Fullmetal Fantasy
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Fullmetal Fantasy is a fan film dedicated to the popular anime "Fullmetal Alchemist", starring the series' English vocal cast and directed by Vic Mignogna, who plays Edward Elric. In the film, Mignogna (whose character is simply credited as "The Fan") receives a reproduction of the State Alchemists' silver pocket watch one day, and wakes up the next to discover that the world is becoming more and more like the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, with himself transforming into Edward and other members of the cast appearing all around the city. Most of the actors from the series play their own characters physically as well as vocally, except for Aaron Dismuke (Alphonse Elric) and Christopher Sabat (Alex Louis Armstrong), who could not play their characters due to the great physical differences between them. However, both actors provide their characters' voices, with Alphonse being replaced by a life-size replica (loaned to the crew by Bandai) and Armstrong played by a lookalike (the character of Gluttony was played by J. Kevin Tumlinson, who shaved his head for the role as a favor to his friend Vic). Also absent from the film is Roy Mustang, as his actor Travis Willingham was out of town during the filming.
The movie was headed by Vic Mignogna, who funded it with his own money. It made its world premiere at Anime Central in 2005, and could only be seen at anime conventions around the USA. It has been sent to Japan in hopes that it can be added to one of the future DVDs (possibly the OVAs) but as of yet there is no response.