Publisher Square Enix reported that the manga written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa , Fullmetal Alchemist ( Hagane no Renkinjutsushi ), has surpassed 80 million copies in circulation worldwide. The publisher also inaugurated a waiting room for an upcoming live broadcast that will celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, and which will include " important announcements " for the franchise.
On the other hand, Arakawa began the publication of the manga in Square Enix publisher's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in July 2001 and ended it in June 2010. The publisher compiled the work in a total of 27 volumes. The manga series is one of the best-selling in all of history, with more than 70 million copies sold around the world. The manga was adapted to anime twice, the first in 2003 titled Fullmetal Alchemist and the second in 2009 and titled Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood .
Additionally, two animated films and one live-action were released in 2005, 2011 and 2017, respectively. The sites specialized in the field have cataloged the Fullmetal Alchemist series as one of the best of all time, particularly for the development of its characters, action, symbolism and philosophical references.
Fullmetal Alchemist Synopsis
Edward Elric, a brilliant young alchemist, has lost quite a bit in his twelve years of life: when he and his brother Alphonse tried to revive their mother through the forbidden act of human transmutation, Edward lost his brother as well as two members of her body. However, he managed to save his brother's soul by embedding it in armor. A year later, Edward has become a state alchemist, and has embarked on a journey in the company of his younger brother to obtain a Philosopher's Stone that is said to expand an alchemist's ability and open the possibility of recovering the body. of his brother and his lost limbs.
Source: Comic Natalie
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