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Fullmetal Alchemist: Art & Companion Books
Complete Art of Fullmetal Alchemist
A deluxe art book showcasing the complete color art of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series.
This massive hardcover collection contains all the Fullmetal Alchemist color artwork by manga artist Hiromu Arakawa from 2001 to 2017, including the series’ entire run and beyond! The Complete Art of Fullmetal Alchemist contains over 280 pages of gorgeous full-color illustrations, including all the original chapter title pages, the graphic novel covers for the single-volume and collected editions, portraits of the main characters, and promotional artwork. Includes an exclusive interview and a special step-by-step illustration creation discussion with Hiromu Arakawa.
This massive hardcover collection contains all the Fullmetal Alchemist color artwork by manga artist Hiromu Arakawa from 2001 to 2017, including the series’ entire run and beyond! The Complete Art of Fullmetal Alchemist contains over 280 pages of gorgeous full-color illustrations, including all the original chapter title pages, the graphic novel covers for the single-volume and collected editions, portraits of the main characters, and promotional artwork. Includes an exclusive interview and a special step-by-step illustration creation discussion with Hiromu Arakawa.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published November 22, 2017
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About the author
Hiromu Arakawa
358 books2,882 followersHiromu Arakawa (author: 荒川弘) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for Fullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師 Hagane no renkinjutsushi).
Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美).
Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaidō.
She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created dōjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to Tōkyō and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Etō.
Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with STRAY DOG. In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series Fullmetal Alchemist, that soon gets a successful anime adaptation.
Other works include Silver Spoon (銀の匙 Silver Spoon, Gin no saji Silver Spoon).
Her real name is Hiromi Arakawa (荒川弘美).
Arakawa was born and raised on a dairy farm in Hokkaidō.
She thought of being a manga artist since she was little. After graduating high school, she took oil painting classes while working on her family's farm. During that time, she also created dōjinshi manga with her friends and drew yonkoma for a magazine. After eight years she moved to Tōkyō and started out as assistant writer for Hiroyuki Etō.
Her debut as manga artist is in 1999 with STRAY DOG. In 2001 she started working on her famous and award winning series Fullmetal Alchemist, that soon gets a successful anime adaptation.
Other works include Silver Spoon (銀の匙 Silver Spoon, Gin no saji Silver Spoon).
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October 23, 2023
Wonderful art retrospective of this important manga series! I have a friend who is really into this - so I bought him this book for his birthday. I really like it when you become immersed in a fantasy world; I think it is a great way to just tame a 'reality vacation' and enjoy yourself. This is the type of world I am talking about; very interesting characters that seem to jump out at you!
March 27, 2021
Arakawa is a fine artist, but I didn't read Fullmetal Alchemist for the art. This is a nice way to have one last visit with the characters though, having finished reading the whole series this week.
The cover art, frontispieces, and various promotional images from the manga, novels, audio dramatizations, and video games are collected in a nice full-color book. Arakawa also takes a couple tiny opportunities to draw a handful of characters from other manga like Soul Eater, Blast of Tempest and the works of Osamu Tezuka.
The cover art, frontispieces, and various promotional images from the manga, novels, audio dramatizations, and video games are collected in a nice full-color book. Arakawa also takes a couple tiny opportunities to draw a handful of characters from other manga like Soul Eater, Blast of Tempest and the works of Osamu Tezuka.
December 11, 2020
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Je remercie les Éditions Kurokawa pour l’envoi de cette lecture. Wow… Mais quel chef-d’œuvre je viens de lire…
Avec cet artbook, pour tout fan de FMA, on se replonge dans l’histoire, dans des illustrations toutes plus belles les unes des autres.
Le tout est classé par année. On voit le temps passer au fur et à mesure, avec les illustrations qu’Hiromu Arakawa a faites. C’était vraiment un pur plaisir pour mes yeux !
On se met rapidement dans diverses ambiances avec ces illustrations. Celle de Noël, des vacances d’été, etc. Et plus je tournais les pages, plus j’étais submergé par un flot d’émotions. Je ne saurais pas vous dire pourquoi, mais j’avais les larmes aux yeux, le sourire aux lèvres, les émotions se bataillaient en moi, c’était fou !
En plus, nous retrouvons à la fin de ce magnifique artbook, un petit bonus. Nous allons dans ce dernier y retrouver les secrets d’illustrations d’Hiromu Arakawa. Son cheminement, ce qui lui a permis de les créer, les matériaux qu’elle utilise, etc.
En bref, c’est près de 300 illustrations que nous retrouvons ici. Une œuvre vraiment magnifique pour tout fan de la licence et une très bonne idée de cadeau pour Noël ! 😉
Je remercie les Éditions Kurokawa pour l’envoi de cette lecture. Wow… Mais quel chef-d’œuvre je viens de lire…
Avec cet artbook, pour tout fan de FMA, on se replonge dans l’histoire, dans des illustrations toutes plus belles les unes des autres.
Le tout est classé par année. On voit le temps passer au fur et à mesure, avec les illustrations qu’Hiromu Arakawa a faites. C’était vraiment un pur plaisir pour mes yeux !
On se met rapidement dans diverses ambiances avec ces illustrations. Celle de Noël, des vacances d’été, etc. Et plus je tournais les pages, plus j’étais submergé par un flot d’émotions. Je ne saurais pas vous dire pourquoi, mais j’avais les larmes aux yeux, le sourire aux lèvres, les émotions se bataillaient en moi, c’était fou !
En plus, nous retrouvons à la fin de ce magnifique artbook, un petit bonus. Nous allons dans ce dernier y retrouver les secrets d’illustrations d’Hiromu Arakawa. Son cheminement, ce qui lui a permis de les créer, les matériaux qu’elle utilise, etc.
En bref, c’est près de 300 illustrations que nous retrouvons ici. Une œuvre vraiment magnifique pour tout fan de la licence et une très bonne idée de cadeau pour Noël ! 😉
December 22, 2021
A fantastic book that collects all of the FMA-related art Hiromu Arakawa made, from the manga to the dvd covers, various tie-in games, postcards, etc. I was blown away when I realized she actually paints all of the color images <3
September 14, 2025
Really pretty artwork, this is a great collection! If you love FMA, you'll definitely want to look at this, or at least flip through it a bit. :)
September 12, 2022
quisiera tener varios cuadros de casi todas las páginas de este libro
April 11, 2022
worth every penny! i'm in love with hiromu arakawa artwork and it's even more amazing to see it personally like this than only digitally.
May 14, 2020
This is a wonderful book that includes all the art Arakawa did for FMA from 2001-2010 (Has it really been so long since the series ended?!), so basically it has everything from the previous three art books combined into one glorious art book!
I really enjoyed looking at all the artwork again--there were a couple pieces I wasn't familiar but overall I've looked at FMA so much I remembered the majority. 8D I also enjoyed the interview at the end that went over her process for creating pieces for a manga. I wish it had included her thoughts from the previous art books on each individual piece as well but I guess that might have made it much larger than it already was....
As I was looking through the book it occurred to me that I've been a fan of this series for years and new things are still being created for it; I think that's pretty cool and I hope other series I'm a fan of manage such longevity! Arakawa really did an amazing thing with this series. ^^
I really enjoyed looking at all the artwork again--there were a couple pieces I wasn't familiar but overall I've looked at FMA so much I remembered the majority. 8D I also enjoyed the interview at the end that went over her process for creating pieces for a manga. I wish it had included her thoughts from the previous art books on each individual piece as well but I guess that might have made it much larger than it already was....
As I was looking through the book it occurred to me that I've been a fan of this series for years and new things are still being created for it; I think that's pretty cool and I hope other series I'm a fan of manage such longevity! Arakawa really did an amazing thing with this series. ^^
April 22, 2024
Chronique complète :
https://sunread26.wordpress.com/2024/...
Extrait :
Ouvrage assez rapide à lire en soi, tant il y a peu de textes à l’intérieur, le plus souvent, il s’agit de l’origine de l’image, indiquée en dessous de celle-ci. Il faut dire que Fullmetal Alchemist a duré longtemps dans sa publication, de quoi fournir gracieusement en image plusieurs ouvrages, désormais regroupés en un seul, celui que je vous présente aujourd’hui. Surprise pour certaines illustrations, qui proviennent de goodies, j’ignore si on a eu droit à certains d’entre eux d’ailleurs… j’étais assez jeune lors de sa sortie.
Les différents chapitres représentent les illustrations sur une année, et cela va de 2001 à 2010, soit neuf années. Il y a des illustrations pour un peu tout, que ce soit des goodies, couvertures ou autres. J’avoue avoir un peu de mal à savoir comment parler de cet ouvrage, qu’est-ce qui pourrait être intéressant à évoquer ? Le papier ? Il me semble de bonne qualité, mais je ne suis pas experte, suffisamment épais, pour ne pas se déchirer, pas transparent, mais « glacé ». C’est en partie à cause de ça que le livre est lourd d’ailleurs. Les illustrations font parfois une double page, parfois il y en a plusieurs sur une même page. J’ignore si la mise en forme de celles-ci est différentes des artbooks précédemment sortis.
L’ouvrage contient assez peu de textes, les descriptions des différentes illustrations (tenant en une phrase) sont ce qui le compose en majorité. Ainsi, même si le livre se termine sur une interview, il est assez rapide à terminer. Etaler l’interview sur plusieurs pages aurait pu être intéressant et combler certains vides apparents. D’anciennes interviews auraient également pu être ajoutées par endroit. L’idée de faire des citations de certains personnages est également bonne et aurait aussi pu servir à combler certains espaces, sans réduire l’impact des illustrations. L’origine de certaines illustrations est assez originale, ça peut être pour le magazine, un calendrier ou bien un ticket de train. Je trouve ce genre de goodies tellement originaux, c’est dommage d’en avoir si peu en France, de ce type de collaboration. Je ne dis pas ça uniquement pour les mangas, mais aussi pour les BD par exemple, le seul truc qu’on a le plus souvent c’est des timbres ou la monnaie de paris… pas ouf quoi.
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https://sunread26.wordpress.com/2024/...
Extrait :
Ouvrage assez rapide à lire en soi, tant il y a peu de textes à l’intérieur, le plus souvent, il s’agit de l’origine de l’image, indiquée en dessous de celle-ci. Il faut dire que Fullmetal Alchemist a duré longtemps dans sa publication, de quoi fournir gracieusement en image plusieurs ouvrages, désormais regroupés en un seul, celui que je vous présente aujourd’hui. Surprise pour certaines illustrations, qui proviennent de goodies, j’ignore si on a eu droit à certains d’entre eux d’ailleurs… j’étais assez jeune lors de sa sortie.
Les différents chapitres représentent les illustrations sur une année, et cela va de 2001 à 2010, soit neuf années. Il y a des illustrations pour un peu tout, que ce soit des goodies, couvertures ou autres. J’avoue avoir un peu de mal à savoir comment parler de cet ouvrage, qu’est-ce qui pourrait être intéressant à évoquer ? Le papier ? Il me semble de bonne qualité, mais je ne suis pas experte, suffisamment épais, pour ne pas se déchirer, pas transparent, mais « glacé ». C’est en partie à cause de ça que le livre est lourd d’ailleurs. Les illustrations font parfois une double page, parfois il y en a plusieurs sur une même page. J’ignore si la mise en forme de celles-ci est différentes des artbooks précédemment sortis.
L’ouvrage contient assez peu de textes, les descriptions des différentes illustrations (tenant en une phrase) sont ce qui le compose en majorité. Ainsi, même si le livre se termine sur une interview, il est assez rapide à terminer. Etaler l’interview sur plusieurs pages aurait pu être intéressant et combler certains vides apparents. D’anciennes interviews auraient également pu être ajoutées par endroit. L’idée de faire des citations de certains personnages est également bonne et aurait aussi pu servir à combler certains espaces, sans réduire l’impact des illustrations. L’origine de certaines illustrations est assez originale, ça peut être pour le magazine, un calendrier ou bien un ticket de train. Je trouve ce genre de goodies tellement originaux, c’est dommage d’en avoir si peu en France, de ce type de collaboration. Je ne dis pas ça uniquement pour les mangas, mais aussi pour les BD par exemple, le seul truc qu’on a le plus souvent c’est des timbres ou la monnaie de paris… pas ouf quoi.
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January 22, 2025
✨5/5
I am biased, friends.
Fullmetal Alchemist is my favorite anime of all time (the original (however strange it may feel to call it “the original” considering Brotherhood is based off the manga), but Brotherhood is a close second, so don’t come for me). After obtaining the entire Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal edition of the manga, I knew I needed the complete art too.
The art displayed in this book is vivid, quirky, dark, and somehow relatable in a world full of alchemy - all the things that you’d expect from Fullmetal Alchemist. You’ll find art from magazine covers, the graphic novels, special edition inserts, calendars, post cards, and more over the years. While I was hoping for a little bit more information on some of these iconic images - I was not disappointed with a single image. Not. One.
My heart swelled as I gushed over each flip of the pages - remembering important moments from the manga/anime and admiring every illustration and the work it took to create it. I appreciated the little quotes thrown in and I’m grateful to have this piece in my Fullmetal Alchemist collection.
I absolutely recommend - especially to those who loved the manga and anime.
I am biased, friends.
Fullmetal Alchemist is my favorite anime of all time (the original (however strange it may feel to call it “the original” considering Brotherhood is based off the manga), but Brotherhood is a close second, so don’t come for me). After obtaining the entire Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal edition of the manga, I knew I needed the complete art too.
The art displayed in this book is vivid, quirky, dark, and somehow relatable in a world full of alchemy - all the things that you’d expect from Fullmetal Alchemist. You’ll find art from magazine covers, the graphic novels, special edition inserts, calendars, post cards, and more over the years. While I was hoping for a little bit more information on some of these iconic images - I was not disappointed with a single image. Not. One.
My heart swelled as I gushed over each flip of the pages - remembering important moments from the manga/anime and admiring every illustration and the work it took to create it. I appreciated the little quotes thrown in and I’m grateful to have this piece in my Fullmetal Alchemist collection.
I absolutely recommend - especially to those who loved the manga and anime.
May 5, 2024
J'avais acheté ce livre à sa sortie (2020) et après m'être replongée dans le manga, j'ai eu envie de le relire.
Je trouve que c'est vraiment un beau livre et complet. Les illustrations sont classées par ordre chronologique, du début à la fin de FMA.
J'aime beaucoup ce livre car déjà, on voit l'évolution du travail d'Hiromu Arakawa. On sent que les coups de crayon deviennent habituels, plus fluides, qu'elle a l'habitude de dessiner ses personnages. J'ai d'ailleurs adoré les illustrations colorées et peintes. Je leur trouvais un charme en plus.
J'aime aussi le fait que tous les personnages fassent partie de ce recueil. Arakawa ne s'est pas contentée de dessiner Edward et Alphonse. Elle a fait tout le monde!
J'ai trouvé intéressant de découvrir les illustrations pour le magazine Gangan, pour des figurines, des cartes postales ou même des cartes téléphoniques.
Un vrai plaisir pour les yeux.
Je trouve que c'est vraiment un beau livre et complet. Les illustrations sont classées par ordre chronologique, du début à la fin de FMA.
J'aime beaucoup ce livre car déjà, on voit l'évolution du travail d'Hiromu Arakawa. On sent que les coups de crayon deviennent habituels, plus fluides, qu'elle a l'habitude de dessiner ses personnages. J'ai d'ailleurs adoré les illustrations colorées et peintes. Je leur trouvais un charme en plus.
J'aime aussi le fait que tous les personnages fassent partie de ce recueil. Arakawa ne s'est pas contentée de dessiner Edward et Alphonse. Elle a fait tout le monde!
J'ai trouvé intéressant de découvrir les illustrations pour le magazine Gangan, pour des figurines, des cartes postales ou même des cartes téléphoniques.
Un vrai plaisir pour les yeux.
January 25, 2019
I can't not give this 5 stars. This is the anime that hooked me, this is the manga that expanded my taste for it, this is what made me want to draw, learn more about Japan... It's special, alright?
The paper is high quality, as is the printing. I enjoyed the short interview with Arakawa and the tutorial of her drawing process. I do wish she had done some comments on some, if not all, of the pictures, though the only artist I have seen do this is Arina Tanamura.
I also found out just how much I am missing to complete my collection, as there are 3 "perfect guidebooks" published here in America as "profiles" plus a character profile book and 3 "art of". I was semi disappointed that there was no art from the anime in here, but since Arakawa did not do the art for that, I understand why.
If you like FMA, this is a must have!
The paper is high quality, as is the printing. I enjoyed the short interview with Arakawa and the tutorial of her drawing process. I do wish she had done some comments on some, if not all, of the pictures, though the only artist I have seen do this is Arina Tanamura.
I also found out just how much I am missing to complete my collection, as there are 3 "perfect guidebooks" published here in America as "profiles" plus a character profile book and 3 "art of". I was semi disappointed that there was no art from the anime in here, but since Arakawa did not do the art for that, I understand why.
If you like FMA, this is a must have!
October 5, 2022
•The illustrations are beautiful, contains all the drawings produced for manga covers, magazines and postcards, many illustrations you may not have seen before:0 (with their respective dates and titles)
•As well as models of the characters, an interview with the author and an explanation with images and a list of materials that use to create your illustrations 😄
•Contains a lot of things so buy it!
•As well as models of the characters, an interview with the author and an explanation with images and a list of materials that use to create your illustrations 😄
•Contains a lot of things so buy it!
May 21, 2019
I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. While looking through the pages of this book it took me back to all the hours I sent wanting both Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmental Alchemist Brotherhood. While telling the same story going about it a different way. The art took me through several emotions and I just over all enjoyed the art work. I was please to see this collection.
November 1, 2020
J'ai enfin pu me procurer et admirer cette beauté de plus près <3 <3 <3
300 pages de pures merveilles :D il y a les covers des anciennes éditions celles des nouvelles celles des éditions spéciales etc... bref ce recueil est archi complet sur les illustrations!
Trop impatiente que FMA Chronicle sorte maintenant :)))
300 pages de pures merveilles :D il y a les covers des anciennes éditions celles des nouvelles celles des éditions spéciales etc... bref ce recueil est archi complet sur les illustrations!
Trop impatiente que FMA Chronicle sorte maintenant :)))
August 3, 2025
Wouldn't call this a book, but something that could sit on a coffee table and be referenced from time to time. 5 stars for the presentation.
Still, was nice to see Arakawa's growth over time represented in a single entity. There is a nice interview at the end to see an inside look at her process. Worthwhile to pick up for any Fullmetal fan.
Still, was nice to see Arakawa's growth over time represented in a single entity. There is a nice interview at the end to see an inside look at her process. Worthwhile to pick up for any Fullmetal fan.
February 26, 2018
If you're a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood then this book may be for you. Contained within its pages are some never-seen-before artworks by Ms. Hiromu including one of an adult Ed and Al.
April 29, 2019
This book is beautiful and full of so much incredible art (a lot of it I haven't seen before). It's making me want to re-read the manga so that might happen sometime soon, it's been a while and I miss these characters!
December 3, 2020
There’s so much wonderful and crisp artwork, along with the last several pages being of a discussion and interview with Arakawa-sensei. This is an absolute must-have item if you’re a fan of Fullmetal.
December 26, 2020
C’est un ouvrage de qualité contenant aussi bien des illustrations des tomes, que des jeux vidéos ou autres produits dérivés. Si vous êtes fan de la saga et que vous aimez les beaux livres, je ne peux que vous conseiller « Fullmetal Alchemist Artworks », vous ne regretterez pas de l’avoir dans votre bibliothèque !
December 10, 2023
This is a great Artbook for any FMA fan!
Even though it has practically no text it beautiful displays the illustrations of the Author chronoligically over the years!
The inbetween sites between the years also have an immaculate design and I had a great time going through the pages!
Even though it has practically no text it beautiful displays the illustrations of the Author chronoligically over the years!
The inbetween sites between the years also have an immaculate design and I had a great time going through the pages!
November 23, 2018
While I do wish there were artist comments on the illustrations, there were over 300 images in this, so I'll cut Arakawa some slack. This whole thing is, regardless, GIANT AND BEAUTIFUL
January 18, 2019
Beautiful art! Really nice paper too.
October 13, 2019
Lot of detailed artwork. Really great reference for cosplayers. Actually had a few VA’s from the series sign by their character sketch already.
July 19, 2020
482 - 2020
January 5, 2022
❤️❤️❤️
Ideal para mi fan interna de FMA. Las ilustraciones son taaaaaan bellas.
Excelente servicio, 5 bolillos.
Ideal para mi fan interna de FMA. Las ilustraciones son taaaaaan bellas.
Excelente servicio, 5 bolillos.
May 31, 2022
Definitive collection of artworks produced by Arakawa, exactly what I wanted.
July 6, 2022
Honestly, I loved the show and the manga. So, I definitely wanted the artwork for it too 💯
February 26, 2024
The art of Hiromu Arakawa is immaculate
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