Edward and Alphonse Elric's reckless disregard for alchemy's fundamental laws ripped half of Ed's limbs from his body and left Al's soul clinging to a cold suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers scour a war-torn land for the Philosopher's Stone, a fabled relic which grants the ability to perform alchemy in impossible ways.The Elrics are not alone in their search; the corrupt State Military is also eager to harness the artifact's power. So too are the strange Homunculi and their shadowy creator. The mythical gem lures exotic alchemists from distant kingdoms, scarring some deeply enough to inspire murder. As the Elrics find their course altered by these enemies and allies, their purpose remains unchanged – and their bond unbreakable.
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no- the closest thing i can think of is nina still having sympathy for her father even after he uses her as an experiment. but she is four and doesnt understand whats going on
Barry the Chopper convinces Al that his memories were faked and that he is a made-up person in episode 8. The consequences of this are explored in the next episode.
To name just a few: Edward (15), Ling (15), Alphonse (14), and Mei (10) all experience serious/life-threatening injuries at various points in the series. Nina (5) is turned into a chimera by her father. Selim (though a few hundred-year-old homunculus, is presented to be around 9-10) gets brutally beaten at the end of the series.
Episode 24, there is a scene with the Furor walking down a hallway or something. It will show a spooder web with a moth or butterfly flapping around. You’ll see the web long before you see the actual unmentionable. So once you see the web, look away until the scene with the Furor is over.
not in brotherhood or the manga, but it is in the 2003 anime. this page is abut brotherhood, though i figured it was worth mentioning in case anyone gets mixed up
In addition to characters whose whole arms are replaced by prosthetics, at the end of the series a main character is impaled through both hands as a method of restraint
A character has their neck slashed late in the series. It is not directly on their throat but very close to it. Another is bitten on their neck and struggles to breathe.
Particularly worth noting is Ep 52 "Combined Strength" - extended sequence where a (villainous) character struggles to breathe after his throat has been ripped out while another (villainous) character speaks to him casually and callously
Three characters who are living suits of armor have their heads knocked off (in the form of the helmet being knocked away) several times, but this is never lethal.
Episode 12: a starving child attempts to bite another child in a brief attempt at cannibalism, but is immediately rebuffed. Also, one supernatural character who usually takes on a human appearance "eats" both another supernatural character and a human, but with his supernatural "mouth" not with his human mouth.
Yes, at least twice on screen, maybe more, characters are rather graphically set on fire multiple times until their regenerative abilities stop working and they eventually die. Lots of screaming, so it obviously still hurts even though they aren't human. Also, mentioned quiet a few times, and a minor character is believed to have been burned alive, but this was faked.
One character is literally called the Flame Alchemist, and it's mentioned, and shown, that he used his abilities to help in a military sponsored genocide. He is haunted by this and did not enjoy doing it, so... ? He's not a totally awful person?
One character loses limbs in alchemic accidents, another cuts off their own arm after it is injured badly in a fight. These are both graphic amputations. Several other characters are amputees and also have automail, or artificial limbs, and are sometimes shown without their automail.
No humans are shown losing their heads or having their heads destroyed, though some are implied to. But superhuman characters that have the ability to regenerate their (human looking) bodies get their heads destroyed and regrow them a number of times, most graphically in Episode 13 "Beasts of Dublith", this one in particular is shocking and happens suddenly and without warning
Not sure what all the yes’s are for. The only instance I can think of is in an early episode, when the villain’s attempt at magic backfires and mutilates his arm, which ends up twisted with embedded metal and visibly bent fingers. However the process itself isn’t shown, and he doesn’t act in very much pain. Multiple characters lose arms/legs, but I don’t think that counts.
A monster-like character that regenerates is repeatedly and horribly burned specifically to cause pain. I don’t think there’s much gore, but lots of fire/explosions and screaming, and some specific body parts (eyes, tongue…) are burned. This is the only instance of torture I can think of. In Episode 53, I think.
A battle between Envy (who can regenerate) and Mustang (who can control fire) involves Mustang repeatedly burning Envy's eyes out as a form of torture, shown multiple times as Mustang specifically calls attention to how painful it must be. Definite yes on this one.
It’s a very bloody anime, but it depends on what you consider excessive. There are repeat instances of slicing, stabbing, burning, impalement, amputation, exploding bodies, body horror, corpses, etc. A lot of this is due to monstrous villains that have naturally-regenerating bodies, but also lots of depictions of war/genocide, human experimentation, bloody brawls, and alchemy/magic-gone-wrong. Despite all this, it has a pretty positive tone.
Many kidnappings, hostage situations, entrapments, and imprisonments throughout, of and by both good and bad characters. Climax involves multiple named characters being supernaturally kidnapped and used as pawns.
It depends on what you mean by ghost. The souls of dead people are shown and in most cases obviously in pain and/or screaming. There are no "ghosts" per say but the state of these souls is important to the plot
During Episode 42, when Hohenheim enters the tunnel, there is a brief period of silence after he notices that an enemy is already present, before a sudden screeching noise as Pride (made entirely of shadows with teeth and eyes grotesquely mashed together) speeds out of the darkness to attack him. It can be quite frightening without warning.
One bath scene of a minor with nothing exposed. The other was a shower scene and not a minor, but only used to show an important tattoo on her back (no actual nudity in the show at all)
Many, many instances of graphic sounds of characters getting slashed and stabbed, choking on blood, bludgeoned, blood gushing, etc, usually shown on screen as it happens but not always. I don't think there's any bone-crunching sounds though.
About halfway through S2E13, Reunion, there's a brief but explicit shot of a character being injected with something that is obviously extremely harmful.
There are a few instances where characters harm themselves, but it's not done out of usual circumstances or depression:
Examples such as a character tearing open her chest to reveal her Philosopher's Stone that allows her to regenerate, and shortly afterwards, Mustang uses Flame Alchemy to burn his own wound to cauterize it, while also carving a magic symbol into his hand in order to cast said Alchemy to fight back.
Ed definitely seems to struggle with some degree of PTSD, and is shown to experience nightmares and flashbacks to previous traumatic events, usually accompanied by moments of panic. There are other examples, but this is the most prominent
This is much of what drives the Elric brothers to get their bodies back for the entire anime, after one losing an arm and leg, and the other losing his whole body — that his soul was attached to a suit of armor. Comparing to real life, clearly those who are severely injured or amputated have trouble accepting their bodies.
No. One character is literally a suit of armor and physically cannot eat for most of the show. Another doesn't like milk, but no evidence of eating disorders.
Lots of mentions of armor character wanting to try foods when he gets his body back.
yyyeeeaaaa its a war anime. the soldiers have flashbacks and go through remembering the stuff they did. a non-soldier character, clearly has PTSD stemming from his country destroyed and race being genocided.
Episode 11, "Miracle at Rush Valley". Nothing graphic or body-horror-like, but the situation is depicted as extremely stressful due to suboptimal circumstances as the mother is giving birth. Everyone involved is fine in the end.
No hate-speech from the author directed toward a minority group, but plot-wise, the leader of the nation decrees mass genocide of a certain group of people.
^ there are shower scenes where an important tattoo is shown, but nothing explicit is shown because the tattoo is on her back. it does reference the tattoo and i believe it shows it in a later episode.
in episodes 1, 6, 8, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, and 49. watch the entire credits for the last episode to see everyone's endings too!
No "car crashes" in how you would typically think of them. Worth noting: Ep 46 "Looming Shadows" - A train is blown up with people on it. Ep. 56 "Return of the Fuhrer" - a tank is destroyed with people in it. Ep 58 "Sacrifices" - two cars explode with people in them.
Ep 52 "Combined Strength" - two superhuman characters are hit by a car but both are completely fine moments later. Ep 58 "Sacrifices" - a superhuman character is hit by a car but destroys the car and is completely fine moments later
(SPOILER) In Ep. 33 "The Northern Wall of Briggs," during the train fightscene, a character gets impaled by a pipe.
(SPOILER) In Ep. 41 "The Abyss," a character is impaled after a large explosion in a mine shaft.
Not a nuclear explosion, but one character's alchemy is literally blowing things up. If you're uncomfortable with it, avoid watching anytime Kimblee is mentioned, cause he really enjoys what he does, and it's sickening.