Fullmetal Alchemist
Edit
What would you like to edit?
 

Fullmetal Alchemist
Add to My List
Buy on Manga Store

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Full Metal Alchemist, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, FMA, HagaRen, Fullmetal Alchemist Gaiden
Japanese: 鋼の錬金術師
English: Fullmetal Alchemist
More titles

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 27
Chapters: 116
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 12, 2001 to Sep 11, 2010
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Award Winning Award Winning, Drama Drama, Fantasy Fantasy
Theme: Military Military
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Gangan
Authors: Arakawa, Hiromu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 9.041 (scored by 157662157,662 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #82
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #20
Members: 293,818
Favorites: 30,226

Available At

Official Site

Resources

icon
Wikipedia
icon
Wikipedia
Top
  >  
Manga
  >  
Fullmetal Alchemist
9.04
Ranked #8Popularity #20Members 293,818
MangaShounen GanganArakawa, Hiromu (Story & Art)
Add to My List
Volumes: /27
Chapters: /116
Available on Manga Store
Fullmetal Alchemist
Volume 1
$6.99

Edit
Synopsis

Alchemists are knowledgeable and naturally talented individuals who can manipulate and modify matter due to their art. Yet despite the wide range of possibilities, alchemy is not as all-powerful as most would believe. Human transmutation is strictly forbidden, and whoever attempts it risks severe consequences. Even so, siblings Edward and Alphonse Elric decide to ignore this great taboo and bring their mother back to life. Unfortunately, not only do they fail in resurrecting her, they also pay an extremely high price for their arrogance: Edward loses his left leg and Alphonse his entire body. Furthermore, Edward also gives up his right arm in order to seal his brother's soul into a suit of armor.

Years later, the young alchemists travel across the country looking for the Philosopher's Stone, in the hopes of recovering their old bodies with its power. However, their quest for the fated stone also leads them to unravel far darker secrets than they could ever imagine.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Edit
Background

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shounen demographic in 2004. Hiromu Arakawa also won the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in the New Artist Prize category for the series in 2011. As of 2015, over 64 million copies of the series have been sold worldwide, making it one of Square Enix's most successful publications, according to Nielsen Bookscan. A live-action film is in development by Warner Bros. Japan and is scheduled for release in Winter 2017.

The series was published in English as Fullmetal Alchemist by VIZ Media from May 3, 2005 to December 20, 2011, and in eBook format by Yen Press on April 15, 2014. A 3-in-1 omnibus edition was released by VIZ from June 7, 2011 to November 11, 2014 as well as a complete box set in November 1, 2011 (which included the novel Fullmetal Alchemist: The Ties That Bind). The manga was also published in Italian by Panini Comics under the Planet Manga imprint from July 13, 2006 to September 3, 2011, in Polish by J.P. Fantastica from January 2006 to to April 2012, in Brazilian Portuguese by Jbc from February 2007 to April 2011 and in Spanish by Ivrea Argentina starting December 12, 2016.

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Industry Recommended (Read This Manga 2024)
Your guide to 2024's Must-Read Manga is here 📖
SPRING SALE is in full bloom! Anime lessons from Japan 🌸

Edit
Related Manga

Side story:Fullmetal Alchemist
Alternative version:Full Metal Alchemist: Prototype
Adaptation:Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

More characters
Characters

Elric, Edward
Elric, Edward
Main
Elric, Alphonse
Elric, Alphonse
Main
Mustang, Roy
Mustang, Roy
Supporting
Hughes, Maes
Hughes, Maes
Supporting
Greed
Greed
Supporting
Hawkeye, Riza
Hawkeye, Riza
Supporting
Yao, Ling
Yao, Ling
Supporting
Rockbell, Winry
Rockbell, Winry
Supporting
Armstrong, Alex Louis
Armstrong, Alex Louis
Supporting
Armstrong, Olivier Mira
Armstrong, Olivier Mira
Supporting

Reviews

Write review
55 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
2 Not Recommended
All reviews (58)
Jun 13, 2010
Archaeon
Recommended
One of the problems with something being truly good is that every so often it becomes a victim of its own success, and in a sense that's what happened with the fans of Full Metal Alchemist.

Arakawa Hiromu's tale of two brothers and their adventures in alchemy is one of the most well known stories in anime and manga to date, and has spawned a horde of games, a movie (with a second one planned), numerous doujins and fanfics, piles of merchandise ranging from tatoos to chibi plushies, and two very different anime series. The story itself is very typically shounen at times, however there is ...
Read more
Open
Gift
Report
Mar 6, 2024
agensi
Mixed Feelings
Spoiler
Fullmetal Alchemist is a weird one.

FMA is regarded as one of the best anime/manga and receives constant praise. I truly wonder why. FMA has one of the strongest thematic frameworks ive ever seen however this doesnt really matter because its world and characters dont reflect the same quality.
FMA's structuring is decently weird, it banks everything on its ending but its ending isnt good??? Some work like aot or haikyu dont need their endings to be good. If FMA has a bad ending it rips apart the "quality" and expectation that was set. Im comparing the endings of these other shonen to say that ...
Read more
Open
Gift
Report
Oct 18, 2020
Liapo13
Not Recommended
It should come no surprise that the highest-rated anime on MAL’s manga counterpart should also be near the top, as it is the source material of the anime. It stands that the manga does a better job of telling the story than either anime counterpart while failing in almost every other category. Reading the manga, your opinions will mostly stay the same about the series, however, that does not exempt it from mistakes that the animes fixed or that were written into the story in the firstplace. Perhaps the strongest elements of the Anime are possibly the weakest in the manga.

The characters, its ...
Read more
Open
Gift
Report

More stacks

Interest Stacks
Highest Scores Ever Reached on MAL
by ooReiko
50 Entries · 20 Restacks
Shounen manga created by Women
by Rhiannon-Senpai
46 Entries · 23 Restacks
📖Manga published in Thai🇹🇭 2 / 📖มังงะที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาไทย🇹🇭 ๒
by Adrena
50 Entries · 1 Restacks

More recommendations
Recommendations


More news
Recent News

North American Anime & Manga Releases for June

North American Anime & Manga Releases for June

Here are the North American anime, manga, and light novel releases for June Week 1: June 7 - 13 Anime Releases Bem (BEM: Become Human) Blu-ray Btooom! (incl. Bakusat...read more

Jun 7, 2022 10:13 AM by Aiimee | Discuss (2 comments)

North American Anime & Manga Releases for April

North American Anime & Manga Releases for April

Here are the North American anime, manga, and light novel releases for April Week 1: April 5 - 11 Anime Releases Grenadier: Hohoemi no Senshi (Grenadier: The Beautif...read more

Apr 4, 2022 6:07 PM by Aiimee | Discuss (4 comments)


More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 14 Discussion
Ston3_FreeN7 - May 28, 2011		 9 repliesby wildhood »»
Jan 29, 5:00 PM
Poll: Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 2 Discussion
suki78787 - Aug 9, 2009		 15 repliesby OnigirisBasket »»
Jan 2, 11:05 PM
Poll: Fullmetal Alchemist "Another Journey's End" Chapter Discussion
animegurlfreak - Sep 23, 2010		 44 repliesby NaughtyNoddy »»
Nov 26, 2023 5:02 PM
Why does MAL list 116 chapters?
Yman1512 - Dec 1, 2021		 3 repliesby DigiCat »»
Oct 30, 2023 1:14 PM
Poll: Fullmetal Alchemist Chapter 6 Discussion
Heneshi - Jul 3, 2012		 11 repliesby Froqz17 »»
Oct 29, 2023 12:20 PM

More featured articles
Recent Featured Articles

Second Fullmetal Alchemist Live-Action Teaser Trailer Just Dropped

Second Fullmetal Alchemist Live-Action Teaser Trailer Just Dropped

We get a first look at Ed and Al's human transmutation experiment gone wrong, a brief cameo of Al's CGI suit of armor in motion, and disjointed bursts of alchemical action.

by yungyoshi

20,547 views

Live Action Alphonse Elric Reveal PLUS Release Date Confirmed

Live Action Alphonse Elric Reveal PLUS Release Date Confirmed

He looks...pretty good.

by yungyoshi

23,493 views


MoreTop Anime

  1. 1
  2. 2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  3. 3 Steins;Gate
  4. 4 Gintama°
  5. 5 Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2

MoreTop Airing Anime

  1. 1 One Piece
  2. 2 Hibike! Euphonium 3
  3. 3 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 3
  4. 4 Yuru Camp△ Season 3
  5. 5 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 3rd Season

MoreMost Popular Characters

  1. 1 Lamperouge, Lelouch
  2. 2 Levi
  3. 3 Monkey D., Luffy
  4. 4 Lawliet, L
  5. 5 Roronoa, Zoro