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The poster for Fullmetal Fantasy.

Status: Lost

Comment: Technically released, but only on DVDs of "Vic Mignogna In Concert", which is dubious legally as well as never having been uploaded online.


Fullmetal Fantasy is a short live action Fullmetal Alchemist film made by Vic Mignogna, the dub voice actor of Edward Elric. The film is notable for only being shown at conventions before legal issues caused it to be ported to concert DVDs.

Development

At Kawaii Con 2009, Vic mentions a fan coming up to him and asking for a photoshoot with him in their red coat, a core part of his character's outfit. After doing said photoshoot, the idea of cosplay and doing something with it stayed in his mind, leading him to come up with the idea of making a short film as he had a college degree in film. Upon bringing it up to other FMA voice actors, they all wanted to be in the film in cosplay as well, which Vic allowed. Only two of the main actors weren't in the film: Aaron Dismuke, the voice actor for Alphonse Elric, as he was only 12 at the time, and Travis Willingham, the actor for Roy Mustang, who was out of town at the time, although rumors of another film with him in it exist. Even though most of the actors were in it, only 3 both cosplayed and voice acted their characters: Vic as Edward, Cindee Mayfield as Dante, and Caitlin Glass as Winry Rockbell. All the other actors only showed up and didn't have lines, or dubbed over cosplayers.

Plot

"Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be a real anime character? Vic Mignogna, Edward Elric of Fullmetal Alchemist, has created an original live action short film featuring many of your favorite FMA voice actors. "Fullmetal Fantasy" is a special presentation you won't want to miss!" -Advertisements for the short.

Vic himself described the film as coming from the question, "What if a grown man could turn into an anime character?". Not much about the film's plot is known, as so little people have actually seen it. From what snippets are available on forums and talking to people who've actually seen the film, however, a basic plot summary can be formed.

Vic Mignogna plays a possibly nameless character, who's a big fan of the Fullmetal Alchemist series. One day, he gets a replica of Edward's pocket watch in the mail, and finds himself slowly turning into Edward, along with other characters from the series beginning to show up as the world changes into the Fullmetal Alchemist one. Other actors show up to play their characters, including Chris Pattson as Greed, and the previously mentioned Dante and Winry. One specific scene known to exist is Vic going to the doctor after his hair becomes a copy of Edward's, only to get turned away as his changes make everyone see him as a child.

Distribution

The movie first aired at AnimeCentral (ACEN) Friday, May 13, 2005, and was shown again at Project A-kon in June, though the exact date is unknown. It was also shown at Kawaii Con 2009/2012, the latter on April 9th, SAC Anime Winter 2014 on Saturday, January 4th, and a currently unknown con in Memphis, Tennessee. It's also possible it was screened at the Brownsville Otaku Anime Society in Brownsville, Texas and Toronto's Anime North in 2005. It was intended to be played at other conventions, including one named AnimeOasis, but due to legal complications from FUNimation, he could no longer play it. However, it ended up getting a very limited release at the currently unknown Memphis convention and possibly others, being released as part of a concert DVD. However, even with this, the film has never been uploaded online in full. On July 2nd, 2019, a minute and 25 second long clip was uploaded to Youtube, however since then, then channel had been deleted. The Wayback Machine archived the video's page, but not the actual video itself.

Gallery

Videos

Vic discussing the film at Sac Anime Winter 2014.

Vic discussing the film at Kawaii Con 2009.

The film being discussed at an unknown con, with announcments of its release.

Another unknown Q&A panel.

References

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