Dante's first-seen body, in "Dante of the Deep Forest".

Dante is the main antagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime, first introduced in "Dante of the Deep Forest". As the master of the Homunculi and a formidable alchemist herself, Dante is responsible for setting in motion the events of the series and the challenges its protagonists must face along the way. Dante is voiced by Kazuko Sugiyama and Yumi Kakazu in the original Japanese version of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime; the English dubbing uses the voices of Cindee Mayfield and Monica Rial. Image File history File links Dante_Present_Time. ... Image File history File links Dante_Present_Time. ... An ... Serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan Original run February 2002 – still running No. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Dante of the Deep Forest (Japanese: 「深い森のダンテ」 - Fukai Mori no Dante) is episode 32 of the Fullmetal Alchemist TV series originally aired 2004-05-15. ... In the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, Homunculi are artificially generated beings, retaining human physical form and mental capabilities. ... Kazuko Sugiyama (杉山 佳寿子 Sugiyama Kazuko), née Kazuko Shibukawa (渋川佳寿子 Shibukawa Kazuko, born September 16, 1947) is a seiyÅ« who was born in Aichi and works for Aoni Production. ... Yumi Kakazu (かかず ゆみ Kakazu Yumi, born June 18, 1972) is a seiyÅ« who was born in Saitama. ... Monica Rial is a voice actress for ADV Films and Funimation Entertainment. ...

Dante does not exist in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, as the creator and leader of the Homunculi in the manga is an enigmatic being simply called "Father". Father healing Al, apparently ignoring the Law of Equivalent Exchange and using no alchemic array or hand movement. ...

Character history

Dante first appears as the former alchemy teacher of Izumi Curtis, who in turn taught the protagonists Edward and Alphonse Elric. Soon after her meeting with the Elrics, Dante fakes her death at the hands of the Homunculus Greed, who is in turn killed by Ed, although it is obvious to the viewer that her body was dead before Greed had arrived. Izumi Curtis in One is All, All is One Izumi Curtis ) is the name of a character from Fullmetal Alchemist. ... Edward Elric ) is the main character of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga/anime series. ... Alphonse Elric ) is the name of a character from Fullmetal Alchemist. ... In the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, Homunculi are artificially generated beings, retaining human physical form and mental capabilities. ... In the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, Homunculi are artificially generated beings, retaining human physical form and mental capabilities. ...

Dante, in Lyra's body, in "A Rotted Heart".

Much later in the series, it is revealed that Dante had transferred her soul to Lyra's younger body, thereby prolonging her life. Dante is actually around 400 years old and is able to escape death by continually transferring her soul to new, younger bodies with the aid of the Philosopher's Stone. Nearly 400 years ago, she was Hohenheim's lover, and together they lived for centuries using this technique. They even had a son; however, he died of mercury poisoning at a young age. Hohenheim's attempt to transmute him back to life created the Homunculus Envy. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (623x630, 24 KB) Screenshot from Full Metal Alchemist anime. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (623x630, 24 KB) Screenshot from Full Metal Alchemist anime. ... The following characters all play minor supporting roles in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series. ... In the anime/manga Fullmetal Alchemist, the Philosophers Stone is the central element that drives the plot, and the object of the Elric Brothers (the storys protagonists) search. ... Hohenheim, in Hohenheim of Light. In the anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist, Hohenheim is the father of the protagonists, Edward and Alphonse Elric. ... In the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, Homunculi are artificially generated beings, retaining human physical form and mental capabilities. ...

The first Philosopher's Stone that Dante and Hohenheim made used those condemned as witches and those dying of the plague as the required human sacrifice. In the course of performing this transmutation, Hohenheim was nearly killed; Dante saved him by instinctively attaching his soul to the body of another man; thus the pair discovered "eternal" life. In addition to this first Stone, Dante and Hohenheim were responsible for the destruction of at least two ancient cities: one located where the present capital of Amestris, Central, now stands, and a "fabled lost city in the East," each of which is said to have mysteriously disappeared overnight. The inhabitants of the cities were used as ingredients in the Stone, while the buildings were pulled underground with alchemy. However, some twenty years or so prior to the beginning of the anime, Hohenheim fell in love with Trisha Elric and left Dante for good. 1533 account of the execution of a witch charged with burning the town of Schiltach in 1531. ... This article concerns the epidemic of the mid-14th century. ... Flag of Amestris military government Amestris is the nation-state that serves as the principal setting of the anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist. ... The following characters all play minor supporting roles in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga and anime, and are listed roughly in order of appearance. ...

Dante, 400 years before the series, in "A Rotted Heart".

Suddenly left to fend for herself, Dante resorted to using the Homunculi to do her bidding. She seeks out Homunculi from the moment they are created (when an alchemist tries to bring a dead person back to life) and feeds them Red Stones, thus strengthening them. She convinces the Homunculi that they will be better off as true humans, and makes them believe that she can transform them into true humans with the power of the Philosopher's Stone. Hence, the Homunculi become her minions in helping her to create the Stone. In reality, she only wants the Stone for herself in order to continue cheating death. Image File history File links Dante_400_years_ago. ... Image File history File links Dante_400_years_ago. ...

Unwilling to risk creating a Philosopher's Stone herself, Dante seeks to manipulate someone else into unwittingly doing so for her. However, she reasons that only someone with nothing left to lose would go so far as to sacrifice the many human souls required to create a Philosopher's Stone. Thus she uses the Homunculi (especially Führer King Bradley, who is secretly the Homunculus Pride) to wage unceasing war, hoping to motivate a desperate alchemist to create a Philosopher's Stone, which the Homunculi would then steal for her. To this end, she orchestrates the slaughters in Ishbal and Lior, and later, to cover her tracks, she orders Pride to attack Drachma, a country to the north. In the latter campaign, she plans to use the chaos on the front lines as a cover for the planned assassinations of Roy Mustang and his subordinates by Envy. In the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, Homunculi are artificially generated beings, retaining human physical form and mental capabilities. ... Ishbal is a fictional region in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist. ... Leto, the Solar God of Lior Lior (spelled Reole in the original Japanese manga; spelled Liore in a scene in the English dub of Conqueror of Shamballa) is a fictional city of Fullmetal Alchemist, on the East border of Amestris, the central country of Fullmetal Alchemist. ... Members of the State Military. ...

Due to her rapidly decaying body from overusage of the soul transfer, Lyra had planned to transfer her body into Rose's next. This way, she hoped to gain control of Ed, hoping Rose's feelings for him would allow her to control him to make her the Philospher's Stone (Since Hohenheim had abandoned her)

After a final confrontation with Edward and Alphonse, she is last seen fighting off a crazed, mindless Gluttony while attempting to return above ground in the elevator to Pride's office. When the elevator reaches its final destination, neither she nor Gluttony is inside, heavily implying that the crazed homunculus ate her. Unlike Gluttony, Dante appears once in Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, when Edward is having tea with Frtiz Lang. She appears in the body of Lyra and bows to Fritz. Upon recognizing her Edward gawks at her making Dante leave in a huff. Dante does not exist in the manga, as the creator and leader of the Homunculi in the manga is an enigmatic being simply called "Father." In the Fullmetal Alchemist anime series, Homunculi are artificially generated beings, retaining human physical form and mental capabilities. ... Father healing Al, apparently ignoring the Law of Equivalent Exchange and using no alchemic array or hand movement. ...

Last Words (if she was devoured by Gluttony): You don't understand, do you [Gluttony]? Just hold on, we'll find you something to eat soon, okay?

Voice Actors ^[1]

Kazuko Sugiyama (杉山 佳寿子 Sugiyama Kazuko), née Kazuko Shibukawa (渋川佳寿子 Shibukawa Kazuko, born September 16, 1947) is a seiyū who was born in Aichi and works for Aoni Production. ... Yumi Kakazu (かかず ゆみ Kakazu Yumi, born June 18, 1972) is a seiyū who was born in Saitama. ... Monica Rial is a voice actress for ADV Films and Funimation Entertainment. ...

Trivia

• "Dante of the Deep Forest" (「深い森のダンテ」, Fukai Mori no Dante^?) refers to the first tercet of Dante Alighieri'sThe Divine Comedy, where Dante found himself lost in a dark forest.^[2]

Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... The Divine Comedy (Italian: , later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature ever. ...

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