Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005) Gekijô-ban hagane no renkinjutsushi: Shanbara wo yuku mono (original title)

Director:

Seiji Mizushima

Writers:

Hiromu Arakawa (characters) and
Shô Aikawa (script)

Release Date:

25 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

The final battle lies in the hands of two brothers!

Plot:

Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, is on the other side of the gate. He has befriended someone who resembles his brother...

Plot Keywords:

Alchemy | Tornado | Anime | Weimar Germany | Based On Manga

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Romi Pak	...	Edward Elric (voice)
Rie Kugimiya	...	Alphonse Elric (voice)
Shun Oguri	...	Alphonse Heiderich (voice)
Kazuko Katô	...	Dietlinde Eckart (voice)
Masane Tsukayama	...	Karl Haushofer (voice)
Miyû Sawai	...	Noah (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi	...	Winry Rockbell (voice)
Miyoko Asô	...	Pinako Rockbell (voice)
Tôru Ôkawa	...	Roy Mustang (voice)
Kenji Utsumi	...	Alex Louis Armstrong (voice)
Rikiya Koyama	...	Rudolf Hess (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Erik Jan Hanussen (voice)
Masashi Ebara	...	Hoenheim Elric (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Officer Hughes (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Gracia Hughes (voice)
Michiko Neya	...	Riza Hawkeye (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Jean Havoc (voice)
Naomi Wakabayashi	...	Sheska (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura	...	Heymans Breda (voice)
Shouko Tsuda	...	Izumi Curtis (voice)
Houko Kuwashima	...	Rose Tomas (voice)
Yasuhiro Takato	...	Gluttony (voice)
Nana Mizuki	...	Wrath (voice)
Takehiro Murozono	...	Vato Falman (voice)
Tetsu Shiratori	...	Kain Fuery (voice)
Mitsuki Saiga	...	Maria Ross (voice)
Masao Harada	...	Denny Brosh (voice)
Vic Mignogna	...	Edward Elric (voice: English version)
Aaron Dismuke	...	Alphonse Elric (voice: English version)
Jason Liebrecht	...	Heidrich (voice: English version) (as E. Jason Liebrecht)
Kelly Manison	...	Eckart (voice: English version)
John Swasey	...	Haushofer (voice: English version)
Ed Blaylock	...	Fritz Lang (voice: English version)
Caitlin Glass	...	Winry Rockbell (voice: English version)
Travis Willingham	...	Roy Mustang (voice: English version)
Christopher Sabat	...	Armstrong (voice: English version)
Jason Douglas	...	Hess (voice: English version)
Scott McNeil	...	Hoenheim (voice: English version)
Sonny Strait	...	Hughes (voice: English version)
Lauren Goode	...	Gracia (voice: English version)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Hawkeye / Rose (voice: English version)
Mike McFarland	...	Havoc (voice: English version)
Gwendolyn Lau	...	Shiezka (voice: English version)
Josh Berry	...	Breda (voice: English version)
Christine M. Auten	...	Izumi (voice: English version)
Wendy Powell	...	Envy (voice: English version)
Luci Christian	...	Wrath (voice: English version)
Kevin Connolly	...	Fuery (voice: English version)
Meredith McCoy	...	Ross (voice: English version)
Jim Foronda	...	Bloch (voice: English version)
Troy Baker	...	Archer (voice: English version)
Jerry Jewell	...	Barry (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Ayres	...	Bidos (voice: English version)
Josh Berry	...	Breda (voice: English version)
John Burgmeier	...	Dorochet (voice: English version)
Bob Carter	...	Sig (voice: English version)
Chris Cason	...	Gluttony (voice: English version)
Leah Clark	...	Noah (voice: English version)
Jason Douglas	...	Hess (voice: English version)
Juli Erickson	...	Pinako Rockbell (voice: English version)
John Gremillion	...	Huskisson (voice: English version)
Kyle Hebert	...	Falman (voice: English version)
Jeremy Inman	...	Priest (voice: English version)
Taliesin Jaffe	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Jeff Johnson	...	Student / Additional voices (voice: English version)
Marianne Miller	...	Addt'l voices
Monica Rial	...	Lyra (voice: English version)
Seiji Sasaki	...	Sig Curtis (voice)
Hidekatsu Shibata	...	Mabuse / Fritz Lang (voice)
Mayumi Yamaguchi	...	Envy / Dragon (voice)

Directed by
Seiji Mizushima

Writing credits
Hiromu Arakawa		(characters)
Shô Aikawa		script

Produced by
Seiji Takeda	....	producer: Mainichi

Original Music by
Michiru Ohshima

Art Direction by
Kazuo Ogura

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kazuki Tsunoda	....	assistant director

Art Department
Masahiro Ando	....	storyboard artist
Shinji Aramaki	....	storyboard artist
Yukari Goto	....	color setting: Wish
Jun'ya Ishigaki	....	monster designer (as Junya Ishigaki)
Tadashi Iwasa	....	art planner
Kazushige Kanehira	....	art planner
Shingo Kaneko	....	storyboard artist
Miho Kobayashi	....	color setting
Makiko Kojima	....	color setting: Studio Road
Sôichi Masui	....	storyboard artist
Seiji Mizushima	....	storyboard artist
Yutaka Nakamura	....	storyboard artist
Shihoko Nakayama	....	color designer
Hideyasu Narita	....	art designer
Naomi Ogata	....	art planner

Sound Department
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	sound effects
Masafumi Mima	....	sound director

Animation Department
Nozomu Abe	....	key animator
Kazuhito Akahori	....	background artist
Ayumi Andou	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Ken Arai	....	background artist
Koichi Arai	....	key animator
Naoki Arakawa	....	key animator
Mio Araki	....	key animator
Naomi Ariga	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Michinori Chiba	....	key animator
Midori Chiba	....	background artist
Asaka Fujiki	....	key animator
Junko Fujimaki	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Akihito Fujimori	....	background artist
Mikio Fujiwara	....	secondary key animator
Naoki Fukutani	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong
Sumiko Furukawa	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Nobuhiko Genma	....	key animator
Junko Hakamada	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Daiki Harada	....	key animator
Atsushi Hasebe	....	key animator
Kazuyuki Hashimoto	....	background artist
Kôichi Hashimoto	....	key animator
Koichi Hayami	....	secondary key animator
Satomi Higuchi	....	secondary key animator
Kaori Hino	....	background artist
Mayumi Hiraide	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Takako Hosobata	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Katsuki Ikeda	....	key animator (as Katsumi Ikeda)
Naoko Ikeuchi	....	secondary key animator
Aki Imai	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yosuke Imakubo	....	secondary key animator
Kunihiko Inaba	....	background artist
Kazumi Inadome	....	key animator
Kiyomi Inogawa	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong
Akiko Inoue	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Izumi Inoue	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yasuhiro Irie	....	key animator
Kana Ishida	....	key animator
Mitsuru Ishihara	....	key animator
Akiharu Ishii	....	key animator
Yuriko Ishii	....	key animator
Kayo Ishikawa	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Naoki Ishikawa	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Atsuko Ito	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Hideki Ito	....	key animator
Toshiko Itokawa	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yoshiki Itô	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yoshiyuki Itô	....	character designer
Chie Iwamoto	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Tadashi Iwasa	....	background layout artist
Kuniko Iwatani	....	background artist
Hideki Kakita	....	key animator
Kanta Kamei	....	key animator
Emi Kamiishi	....	key animator
Takako Kamimura	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Naomi Kaneda	....	secondary key animator
Kazushige Kanehira	....	background layout artist
Shuichi Kaneko	....	key animator
Hiroki Kanno	....	key animator
Rie Katoh	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Shizuko Kawabata	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong
Tetsuya Kawakami	....	key animator
Fumie Kawamata	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Ayu Kawamoto	....	background artist
Toshihiro Kawamoto	....	key animator
Tohru Kawamura	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Kousuke Kawazura	....	key animator
Yuji Kihara	....	background artist
Kazuko Kikuchi	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Rika Kingetsu	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Haruna Kiryu	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Mayumi Kitamura	....	secondary key animator
Miho Kobayashi	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Shuuichi Kodama	....	secondary key animator
Satoshi Koike	....	key animator
Hideto Komori	....	key animator
Kaori Komori	....	key animator
Takahiro Komori	....	key animator
Yasutaka Kondo	....	background artist
Akemi Konno	....	background artist
Shiori Kudo	....	secondary key animator
Taeko Kumagai	....	digital paint artist: Studio Kuma
Tetsuya Kumagai	....	key animator
Toshiharu Kumaoka	....	secondary key animator
Rie Kurihara	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Ryotaro Makihara	....	key animator
Tomohiro Maruyama	....	background artist
Seiji Masuda	....	key animator
Sôichirô Matsuda	....	key animator
Yumi Matsumoto	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yukiko Miyamoto	....	secondary key animator
Chizuru Miyawaki	....	key animator
Hiromi Miyawaki	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Shinji Miyazawa	....	key animator
Miyuki Mizumaki	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Aiko Mizuno	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong
Toshiharu Mizutani	....	background artist: Moon Flower
Ayako Mori	....	secondary key animator
Takashi Mukouda	....	key animator
Kouji Murai	....	key animator (as Takashi Murai)
Tomomi Murakami	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yue Murakami	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Tatsurô Nagai	....	key animator
Aiko Nagamine	....	background artist
Akemi Nagao	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Kazuko Nakajima	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Naomi Nakamura	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Yutaka Nakamura	....	key animator
Mamiko Nakanishi	....	key animator
Naomi Nakano	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Satoko Nakao	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yôji Nakaza	....	background artist
Yuichi Nakazawa	....	key animator
Kumi Nanjo	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Yoshitaka Narasaki	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Terumi Narita	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Kuniaki Nemoto	....	background artist
Toshiki Nishi	....	background artist
Tatsuzou Nishida	....	key animator
Hiroyuki Nishimura	....	key animator
Shougo Nishimura	....	digital paint artist: Triple A
Hiroyuki Nobu	....	key animator
Mami Nomaguchi	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Naomi Ogata	....	background layout artist
Hiroko Oguri	....	key animator
Akiko Ohba	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Hiroshi Ohno	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Kumiko Ohno	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Hatsumi Okada	....	digital paint artist: Studio Kuma
Shiho Okamiya	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Hiromi Okamoto	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yasutake Okawara	....	key animator
Emiko Okui	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Hitomi Okura	....	digital paint artist: Triple A
Anna Ooizumi	....	background artist
Mikako Ooshima	....	digital paint artist: Studio Kuma
Kiyotaka Oshiyama	....	key animator
Michiyo Otani	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Natsuyo Otani	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Takashi Otsuka	....	key animator
Masayuki Ozaki	....	secondary key animator
Shigeru Saisho	....	digital paint artist: Triple A
Michiko Saito	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Ryuichi Saito	....	key animator
Chizue Saitou	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Eiko Saitô	....	key animator
Tsunenori Saitô	....	key animator
Norioki Sakai	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong (as Noriyoshi Sakai)
Kiyomi Sakairi	....	digital paint artist: Triple A
Kiyoshi Samejima	....	background artist
Masakatsu Sasaki	....	key animator
Naoko Sasaki	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Manabu Sato	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong
Masahiro Sato	....	key animator
Miyuki Sato	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Yuko Sato	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong (as Yuuko Satou)
Takeshi Satou	....	background artist
Akiko Seki	....	key animator
Kanami Sekiguchi	....	key animator
Miyoko Shikibu	....	key animator
Tomomi Shimada	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Akiko Shimizu	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Hiroshi Shimizu	....	key animator
Katsuhiko Shirato	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Kôji Shôki	....	key animator
Nobuhito Sue	....	background artist
Yasuko Suenaga	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Megumi Sugawa	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Kôji Sugiura	....	key animator
Naoko Sunahara	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Miho Suzuki	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Jun Takagi	....	key animator
Hideki Takahashi	....	key animator
Kumiko Takahashi	....	key animator
Tomoko Takahashi	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Keiko Takano	....	secondary key animator
Satoshi Takatsu	....	key animator
Yuuichi Takayama	....	digital paint artist: Studio Rong
Hiromi Takeno	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Shiho Takeuchi	....	key animator
Hikaru Takigawa	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Hiroshi Takiguchi	....	background artist
Natsumi Tamura	....	key animator
Haruka Tanaka	....	key animator
Miho Tanaka	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Sadahiko Tanaka	....	background artist
Junichiro Taniguchi	....	key animator
Yuriko Taniguchi	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Shinya Terashima	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Akemi Teshima	....	digital paint artist: Wish (as Akemi Tejima)
Takashi Tomioka	....	key animator
Ryuji Uchida	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Shinya Uchida	....	key animator
Tsutomu Uchida	....	background artist
Mizue Ueda	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Miho Uemura	....	secondary key animator
Yoshihiko Umakoshi	....	key animator
Yuki Umino	....	background artist
Kôichi Usami	....	key animator
Kasumi Wada	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Eiji Wakamatsu	....	background artist
Mika Yamamoto	....	secondary key animator
Naoko Yamamoto	....	key animator
Nizou Yamamoto	....	background artist
Makiko Yamanaka	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Masahiro Yamanaka	....	secondary key animator
Shin'ichi Yamaoka	....	key animator
Takaaki Yamashita	....	key animator
Kumiko Yamazaki	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Kaori Yasumi	....	background artist: Studio Fuga
Yuko Yazaki	....	key animator
Yuki Yokoyama	....	digital paint artist: T2 Studio
Haruka Yoshida	....	digital paint artist: Wish
Sayuri Yoshida	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Takuji Yoshimoto	....	key animator
Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga	....	secondary key animator
Kou Yoshinari	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Kou Yoshinari	....	key animator
Yoshinori Yumoto	....	key animator
Hiroshi Ôsaka	....	key animator
Aya Ôuchi	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road

Editorial Department
Emi Onodera	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Masatsugu Shinozaki	....	musician

Other crew
Hiromu Arakawa	....	original creator
Yuuko Shimura	....	laboratory coordinator

Production Companies

• Aniplex
• Bones
• Dentsu
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
• SKY Perfect Broadcasting (as Pay Per View Japan)
• Shochiku Company
• Square Enix Company
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Distributors

• Shochiku Company (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• National CineMedia (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Asia Video Publishing Co. Ltd. (2006) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Bigger Picture, The
• FUNimation Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Lark Films Distribution (2006) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Sanjigen (visual effects)
• Studio Easter (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Aoi Studio  dialogue dubbing studio
• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• FUNimation Entertainment  English version production
• Imagica  digital intermediate
• Imagica  post-production facilities
• Imagica  prints
• Kodak Japan  film stock supplied by
• Moon Flower  background art
• Production I.G.  camera
• Sound Box  foley design
• Sound Box  sound recording studio
• Studio Fuga  background art

Also Known As:

"Gekijô-ban hagane no renkinjutsushi: Shanbara wo yuku mono" - Japan (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, some thematic material and brief nudity

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Portuguese | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | UK:12A | Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Finland:K-13 | Japan:G | Hong Kong:IIA | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:M

Company:

Aniplex

Trivia:

The "Beer Hall Putsch," an unsuccessful attempt of Hitler and his associates to overthrow the German government, is depicted in the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In one scene, an owner of a shop speaks with an officer. The uniform of the officer isn't a German uniform, it's British.

Quotes:

Fritz Lang:[refering to a story in a newspaper] This one's very intriguing. It's about a world much like ours, but with a few differences, that exists alongside ours. A "parallel world" you could say. There might be dragons and magic in that world. Or alchemy could have developed there instead of science. The Fritz Lang there might be a criminal, instead of a director. Or maybe even a woman. That's fun to imagine.
Edward Elric:That's nothing but a dream.
Fritz Lang:A dream... but which one is the dream, and which one is reality?
Edward Elric:You'll never know.

Movie Connections:

References Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)

See what became of the Elric Brothers.

This movie continues right where we left off from the final episode of FullMetal Alchemist. 2 years afterwards to be correct.

It's 1923 in Germany. Edward has made friends the Alphonse of the Real World, who is 19, tall, and a rocket builder. They're heading to a carnival and met up with some Gypsies. One of the gypsies is named Noah who can sense that Edward isn't from this world.

While the other Alphonse has accomplished more of his alchemy training. And is wearing the same outfit as his brother.

Little does Edward know is that the secret society that his dad's been involved with for sometime is planning an invasion in the Alchemy World.

You're unable to use alchemy in the real world so they wait for someone from the Alchemy to perform a transmutation circle that'll be a gateway between each worlds.

And when that happens it'll be a battle to the finish. The fate of both worlds are in the hands of the Elric Bros.

This movie features a lot of familiar characters from the series, including alter egos in the real world. Those who like the TV series might like this movie. It has action, suspense, and it ties up all the loose ends that were left off in the last episode.

I really liked this movie. Most people dislike it, due to the idea of the story or for containing several CG elements on hard to do animation sequences. It has the same animation and it was done by the same people who did the TV series. I think it's worth checking out for the die hard FMA fans. Those who aren't familiar with the TV series won't like it when you're not sure what is going on.

Plus the English dub does do the movie justice, thanks to Funimation people, who succeeded in bringing the TV show to the US.