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The movie leaves room for a sequel, so maybe we'll get to see a new and improved Hagaren soon. Overall, Fullmetal Alchemist has some good things going for it, but needs to fix the leaks and sputtering in the narrative's engine. Another unfortunate point, since brother Al can't show his emotions (encased as he is in a suit of armor) and relies on Ed to unleash his feelings, and really live, on his behalf. Yamada's Ed is too pretty and manicured, and even when his rages take hold (in the original, Ed is often a fireball of anger), he's ultimately unruffled. Arakawa's original story lauded the human body, but more than that, it was a celebration of the human will to overcome physical injuries, shortcomings, DNA patterns and destiny itself. Which is a shame, because bodies are practically the whole point of Fullmetal Alchemist. But Ed himself is often static, and there are an awful lot of close-ups to make up for the fact that he's not doing much with his body or his emotions.

Metal spokes come clanging down from the sky, forming an instantaneous cage to contain an enemy. Cobblestones fly off street surfaces and morph into monsters. As a result, Ed's movements are never as light or soaring as the alchemy magic, expertly doctored with CG. Sori, who had choreographed masterful physical scenes in Ping Pong, relies a bit too heavily on CG this time. But Yamada lacks the charisma to carry the entire movie, and his action sequences are devoid of the giddy buoyancy Ed has in the anime versions. He certainly has the right look: elfin, bottle blonde and asexually cute.

Does he deliver? The answer is yeah, maybe for about a quarter of the running time. This all-important role goes to Ryosuke Yamada, from the pop-idol group Hey! Say! JUMP. Much of the controversy will center around the centerpiece: Ed. And Yasuko Matsuyuki as Lust is pretty much a stereotypical evil hottie with extending claws and CG-enhanced cleavage. It doesn't bode well for feminists that Winry Rockbell (played by Tsubasa Honda) – the brothers' childhood friend and ace metalsmith – is reduced to that of typical helpmate instead of the fierce individual in the original manga. Perhaps in an effort to contain the sprawl, Sori chose to work with a small cast of a chosen few, but fans will be disappointed to find key characters are missing, including the brothers' nemesis Scar and their boss, King Bradley. The narrative often suffers from a lack of coherence and sequential breakdown. Having said that, it seems the sheer scale of Fullmetal Alchemist had an unnerving effect on Sori. Sori has a feel for translating the manga experience into live-action cinema and he does a sound job of condensing the Fullmetal story into an incident-and-action-packed 2 hours and 13 minutes, set against an idyllic Italian townscape. The live-action movie version is directed by Fumihiko Sori, best known for bringing the eminently likable Ping Pong (also adapted from a bestselling manga) to the big screen). There is always a trade-off, to the tune of an eye for an eye and a limb for a limb.

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Ed always stresses that in life and in alchemy, there are no free rides. This theme of exchange (the Law of Equivalent Exchange) frequently crops up in the series. It's a barter he makes at the Gate of Truth, a kind of gateway to the afterlife and a place where all of life's questions find answers. In Fullmetal Alchemist, Ed gives up his right arm in order to transplant the soul of his kid brother Al into a suit of armor, thus enabling Al to move and speak. In humorous interviews, she has described the job as an experience that changed her perception of humanity, being especially impressed by the apparent ease with which some patients deployed their prosthetic limbs. Before becoming a manga legend, author Arakawa used to work as a parking attendant at a rehab center for the physically challenged.

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The manga series has reportedly sold over 70 million copies worldwide. And so, bound by brotherly love and a mutual desire to unlock the deepest mysteries of alchemy, Ed and Al set forth on a quest that takes them to unknown lands and an array of interesting characters, some helpful and others menacing. They learn of the Philosopher's Stone, which has the power to recover Alphonse's body. In the aftermath, younger brother Alphonse lost his entire body and his older sibling Edward an arm and a leg. The story, briefly, goes like this: In an effort to resurrect their dead mother, the Elric brothers had embarked on a dangerous and prohibited human alchemy project.