The Fullmetal Alchemist movie was filmed in Italy. It stars two brothers named Edward and Alphonse. Yet the cast is Japanese, and the characters speak Japanese. Director Fumihiko Sori recently explained why he thought the actors needed to be Japanese.

Fullmetal Alchemist is an anime I often say has everything. There's civil war and political intrigue. There's a well-wrought alchemy system. There's brotherly competition and young love. There's killer fight scenes. There's even all seven of the deadly sins, except they're incarnate.

The live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie cast is all-Japanese, even if the characters are not. The anime's director says this was "a bad idea".

In Fullmetal Alchemist, the characters Edward Elric, Riza Hawkeye and Winry Rockbell all have blond hair. But in the upcoming live-action film, only two of them do. Winry, instead, has brown.

The anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is full of perfect moments. And buried in it is a very, very anime love story.

Although there's been a short teaser trailer for the Japanese live-action adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's beloved manga, we didn't actually get to see all that much of the Elric brothers -- until now that is, even if they're hidden in shadows and steam.

The Christmas and New Year holidays are for binge-watching anime. It's what you're probably going to do anyway between family meals and sleeping, so let's just be honest with ourselves.

Shooting wrapped up on the Fullmetal Alchemist feature film back in August, and now here's the flick's very first 30-second trailer.

We interrupt your day to bring you perhaps the most depressing moment in anime history. Her name was Nina Tucker, and Fullmetal Alchemist destroyed her and it made me cry.

What do Terra Formars, Fullmetal Alchemist and Final Fantasy X have in common? They all had backgrounds done by studio Kusanagi.

In Japan, popular manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist is getting a feature film. It's slated for a summer 2017 release. The fictional setting was inspired by Europe, but the movie's cast will be Japanese.

The story of Edward and Alphonse Elric begins yet again. Fumihiko Sori will direct the film (he did the 2012 Dragon Age anime movie, based on the video games) for a 2017 release; Ryosuke Yamada, member of the J-pop/idol group Hey! Say! JUMP will star as Ed.

Do you think Skeletor, the Joker, Megatron and Lex Luthor have the market cornered on evil? Not so fast. The world of manga and anime is just as full of villains as Western comics and cartoons are, and they're no slouches in the murder and depravity departments. Here are 11 anime and manga villain you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley… or a well-lit one, for that matter.