THE LIBRARY
Collector guides, cover censuses, and edition answers, documented issue by issue. Every page answers one specific question, completely.
← Back to FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST on the Library shelf
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
20 shelves
Why does the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime end differently from the manga?
Because Arakawa asked for it: 28 chapters in, the weekly anime outran her monthly manga, so Bones built Dante and an original ending under her guardrails.
Why is there a second Fullmetal Alchemist anime, Brotherhood?
To adapt the manga faithfully and in full: announced in volume 20 in 2008, 64 episodes, ending weeks after the final chapter.
What inspired Fullmetal Alchemist?
Her parents' Hokkaido dairy farm, in her own words: Equivalent Exchange began as farm bookkeeping, before alchemy books and industrial Europe built the world.
Who is Hiromu Arakawa?
The Hokkaido dairy farm kid who drew one of the best selling manga of all time, signs her self portraits as a cow, and then did it again with farming manga.
How is the Fullmetal Alchemist manga collected?
One complete story, three main English formats and one deluxe Japanese line: tankobon, Vizbig omnibuses and the hardcover Fullmetal Edition explained.
How many volumes of Fullmetal Alchemist are there?
The answer depends on the format: 27 tankobon, 18 in the complete edition, 9 omnibuses, plus novels and guidebooks that sit outside the main count.
What is the Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Edition?
Viz's hardcover line based on Japan's kanzenban: larger pages, restored color, new Arakawa covers and the prototype chapter. The deluxe way to own the manga.
What is the Fullmetal Alchemist Vizbig edition?
Nine thick paperbacks that hold the whole manga for the price of a few singles: what Vizbig includes, what it leaves out, and who it suits.
How do the Japanese and English Fullmetal Alchemist covers compare?
Same Arakawa art, different dressing: obi strips, logos and jacket design separate the Square Enix originals from Viz releases at a glance.
What order should you watch Fullmetal Alchemist in?
Two complete television series, two films and one manga ending: the sensible orders for first time viewers, completionists and returning fans.
Who designed the characters for the Fullmetal Alchemist anime?
Arakawa drew the manga, but Bones animators translated her cast to screen: Yoshiyuki Ito in 2003 and Hiroki Kanno for Brotherhood.
What is Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa?
The 2005 film that ends the 2003 anime: Edward stranded in our world's Munich, a Thule Society plot, and the closure Brotherhood never needed.
What is The Sacred Star of Milos?
Brotherhood's standalone film: a prison break, a hidden valley and a new philosopher's stone plot that fits beside the series instead of after it.
What are the Fullmetal Alchemist light novels?
Six prose adventures by Makoto Inoue with Arakawa illustrations: where The Land of Sand came from, and why one novel episode appears in both anime.
What Fullmetal Alchemist video games are there?
A PlayStation 2 action RPG trilogy, handheld spin offs and a short lived mobile game: the playable Fullmetal Alchemist, region by region.
What are the Fullmetal Alchemist art books?
From the 2005 Art of Fullmetal Alchemist to the Complete Art volume: Arakawa's covers, color pages and illustrations gathered in English and Japanese.
How can you tell a first printing of Fullmetal Alchemist?
Colophon pages, obi strips and number lines: the printing evidence printed inside Japanese and English volumes, and what sellers photograph wrong.
Where was Fullmetal Alchemist published?
Not in Jump: Arakawa's series ran in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan, a monthly schedule that shaped its pacing, length and famous planning.
What is equivalent exchange in Fullmetal Alchemist?
The law the whole story tests: to gain, lose something of equal value. How alchemy's rule works, where the Philosopher's Stone cheats it, and how the ending answers it.
What is the Fullmetal Alchemist live action film?
Warner Bros. Japan's 2017 adaptation and its two part 2022 sequel: Ryosuke Yamada as Edward, CG Alphonse, and a famously divided reception.
