
Funimation Entertainment has confirmed that it will release the Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection OVA in late 2009. The single disc will contain four FMA shorts that total 25 minutes of running time. The key release on the disc is the 10-minute “Seven Homunculi vs. the State Alchemists,” a what –if saga that pits the two main factions of the FMA saga against each other. The first 51-episode Full Metal Alchemist anime series, which received generous exposure on the Adult Swim, dominated the first annual anime American Anime Awards in 2007. A second FMA series is slated to debut in
According to the Anime News Network the two other animated shorts that will be included on the disk are “Chibi Party,” a six-minute romp featuring “chibi” (super-deformed) characters, and “Kids,” another six-minute animation with childlike characters who look like the three main FMA characters (Edward, Alphonse, and Winry) in a contemporary Japanese City. The other short is accurately entitled “Live Action” and it features a full size Alphonse statue walking around
Extras on the disc include a picture gallery and clips from the FMA tour at Universal Studio’s amusement park in