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How long does it take to watch Fullmetal Alchemist?

Watching the Fullmetal Alchemist main story takes 22 h 8 min (51 episodes and the films). At 2 hours a day that is 12 days. Adding every released special, OVA and side story brings it to at least 49 h 34 min.

Main story
22 h 8 min
Episodes
51
1 h a day
23 days
2 h a day
12 days
4 h a day
6 days
Non-stop
0.9 days
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You will finish Fullmetal Alchemist in 12 days.

BREAKDOWN

Time per season and film

Watch order
  1. Fullmetal Alchemist · TV series · 2003 · 51 ep.20 h 24 min
  2. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa · Movie · 20051 h 44 min
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Reflections · Special · 2005 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  4. Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium OVA Collection · OVA · 2006 · 3 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  5. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood · TV series · 2009 · 64 ep. · extra25 h 36 min
  6. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: 4-Koma Theater · Special · 2009 · 16 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  7. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Specials · Special · 2009 · 4 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  8. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Specials · Web series · 2011 · 4 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  9. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos · Movie · 2011 · extra1 h 50 min

5 entries have no recorded runtime and are not counted, so the real total is a little longer.

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Totals multiply each entry's episode count by its average episode length from anime-offline-database (ODbL). Only released entries are counted; announced seasons are left out until they air. "Skip openings and endings" assumes about 3 minutes saved per 24-minute episode.