The manga has sold over 80 million volumes worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series.

Yen Press has the rights for the digital release of the volumes since 2014. In North America, the manga was localized and published in English by Viz Media. A live-action film based on the series was released in 2017, and two sequels in 2022. The series has generated original video animations, video games, supplementary books, a collectible card game, and a variety of action figures and other merchandise. Set in the early 20th century, in a fictional universe in which alchemy is a widely practiced science, the series follows the journey of two alchemist brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for the philosopher's stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life using alchemy.įullmetal Alchemist has been adapted into various anime-two television series and two films, all animated by Bones-as well as light novels. The steampunk world of Fullmetal Alchemist is primarily styled after the European Industrial Revolution. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga anthology magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan between July 2001 and June 2010 the publisher later collected the individual chapters into twenty-seven tankōbon volumes. 'Alchemist of Steel') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Last Transmutation (2022)įullmetal Alchemist ( Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師, Hepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, lit.Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022).Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009–10).

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