Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi's DVD and Blu-Ray Disc to be released in Aug

The first volume of the DVD and Blu-Ray Disc (BD) version of "Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi" will be released on 26 August 09 together. The series began its run in April 09 and will contain 2 episodes. In addition, there will be a short original episode titled "The Blind Alchemist" included. This story was published in 2005 as a side-story to "Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi" and features a journey by the Elric brothers to find an alchemist who performed the human body alchemy with the exchange of his eyes. The items are produced by Aniplex and are sold at the prices of 3,990 yen (DVD) and 4,935 yen (BD). Both the first press and normal press editions will be sold at the same price. For the first press versions, there will be animations of the 4-column short comic strips by Arakawa Hiromu previously published in the manga. There will also be a 16-page booklet titled "ALCHEMIST'S LOG" included in the package.