Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Manga / FullmetalAlchemist

Go To

1[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fullmetalalchemistbrotherhood.png]]
2
3-> ''"There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary; you can't gain anything without losing something first. Although, if you can endure that pain, and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah... A heart made Fullmetal."''
4-->-- '''Edward Elric'''
5
6'''This page deals with Creator/HiromuArakawa's original manga and its direct anime adaptation (titled ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''). For the loose 2003 anime adaptation, please see ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''.'''
7
8Created by Creator/HiromuArakawa and running between August 2001 to June 2010, ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' (Japanese title ''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi'', or "Alchemist of Steel") follows the story of the Elric brothers, Edward and Alphonse, who live in a world where those who know how to do so can practice the art of alchemy (transmuting one material into another or reshaping it into new forms). The brothers' skill with alchemy at an early age led them to believe they can bring their recently-deceased mother back to life using human transmutation -- a forbidden, taboo practice of alchemy. Their hubris costs Ed his right arm and left leg (now replaced with artificial "automail" limbs) and leaves Al as a soul affixed to an empty suit of armor. Years later, the brothers set out to find the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary artifact said to allow any form of transmutation without the necessary EquivalentExchange.
9
10The government tightly controls knowledge about the Philosopher's Stone, however, so Edward takes -- and passes -- the State Alchemist Examination to become "a dog of the military" and gain access to the State's information. The brothers also do the government's work by traveling around the country and solving problems, though trouble often finds them first. As the Elrics dig deeper into the mystery of the Philosopher's Stone and search for a way to create one, they stumble onto truths about their family and friends, the military, the Stone, and even the very nature of alchemy itself -- and they also discover a vast conspiracy led by dark forces who wish to use their search for their own reasons.
11
12In 2003, the manga was [[PragmaticAdaptation very loosely]] adapted into an [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 anime series]]. While it followed the story at first, [[OvertookTheManga it quickly spun off in another direction]], and ended up with [[GeckoEnding an entirely different conclusion altogether]]. This was pretty much inevitable since the manga was released in a monthly magazine; the weekly anime would have to have tons of {{filler}} to make sure it didn't overrun the story. For more information on this series (and the tropes and characters involved exclusively in its own canon), check out [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 its own page]].
13
14In 2009 -- as the manga was nearing its end -- a new anime series, ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', was announced. It follows the manga's story [[TruerToTheText much more faithfully]] (with nearly no filler) too, though with a slightly streamlined beginning. When it was released in the US, nearly the entire original cast of the 2003 series' dub reprised their parts.
15
16After the end of ''Brotherhood'', [[TheMovie a movie set within the series]] -- ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos'' -- was released in 2011 (and 2012 for the US). Unlike ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa The Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' (a sequel and ending the first anime series), this film exists as a side-story to the manga/''Brotherhood''.
17
18In the US and Canada, Creator/VizMedia licenses and publishes the manga series, while ''Brotherhood'' is available on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, Creator/{{Netflix}}, Creator/{{Hulu}}, and Creator/HBOMax both dubbed and subbed on all sources. (The 2003 anime can be found on Netflix as well.) Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, ''Brotherhood'' is licensed to Creator/MangaEntertainment in the UK and Ireland, while Creator/MadmanEntertainment distributes both the show and the manga in Australia and New Zealand.
19
20A [[Film/FullmetalAlchemist2017 live-action film adaptation]] was released on December 1, 2017.
21
22A Recap can be found '''[[Recap/FullmetalAlchemist HERE.]]'''
23----
24
25!! Due to the number of tropes involved, we've split examples for the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga and ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' into separate pages:
26
27[[index]]
28* FullmetalAlchemist/TropesAToF
29** [[BerserkButton/FullmetalAlchemist Berserk Button]]
30** [[FamousLastWords/FullmetalAlchemist Famous Last Words]]
31* FullmetalAlchemist/TropesGToP
32* FullmetalAlchemist/TropesQToZ
33** [[ShipTease/FullmetalAlchemist Ship Tease]]
34[[/index]]
35----

Top