, ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Among ▁other ▁details , ▁including ▁confident ial ▁contact ▁information ▁in ▁regards ▁to ▁B ones ▁staff ▁members , ▁it ▁revealed ▁that ▁a ▁second ▁Dark er ▁than ▁Black ▁and ▁Full met al ▁Al chem ist ▁series ▁was ▁in ▁production ▁and ▁were ▁being ▁directed ▁by ▁T ens ai ▁Ok am ura ▁and ▁Y as u hi ro ▁I rie ▁respectively . ▁This ▁information ▁regarding ▁Full met al ▁Al chem ist , ▁which ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁previously ▁released , ▁was ▁later ▁proven ▁to ▁be ▁true ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁In ▁an ▁official ▁statement ▁posted ▁on ▁B ones ' ▁official ▁website , ▁co - found er ▁and ▁president ▁Mas ah iko ▁Min ami ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁document ▁was ▁not ▁released ▁by ▁the ▁studio ▁themselves ▁but ▁by ▁an ▁un named ▁third - party . ▁In ▁a ▁later ▁statement , ▁Min ami ▁also ▁stated ▁in ▁regards ▁to ▁the ▁two ▁new ▁series , ▁" It ▁hasn ' t ▁been ▁decided ▁yet . ▁We ▁are ▁interested ▁in ▁doing ▁them . ▁As ▁original ▁science - f iction ▁works , ▁they ▁were ▁extremely ▁fasc in ating . ▁With ▁these ▁kinds ▁of ▁dram atic ▁story ▁lines , ▁I ▁feel ▁that ▁there ' s ▁a ▁lot ▁we ▁could ▁do ▁potentially ." ▁Six ▁months ▁later , ▁however , ▁the ▁second ▁series ▁for ▁Full met al ▁Al chem ist ▁was ▁confirmed ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁production ▁with ▁Y as u hi ro ▁I rie ▁as ▁director , ▁thus ▁confirm ing ▁the ▁document ' s ▁valid ity