manga series · Japan

2001 to 2010

Created by
Hiromu Arakawa

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Cover of Fullmetal Alchemist

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Fullmetal Alchemist.

鋼の錬金術師

Fullmetal Alchemist (Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師, Hepburn: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi; lit. 'Alchemist of Steel') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. 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 in 27 tankōbon volumes. Set 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, as they search for the philosopher's stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life via alchemy.

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Type
manga series
Country
Japan
Published
2001 to 2010
Publisher
Square Enix, Viz Media, LLC, Enix, Yen Press
Appeared in
Shōnen Gangan
Language
Japanese

Run

In print
The story

Fullmetal Alchemist, in three panels

  1. 2001. Fullmetal Alchemist begins in Japan.

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