In Poland, JPFantastica has released all volumes as of May 2012. Eighteen volumes have been released in English fourteen volumes have been released in Simplified Chinese. In Singapore, the manga is being released by Chuang Yi Publishing in both English and Simplified Chinese. However, subsequent printings depict the panels with the original cross. The initial print of volume eight also contains an edit in two panels, changing a cross into a round slab of stone in order to avoid religious references. Beginning with volume eight, Viz Media's releases of the manga feature a new, updated version of the "Viz Action" logo at the top of the spine. According to Nielsen BookScan, Fullmetal Alchemist's first volume was the top-selling manga in the year of 2005, and the following issues of the manga usually appear on the Bookscan's weekly "Overall Graphic Novel Top 10" list. In 2018, VIZ started a remastered release of the manga, called Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition which set out to be an improved version for collectors of the manga.ĭue to the rate that Viz Media initially introduced the graphic novels (with a new release approximately every two months), the English translation quickly caught up to the Japanese release, having already covered most of the series' bound volumes to date. On Decemit was revealed that Yen Press has formed an agreement with the comics website ComiXology and has released a number of their titles there, including Fullmetal Alchemist. In 2014, Yen Press officially got the rights for the digital releases of the manga volumes, which were all released simultaneously on April 15, 2015, which also included releasing the volumes on 's Kindle Store. Viz has also released the series in nine omnibus volumes, which essentially is the length of three volumes placed in one book. Viz Media began releasing English translations of the manga in North America in and ended its run with the final volume released on December 20, 2011. As of June 2010, it concluded at 108 serialized chapters with 27 tankōbon (graphic novel) releases. It was serialized in Square Enix's manga anthology magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan from Jto Jwith one new chapter per issue. too bad we didn't get to see Alphonse in his human body in an extra scene in the end, I would have appreciated it, haha.Cover of the first Japanese Fullmetal Alchemist volume.įullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series owned by Square Enix written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. To sum it up, it's an entertaining movie trilogy but I doubt I could ever sit down again to watch it, maybe the second movie. The Homunculi became too easy to kill by the end of the last movie, I must say. The other romantic couples should have stayed in the friend zone too, if they couldn't make it look and feel natural.Īnd one last thing I can't leave unspoken is Envy and Greed's death, they had much more potential, I was hoping to see more of them. It was completely unnecessary and it very much ruined the movie experience. As if they just had to exist because the writers thought love must be in the air. It simply felt forced from Ed's side, the romantic feelings. In my eyes, Winry was an absolutely useless and incredibly annoying character, she shouldn't have been given another role than being the one working on Ed's artificial limbs. Action movies and thrillers would happily survive without these forced cringe romantic elements that make my skin crawl, to be frank. I also must say a few words about the must-romantic interests. I got into a huge maze in the first movie and it got more and more complicated the more time I spent watching the trilogy. I was utterly disappointed because no matter how hard I tried to puzzle out what was going on, I ultimately failed on multiple occasions. I'm certain that viewers weren't imparted numerous important information which would have been cruical in order to understand the story. It felt as if someone took the interesting parts of the story (and a bunch of incredibly talented actors like Ryosuke, Mackenyu and Keisuke), left the 'boring' scenes out and made a trilogy matching their personal taste. Throughout the whole movie I couldn't stop thinking about how much I don't understand the story and how pathetically confused I am. I wish I hadn't expected so much from it! Highly confusing and disappointing The second movie left me quite excited for the final part and I sat down happily with my tablet in my hand when it finally came out today.
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