Contents System The game uses a turn based battle system along with cards that are used for performing alchemy. There are 4 different options to choose from, these are: Attack, Alchemy, Items and Handbook in the case of Ed or Attack, Special Moves & Items in Al's case. There are 3 types of numbers on the card: mass (left), value (right), and a roman numeral indicating the number of times the card has been combined.
The cards can be combined maximum 4 times and no card with mass or a value number greater than 7 be created. There are 50 Ed alchemical moves in each of the four categories: Metal, Nature, Stone and Darkness. As the player uses a new move, Ed records it in his notebook.
Completing all the 200 moves unlocks a party picture. The infamous Cat hunt is also included which increases the strenght of Al's certain special attack. Characters Playable Characters:.: The youngest person who obtained the qualifications to become a state alchemist at 12 years old. A talented alchemist. Possessing a tragic past, he shows a firm face but, he is actually cheerful and kind as an older brother who thinks of his younger brother. Having a great determination, he continues on a journey to find the Philosopher's Stone with his brother.
His second name is 'Full Metal Alchemist'. He is a 15 year old who is concerned about his own short height and does not like milk.: 4 years ago, he lost everything due to the price he had to pay for human alchemy. Thanks to his brother, his soul now dwells inside a suit armor and lives.
Compared to Ed, his speed is inferior but he has skill. In addition to that he has good defense, reflecting bullets due to his armored body and he is never tired. He is the one who understands Ed the most and sometimes, he takes the role of calming his older brother. He is 14 years old.: The 'Flame Alchemist' who can control fire at will. With his exceptional success in his career, he was aiming for the Central.
While he is young, he is a sharp and able person. He is someone who handles his duties easily and in his heart, he has the ambition to become the greatest authority in the military. His rank is colonel.: Both his hairstyle and appearance portrays him as a powerful alchemist.
He has a name that suits the sort of alchemy he uses well but, on his other side he is someone who is deeply emotional and tearful. He was born in a family with a great history.
His rank is major.: Colonel Mustang's trusted retainer. She has a calm composture and there are those around her who trust her along with those who fear her. Skilled in guns, she has the duty as the colonel's bodyguard. She was willing to join the military due to her firm believe in protecting a certain man. Her rank is First Lieutenant.: An alchemist who excels in the field of medical alchemy. A young lady who grew up in the care of her home and has never left it before. Relishing her older brother's favourite phrase, 'Alchemist, Be Thou for the People', she wants to be of use to more people.
Wanting to become a state alchemist, she heads to Central City. Although she has quick wits, sometimes she would sometimes be out of it and burn with pure naive. She is 18 and her hobby is darts.: The Alchemist of Thunder. He's a state alchemist but, just like a wolf in a Kabuki play he would usually go after a girl without thinking. However, in battle he becomes a calm person who is quick with the sword.
He has a great interest and some confused knowlege in the Samurai code but, you don't hear it from him much. He is 29 and his rank is Lt. He is a Katana maniac. Non-playable Characters:.: A military man who's family is the most important to him. Due to his average appearance, it can't be imagined what a clear mind Lt. Colonel Hughes has.: With his light hearted conduct, he gains trust from his subordinates.
Smoking tobacco is is trade mark. His rank is second lieutenant.: A member of the mysterious organisation who has the tattoo of the Uroboros.
To her, the priority in the things she should do first is to execute her 'plan'. Prepared to use ruthlessness as her power, she has a near immortal body, claws that transform at her will, she continues to create history.: A member of the mysterious organisation who has the tattoo of the Uroboros. All his actions are caused by his apettite. The things he can eat are humans, beasts and any similar living things. Due to that, his power is second to none.: He has the power of chimera alchemy. Originally a state alchemist.
Randy Rover: A civilian alchemist. Due to an uprising, his territory is in ruins and now only the name of his noble family remains with him in poverty. On the verge of death, he was saved by Lincor and so as a debt of gratitude, he is willing to serve him with his loyalty. He is 25 years old nad his hobbies are sports and hip hop. Cate Rham: A civilian alchemist. Due to the fact that she grew up as a young child without the love of her parents, she played only with dolls.
One day, she was able to make dolls that move and talk with her alchemy. After that, her parents died in an uprising.
Now her only friends are Lincor and Randy. She thinks of her dolls as the next most important thing.
She is 16 years old and her hobby is playing with dolls. Locations Various familar locations from the and a few new locations are available. Locations from the Anime:. New Locations:. Vivas.
Redendo. Solin. Daimler's Mansion. Ruins of Cruz. Castle Olhentinos Plot The game starts of with the two boys and Elric performing a to revive their dead which results in failure and skips ahead to their mission involving the false prophet to find the fabled to amend for the things they lost in the failed Human Transmution Alphonse's body and Edward's limbs.
They suceed in proving him as a swindler but find the Philosopher's Stone to be fake. The brothers head back to to report it when the train gets hijacked by 's group which threatens with a hostage.
The Elric brothers rescue the hostage who reveals herself as Corniche Royce and find that the boss was merely an imitation of Bald. The Elrics learn that the girl possesses ability to use healing alchemy and is heading towards Central for. Corniche decides to tag along Elrics as she hasn't traveled before.
The train gets attacked by a and stops at a town named Viva. The trio rescues the town which is swarming with Chimeras but fail to find the culprit. They continue their journey towards the Central.
After reaching central Corniche goes to the Military Headquaters for her exam but realizes that she has forgotten her essay. While she is insisting on her participation, appears and sets up a condition for her certification- to beat Major Alex Louis Armstrong. Corniche fails and Edward is summoned by King Bradley for Chimera's extermination in mission. Edward is also given a permission to form a 'Special Squad'. After much insistence from Al and Edward agrees to recruit Major Armstrong and in the special squad though he despises the idea of working with the two. The party takes Major Armstrong from the Central and heads towards the East City where Colonel is assigned and mission to be executed, but on their way the train gets hi-jacked again by real Bald's group who threaten with the life of all passengers.
The party defeats the culprits and reach the East City and travel directly towards the Colonels office. Colonel Mustang refuses to join and leaves for a surveil which makes Edward more determined to recruit him. The party chases Mustang and challenges him with a fight to decide his enlistment. After being defeated Colonel is forced to join and volunteers to help for Colonel's safety. State Alchemist Lieutenant Colonel Aston Martins also known as The Thunder Alchemist is enlisted upon Mustang's insistence. Mustang leaves his paperwork on East City Chimera's case to and heads towards Redendo along with the rest of the party.
The party solves the robbery case at Redendo but comes empty handed with their true assignment. Back at the East Military Headquaters Party learns about a case of two people described as one short and one in armor causing disturbance at a town named Solin. Hoping that it would lead to some kind of clue to Chimera case and dubious of perpetuators identity party travels to Solin. There the party learns that the people causing trouble indeed look like Elric Brothers and infact call themselves Elrics too. Infuriated with their name being disgraced again by imposters, the Elrics decide to catch the charlatans.
Once they capture and defeat the imposters, the party learns that are merely alchemist created manikins again and the alchemist is no other than a young girl aged 16 who reveals her name to be Cate Rham. Cate makes a brief encounter with the party and then flees saying that they'll again someday. With the fakes revealed and still clueless about the Chimera's case the party returns to the East Headquarters again. Once back at the East Headquarters the party learns about an eccentric alcehmist living in a mansion who is assumed to possess skills in body alchemy. Suspicious, the party head towards hermit's mansion and learns that the strange man is indeed involved in Chimera's case, but before they can arrest him, they are attacked by a Chimera and the suspect flees. Colonel contacts the HQ and learns that the man is named Dalt Daimler and he's heading towards Edward and Alphonse hometown. The party fails to find Dalt in Resembool but Ed gets his maintenance.
The party head towards ruins near Resembool where Dalt is likely to be. While chasing Dalt the party meets up with two of the: and whom they defeat. After defeating the Homunculi Edward mentions his suspicion to Alphonse about Philosophers Stone presence in ruins as the homunculus were around. However, the brothers agree to keep this theory a secret. The party finds Dalt corpse which is missing a bag that Dalt was carrying.
The party moves on to find out the murderer who turns out to be Randy the robber at Redondo. The party defeats Randy and starts to interrogate him about the surrounding situation before Cate intervenes along with a masked alchemist named Lincor whom Colonel Martin seems to know as Licor takes Dalt's bag from Randy and uses a tremendous power to unleashe a powerful attack on the party and earn enough time to escape with his group. Ed conjectures that Licor was using a Philosopher's stone in Dalt's bag to wield such power. Meanwhile, Mustang and Martin discuss that how strangely Linor's presence resembles that of State Alchemist Colonel Seraphy Royce.
Mustang tells Ed about Seraphy Royce's history who was a healing State Alchemist The Tuning Alchemist whose qualification was about to be taken from him before he was reported dead in. The trio suspects if he was the one responsible for recent Chimera's outbreak and if Corniche Royce is really Lincor's sister. The party receives information about Licors hideout in East City Sewers and goes there.
Though it's unable to find Lincor, the party encounters Lincor's associates Cate and Randy again and a who vaguely claims to pass down the 's judgement. Colonel Martin is reluctant to fight his 'old friend' so he suggests the party to retreat as they are unlikely to find Lincor. As the party is heading towrds HQ, when it learns about Chimeras assault on HQ from Hughes. The party exterminates Chimera's from the base mainly to safe Mustang's address book in his office. While still in Mustang's office, the party further discuuses Lincor's case where Corniche learns about her possible relevence to Lincor. Ed encourages her to believe in her brother which Corniche accepts to do. After the party rescues the HQ, Mustang gets caught up in restoration paperwork with Riza by his side.
Other miliraty members also get engaged leaving Ed, Al, Corniche and Colonel Martin (as their bodyguard) to have a break. The group decides to spend the night at Inn. At that night Martin asks Edward his reason for being the Dog of the Military. Edward explains about his failed human transmutation and his determination to restore his younger brother's body back. Corniche tells the brothers that she believes they'll suceed in achieving their goals and then the group has a dinner.
The next day, the group decides to head back to HQ as there might be new info on Lincor's case. The whole party assembles again and head out to a castle in southeast where Lincor's sightings have been reported. The party meets Lust, Randy,and Cate again all of whom they defeat again separately. On there way to meet Lincor Mustang mentions his suspicion on Martin who openly refuses the charge. The party finally catches up with Lincor. Ed provkes Lincor to reveal the Philosopher Stone in the bag but Lincor opens the bag and unleashes a giant ultimate Chimera instead.
The Chimera keeps regenerating.With no other option at sight, Martin sacrifices his own life to defend his party. Martin sacrifices by using his utmost power. With a dear friend sacrificed, Ed gets agitated and questions Lincors motives to hurt his very own friend and sister to which Lincor answers by saying that something valuable is a necessary price to protect something and Martin was fool not to understand that. Ed attacks Lincor who drops a locket which holds his and Corniche's photo. Corniche questions Lincor if he really is her brother who would hold the words 'Alchemist, Be Thou for the People' dear but Linor bluntly refuses of having any recollection of her and violently attacks the party. The party defeats Lincor but he refuses to give up. Ed sums up all the events and concludes that the power Lincor possess is not by using the Philosopher's Stone but by trading his precious memories with his sister.
Lincor merges himself with the castle.Licor makes one last attempt to annihilate the party by merging himself with the whole castle. Corniche remembering Martins words to stay strong to be State Alchemist heals the whole party which emerges victorious again. Lincor recalls his remaining memories of his mother and feeling that he traded everything for peoples' welfare dies comfortably. The party once again heads back to HQ. Back at HQ, the party recovers from their former friend's death and Corniche is finally allowed to retake State Alchemy Exam. Corniche passes the exam and earns her brother's title 'The Tuning Alchemist'. She gladly accepts it and decides that she would recompense for her brother's wrongdoings.
The story comes to an end with Corniche separating from the Elric brothers for her hometown and everyone else settling back their normal lives. Side Quests (Collecting 10 proofs). Ed is enlisted in a Martial Arts Tournament and faces Macho, Bald, Al, Cate, Armstrong, Randy, Scar, and Mustang. Al gets shattered by Bald and Ed goes on to search his armor limbs. has trouble keeping the kittens she has gathered so she gives them to Al after he answers a few Alchemy related questions correctly. goes missing but the Elrics are able to find her.
Bradley wants the Elrics to obtain a flower from Lincor's castle top floor. He later asks them to put the diligently procured item on their mother's grave as a form of a promise. Winry asks the Elrics to collect materials for upgrading Ed's automail.
goes missing and Elrics help Riza find it. Cate's Bald doll goes berserk again. Mustang, Riza, Edward, and Alphonse go to defeat it. Havoc seems to have a problem. Elrics find out that his girlfriend needs to give her cat to someone. Al accepts it.
Mustang goes on Chimera extermination to show that his not worthless. If the player collects all the 10 proofs, a battle with a tough Ed doll gets unlocked.
Fullmetal Alchemist (: 鋼の錬金術師,: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, lit. 'Alchemist of Steel') is a Japanese series written and illustrated.
It was serialized in 's magazine between August 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the individual chapters into twenty-seven volumes. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European. Set in a fictional universe in which is one of the most advanced scientific techniques, the story follows two alchemist brothers named and, who are searching for the to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life using alchemy. The manga was published and localized in English by in North America, in Australasia, and in Singapore.
Also has the rights for the digital release of the volumes in North America due to the series being a Square Enix title. It has been adapted into two, two animated films—all animated by studio—and. Dubbed the television series, films and video games. The series has generated, supplementary books, a, and a variety of and other merchandise. A based on the series was also released in 2017. The manga has sold over 70 million volumes worldwide, making it one of the.
The English release of the manga's first volume was the top-selling graphic novel during 2005. In two web polls, the anime was voted the most popular anime of all time in Japan. At the in February 2007, it was eligible for eight awards, nominated for six, and won five. Reviewers from several media conglomerations had positive comments on the series, particularly for its character development, action scenes, symbolism and philosophical references. See also: Setting Fullmetal Alchemist takes place in an, in the fictional country of Amestris ( アメストリス, Amesutorisu). In this world, is one of the most-practiced sciences; Alchemists who work for the government are known as State Alchemists ( 国家錬金術師, Kokka Renkinjutsushi) and are automatically given the rank of in the military. Alchemists have the ability, with the help of patterns called Transmutation Circles, to create almost anything they desire.
However, when they do so, they must provide something of equal value in accordance with the. The only things Alchemists are forbidden from transmuting are humans and gold.
There has never been a successful human transmutation; those who attempt it lose a part of their body and the result is a horrific inhuman mass. Attemptees are confronted by Truth ( 真理, Shinri), a and semi-cerebral God-like being who tauntingly regulates all alchemy use and whose nigh-featureless appearance is relative to the person to whom Truth is conversing with; the series' antagonist, Father, and some other characters, claim and believe that Truth is a personal God who punishes the arrogant, a belief that Edward denies, citing a flaw in Father's interpretation of Truth's works.
Attemptees of Human Transmutation are also thrown into the Gate of Truth ( 真理の扉, Shinri no Tobira), where they receive an overwhelming dose of information, but also allowing them to transmute without a circle. All living things possess their own Gate of Truth, and per the heavenly bodies like planets also have their own Gates of Truth.
It is possible to bypass the Law of Equivalent Exchange (to an extent) using a, a red, enigmatic substance. Philosopher's Stones can be used to create, artificial humans of proud nature. Homunculi have numerous superhuman abilities unique amongst each other and look down upon all humanity. With the exception of one, they do not age and can only be killed via the destruction of their Philosopher's Stones. There are several cities throughout Amestris. The main setting is the capital of Central City ( セントラルシティ, Sentoraru Shiti), along with other military cities such as the northern city of Briggs ( ブリッグズ, Burigguzu).
Towns featured include Resembool ( リゼンブール, Rizenbūru), the rural hometown of the Elrics; Liore ( リオール, Riōru), a city tricked into following a cult; Rush Valley ( ラッシュバレー, Rasshu Barē), a town that specializes in automail manufacturing; and, a conservative-religion region that rejects alchemy and was destroyed in the Ishbalan Civil War instigated after a soldier shot an Ishbalan child. Outside of Amestris, there are few named countries, and none are seen in the main story. The main foreign country is. Heavily reminiscent of, Xing has a complex system of clans and emperors, as opposed to Amestris's government-controlled election of a. It also has its own system of alchemy, called ( 錬丹術, Rentanjutsu), which is more medical and can be bi-located using; in turn, it is implied that all countries have different forms of alchemy. Plot and live in the rural town of Resembool with their mother, their father having left without a reason. Edward since bore a grudge against their father as he and Alphonse showed a talent for alchemy before Trisha died of the plague.
After finishing their alchemy training under, the brothers attempt to bring their mother back with alchemy. But the transmutation backfires and in law with equivalent exchange, Edward lost his left leg while Alphonse was dragged into the Gate of Truth. Edward sacrifices his right arm to retrieve Alphonse's soul, binding it to a suit of armor with a blood seal. Edward is invited by to become a State Alchemist to research a way to restore Alphonse's body, passing his exams while given the title of Fullmetal Alchemist based on his prosthetic automail limbs and use of metal in his alchemy. The Elrics spent the next three years searching for the mythical to achieve their goals. One such lead resulted in them exposing a corrupt religious leader in the city of Liore while unaware of events occurring behind the scenes by the mysterious Homunculi. Following their time with the State Alchemist Shou Tucker, which taught them a horrific lesson, the Elric brothers had a near-death experience from encountering an Ishbalan labeled as who targets State Alchemists for his people's genocide in the Ishbalan civil war.
After returning to Resembool to have Edward's limbs repaired by their childhood friend and mechanic, the Elrics meet the guilt-ridden former State Alchemist who provided them with clues to learn that a Philosopher's Stone is created from human souls. After the Homunculi hindered them by destroying the hidden laboratory, the brothers are joined by Winry as they attempt to find an alternate means to restore themselves. At the same time, Mustang's friend continued the Elrics' research and ends up murdered by a disguised homonculus, when he learned of the Homunculi's plan. After their defeat at the hands of Scar, the Elric Brothers decide to visit their teacher Izumi Curtis in the city of Dublith, hoping that she might be able to train them in higher forms of alchemy. This backfires when she discovers their failed attempt at Human Transmutation, with Izumi telling the Elrics how she committed human transmutation on her stillborn child. Izumi expels them as her apprentices, though following a determined argument, she allows them to stay with her for extra training.
Following this, Alphonse is captured by the rogue homunculus, who in turn is attacked by Amestris' leader, revealed to be the homunculus Wrath. When Greed refuses to rejoin his fellow Homunculi, he is consequently melted down by and reabsorbed within the Homunculi's creator,. After running into the Xingese prince, who is also after a Philosopher's Stone to cement his position as heir to his country's throne, the Elrics and Winry return to Central City where they learn of Hughes's death with Lieutenant framed for the murder. Mustang fakes Maria's death and smuggles her out of the country with Lin's help so he can focus on the Homunculi. The events that follow result in the death of the homunculi, revealing that a Philosopher's Stone forms a Homunculus's core along with an upcoming event the Homunculi are working towards. Meanwhile, Scar forms a small band with the Xingese princess, who also seeks the stone, and a former military officer named whom the Elrics exposed as a corrupt official. Following an attempt to capture the homonculi using Lin's sensory skills, the Homunculus end up accidentally swallowing Edward, Lin, and Envy into his void-like stomach, with the two humans learning the Homunculi orchestrated Ametris's history over the centuries.
Gluttony takes Alphonse to meet Father whilst the others manage to escape from Gluttony's stomach, eventually meeting Father. Father considers killing Lin for not being one of the like the Elrics. Instead, he makes Lin the vessel of a new incarnation of Greed with the Elrics attempting to escape upon seeing Scar. Edward has Envy admit to having caused the Ishbalan civil war, whilst Scar meets Winry and realises the evil nature of his desire for revenge. Soon after, with Winry used against them as a hostage, the Elrics are allowed to continue their quest as long as they no longer oppose Father. Mustang receives a similar threat with his subordinates scattered to the other military branches.
At the same time, finding Dr. Marcoh held captive, Scar spirited him out of Central as Scar's group head north.
The Elrics eventually reach Fort Briggs under the command of General, revealing what they know following the discovery of an underground tunnel beneath Briggs made by the Homunculus Sloth. The brothers soon learn from Hughes's research that Father created Amestris to amass a large enough population to create a massive Philosopher's Stone. Forced to work with, a murderous former State Alchemist and willing ally of the Homunculi in tracking down Scar, the Elrics make their move to save Winry and split up with Kimblee's chimera subordinates joining them. As Edward is joined by Lin/Greed, who regained his former self's memories, Alphonse encounters Hohenheim in Liore.
Honenheim reveals he was made an when Father, once simply known as ‘Homunculus’, arranged the fall of Cselkcess four centuries ago to create his body while giving half of the sacrificed souls to Hohenheim. Hohenheim also explains he left his family to try and stop Father from sacrificing the Amestrisan people to create a massive philosopher’s stone, and achieving godhood by absorbing the being beyond the Gate of Truth on the ‘Promised Day’. The Promised Day arrives, with Father preparing to initiate his plan using an and his desired ‘human sacrifices’ in order to trigger the transmutation. The protagonists, having assembled days prior, orchestrate an all-out attack on Central with Sloth, Envy, and Wrath killed in the process while Gluttony was devoured by Pride. Despite the opposition, Father manages to activate the nationwide transmutation once the Elrics, Izumi, Hohenheim are gathered along with Mustang after being forced by Pride to perform Human Transmutation.
Hohenheim and Scar activate the countermeasures put in place by Hohenheim to save the Amestrians, causing Father to become unstable from housing the absorbed superior being within him without the souls needed to subdue it. Father is confronted above ground where the protagonists battle him to wear down his Philosopher's Stone while he attempts to replenish himself, Edward managing to defeat the gravely weakened Pride before joining the fray. Alphonse, whose armor is all but destroyed, sacrifices his soul to restore Edward's right arm while Greed leaves Lin's body and sacrifices himself to weaken Father's body enough for Edward to destroy Father's Philosopher's Stone. This causes Father to implode out of reality while dragged into the Gate of Truth from which he was created. Edward sacrifices his ability to perform alchemy to retrieve a fully restored Alphonse, Lin receiving a Philosopher's Stone while promising May to be a just ruler. Hohenheim takes his leave and visits Trisha's grave where he dies with a smile on his face.
The Elrics return home months later, still motivated by those they failed to save in learning new forms of alchemy to prevent repeated tragedies. This leads to the Elrics leaving Amestris two years later to study other cultures and their knowledge, with Alphonse leaving for Xing in the east while Edward heads westward. The epilogue finishes with a family photo of Alphonse, May, Edward, Winry, and Ed's and Winry's son and daughter.
After reading about the concept of the Philosopher's Stone, Arakawa became attracted to the idea of her characters using alchemy in the manga. She started reading books about alchemy, which she found complicated because some books contradict others. Arakawa was attracted more by the philosophical aspects than the practical ones. For the Equivalent Exchange ( 等価交換, Tōka Kōkan) concept, she was inspired by the work of her parents, who had a farm in and worked hard to earn the money to eat. Arakawa wanted to integrate social problems into the story.
Her research involved watching television news programs and talking to refugees, war veterans and former. Several plot elements, such as Pinako Rockbell caring for the Elric brothers after their mother dies, and the brothers helping people to understand the meaning of family, expand on these themes. When creating the fictional world of Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa was inspired after reading about the in Europe; she was amazed by differences in the culture, architecture, and clothes of the era and those of her own culture. She was especially interested in England during this period and incorporated these ideas into the manga. When the manga began serialization, Arakawa was considering several major plot points, including the ending. She wanted the Elric brothers to recover their bodies—at least partly.
As the plot continued, she thought that some characters were maturing and decided to change some scenes. Arakawa said the manga authors and Hiroyuki Eto are her main inspirations for her character designs; she describes her artwork as a mix of both of them. She found that the easiest of the series's characters to draw were, and the little animals. Arakawa likes dogs so she included several of them in the story. Arakawa made comedy central to the manga's story because she thinks it is intended for entertainment, and tried to minimize sad scenes. When around forty manga chapters had been published, Arakawa said that as the series was nearing its end and she would try to increase the pace of the narrative.
To avoid making some chapters less entertaining than others, unnecessary details from each of them were removed and a climax was developed. The removal of minor details was also necessary because Arakawa had too few pages in to include all the story content she wanted to add. Some characters' appearances were limited in some chapters. At first, Arakawa thought the series would last twenty-one volumes but the length increased to twenty-seven. Serialization finished after nine years, and Arakawa was satisfied with her work because she had told everything she wanted with the manga.
During the development of the first anime, Arakawa allowed the anime staff to work independently from her, and requested a different ending from that of the manga. She said that she would not like to repeat the same ending in both media, and wanted to make the manga longer so she could develop the characters.
When watching the ending of the anime, she was amazed about how different the creatures were from the manga and enjoyed how the staff speculated about the origins of the villains. Because Arakawa helped the staff in the making of the series, she was kept from focusing on the manga's cover illustrations and had little time to make them. The series explores social problems, including discrimination, scientific advancement, political greed, brotherhood, family, and war. Scar's backstory and his hatred of the state military references the, who had their land taken by other people. This includes the consequences of guerrilla warfare and the amount of violent soldiers a military can have. Some of the people who took the Ainus' land were originally Ainu; this irony is referenced in Scar's use of alchemy to kill alchemists even though it was forbidden in his own religion. The Elrics being orphans and adopted by Pinako Rockbell reflects Arakawa's beliefs about the ways society should treat orphans.
The characters' dedication to their occupations reference the need to work for food. The series also explores the concept of equivalent exchange; to obtain something new, one must pay with something of equal value.
This is applied by alchemists when creating new materials and is also a philosophical belief the Elric brothers follow. Main article: Written and drawn by Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist was serialized in 's monthly manga magazine. Its first installment was published in the magazine's August 2001 issue on July 12, 2001; publication continued until the series concluded in June 2010 with the 108th installment. A side-story to the series was published in the October 2010 issue of Monthly Shōnen Gangan on September 11, 2010.
In the July 2011 issue of the same magazine, the prototype version of the manga was published. Square Enix compiled the chapters into twenty-seven volumes. The first volume was released on January 22, 2002, and the last on November 22, 2010. A few chapters have been re-released in Japan in two 'Extra number' magazines and Fullmetal Alchemist, The First Attack, which features the first nine chapters of the manga and other side stories. On July 22, 2011, Square Enix started republishing the series in format. Localized the tankōbon volumes in English in North America between May 3, 2005, and December 20, 2011. On June 7, 2011, Viz started publishing the series in omnibus format, featuring three volumes in one.
Has the rights for the digital release of the volumes in North America since 2014 and on December 12, 2016 has released the series on the website. Other English localizations were done by for Australasia and in Singapore. The series has been also localized in Polish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Korean. Main article: has published a series of six Fullmetal Alchemist Japanese, written. The novels were licensed for an release by in North America, with translations by and illustrations—including covers and —by Arakawa. The novels are of the manga series and follow the Elric brothers on their continued quest for the philosopher's stone.
The first novel, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand, was animated as the episodes eleven and twelve of the first anime series. The fourth novel contains an extra story about the military called 'Roy's Holiday'.
Novelizations of the games, and have also been written, the first by Makoto Inoue and the rest by Jun Eishima. Audio dramas There have been two series of Fullmetal Alchemist audio dramas.
The first volume of the first series, Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 1: The Land of Sand ( 砂礫の大地, Sareki no Daichi), was released before the anime and tells a similar story to the first novel. The Tringham brothers reprised their anime roles. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol.
2: False Light, Truth's Shadow ( 偽りの光 真実の影, Itsuwari no Hikari, Shinjitsu no Kage) and Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 3: Criminals' Scar ( 咎人たちの傷跡, Togabitotachi no Kizuato) are stories based on different manga chapters; their characters are different from those in the anime. The second series of audio dramas, available only with purchases of Shōnen Gangan, consists two stories in this series, each with two parts. The first, Fullmetal Alchemist: Ogutāre of the Fog ( 霧のオグターレ, Kiri no Ogutāre), was included in Shōnen Gangan 's April and May 2004 issues; the second story, Fullmetal Alchemist: Crown of Heaven ( 天上の宝冠, Tenjō no Hōkan), was issued in the November and December 2004 issues.
Video games based on Fullmetal Alchemist have been released. The storylines of the games often diverge from those of the anime and manga, and feature original characters. Square Enix has released three (RPG)—, and. Has released two RPG titles, Fullmetal Alchemist: Stray Rondo ( 鋼の錬金術師 迷走の輪舞曲, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Meisō no Rondo) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Sonata of Memory ( 鋼の錬金術師 想い出の奏鳴曲, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Omoide no Sonata), for the and one, for the. In Japan, Bandai released an RPG Fullmetal Alchemist: To the Promised Day ( 鋼の錬金術師 Fullmetal Alchemist 約束の日へ, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Fullmetal Alchemist Yakusoku no Hi e) for the on May 20, 2010. Bandai also released a, for the PlayStation 2.
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Released a game based on the in North America for the Nintendo DS. Of the seven games made in Japan, Broken Angel, Curse of the Crimson Elixir, and Dual Sympathy have seen international releases. For the, Akatsuki no Ōji ( 暁の王子, lit.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn) was released in Japan on August 13, 2009. A direct sequel of the game, Tasogare no Shōjo ( 黄昏の少女, lit. Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk), was released on December 10, 2009, for the same console. Funimation licensed the franchise to create a new series of Fullmetal Alchemist-related video games to be published by Publishing Corporation in the United States.
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Destineer released its first Fullmetal Alchemist game for the Nintendo DS, a translation of Bandai's Dual Sympathy, on December 15, 2006, and said that they plan to release further titles. On February 19, 2007, Destineer announced the second game in its Fullmetal Alchemist series, the Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game, which was released on October 15, 2007. A third game for the PlayStation Portable titled Fullmetal Alchemist: Senka wo Takuseshi Mono ( 背中を託せし者) was released in Japan on October 15, 2009. A European release of the game, published by with Namco Bandai, was announced on March 4, 2010. The also received special in-game items based on the anime series. Arakawa oversaw the story and designed the characters for the RPG games, while Bones—the studio responsible for the anime series—produced several animation sequences.
Fullmetal Alchemist Manga
The developers looked at other titles—specifically Square Enix's action role-playing game and other games based on manga series, such as, or games—for inspiration. The biggest challenge was to make a 'full-fledged' game rather than a simple character-based one. Tomoya Asano, the assistant producer for the games, said that development took more than a year, unlike most character-based games. Other The Fullmetal Alchemist has received several artbooks.
Three artbooks called The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist ( イラスト集 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, Irasuto Shū Fullmetal Alchemist) were released by Square Enix; two of those were released in the US by Viz Media. The first artbook contains illustrations made between May 2001 to April 2003, spanning the first six manga volumes, while the second has illustrations from September 2003 to October 2005, spanning the next six volumes. The last one includes illustrations from the remaining volumes. The manga also has three guidebooks; each of them contains timelines, guides to the Elric brothers' journey, and chapters that were never released in manga volumes.
Only the first guidebook was released by Viz Media, titled Fullmetal Alchemist Profiles. A guidebook titled 'Fullmetal Alchemist Chronicle' ( 鋼の錬金術師 CHRONICLE), which contains post-manga story information, was released in Japan on July 29, 2011. Action figures, busts, and statues from the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga have been produced by toy companies, including Medicom and Southern Island. Medicom has created high end deluxe vinyl figures of the characters from the anime. These figures are exclusively distributed in the United States and UK by Southern Island. Southern Island released its own action figures of the main characters in 2007, and a 12' statuette was scheduled for release the same year.
Southern Island has since gone bankrupt, putting the statuette's release in doubt. A trading card game was first published in 2005 in the United States by Joyride Entertainment. Since then, six expansions have been released. The card game was withdrawn on July 11, 2007. Destineer released a Nintendo DS adaptation of the game on October 15, 2007. Overall, the franchise has received widespread critical acclaim and commercial success.
Manga reception Along with, the series won the forty-ninth for shōnen in 2004. It won the public voting for 's 'Favourite Manga' in 2010 and 2011. The manga also received the for best science fiction comic in 2011. In a survey from in 2009, Fullmetal Alchemist ranked ninth as the manga that fans wanted to be turned into a live-action film. The series is also popular with amateur writers who produce (fan fiction) that borrows characters from the series.
In the Japanese market Super Comic City, there have been over 1,100 dōjinshi based on Fullmetal Alchemist, some of which focused on romantic interactions between Edward Elric and Roy Mustang. Said the series had the same impact in 2004 as several female fans were seen there writing dōjinshi. Sales The series has become one of Square Enix's best-performing properties, along with and.
With the release of volume 27, the manga sold over 50 million copies in Japan. As of January 10, 2010, every volume of the manga has sold over a million copies each in Japan. Square Enix reported that the series had sold 70.3 million copies worldwide as of April 25, 2018, 16.4 million of those outside Japan. The series is also one of Viz Media's best sellers, appearing in 'BookScan's Top 20 Graphic Novels' and the 'USA Today Booklist'. It was featured in the ' polls of graphic novels and Best Seller Manga list.
The English release of the manga's first volume was the top-selling graphic novel during 2005. Download euro 2004 ps2 game. During 2008, volumes 19 and 20 sold over a million copies, ranking as the 10th and 11th best seller comics in Japan respectively. In the first half of 2009, it ranked as the seventh best-seller in Japan, having sold over 3 million copies. Volume 21 ranked fourth, with more than a million copies sold and volume 22 ranked sixth with a similar number of sold copies.
Producer Kouji Taguchi of Square Enix said that Volume 1's initial sales were 150,000 copies; this grew to 1.5 million copies after the first anime aired. Prior to the second anime's premiere, each volume sold about 1.9 million copies, and then it changed to 2.1 million copies. Critical reception Fullmetal Alchemist has generally been well received by critics. Though the first volumes were thought to be formulaic, critics said that the series grows in complexity as it progresses. Called Arakawa one of the best at creating action scenes and praised the series for having great female characters despite being a boys' manga.
He also noted how the story gets dark by including real-world issues such as government corruption, war and genocide. Thompson finished by stating that Fullmetal Alchemist 'will be remembered as one of the classic series of the 2000s.'
Melissa Harper of praised Arakawa for keeping all of her character designs unique and distinguishable, despite many of them wearing the same basic uniforms. 's Hilary Goldstein wrote that the characterization of the protagonist Edward balances between being a 'typical clever kid' and a 'stubborn kid', allowing him to float between the comical moments and the underlying drama without seeming false. Holly Ellingwood for Active Anime praised the development of the characters in the manga and their beliefs changing during the story, forcing them to mature. Mania Entertainment's Jarred Pine said that the manga can be enjoyed by anybody who has watched the first anime, despite the similarities in the first chapters. Like other reviewers, Pine praised the dark mood of the series and the way it balances the humor and action scenes. Pine also praised the development of characters who have few appearances in the first anime.
In a review of volume 14, Sakura Eries—also of Mania Entertainment—liked the revelations, despite the need to resolve several story arcs. She also praised the development of the homunculi, such as the return of, as well as their fights. In (Fullmetal) alchemy: the monstrosity of reading words and pictures in shonen manga, Lesley-Anne Gallacher addressed how the backstory of Edward and Alphonse's failed attempt to revive their mother relate to Shou Tucker's plan to combine his daughter Nina and dog into a monster named chimera. During the discovery of this, Edward and Alphonse are given their own contrast in terms of characterization with the former showing early shock due to understanding what happened to Nina. Nevertheless, Alphonse later reacts violently too once understanding the identity of the chimera.
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As a result, the writer believes the story 'weaken the boundaries between different realms of representation is to compromise the integrity of them all'. Light novels reception The first Fullmetal Alchemist novel, The Land of the Sand, was well received by Jarred Pine of Mania Entertainment as a self-contained novelization that remained true to the characterizations of the manga series. He said that while the lack of backstory aims it more towards fans of the franchise than new readers, it was an impressive debut piece for the Viz Fiction line. Also found the novel to be true to its roots, and said that while it added nothing new, it was compelling enough for followers of the series to enjoy a retelling.
The reviewer said it was a 'work for young-ish readers that's pretty clear about some darker sides of politics, economics and human nature'. Charles Solomon of the said that the novel has a different focus than the anime series; The Land of Sand 'created a stronger, sympathetic bond' between the younger brothers than is seen in its two-episode anime counterpart. Retrieved June 28, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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