Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
This beloved anime follows two brothers who use alchemy to try to restore their bodies after a forbidden experiment goes tragically wrong, but the journey is packed with graphic battle violence, gory imagery, horror elements, and very heavy themes including genocide, war, and death. This report covers the full 64-episode series.
Mature teens and up, ideally 13 or older, who can handle intense animated violence and emotionally heavy storytelling.
Episodes to know about
The failed human-transmutation flashback introduces a horrifying corpse-like creature created in place of the brothers' mother; this image recurs throughout the series.
A young girl and her father are shown murdered and lying in a pool of blood; a scene of strong gore including a character exploding and regenerating with bloody detail.
Grotesque chimera creatures appear, including one that is the result of a human being fused with an animal, played as a tragedy rather than action.