Matthew Magnus Lundeen is a writer, critic, and aspiring cinephile trying way too hard and simultaneously not enough. He writes anime features for Game Rant when he isn't trying to write fiction.

The original anime run of Fullmetal Alchemist from 2003 feels like it's almost been forgotten in favor of its more manga-aligned sibling, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. In a way, it makes sense.

Normally, when remakes are demanded, it’s because something went terribly wrong with the original, whether that meant the animation wasn’t sufficient for the adaptation or the writing tanked right at ...

When Edward and Alphonse meet a so-called religious leader who can invoke miracles, they believe he's carrying the philosopher's stone. Edward and Alphonse struggle over whether they should reveal the ...

Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's ...