Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Film Reveals 4 More Stills

The official website for the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film revealed four more still images from the film on Friday.






The live-action film will open in Japan on December 1.

Fumihiko Sori (live-action Ping Pong) is directing the film. On adapting the source material, Sori said, "I want to create a style that follows the original manga as much as possible. The cast is entirely Japanese, but the cultural background is Europe. However, it's a style that doesn't represent a specific race or country." Regarding the faithfulness of the adaptation, which has characters of non-Japanese ethnicity, the director said, "There will never be a scene in which a character says something that would identify him/her as Japanese."

The film stars Ryōsuke Yamada (Hey! Say! JUMP member and live-action Assassination Classroom's Nagisa) as Edward Elric, Tsubasa Honda (live-action Blue Spring Ride's Futaba) as Winry Rockbell, and Dean Fujioka (live-action Happy Marriage!?) as Roy Mustang. Other cast members include:

• Fumiyo Kohinata as General Hakuro
• Ryuta Sato as Maes Hughes
• Misako Renbutsu as Riza Hawkeye
• Natsuna as Maria Ross
• Natsuki Harada as Gracia Hughes
• Yo Oizumi as Shou Tucker
• Jun Kunimura as Doctor Marco
• Yasuko Matsuyuki as Lust
• Kanata Hongou as Envy
• Shinji Uchiyama as Gluttony
• Kenjiro Ishimaru as Father Cornello

The film tells the story in one complete film. Ed is being aged up to 20 years old; he was originally 15 in the manga. Alphonse will be rendered in full CG.

Original manga creator Hiromu Arakawa is drawing a "special-edition comic" that people who attend theatrical screenings in Japan will receive.