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Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Seinaru Hoshi – Movie Trailer

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The official site for the Fullmetal Alchemist movie, subtitled "The Sacred Star of Milos", recently added a minute long trailer. The movie is intended to tie-in with Brotherhood (i.e. the manga's story) but as a side story before the actual conclusion. It's directed by Murata Kazuya (assistant director of CODE GEASS) and the script is by Shinpo Yuuichi (author of the novel Whiteout). L'arc~en~Ciel is performing the theme song, whereas BONES is back for the animation production and seems to going with a very subtle change in style.

* Warning: The official site is Flash-heavy and spasm-inducing with its loading pages.

... More after the break, including details on the story.

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