~ What In The World? Is The Fma Manga Almost Over?! A little bird told me... ~

I read in another forum that Arakawa commented on how ch. 30 was around the half-way point, and thus not unusual that we may be near the deaths of two homunculus at once!


So since we are on ch. 51, we have little over 9 chapters next?


My God, is it really almost over? Already?

What will I do with my life now?

Where did you hear that? I've heard that she was planning around 100 chapters, so Chapter 50 would have been the halfway point. We still have four more years of manga, if not more.
Besides, she'd be really letting us down by ending it without revealing what happened in Ishbal, Scar's past, the whole deal with Hohenheim and Father, etc etc etc. :P

I heared she was planning on doing about 17-19 volumes... we are only at volume 12 right now, and that we would have at least another 2 years of manga... Don't scare me! >.<

Well, maybe that was her firs idea, but she can change later and strech the manga all she want ^^ and I hope she do XD

well if you are in the usa, we probably have about seven more years of the manga, considering we are only on volume 2 and number 3 has been delayed.

it's gonna be a long time before we even reach chapter 50!

It's now chapter 51!
I can't imagine FMA manga ending, I mean, THE ANIME ENDED!! I CAN'T SUFFER OF FMA ENDING FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

right, but still, seven years!

I can't imagine the story going for so long! I've only seen the anime and know how it ends, but am in the dark as the ongoing manga story, which seems to be very different.

i know their are scanlations out there to download, but I really don't want to go to the trouble. I just don't like reading books/comics off of a computer.

You're right about reading manga off a comp. It's kinda annoying... but i still read anyways. That's why I bought the FMA manga, and to say this....BUY THE MANGA PEOPLE!! IT'S WAY BETTER READING THE MANGA THAN RUINING YOUR EYES AT THE SAME TIME READING OFF THE COMP! IF U R A FAN, BUY BUY BUY! I plan to collect the whole entire FMA series. I don't have to wait for 7 years to buy the whole manga series up to date. Right now, Korea has about 10 volumes, and I have three with the PG1. 7 more~

I just read ch. 51! >_< I hate cliff hangers!

Plus the fact that your harddrive will fill up like a bloated catfish with all the files.

Four more years is along time to wait. I do plan to buy the Manga too just to support it. I heard it was suppose to go on to 80 chapters. I hope it ends soon, four years might make me lose intrest in FMA...

I plan to buy the manga in japanese and spanish XD

I decided to purchase the Korean version. They have 11 volumes out when I got it (so they are pretty up to date), and it's the closest thing to the original without turning Japanese.

I have volumes 8, 9 and 10 original and pretend to buy more. I'll probably buy the Spanish version if it's not screwed up much.

BTW, Reika (or Dai), have you heard any news about here? Last I read was a rumour about Panini publishing it...

I heard it was gonna be 20 vol.-ish so when I saw the thread, I went WTF? o_O
Hmmm, when I go to Korea next year, I'll pick up some volumes of Hagaren.

I... purchased the chinese 11 volumes by mistake... I thought they were in japanese >.<!!




Yeah, Panini bought supossedly the manga, but it seems that what they bought was the anime, and they wanted to sell it at a high prize. finally it seems that they've sold it, and next year we'll have the anime here (Gods, I'm scared, Alphonse=Alfonso and Edward=Eduardo, you'll see >.<, and I preffer not to talk about the translation xD). We have to wait because Panini's purchased it in Spain, France as well as in Itally. We wanted to dub it, but we are having trouble finding people older than 30 years >.<

Blitz-san and Envious...san, if you are gonna buy the Korean versions, try buying the PG1 too! It's great! (There is this HUGE book store in Seoul in the basement place. [u know, right?] That's where I get it.)

YAY!!
I'm gonna soon have up to volume 7 by october!!

Woa, Actually here in LatinoAmerica we Have Hagaren (anime) XD still waiting for the manga still waiting for the manga....
*but.. I dont have the channel....... *goes to her little corner to cry* at least a friend recorded some of the eps and sent them to me by msn *sniff sniff**
and they kept the names 'Edward' and 'Alphonse' like that =O

[ontopic] nouuu ;o;... I hope it is just a rumor~~~ D:
I want my four years of Hagaren >O

No need to call me "san." We were born on the same year. XD

^Funny you should mention that, because I got it already!

I'm actually getting my "manhwa" thanks to a Korean comic book store in the US.

They said that the 2nd PG is coming soon. Can't wait.

gasp!
sorry...

A Korean comic book store in U.S.???????
I wish there was one near me...

PG2 IS COMING OUT???????//
MUST GET ONE!!

You're wrong : in France, my country, FullMetal Alchemist manga is published by Kurokawa (manga branch of the editor "Fleuve Noir"), and both Volumes 1 and 2 are ou since 8 September of this year (in short, since 10 days ago.)
As for the anime in France, it's licenced by Dybex, and if I'm not mistaken, the first DVD will be released this month.

dunno, that's what they told me :s I heared that panini had the manga, and then they told me that they sold the anime to an enterprise and was going to be published next year. BTW, it may be right, because they don't usually publish manga and much less anime, they strategy was to buy it and then sell it with a much higher price, and that's what I've been told they've done, but instead the manga, the anime. Panini is the one that is going to release the stickers and all, not the anime nor the manga. That wasn't their plan to begin with :s, but those are just speculations and things you read in the forums. We asked panini what was happening with naruto and fma since we were going to dub it, but they didn't answer so...

EDIT: And same happens with Naruto, they supposedly were trying to buy the anime to sell it, but they were having problems since the one publishing the manga was Glénat, who had more priority and wanted to do the same. But I think they could buy it anyways since Panini is a really big enterprise, and its core is located in Itally, but it has a great power in France and Spain too.

hey hey,

You two are right and you two are wrong XD. Panini has the rights in Europe, but it doesn't mean ALL Europe. We know about France license, because it was some time ago, but Panini brought the rights about the manga (and we think the anime too) now. So I suppose France brough them by itself earlier, but Panini brought it now for the rest of countries.

But, for example, we know Panini sell mangas at Spain, but ussually it doesn't make anime, because there is no "Panini Video" in Spain (there is in Italy, for example), so they sell the rights to others companies.

Read again my post, I never said the poster (aka Reika) was wrong for all Europe : only for France.

And, for Reika, by the Naruto is published in France by Kana, not by Glénat.

I'm talking about Spain, not France.

Envious-san, where do you live in the states? I live in NC so just wondering if that's anywhere near the manhwa store you're talking about...

awww I dont wanna buy, the Australian version has a crappy cover >.>. Too shiney.
I may once I get money, job etc . I plan to but the movie if nothing else.
I heard about 100 chapters, so 4 more years. Ha ha there's so many different rumours flying around. It would be nice if we could just ask Arakawa herself.

We should write a fourm letter, get some people to translate it (oh umeko-sama~~) and send it to her. They did that the zelda manga translation site and got a reply from the author. I'm sure Arakawa would love to know she's got fans in so many parts of the world, and maybe she'd give us a hint of how long there is to go.

Live in CA. The large concentration of Koreans in LA has provided an ideal place for such stores. Shouldn't NC have a "Korea Town" also?

We have Korean supermarket type things and such but, alas, no manhwa stores... *le cries*

*Grabs the bird, chucks it in the air, pulls out a .50 caliber, and blows it's head off* Don't care me like that, stupid feathered forest friends.

I found a manhaw store in Annandale, but it's only full of adult manhaws...
I WANT PG2!!!!!!!!

I just thought of something.
I wonder what kind of manga Arakawa-sensei might do next after FMA?? She said she wanted to do a castle or kingdom story or whateva... (she said she likes drawing armors...)

Blitz, if you want, I could help you obtain those manhwas.

Problem is, I have no idea how to make such transactions, and from what I'm getting, you may be too young for it anyway.


^ MasterKris, your post reminds me of what Arakawa mentioned in those "inner flap" editorials. Here's a rough translation:

"A neighborhood girl (3 years old) learned that I'm a manga artist, and seem to admire me thinking "She must be drawing pretty princess mangas." I'm sorry little lady, I only draw bulky, muscular old men."

Hahaha. LOL I cannot see Arakawa-san drawing princesses.

It's okay. I'll pick up some manhwa in Korea next year. Thanks for the offer though. And yeah, I think I'm too young. *cough12cough*

Rumours are rumours.

Don't believe evreything your hear on the Internet. I'm sure we still have plenty of more volumes to go. But I knew from the beginning that FMA wasn't going to be a long manga like Naruto or whatever, when it'll wrap up, that'll be it. But it has been going on for awhile back in Japan right, so I'm guessing it has about 2 years left in it's run.

Perhaps after this particular tale is done, Arakawa (The author and artist, yes?) will depict other such stories and adventures occuring in the same universe.

Don't scare me like that! If FMA ends, what am I going to do with my manga reading habits? But when it does, Arakawa-san should write a sequel.

Fruits basket is coming to an end ;_;, its gonna have 22 volumes, its up to 18. I heard FMA is going to have about 20....
My 2 favourite mangas are gonna finish at the same time.

Personally, I hope it doesn't run too long. I don't like a story that goes on and on and on, like a soap opera (unless it IS a soap opera. ).

Look at Inuyasha, still going on........she wants around 500 chapters.......that's just too much. Eventually it just becomes tedious and repetitve. I like a story to have a good length, but eventually enough is enough.

I think no more than 18 or 20 volumes would be good, like Fushigi Yuugi or Angel Sanctuary.

XD Well her other work, Ranma 1/2 has over 30 volumes...

20 sounds good, that's another... 2 or 3 years.

I used to read the InuYasha manga,but I stopped reading it because it kept going on. Luckily FMA isn't like that. ^_^

As much as I love FmA, I'd hate it if it went on for years and years without an ending... it just wouldn't be *right* for the story.


Are you talking about the Viz one? I think that's actually the American version. Madman is releasing their own version soon, and apparently the cover is going to be more like the original Japanese one.

I would like it to be just long enough, the length it needs to end, and then if she would make gaidens and side stories about the characters! ^^

~ Wow, The Manga Is Pretty Long... ~

Does anyone know exactly how many chapters the Fullmetal Alchemist Manga is?

As of now it's 61 chapters, but it's still going.

I think there will be 80 chapters or so.

yep, arakawa said that they will maybe be 80.
read this

I like it. There's no rush, and definitely no plotholes. Plus, the manga makes more sense than the anime(in my opinion).

Gosh, I didn't think FMA manga was going to end so soon. But hey. XD

It won't be like Inuyasha, which is a VERY good thing.

The vague experation date is set at about 80 chapters, but I wouldn't mind if it lasted a tad longer. I mean, there's still so many people to meet, things to do, stuff to happen.

How many volumes are there? Twelve?

Currently there are 14 volumes out in Japan (although chapters enough to make 15 volumes).