I know that the new series comes out on April 5th in japan but where can i see it online?

(The following info was added by Tombow, updated as of March 18, 2010)

Available options to watch FMA: Brotherhood episodes so far:



Viewing English dubbed episodes

* In U.S., FMA fans can watch English dubbed Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episodes on AdultSwim programming portion of Cartoon Network, every Sunday 12:00 - 12:30 AM Eastern time, then same morning 4:00 - 4:30 AM Eastern time for rebroadcasting of the same episode.



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Viewing raw episodes in Japan

* In Japan, the weekly airing of FMA series-2 starts Sunday, April 5, 5:00 PM (Japan time) on MBS/TBS TV networks.


* Also in Japan, starting Friday, April 10, 2009, you can watch the episode (in Japanese) on your computer through "TV shows-on-personal-computer, GYAO anime station" web site. Each Friday, 12:00 noon the showing will switch to the newest episode. For details, please check Gyao site - anime page and Gyao technical support page (Note: I checked, and the service is limited to within Japan only.)

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On-line streaming of raw episode same time as airing in Japan

NOTE: Please be warned that the quality and reliability of simultaneous streaming of Japanese broadcasting of FMA-2 episode on Key-hole TV and TbAnts and MM have been sketchy, and you may or may not successfully get the streaming of the whole episode.


* In the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line (accessibility may vary from country to country, please check your local situation,) you can watch streaming of the episode (in Japanese) on-line through Key-hole TV.
KeyHoleTV is part of a project by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs testing out P2P (peer to peer) technology. It's free and legal, and it includes TV shows on TBS, hence you can watch FMA episode also.
You need to download and install a file to enable your computer to watch Key-hole TV. Check details on Key-hole TV site (the site is in English.)


* In the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line (accessibility may vary from country to country, please check your local situation): TvAnts is another program to watch the episodes on P2P (peer to peer) on-line. Check for TBS for episodes in Japanese, and TBS-TV for episodes with subs in Chinese.
(This info was posted by Linkdude20002001 here. Since I'm not familiar with TvAnts, please inquire Linkdude20002001 for further details.)


* In the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line (accessibility may vary from country to country, please check your local situation): For those who are having trouble streaming with Kay-hole, mms://stream.gundam.eu/tbs uses your regular media software (VLC, Winamp, RealPlayer, etc.) to watch streaming of TBS TV shows (that includes FMA) with reported very good results.
(This info was posted by Gukumatz here. Since I'm not familiar with this application, please inquire Gukumatz for further details.)


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Viewing officially subbed episodes OUTSIDE of Japan

* The following are LICENSED same-week/near-same-week distributions (either on-line or on-air) of subbed (in English, French, Italian, Cantonese Chinese, & other languages of the viewing countries) FMA episodes in North America, France, Australia, and Hong kong, Taiwan, Singapore & some other South East Asian countries & European countries through distribution partners who are officially licensed to distribute FMA series-2 episodes. These news announcements were taken from FMA-2 JP official web site.


On-line Viewing:
(Viewing is limited to within the specified region only)

NEW!!! (Updated March 18, 2010)
Good news, UK fans!! UK FMA fans can now view on-line streaming of FMA:Brotherhood episode!!! (English subbed, I assume ^^)

(As posted by Ksumisity here, here is the good news on AnimeNewsNetwork.)
* In UK, the British anime distributor Manga Entertainment has begun streaming the first five episodes of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series for audiences in the United Kingdom. Each week the company's website will add five more episodes of the series, which will replace the previous ones. Manga Entertainment's YouTube channel will run the same episodes for one week after they are taken down from Manga Entertainment's website. Once the streaming episodes catch up with the Japanese broadcast, the company will then stream one episode per week, one week after each episode airs in Japan.



* North America, and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line: On Funimation.com, Funimation.com, starting April 9, 2009, 12 noon
For UK fans, the access should be restored soon, according to Funi Rep's post on Funi forum here (scroll down to the middle of page there.) See update above.^^


* In addition, in the U.S., and elsewhere where it's accessible on-line, HULU is now carrying Funimation English sub version of the episodes (episode line up on HULU is about two weeks behind Funimation.com)
Note: You can watch it on full-screen, with better streaming quality on HULU. ^^
(This info was courtesy of penguintruth on his post here.)

* France: On Youtube. Details TBA (to be announced later)
* Australia: On Madman.com. English sub. Streaming of the episode is available a few days after airing of the episode in Japan. Please check Madman.com for more details.


Following countries can view FMA:Brothehood also!! (as posted here)

* Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Russian Federation, & Turkey: On Youtube

* Each with sub in the official language of that country. There will be regional restrictions, and viewing may be limited to within certain countries only.

* Showing starts May 16, 2009, with one new episode added daily until 23 May, 2009, then afterward every Wednesday new episode will be added.

(Please double check Youtube site for more details.)

*Additionally, the following countries and areas are listed as newly able to access FMA: Brotherhood episodes on above linked Youtube site (though the episodes may not be subbed in the language of your country): Check the list of viewing countries (Please double check Youtube site for details.)

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* In addition, FMA episodes with French subs may be available on-line for other European countries such as Luxembourg, Monaco, Belgium and Switzerland, through Dybex on FMA: Brotherhood.Net. ...This info was posted by acaray here.
Please check Dybex site for further announcement on this.
Though I'm not sure the subs are the same official French sub on Youtube.. any info on this will be appreciated.. please post and let us know. ^^

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* FMA fans in UK, the word is around that the streaming of English subbed FMA: Brotherhood episodes for UK will start in July 2009, as posted here. Please keep your eyes open for future announcements! (See the above NEWS for UK fans!! ^^)



On-air Viewing:

* Singapore & other South East Asian countries: On Animax, starting
April 10, 2009, 10:30 PM (Singapore time)
* Taiwan: On Animax, starting April 11, 2009, 10:30 PM (Taiwan time)
* Hong kong: On TVB Digital, starting April 22, 2009, 11:30 PM (Hong Kong time)
....In Hong Kong, you can watch Cantonese dubbed episode, with Cantonese sub, with the optional choice of switching to original Japanese dub audio, and it's airs first on pay digital anime channel J2 with the option to turn subtitle on or off, then repeat of the same Cantonese dubbed Cantonese subbed program on TVB-Jade channel later on the same week.
....In addition, in Hong Kong you can watch FMA: Brotherhood episodes 2 weeks ahead of TVB/J2 schedule on Animax HongKong
(The above info was provided courtesy of tinlunlau and AA battery here.)


Following countries can view FMA:Brotherhood also!! (as posted here)
(Each with sub in the official language of that country)

* Italy: On MTV
* Central European countries, Hungary, and Czech Republic: On Animax & CANAL+
* Portugal: On SIC Radical

Airing schedule for the above newly added countries:
*Regular weekly airing starts on May 23, 2009, 8:00 PM local time for each countries, with the episode 7 (this episode will air in Japan on May 17, 2009.)
*The new episode will be available every Wednesday subsequently.
*For episodes 1 through 6, starting May 16, 2009 and through May 21, 2009, with one subsequent episode each following day.

(Please double check the on-air viewing channel of your country for more details. )


* For FMA fans in Philippines, (as reported by sToRm GodDesS here) starting Friday, May 22, 2009, and every Friday 7:30 PM thereafter, TV5's ANIMEGA will air Tagalog dubbed FMA-2 Brotherhood episodes for FMA fans in Philippines. (Please check TV5 for more details.)


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* Our board's designated IRC chat channel (#circleoftyrants@irc.rizon.net) can be used to chat in real-time while watching the episode or right after for post-ep discussion, and also links to the raw episodes, streaming, etc. may be posted there. (This info was posted by asunder here. For more details on our IRC chat channel, please inquire asunder.)


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* There are several fansub groups that have announced that they will be doing fansubs of the FMA-2 episodes. Please remember that the quality of translations varies from one fansub group to another. Here is some comparison of different translations by fansub groups. ^^
(Please use Google or other info sources for the fansub sites.)


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* And, if all else fails, you can try searching Youtube for "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood." Who knows, you might get lucky......


If you run into more news and info relating to where our members can watch the new FMA series-2 episodes (please remember that we have members all around the world!! ^^) please post on this thread and share the info with us!! Thank you!!


(Info last updated on March, 18, 2010 by Tombow)

No one knows... I know someone in Japan is bound to record the first episode, sub it and put it online. But it would take a while...

Japanese people rarely sub anime, they just stick it online for someone else to work with.

stupid name person, learn to use torrents or IRC. That's your best bet for subs.

i know whos is gonna sub this..but is it okay to write their names here...

these are the groups that have announced their intentions to sub the series:
ACG, Darksoul-Fansubs, Destiny & Yuurisan-Subs & Yibis, Elricest, gSS, AniYoshi, KyouNoSubs-Tomodachi, Ayako, Your-Mom, Himatsubushi, Taka Fansubs

i'm sure many more groups will come out of the woodworks to sub the new series.

As long as the series is unlicensed, I'll grab a decent fansub as they come out. (keyword being decent...there are a lot of bad groups subbing this :/ ) Then send it to bryantq to upload on this site.

I think the easiest way to get them is Youtube. Poor quality, but you can expect the episodes to be uploaded maximum a day after airing.

Um... I don't wanna be a buzz-kill, but isn't watching the episodes online just a little bit.... illegal? Or no?

Only if it's licensed.

I agree with Popogeejo. Every show is legal to watch if it wasn't licensed in the countries a "watcher" lives in.

Well, they're not exactly wrong. It's illegal, but it's not a crime. It's not permitted by law, but there's no legislation that can put you through any kind of trouble for it.

But, in terms, it IS illegal, because even if the anime is not licensed in that country, rights should not be restricted by any means. If you own and created ANYTHING, the ownership should be protected worldwide. But that's kinda impossible to ensure.
And, since no one from Sony or Bones will come to your country and sue you for stealing their product (first, because it's not worth it; second because the law sue would be too complicated/long and could end up fruitless; and third, if the anime is not licensed in your country, you're actually doing a 'favor' for them, making the anime popular and, by so, increasing the chances of having the publishing rights for that country bought by some company) in practical means it's the same as being legal.

the guys in ann forums should get their butts licensed...i am sick and tired over there..the only talk they do is how to crush fansubbing..those guys suck...

*ahem*
Before this gets escalated... Adding opinions on fansubbing situations in relation to the thread topic is appreciated, but please curve bad-mouthing of other forum sites on our board.

The topic of this thread is "where we can see the new FMA series," and to which Asunder has already responded, and basically, we have to wait for the airing of the series and then see if any decent fansubs would surface. I'm aware of the some of the fansubbing issues, and I have gone through lengthy discussions on them elsewhere also, but I would rather not to see this thread veering a course into a full blown discussion on the current fansubbing issues, or bad-mouthing of some of the fansubbers.

While there is certainly something to be said regarding the observation of whether or not foreign parties often bother with the chore of exerting their intellectual property rights in the United States at the current point in time, what is obvious is that copyrights do indeed extend across national boundaries in principle. The simple fact that a creative work is brought into being outside of the jurisdictional precincts of the United States does not imply that it is merely protected from copyright infringement within its domestic market. Both the United States and Japan, in addition to the majority of the rest of the industrialized world, have signed the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention treaties. As such, copyright holders in either country enjoy the multilateral protection of their creations among all party nations. Given the intense effect that globalization and the internet revolution have had on the world, multinational collaboration such as this is really quite expected.

Given the above, I think that there are a few additional facts that one must keep in mind while examining copyright law. First, one does not necessarily need to "apply" or "resister" for copyright protection as it applies directly to the owner of any original creative work that is fixed in a tangible medium. Copyright protections extend to the regulation of derivative works that borrow substantially from an original piece. Case law in the United States has determined that the level of borrowing necessary to prove infringement is fairly broad in scope (see Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music for an illustrative example and 17 U.S.C. § 101 for the technical definition). In all reality, I believe that it is clear from the case law that exists on the topic that, in the specific case of anime productions, most fan-produced works of visual and literary art would qualify as infringing in the United States (that is not to say that I believe that this should be the case). What is even more evident, however, is that the copyright owner does not need to reside in the country where the infringement occurs in order to assert his or her intellectual property rights. Anime viewers have become accustomed to having free reign over fansubs until receiving cease and desist letters from a U.S. based licensee, but this process in no way indicates the true nature of the regulations that underlie the system as a whole. While it may be too costly for a Japanese company to pursue a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, this prohibition would obviously not apply to a domestic firm. A U.S. based licensee can easily bring a complaint to a U.S. court seeking remedy as the holder of domestic distribution rights, yet it is still important to note that absent a license agreement, the original content owner is free to bring such a case on his or her own terms.

Moral of the story: Just hold your horses for a little bit and wait to import the region two DVDs from Japan when they are finally released. Perhaps supplement this plan with some strategic and timely YouTube searching. Unfortunately, good things take time.

Edward Cardinal Elric you're absolutely right.

But, also, for me, it depends on other things. For example: I live in Brazil. Most the anime here NEVER get domestic licensees, aside from the real popular ones. And, even when the rights are bought, most of the time it takes more than 5 years to happen. In my case, I could buy the original from Japan, but most people don't speak English fluently enough to understand a anime subbed in that language. It's is still illegal, of course, but, in this case, they have very few other options.
What is usually done here is that fansubs don't take any sort of profit from subbing an unlicensed anime. It doesn't make it 'more legal', but at least it makes more difficult to make grounds for any legal process. At the same time, most fansubs also encourage otakus to buy the licensed animes as soon as they reach the stores, to show brazilian companies that there's a substantial market for anime here.

That also depends a lot on how domestic laws understand copyrights and that differs from country to country.

And, either way, Tombow is right. This is not the place to discuss further where this situation stands.
Legally speaking, it's exactly as Edward Cardinal Elric said and ANN would not be wise to defend otherwise, even if they wanted to. But that also doesn't mean there aren't other sides to the matter.

yeah i used to watch them during year five and six on youtube by a person named omfganime. sadly they were doing ilegal video uploading. ah well at least we'll prolly be able to watch them on funimations site.

You'll be waiting a loong time to watch them on Funi's site. They'll only put the eppies on their site when they dub it (and that's if they DO put the eppies on their site). Unless they do what Viz is doing for Naruto Shippuden, and sub the new eppies directly from Japan and put them on Hulu.com.

OMG I can't wait to see them!
*drools*

I know this is gonna sound wrong, but I could care less if it's illegal to watch it online. I can't wait to watch the new season and once a DVD is released here in Canada I'll buy it!! (Yes, I'm one of those who actually buys the DVD's and doesn't just download the torrents)
With or without subs it doesn't matter, I think, if you've read the manga it should be pretty self explanatory
(fervent Romi Paku fan xD speaking)

FUNi will usually put the first 3-5 DUBBED episodes up. Never subbed.

Asunder mentioned Taka-Fansubs as being a possible subber. They took over Naruto Shippuden after Dattebayo!-Fansubs bailed. From what I can tell, their subs are very good in translation and quality. Though, they usually release once or twice a week, it is worth the wait. Also, theirs are available as normal downloads (.wmv, .avi, ect) or as a torrent, which ever you prefer I guess. I know sites such as Saiyan Island have a topic with a download link to each episode, if Paladin were to give us permission, we could do that.

Also, didn't someone say that someone from FUNi said that once they grab it, DVDs will be released 9 months after? Not a very long wait.

In any case, I'll be seeing Vic Mignogna twice this year (Tora-con, Anime North) so I'll try to milk him for any info on it if I get the chance to talk with him.

People are still releasing in .wmv?
Admittedly I know little about such things but I thought .avi or .mkv were the standard these days.


I think Eccentric Uncle Asunder said he's either cool with us linking to torrents so long as it remains unlicensed or that he would be putting links on the front page.

Well, for some people, .avi doesn't work in Windows Media Player, so they'd need a .wmv file. (for most though, .avi works on WMP. I know .mkv is for another system in it's own right. Though .rmvb is another, I haven't the slightest what that's for)

Ah, I see. So we'll have a section for it then I guess.

With the new series, I assume we might have a forum revamp. Then all that could be put in.

aw. no funi vids until dubbed....(goes hyper insane...kills self) anywayz after that fiasco i need a new way of watching. (learns japanese) 私は今も日本語を知っているかfmaダビングすることができます。アル今、私は日本を必要とする... ...ああ...私はこの待ち時間を考えたことはなかったですが、私................. (re-reads washu's earlier post)..........WOAH HANG ON WHAT DID YOU SAY. AH GOD DANMIT WHY DO I LIVE HERE

Lemme take a moment in the mornin' to clear up any misconceptions:
-Taka is a pretty awful fansub group.

-Some raws on japanese p2p networks are still released in wmv9 format...Also the raw webcast of hetalia is in a .wmv/.asf format.
But fansub groups typically use xvid encoding in a .AVI container or a H.264 encoding in a .mkv container. (Some groups do use h.264 in a .mp4 container but the link below should help people play that.)

- People watch .wmv because they haven't loaded the proper codecs+filters to be able to watch h264 or xvid encoded files.

- .rmvb is used exclusively by the chinese fansubbing community

- .mkv is *not* for another system...In fact it's best supported under Windows

- h264 in mkv vs xvid in avi is another debate entirely
short version: People with older computers or those who want to convert their files to play on their portable devices prefer xvid/avi while people who want the best quality will get the h264 in a .mkv option

- To play mkv files or .avi files: Uninstall other codec packages (klite etc) then get the CCCP from http://www.cccp-project.net/ . Install it and your computer should be set to handle any english fansubbed anime you download.

^Really? Taka had seemed good to me. I assume there's a group that would sub anime of that..."genre", per say? (Maybe whomever subbed Soul Eater)

As for .mkv, I had to download a whole other system. The symbol was a traffic cone >.>

At any rate, I'm sure we'll find something <3

If you live in Noth America, France, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Singapore & some other South East Asian countries, here is the list of where you can watch subbed (currently English and/or Chinese) FMA-2 episodes through officially licensed distribution networks.

This news is on official FMA-2 JP site, and I'm bringing it here from FMA-2 news watch thread.


There will be same-week distributions (either on-line or on-air) of FMA episodes in U.S., France, Australia, and some Asian countries!!

On-line distributions: (Access is limited to within the specified region only)
* North America: On Funimation.com, starting April 9, 2009, 12 noon
(No info on the time zone... assuming Eastern Time?)
* France: On Youtube. Details TBA (to be announced later)
* Australia: On Madman.com. Details TBA

On air distributions:
* Singapore & other South East Asian countries: On Animax, starting April 10, 2009, 10:30 PM (Singapore time)
* Taiwan: On Animax, starting April 11, 2009, 10:30 PM (Taiwan time)
* Hong kong: On TVB Digital, starting April 22, 2009, 11:30 PM (Hong Kong time)


This news was just posted on the official FMA-2 JP site. I know we have been discussing fansubs, and some fansub groups have been getting ready, and I don't yet to know exactly how these fansub groups would do now... Also, there may be additional countries added to the above list in the future. As usual, if you hear/read more news, please keep us posted. ^^

Funimation! (not Fanimation, I'll chalk that up to your sheer excitement )

i guess all that talk about file formats etc was for naught

The FMA forum IRC channel (#circleoftyrants@irc.rizon.net) can be used to chat in real-time while watching the episode or right after for post-ep discussion!

Use this link to join via the web http://irc2go.com/pjirc/?net=Rizon&room=Circleoftyrants

^ ^ Gahaha!! I didn't even notice!! Thank you so much for catching it!! ^^
Yeah, as you can tell, I'm pretty excited and stalked about this news!
*goes to correct* ^^

Ah, but that post on file formats was very informative!!

Thank you for the link, I think it would be fun (By the way, will I be allowed to post links to episodes there?)

yeah links to episodes/raws/etc is allowed in the irc channel, just not on the forums . This way we don't get our beloved forums into any unnecessary trouble

Look around. I'm pretty sure you can find some website to watch it on. Try looking on the website you watched the first FMA season. If You could remeaber. I watched it on tons of websites.

You do know some people watched it on TV, right?

Your right. I didn't think about that.

i hope fansubbing is not stopped because of wat happened yesterday...it doesnt matter for me though..i have animax ...but wat about the guys whoo are from germany,,italy and all those place...i hope funi doesnt do region lockin..then i guess its good

No Britain? That's a bit rubbish.
But like you say, there may be more added later.

*hopes*

I just read on the net that Taka Fansubs is definetly doing the fansub. Here's the link: http://www.takafansubs.com/?p=news&id=13

Man I'm happy I was just overreacting back there! Yay for FMA! <3

Thanks! I was hoping someone would find/post a fansub group.

@fma_milan_freak, Hagane no Baka and Imbris - I moved your posts with fansub discussions from "FMA-2 Official JP site watch" thread to "Where can I watch new series?," since I think others on this thread would benefit with your fansub discussion and info here.

It will air at 5:00 PM in Tokyo right?
Gosh, that means I have to watch it at 8:00 AM if I want to watch it live O_o
I'm a huge FMA fan but I'm also a huge fan of being asleep xD
Guess I have to go to sleep again after I watched it U_U

Just a couple of hourssss, yay! I'm so excited!
Although I know I will be really pissed of when it will be over and we have to wait one whole week for the next episode

Squeee!! I can't wait!
Unown: I love being asleep too. >.>

YAY I cant wait! THanks alot for the link to the fansubbers...
for those who watch Naruto from that group... do you know how long they take to sub every episode?
From the looks of it... it seems liek they are pretty quick thats good to know , seems like they would take around 12 hours yay =D

Well, that's a lot of fansubs around here... It's a fact.

But if u can't wait for the subs u can download those "tv online programs" and watch the first ep. in TV TOKIO at the same time as the japanese people.
*But I still prefere the fansubs*

SonPan: Gah, caramelldansening Ed and Roy! X]


So do you think we'll be able to watch the first episode by about Monday?
Squeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! I. Can't. Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*bounces around the room madly*
XD

Depends if you want subtitles or not.
You could probably get the raw within half an hour of it airing.

I do want subtitles, because I can't speak Japanese.
I really want to learn though. >.<

I heard that the funimation website will be showing the first episode subbed on their website on April 10. For anyone who isn't from the United States, funimation is the company that licensed the first FMA anime series. But I think that most people know that.

^April 9th, actually. It's nice to know that FMA is being shown in so many places around the world. For faster releases, though, I'll stick with fansubs. x3

Will anybody be able to post the raw here then (or perhaps even the fan-subbed one) or do we have to go on a hunt for it ourselves?

The problem with fansubs is that they can be sketchy. In an exposition heavy series like FMA (any version really) a mistranslation could provoke headsplitting amounts of confusion (which was repeatedly the case with the first show). Of course, being the impatient guy I am, I'll likely be watching a fansub first, but I'm a tad worried. Oh well, at least we have Funimation doing a guaranteed quality translation.

Yeah for sure and I'm all about watching the Funimation one on the 9th. <.< I'm just an impatient little fangirl who wants to watch it now. xD Though I understand what you mean about watching the fan-subbed one. I guess that is a bit worrying, but it'll still be worth it. I can't wait to see this.

I updated the first post of this thread with all the available viewing options we know so far.