Fullmetal Alchemist Classic Movie: 4K Restored – Hong Kong Premiere! Year 1923, Munich. In exchange for bringing back Alphonse, Edward was given the fate of being thrown into the "Real World" where alchemy cannot be used. Edward is living with a young man who looks exactly like Alphonse in the same room rent out by someone looking like Glacier Hughes. Many familiar faces around, however this is not the "Alchemy World" with the same people. Just when Edward was about to give up finding a way back to the world where he came from, an unexpected encounter greatly changes Edward's fate. He encounters Envy, who had come through the "Gate" just as Edward did. The story begins in Germany after the World War I and Edward Elric starts off on a new journey.