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Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (劇場版「鋼の錬金術師　シャンバラを征く者」 Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Shanbara wo Yuku Mono) is a theatrical feature that premiered in Japan in July 23 2005, and acts as a continuation of the Fullmetal Alchemist television series. The Japanese DVD was released on January 25, 2006, including with it a limited edition with a special box, English subtitles and a series of other extras. The U.S. release is scheduled for October 3, 2006. ==Seiyū and Characters==

Romi Paku
as Edward Elric
Rie Kugimiya
as Alphonse Elric
Shun Oguri as Alphonse Heiderich
Miyuu Sawai as Noah
Megumi Toyoguchi as Winry Rockbell
Toru Ohkawa as Roy Mustang
Michiko Neya as Riza Hawkeye
Hidekatsu Shibata as Mabuse/Fritz Lang
Kazuko Katou as Dietlinde Eckart
Kenji Utsumi as Alex Louis Armstrong
Masane Tsukayama as Karl Haushofer

Story

The movie's story is set two years after the events of the TV series's last episode. Edward Elric now lives in Munich, Germany, in the year of 1923. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother.

Not only Alphonse, but in this world parallel to his, Edward encounters some people whose faces are familiar to him. After lending a hand to a troubled gypsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can open him a path to return to his homeworld, where Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother, but also can have serious consequences.

Primary Characters

Edward Elric - The movie's protagonist. After bringing back the body and soul of his younger brother from beyond the gate at the series finale, Edward finds some part of himself on the other side of the Gate, Earth (the premise being that the world of Amestris and Earth are parallel universes). He befriends a young man named Alfons Heiderich, who is his brother's parallel, and the two follow an interest in rocketry and travel to Romania. Edward shares tales of his previous life with Alphonse. Edward leads a rather calm life for the next two years, until he comes across a young Roma girl, Noah, and the Thule Society.

Alphonse Elric - "Al" is Edward's younger brother. After being ressurrected by his brother in the anime, he lost all of his memories of the events following his and his brother's attempt to resurrect their mother. Since then he studied alchemy as a disciple of Izumi Curtis once again, and after her death he started walking his own path hoping to one day find a way to reunite with his brother and retrieve his lost memories.

Alfons Heiderich - A rocket engineer that bears a resemblance to Alphonse Elric and befriends Edward in the movie. When Ed talks to him about his travels around his original world, Alfons feels a bit annoyed because although he finds his stories interesting, he can´t believe in the fact that Ed came from another world where alchemy is real, and his brother looks like him. He's studying under the father of modern rocketry, and wants to prove the scientific worth of his fellow Germans by achieving a rocket that can actually be ridden. He also has his own reasons to do it as fast as possible. Throughout the course of the movie he seems to be afflicted with an unspecified disease (possibly tuberculosis) causing him to cough up blood.

Noah - A gypsy girl whom Ed befriends. She had been sold by her own people to the Thules and Edward helped her escape. She is a restricted and introverted person, because she has the ability to read people's minds (an abillity so accurate that makes people be afraid of her), and due to her Roma origin, she is an outsider everywhere, always being discriminated against. Noah's dream is to find a home for herself. She is likely the Earthly counterpart of Rose although this is not explicitly stated, the two girls share similar appearances and personalities, and both have lived a life of tragedy.

Dietlinde Eckhart - The movie's main antagonist. She occupies an important position as an occultist in the Thule Society. After obtaining information regarding the legendary Shamballa (Amestris), and the mysterious powers of its inhabitants, Dietlinde, with the help of other Thule Society members, developed a plan to open a gateway to Shamballa and invade it, in order to learn its secrets and claim its power. While she claims to be interested in helping the Nazis in their plan to overthrow the German government, her real intent is to reach and plunder Amestris for her own ends.

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