We'll Do It Live (Action)
Live-action versions of anime have been increasingly popular, or at least more widely talked about, in recent years. From Netflix's Death Note to Ghost in the Shell with Scarlett Johansson, more and more fan-favorite anime are getting high-profile live-action adaptations.
The latest is Fullmetal Alchemist, which is now available to stream on Netflix. The Netflix library has both the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime as well as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which is often considered the must-watch version. As such, we decided to compare characters, certain scenes, and that chimera between Brotherhood and the live-action film.
Click ahead to see an image from the anime followed by the comparison from the live-action version. We've kept spoilers to a minimum, so you'll be fine as long as you've seen the first four or five episodes of Brotherhood.
For more on Fullmetal Alchemist, be sure to read our review. You can also check out our list of the best anime available on Netflix and our top 10 anime of 2017 if you're looking for more to watch.
Edward Elric (Anime)
Ed is the titular Fullmetal Alchemist and the protagonist of the series. He has a metal arm and leg and is searching for a legendary artifact called the Philosopher's Stone, with which he hopes to restore his younger brother Al's body.
Edward Elric (Live Action)
In the film, Ed is pretty much the same, except with a glaringly bad wig.
Alphonse Elric (Anime)
Al is Ed's younger brother, and he doesn't have a body. During the brothers' failed human transmutation, Ed gave his arm to bind Al's soul to a suit of armor.
Alphonse Elric (Live Action)
Al's suit of armor is the best-looking thing in the live-action version and is true to how he appears in the series.
Winry Rockbell (Anime)
Winry is a childhood friend of Ed and Al and is Ed's love interest. She's an amateur surgeon and mechanic, and she maintains Ed's prosthetic arm and leg.
Winry Rockbell (Live Action)
Movie Winry is almost nothing like her anime counterpart. Her hairstyle is the same, but everything from her clothing (which is too feminine) to her personality (which is hard to discern due to overacting) will disappoint fans.
Lust (Anime)
Lust is a Homunculus, or a human created artificially by alchemy. She is one of the main antagonists of the series.
Lust (Live Action)
Lust looks similar in the movie, but there's a certain Hot Topic feel to her outfit that makes her look kind of silly.
Gluttony (Anime)
Gluttony is another Homunculus and antagonist of the series. He's often found eating human or animal remains and is regularly partnered with Lust.
Gluttony (Live Action)
Gluttony is somehow even creepier in live action. Maybe it's the eyes.
The Elric Brothers As Children (Anime)
After their mother, Trisha, died, Ed and Al set out to bring her back via human transmutation--a taboo in the world of alchemy.
The Elric Brothers As Children (Live Action)
The kid versions of Ed and Al are pretty similar, though it kind of looks like someone spray-painted their hair.
Transmutation Circle (Anime)
In order to preform the human transmutation, Ed and Al had to make a transmutation circle on the ground.
Transmutation Circle (Live Action)
The live-action version of the circle is similar, though it unfortunately doesn't glow.
The Gate (Anime)
As the human transmutation begins to fail, Ed finds himself at the Gate, a very important (metaphysical) location in the series.
The Gate (Live Action)
In the movie, Ed appears at the Gate in a dream, rather than through Alchemy, and he's an adult. It's an entirely separate scene from the beginning of the human transmutation and comes later in the film.
Ed and Truth (Anime)
At the Gate, Ed speaks to a mysterious figure known as Truth. Truth appears during human transmutation, which it considers an unfair exchange according to the equivalent exchange laws of alchemy.
Ed and Truth (Live Action)
The conversation between Ed and Truth is more or less the same in the movie. Truth looks extra ethereal.
Ed Loses His Leg (Anime)
Ed loses his leg during the failed human transmutation, and it's pretty brutal. Truth later takes his arm in exchange for Al's soul.
Ed Loses His Leg (Live Action)
This scene is also part of the dream sequence. Maybe it's because it would be pretty gruesome to show a real child losing his leg, but this is a flashback-bad dream combo that comes off as jarring in the film.
Trisha Elric (Anime)
As a result of the failed human transmutation, Trisha Elric returns as grotesque, deformed creature.
Trisha Elric (Live Action)
Yep, that's Trisha Elric. She's hard to make out in the film because of all the smoke.
Nina Tucker and Alexander (Anime)
Nina is the daughter of alchemist (and completely evil, horrible man) Shou Tucker. She loves her "big brothers" Ed and Al almost as much as her dog, Alexander.
Nina Tucker and Alexander (Live Action)
Nina still loves Alexander in the live-action version, but for some reason, Winry is there.
Nina Tucker and Alexander, Chimera Form (Anime)
Ed...ward...
Nina Tucker and Alexander, Chimera Form (Live Action)
Onii-chan.
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