lol, what do you mean stopping while they're ahead, they're still cracking out the games.

that was me ... ._.

Haha, true. Are they planning a 4th one now?

I don't know, but I wouldn't doub it.

I mean, its Square-Enix. The love pumping out sequels to hot titles. ._.

*coughFFseriescough*

Exactly! lol

Hey I never saw the movie, but I have read most of the post of those who have. And from what I garner they did leave the ending of the movie open enough to continue another story line. I think if they could find a way that made sense for Ed and Al to be able to use Alchemy in our world it could be an interesting twist of events. The story could continue in our world and end with Ed and Al back in the Hagaren world. After all if their can be secert societies like the Thule trying to use Alchemy how do we know there are not others who have crossed over from the Hagaren world into our world and they are just waiting to reek havoc on us. After all Envy was is our world, he may or may not be dead. Also no one knows what happen to Dante she could be used as a new arch nemesis to Ed and Al. The stories lines really are endless. SORRY VILE ONE, I know you are happy with the ending. And I agree with The Vile One when he/she says this show is not about happy endings. That's the whole underlining theme of the show. But even though I feel that the audience was short changed. I would like Ed to get his arm back. How long do you think Ed can walk around with a mechincal arm and not get found out. What if he got injured and had to go to the doctor and they saw his auto-mail arm? And what if the arm breaks it's not like Al can fix it and their fathers is dead so you can count him out to fix it.During the entire show before Ed crossed over into our world he was determine to get his human limbs back along with Al's body.Well Al has a body, but Ed still has auto-mail limbs that could be another story line the Bones Studio could use.Also what would Ed and Al do for employment they don't have an education past the fifth grade. And they probably have very little if no really information about our world and it's history.The only jobs they would get is Al as a paper Boy and Ed working on the assembly lines. Ha Ha faster Ed Faster those BWM's won't assembly themselves. ( ***sound of a whip cracking****)

[spoiler]Nuh, nuh. NO alchemy in our world is possible. Point.[/spoiler]


[spoiler]The Gate has been destroyed. No coming back possible.[/spoiler]


[spoiler]Dante has certainly been eaten by Gluttony.[/spoiler]


Do you think Bones even care?


He has gotten Al's body back. That was certainly the most important thing to him. Restoring his arm and leg back came in second and now, it seems like Ed finally learned he would never get his arm and leg back.


They certainly even didn't need to go to school. They were already way to intelligent for that. They learned all by themselves.


Books exist in our world and Ed certainly learned a lot about our world during these 2 years.

So, if I understand correctly, what you want is a happy ending? With Ed getting his limbs back, Al and Ed going back to their world, blablabla...

Anyway, here are some infos from Livejournal about a possible sequel for the movie or...A manga movie?

http://www.livejournal.com/community/fm_al...st/3499998.html

Sorry if this has already been posted here or elsewhere.

^^Thanks SinLuxuria!!
If anyone is interested, you can also watch the video of the interview on Adult Swim site.
Antimony posted the link in American audience forum, and let me repost the link here: Interview with anime director Seiji Mizushima

Who said the movie has to be a serious addition to the Elric brother's story? It's about time the Military got their own movie or cheezy spin off, following their wacky adventures. More Havoc, Fury, Farman, Riza, Black Hayate and Hughes can appear as a ghost that only Roy can see when he's been drinking too much.

^^ or they could do a whole movie about pretaining the whole 7 year Ishbal war.

Personally, I think they've tied up the story as best they can, so a sequal would probably just hurt, as un-needed sequals are oft to do (*Cough* Disney *Cough*).

However, a prequel would serve as an interesting concept...

An OAV about the mangaverse Xing arc would be nice.



As for movieverse, My friends and I discussed how it would be totally awesome if there was a short that comes up after the credits, in which Ed kills Hitler. Screwing with History, yes, but it would be awesome. <3

I so agree.

Man!! That would be awsome!! Yes, just go ahead and kill Mussolini too.

From what I watched, I think there isn't gonna be a sequel. There really isn't much to tell. Adventure with Ed and Al?? That would be like the 2nd version of Pokémon. For a prequel, what's fun without Ed and Al??

But, we'd get to see Hughes again...and Pre-Emo Roy, and the Furher and Scar and practically everyone else.

From what i've read, They don't know whether they will carry on with Ed and Al. But also the director stated that they most likily wont carry on with Fullmetal Alchemist, but they may use that word. In other words the *insert Name* Alchemist, they may spin off with another Alchemist and go with that. But it is unlikily that Ed and Al will have another series or Movie.

Woah, a new Alchemist? That would be funky.
How far back would you want a prequel to go? What about a corny series about the adults when they were teenagers? Or a show with just filter episodes from random times.

A prequel about Dante and Hoenheim's past or about the homunculi's human lives, how and by who they were created (for some), etc, would be awesome...

I want to see a sequel, just curious about the twists they might put it... unfortunately Bones probably wont make anything further of FMA, but i wanted to find out what happened to Winry. [or many be in just sad]

If those people have enough strength and time to make a prequel, why not just make a prequel on how the whole damh thing called anime was created.

I think they will make another sequel, because in the anime/manga world something always
happen no matter what.

ed and al make this tale of two brothers comming the ultimate sin for a loved one and paying the price and learning up life and themelves in findin a resolution.
that's all done now, not to mention they more or less found the 'truth' of everything. let's sleeping dogs lie and leave it as the classic it could become ^^

What the hell does that even mean?

Ew. Overkill much? The shouldn't screw around with a valuable unique storyline and Inuyasha-fy it just to keep the franchise going. It's a valuable story as it is, and to continue with a watered down spinoff of that universe just kills the artistic value, imo.

Something small, a poignant prequel, maybe, if it holds the quality of the Rurouni Kenshin remembrances OAV. But if it comes down to it, I'd vote for not touching it. (Besides, hasn't Bones already made an unholy amount just in collectibles, liscencing rights, and all the other crud that sells like candy?)

A short mangaverse OAV, or no deal. *Folds arms*

Intrestingly enough look at what I found. o.o
http://www.livejournal.com/community/fm_al...329.html#cutid1
I know people keep saying there won't be a new FMA anime after the movie but I just found this. OAV's are somewhat comfrimed.
If anyone can translate this it'd be lovely.
Eh it's a bit off topic but I'd just like to share it with you all.

Huh? That was posted in the Hawkeye thread. Isn't that the game?? If it is the OVA, COOLZ!

That OAV they are releasing is obviously not a sequel. Its just a comedy thing they are doing and it also obviously doesn't take place after the movie. So its not a sequel at all.

I have to say, I disagree with the idea that all of the loose ends have been 'tied up' in a nice little bow. So far as I'm concerned Al (bless his little heart) is still a failure when it comes down to getting his brother's limbs back. 15 minutes that he did not witness do not count in my book (and I don't think they would in Al's either). Ed seems to have come through on his promise from the series, but Al has not.

I also can't figure out why the writers would even introduce the Uranium bomb unless something would come of it. Taking out all mention of it from the movie does not detract from it at all. The question begs to be asked: why put it there in the first place? Ed's vow to track it down makes me suspicious as well. Since FMA is dilligent about historical accuracy (so much as they can be) I can't imagine them introducing such a large historical abberation without taking care of it.

Someone also made the argument that the gates were closed forever, thus there wouldn't be much alchemy or Amestris floating around at all. Again, I have to disagree. Ed, Al, and Mustang destroyed what I considered a 'man-made' gate constructed by Eckhart (on one side) and Al (on the other). The original gate (through which the crazy U-bomb guy went and to which Ed and Al lost their bodies) still exists. I don't believe that any human would have the power to close it forever. What makes people believe that Ed, Al, Mustang, or whoever has the power to do such a thing? What evidence do they have? The Gate, to me, appeared to be something fundamental in the construction of the universe(s). Getting rid of it is not a task I believe puny alchemists can accomplish.

Whether or not a sequel or whatnot SHOULD be made is still open to debate. Is there a logical opening (and a good reason) for creating such a movie--I say yes.

I'm guessing you haven't seen 'Fullmetal Alchemist: Relfections', within that it's explained about the Homunculus' lives, not alot about Envy but he is briefly mentioned. So really the homunculus have been covered. And i think that really we know as much about Dante and Hoenheim as we need to, everything about them has been told, even if you need to look into it alittle more.

As cool as it would be to think that more FMA is upcoming in the future, a sequel would just be not only pointless but also dumb... What is the sequal going to be about?

[spoiler] Ed and Al living in the our world? [/spoiler]

Come on now if you actually think another movie could do ne good? The only think it would do is give people hope, while ending up disappointing all the FMA faithful!!!

[spoiler] But it would have been cool in the first movie if the our world Alphonse didnt die, because then there would be 2 Al's!!! That would have been pretty funny [/spoiler]

But on the other hand i do agree with some of the things dusha said... It could happen, who knows!!!

I agree with Dusha's comments with the introduction of the whole Uranium thing etc - but probably the producers just wanted to make an open road for them if they ever want to change their mind about doing a sequel. However, if BONES is anything like Square-Enix (well, it's backed by them, isn't it?), they would change their mind about what they say every 3 seconds and we would have a FMA sequel coming out Spring this year

I do note that because the actual "gate" wasn't destroyed, it's for Ed/Al or some other person to once again open the way to "Shambala". I am probably one of the only people around who don't care much about a prequel - what I liked most about FMA were the characters, namely Ed/Al/Win (and of course, Roy & crew as teh support). Without them, the show just isn't FMA (literally).

I think a sequal could work. It didn't end in such a way that it's totally over. I actually want a sequal....but it better be good...if not better than this movie...

For me its not a matter of ther being an opening or not (though of course I agree completely with the whole Uranium bomb thing that Dusha explained) I just want them to make a sequel so they can fix all the shit they messed up in this one. God the movie sucked! All the character were about as OOC as you can get, they dropped all manner of pairings (Winry a sisterly figure only, no Royai to be seen!), the plot really just flatlined altogether and there was so much crap that wasn't even necessary that you can't even sort out if they managed or even tried to sort out the questions they left open at the end of the series. Just terrible BONES needs to at least attempt to fix thier mistakes with this movie with something (anything) else. I mean its the least they can do and what have they got to loose? Nothing because in my opinion they've hit rock bottom but do you think anyone really cares and will stop being a fan because of it? No way! So BONES will still make money off it and fans like us can finally be satisfied at least a little bit.

Perhaps if there were a sequal, they could discover a way to do alchemy in our world (though not with transmutation circles and clapping, since that requires energy from the Gate). Maybe they could use more realistic alchemy?

Yeah but if the remain historically acurate like they have tried to be then that would one fail and two couldn't really happen since alchemy in our world was proved useless back in the medieval ages before the Reneissance. So history would throw that idea out the door if they remained true.

It could be said that Alchemy does exist in our world but to a far smaller degree.With all the stuff they do in labs nowadays (recombining molecules, etc) its probably close to Alchemy's equivilant.

[spoiler] A sequel I do want to see. I wasn't satisfied with ending. I don't want Al and Ed to be stuck here in our world. I'd rather find a way back to theirs and reunite with everyone. Winry would no doubt jump on Ed and Al would have a massive cold sweat on his forehead. lol.

A sequel could be done. Think about it. We never actually saw Mustang destroy the gate on their side did we. Who knows maybe he left it in order for the two brothers to return one day. [/spoiler]

Agreed - the show was rather opened-ended in that we were only told what Ed/Al assumed the colonel was doing (ie. destroying the gates). I also have agree with some of what Harmony said about characterisation in the movie - Roy's character is completely off the charts in expectancy and just realism. One moment he seems to be all looking forward to the future, being fed apples by Riza, and the next moment, he's demoted to Corporal and lamenting his past (which we were never given a sign of seeing in the series). Fluctuation was too drastic.

I definitely want a sequel, but a good one which will have Ed/Al back where they belong with the understanding that they have more than just each other (ie. Rockbells) and that they will seek to reunite as strongly as they sought to reunite themselves before.

...Which they already understood. And if they only need each other, then why would they come back? Al wouldn't have followed his brother and would have stayed with the Rockbells and Ed wouldn't have returned in our world. It did not happen, huh? Then, a sequel with that happening would only lead to OOCness but this time for Ed and Al and Bones would really create some crap called a sequel to what some consider as crap (I'm not concerned).

And it's pretty obvious that Bones doesn't care about EdWin (Nor Win for that matter) so why would they all of a sudden? I ask.

You mean that they acknowledge but don't really feel.



You're just affirming my beliefs that they don't think they need the Rockbells or think as strongly of the Rockbells as a family unit.




I guess from your perspective, BONEs aren't good enough to come up with a plausible narrative where the brothers returning to their world makes sense. Well, it's not like I think they would output an actual sequel anyway, but rather I would want one where the results would be good.




I blame BONE's lack of character development in that where Winry is good material gone to waste.

They love the Rockbells. I'm sure of that. And that's true they certainly don't really think of them as a true family. They aren't and never will be. Ed and Al are everything for each other and grew up together through the hardest time of their lives. So, yes, I think Ed is enough for Al and vice versa.

They never needed the Rockbells to make the right choice and the movie only proved Winry don't need the brothers either. She'll also be fine.

Yes, I think they love the Rockbells, but from everything that I've seen of the brothers, it's just disappointing to me that while the Rockbells seem to think of them as fondly as if they were the real family - esp. with Winry who is constantly trying her best to show that affection/care, the brothers just don't return the same type of trust/affection. It's just sad but understandable in a realistic world.



Yep, I never said they needed her or she needed them, but the brothers "needs" each other it seems. It's not a matter of "needing" anyone, it's just a matter of wanting to be with them. After all, I see that Edward didn't exactly "need" Al for his very existence.

In the real world, it's very likely that the Rockbells would be no more than family-friend status to the brothers given the amount of time they spent together and the events that the brothers go through (which draws a wider gap between brothers and even the closest relations). But the portrayal of the Rockbells by both the FMA manga and anime, makes me think that if the brothers do not treat the Rockbells as their real family, then it's about as cold as running away from on their real biological family.

In the end, I'm not satisfied with the Movie ending.... (let's hope the manga does better )

^^^ Hum, and let's not forget Ed does not admit his feelings or lets himself care for others so easily. It's his personality but you certainly already know that.


It'll certainly will for you! (For me, I'll stick to the anime. I kind of lost faith in the manga. Just reading it by curiosity)

Ed may not be the type to express his feelings but they do show quite often but very subtley. The same goes with Winry when it comes to Ed.

Man... all this unrequited love could leave you screaming at the screen. lol. If a sequel is done then the whole unrequited thing should be addressed more.

The love storys in COS were severly underused.

Love stories? Underused? FMA is not a shôjo. And I didn't see any true love between Ed and Winry. Of course, some would say 'But Winry hugged him and he blushed'...Duh! If that is love for you, I wonder what 'making out' stands for...

Oh, anyway, why is it always leading to EdXWinry or MustangXHawkeye? Like I already said, FMA is not a shôjo so them not admitting their love (If they feel love) to each other is not at all surprising. So, I think Bones did right on this.

there might be if any one has seen the movie gthey will know that (spoiler) at the end ed and al are talking about a uraniume bomb and that if there was another movie it would be them looking for it they are in the world war 2

Unless America got a hold of it then you know they'll succed.

I haven't been around for a while but I just had to give an applause for that. It made me giggle

As much as I'd LIKE to see one (obsessed-OBSESSED I tell you) I doubt it will happen, at least in the foreseeable future. I would like to see Ed and Al ....

[spoiler]back home in Armestis. *shrug* I felt them being stuck here was a cheesy cop out. "Um...we have to have some dramatic ending....I KNOW! Lets leave them stranded in the other world!"[/spoiler]

But I'm not optimistic a sequel will ever happen.

And I know that the director has said it will never happen, but you can never trust a director, they change their minds all the time.

I guess they won't produce a sequel. I'd like to see one. They could continue their journeys and find a way back to Winry and the others. But, hey I'm American so I have the tendency to want to see happy endings. Anything is possible here!

Directors don't really have control on whether or not a sequel is done unless they pitch the idea. In the final analysis its down to the film board.