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Fullmetal Alchemist is one of the most popular manga series from the 2000s. It was first serialized on July 12, 2001, until June 11, 2010, with the manga being collected in 27 volumes. Coming from a Shonen background, Fullmetal Alchemist was published in the Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine. Due to its immense popularity, Studio Bones created an anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s magnum opus.
The anime became one of the highest-rated anime ever, with people still talking about its influence on the later generation. While the manga continued, Square Enix also released the Light Novel of Hiromu Arakawa’s masterpiece. With so many adaptations, Fullmetal Alchemist received yet another adaptation through Webtoon. The popular digital comic platform launched a colored manga version on May 7, 2025.
Fullmetal Alchemist Joins Webtoon With Its Colored Version
The colored version of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga was launched on Webtoon on May 7, 2025. The manga has been reformatted according to Webtoon and will be available in the vertical scroll format. Webtoon’s Fullmetal Alchemist will be available in English to reach a greater audience worldwide. Fullmetal Alchemist’s influence on the manga world is unreal, and the Head of Global Webtoon at Webtoon Entertainment, Yongsoo Kim’s statement, proved it. He said,
Fullmetal Alchemist is the kind of story that stays with you for life, whether you’ve read the original manga, watched the anime, or found it through its passionate global fandom. Bringing this iconic series to WEBTOON audiences gives both longtime fans and first-timers a new way to enjoy this story. It’s emotional, it’s intense, and now it’s easier than ever to fall in love with it all over again.
Run, don't walk to read #FullmetalAlchemist now on #WEBTOON 🏃🏻➡️🦿
— WEBTOON (@webtoonofficial) May 8, 2025
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What Is the Story Of Fullmetal Alchemist?
Edward and Alphonse Elric are siblings who perform an alchemy experiment to bring their dead mother back to life. Not only was the experiment a failure, but it cost both of them heavily. Edward lost one of his legs while Alphonse’s body disintegrated. To keep his brother alive, Edward sacrificed one of his arms to bind Alphonse’s soul to a suit of armor. Fortunately, they were rescued by their neighbor, Pinako Rockbell, and her granddaughter, Winry.
Thanks to Winry being a prodigy of bio-mechanical engineering, Edward’s lost limbs were replaced by prosthetic limbs made of automail. Having survived the horrific experiment, the brothers trained for years and set out on a journey to find the Philosopher’s Stone that allows an alchemist to defy the most crucial law of Alchemy – the Law of Equivalent Exchange. However, their journey takes an unprecedented turn, and they have to survive several calamities and conspiracies to get their desires fulfilled.
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