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Story and art by Arakawa Hiromu. Praise your deity this mangaka was born!
The manga differs from the anime. The stories run in a more straightforward time sequence, in the first few chapters
of the manga at least. The anime at the start of the series bounces from one time period to another rather quickly from
one episode to another. Ed seems a bit more "evil" and cold in the manga, and Roy is more of a playboy. Also, Edward
is not portrayed as strong/powerful as he is in the anime.
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Manga summaries, by tankouban volume:
Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Vol. 3 Vol. 4 Vol. 5 Vol. 6 Vol. 7
Vol. 8 Vol. 9 Vol. 10
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Hiromu Arakawa has also co-written some novels for HagaRen. They are:
-Sareki no Daichi (Pebbles of Earth), which details the story of the false Elric brothers
-Toraware no Renkinjutsushi (Captured Alchemist), where Al is kidnapped, so Ed and Roy go to rescue Al.
-Shiroihana no Mautani (White Flower of the Dancing Valley).
-Tobenai Tenshi, based on the first Playstation 2 video game, where the Elrics investigate a rash of chimera creations.
Picture of inner illustration
Viz will be translating and selling the novels in English, at a yet undetermined date.
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A cute pic of Envy from the Perfect Guidebook.
More scans from the book:
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The Perfect Guidebook is a summary of the manga series through volume 6. It includes character profiles, voting schemes,
crossword puzzles, and just general fun, though a bit far from perfect. It could have contained information such as vital
statistics of each character (Ed's height!!!), etc.
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Arakawa/Square-Enix has published an artbook containing all the color works for HagaRen up until mid-2003. Here are a
few choice scans from the book:
More artbook scans accompany the manga summaries. Below: random manga pics.
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