Interestingly enough, though, Brotherhood is neither a re-hash nor a re-interpretation of the original. Most casual fans of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood might not be aware that there's actually another version of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime that came before it in 2003. On March 31, 2016, FUNimation Entertainment's license to the series expired It was first announced in the manga series' 20th tankōbon volume Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an alternate retelling of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga that is closer to the source material than the previous 2003 adaptation, this time covering the entire story. Home Fullmetal alchemist fullmetal alchemist brotherhoodįullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the second anime adaptation developed by Bones based on the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa and is directed by Yasuhiro Irie and written by Hiroshi Ōnogi.
