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Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Film's Teaser Shows Ryōsuke Yamada as Ed & CG Al

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    The official website for the live-action film of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga began streaming a teaser video for the film on Wednesday. The video teases iconic scenes from the story, and shows Ryōsuke Yamada in costume as the alchemist Edward Elric, as well as his little brother Al in full CG.

    Text: The time has come.
    Text: Original work: Hiromu Arakawa
    Text: Director: Fumihiko Sori (Ping Pong)
    Text: Two brothers' great journey.
    Text: The legend...
    Text: Finally begins.
    Title Logo: Fullmetal Alchemist
    Edward: I promise I'll get our bodies back.
    Text: 2017, winter.

    The site is also hosting a still for the film.
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    The website had launched a countdown last Friday.

    The film will open in Japan in winter 2017.

    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."
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    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) (pictured top right in image to the right) as Winry Rockbell, and Dean Fujioka (live-action Happy Marriage!?) (pictured bottom left in image to the right) 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

    Italian newspaper La Nazione previously unveiled photos of the film's shooting in the Italian town of Volterra in June. Filming ended on August 26.

    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.

    Sori told Oricon he has a deep affection for the story that tells the "truth of living," and said, "It is my dearest wish to turn this wonderful story into a film, and it is not an exaggeration to say that I am living for this reason." He added that he "wants to create a wonderful film that uses techniques that challenge Hollywood," and noted that nowadays Japanese film-making techniques have progressed greatly.
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    Arakawa published the manga from 2001 to 2010 in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan, and Viz Media released the series in North America.

    It describes the story:

    In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother's bodies...the legendary Philosopher's Stone.

    The series inspired the Fullmetal Alchemist television anime series in 2003 and its sequel film, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa, in 2005. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, a second television anime series based more closely on the original manga's story, debuted in 2009. A spinoff anime film, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, premiered in 2011.​
     

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