List of Fullmetal Alchemist chapters

Cover of the first tankōbon for Fullmetal Alchemist, released in Japan by Square Enix on January 22, 2002

The Japanese manga Fullmetal Alchemist was written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It has been serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan since its August 2001 issue (published on July 12, 2001) and concluded on its July 2010 issue (published in June 2010) with a total of 108 chapters.[1][2] The plot follows the adventures of two alchemist brothers named Edward and Alphonse Elric. They are striving to find the legendary Philosopher's Stone so that they may recover parts of their bodies that they lost in an attempt to bring their mother back to life. Therefore, Edward joins the state military and discovers that several members of the military are also attempting to get the stone.

Square Enix collected the chapters in tankōbon form. The first volume was released on January 22, 2002, and the last, volume 27, was released on November 22, 2010.[3][4] A few chapters have been rereleased in Japan in two "Extra number" magazines and Fullmetal Alchemist: The First Attack, which features the first nine chapters of the manga as well as other side stories.[5] On July 22, 2011, Square Enix started republishing the series in kanzenban format.[6] Viz Media is releasing English language editions of the manga in North America. The first volume was released on May 3, 2005, and the last one, was officially released on December 20, 2011.[7][8] On June 7, 2011, Viz started publishing the series in omnibus format, featuring three volumes in one.[9]

The animation studio Bones adapted the manga into two separate animated adaptations. The first ran in October 2003 for 51 episodes with changes made from the manga and it was followed by a film sequel in 2005.[10][11][12] In April 2009, Bones started running a new 64 episode anime adaptation directly based on the manga entitled Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for the North American release.[13]

  1. ^ Arakawa, Hiromu (2002). Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1. Square Enix. p. 180. ISBN 978-4-7575-0620-6.
  2. ^ "FMA: B Ends July 4; Sengoku Basara 2 Starts July 11". Anime News Network. June 8, 2010. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
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  5. ^ "鋼の錬金術師Books" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
  6. ^ 鋼の錬金術師 完全版 1巻 (in Japanese). Square Enix. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
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  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference USVolume27 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Fullmetal Alchemist (3-in-1 edition), vol. 1 (Fullmetal Alchemist Omnibus)". Viz Media. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  10. ^ "2007 profile" (PDF). Square Enix. October 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  11. ^ "Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1: The Curse (Episodes 1-4) (2004)". Amazon. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
  12. ^ Mizushima, Seiji (Director) (July 23, 2005). Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (Motion picture). Japan: Bones. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009.
  13. ^ "Animax Asia to Run 2009 Fullmetal Alchemist in Same Week as Japan". Anime News Network. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on April 19, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009.