Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos is a 2011 Japanese animated fantasy action film based on Hiromu Arakawa's manga series Fullmetal Alchemist. It was announced following the success of the anime adaptation Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The film debuted on July 2, 2011, and attendees received an exclusive manga volume titled Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 11.5 ~Tabidachi no Mae ni~ (Before Embarking on the Journey). Funimation licensed the film and released it in the United States in 2012, with Eleven Arts distributing it to over 100 theaters in North America. In the UK, Manga Entertainment screened it at BFI South Bank on June 8, 2012, followed by a home video release on September 3, 2012.

The story follows the Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse, as they pursue escaped convict Melvin Voyager, who flees. They discover Melvin escaped with two months left of a five-year sentence. Among his belongings, they find a newspaper clipping with a piece cut out; comparing it to an intact copy, they realize the missing part is a photo of Julia Crichton, arrested for illegally entering the remote Table City, located on the border between Amestris and Creta.

Intrigued by Melvin's alchemy and his connection to Julia, the Elrics travel to Table City. A wolf-chimera takes control of their locomotive, and while the brothers try to regain control, flying soldiers called the Black Bats attempt to rescue what they think are civilians, but retreat after discovering the prisoners are Amestrians posing as a trap. Melvin escapes the train, pursued by the Elrics, and reaches a prison where he destroys the walls to find Julia. Miranda, the Black Bats' leader, also tries to rescue her. Julia and Alphonse fall into the Valley, a village in a vast chasm around Table City, where Melvin follows and reveals his true identity as Ashleigh. While searching for Al, Ed learns that Table City was originally the Hill of Milos, until Creta and later Amestris invaded, forcing the Milosians to live in poverty in the Valley.

Inside the Black Bats' secret base, Julia and Alphonse become friends as she learns about their tragic past with human transmutation. When Ed meets up with Al at the base, wolf chimeras from the Cretan secret police, dispatched by Colonel Herschel, hunt them, forcing them to retreat.