was sent by the devil while "he"…
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How can alchemy be used in another dimension?
At one point, Ed, Al, and Ling end up in a battle involving Gluttony. Then,
Ed, Ling, and Envy are swallowed by Gluttony, which lands them in another dimension.
It is also stated more than once that alchemists use the energy from the movement of…
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About the physics of transmutation in FMA:B
Anyone who has watched even an episode of FMA or FMA:B knows how transmutations work. They are the staple of alchemy, and are very important to the show. The only rule with transmutations is the Law of Equivalent Exchange. This all seems fine and…
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What is the correct watching order of Fullmetal Alchemist?
I have been recommended to watch Full Metal Alchemist. However, the person who recommended this series to me can't remember the correct order. After googling it, I'm confused as many people have posted different orders.
So what is the correct…
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At what point does the 2003 series and Manga/Brotherhood series start to diverge?
I just finished watching Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 series. I would like to read/watch the manga/Brotherhood anime now. Does anyone know at what chapter the story of FMA2003 and the story of the manga/Brotherhood anime go their separate ways?
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Where does the flow of power come from for a Transmutation Circle to work?
On the Full Metal Alchemist Wiki under the Category Alchemy. It says this...
The circle itself is a conduit which focuses and dictates the flow of
power, tapping into the energies that already exist within the earth
and matter. It represents…
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What is the name of Scar's brother?
I was watching FMA Brotherhood, and I was wondering if any of the episodes in the original FMA Anime revealed Scar's brother's name. Now that I think about it, it really didn't really address it. Did they leave it out as it was not important? So far…
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Why does Greed in FMA (2003) want to know how to bind a soul to an armor?
Greed mentions in Episode 33 (Al, Captured) that he wants to know how to bind a soul to an armor so that he could also be "immortal" like Al. But since Greed is a Homunculus, he doesn't even have a soul, as mentioned by Lust (probably in Episode 21…
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In the 2003 anime FMA, what are the ingredients for making Homunculi?
Referring to the 2003 anime FMA, what is the exact process to creating an Homunculus? I haven't watched the anime in a little while but if this makes sense I am looking for the ingredients that are put together to make an Homunculus in the 2003…
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Why couldn't Dante create a Philosophers Stone by herself?
In the 2003 Anime Fullmetal Alchemist, in episode 45, she says that she had the Homunculi search for a Philosophers Stone because without Hohenhiem she was unable to create one by herself. But why?
Did she require knowledge that only Hohenheim had…
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Who was King Bradley supposed to be?
In Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 anime series) Fuhrer Bradley/King Bradley is a homunculus and is head of the military in Central. They say the Homunculi are created when an alchemist attempts human transmutation, which always fails and from those…
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Can Alphonse sleep in FMA/FMA:B?
In both Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), there are instances of Alphonse Elric saying what he can't wait to do once he gets his body back. He usually states things that only humans/living creatures can do that…
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How much are "cens" worth?
How much are "cens" in FMA worth? Is there some sort of canon answer to this, or can something at least be inferred from the manga / either anime series?
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Does the world on the other side of the gate exist for alchemy to exist?
In one of the episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist (the original 2003 anime), Hohenheim of Light is sent to a parallel universe of some sort smaller than the world he once knew by Dante, using a baby as she did some research on The Gate. He says…
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