Street date: 19 December 2011
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi © Arakawa Hiromu/Square Enix [First serialized in Shonen Gangan] · Karneval © Mikanagi Touya/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum] · Kiniro no Corda © Kure Yuki/Hakusensha [First serialized in LaLa]. Published in Singapore as FullMetal Alchemist, Karneval and La Corda d'Oro by Chuang Yi
No simplified Chinese manga this release
I don't know how it happened, but I missed reporting volumes 24 and 25 of Chuang Yi's English FullMetal Alchemist (released 7 June 2011 and 16 June 2010 respectively). In any case, Come, God! Heed my call!
volume 26 is heeeeere.
Full FMA 26 synopsis, also that of “Someone's out to kill me!” (~Karoku in Karneval 6) and “It's OVER?!” (La Corda d'Oro 17 of 17) after the release list.
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.12.19)
- FullMetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) vol 26 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu
- Karneval vol 6 of 8+ by Mikanagi Touya
- La Corda d'Oro (Kiniro no Corda) vol 17 of 17 by Kure Yuki [Finale]
Karneval 「カーニヴァル」 by Mikanagi Touya
AKA K∀RNEVAL
Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
Volume 6 first published in Japan 2010.10
Other languages
French (Editions Ki-oon: Tome 3 per 2011.12.08)
Adaptations
Adapted into a series of drama CDs: the first Karneval - Flightless Wings / Mermaid's Bottle, spanning Scores 12 through 15, initially offered only to Zero-Sum readers in late 2009, but eventually made commercially available. Frontier Works released the second Karneval Circus CD, covering Scores 3-8 in March 2010 (the same street date as volume 5). The drama starred seiyuu Shimono Hiro (Nai), Kamiya Hiroshi (Gareki), Miyano Mamoru (Yogi), Ono Daisuke (Hirato) and Endo Aya (Tsukumo). A third drama CD Karneval Rinoru (Scores 16-20) featuring the same voice cast, in addition to Hirakawa Daisuke (Akari) and Suwabe Junichi (Uro), went on sale in Japan 2010.09. A fourth drama CD Vinto
streeted 2011.04.27. [Info from karnevalesque, the Karneval manga community]
Kiniro no Corda 「金色のコルダ」 by Kure Yuki
Hakusensha LaLa, LaLa DX, and LaLa Special, shoujo
Volume 17 first published in Japan 2011.07
Related
Adapted from Koei's Kin'iro no Corda role-playing game (part of the Neoromance series also including the Angelique, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ games).
Awards
Outstanding Debut Award, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards (2006)
Other languages/serializations
Alternative English La Corda d'Oro (VIZ Media: 14 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 15 street date: 2012.03.06), simplified Chinese (also by Chuang Yi: 金色琴弦 #10 released 2008.10.29), Indonesian (Elex Media (formerly serialized in HanaLaLa; volume 8 per 2011.11), French (Editions 12 bis: La corde d'or tome 6 shipped 2010.10)
Adaptations
Yumeta's 25+1-episode La Corda d'Oro ~primo passo~ anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2006 through March 2007, followed by the La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~ special (two episodes released 2009.03.26 and 2009.06.05). The cast included seiyuu Takagi Reiko (Hino Kahoko), Taniyama Kishô (Tsukimori Len), Itou Kentarou (Tsuchiura Ryotaro), Morita Masakazu (Hihara Kazuki), Kishio Daisuke (Yunoki Azuma), Fukuyama Jun (Shimizu Keiichi), Satou Akemi (Fuyuumi Shoko), Ishikawa Hideo (Kanazawa Hiroto), Konishi Katsuyuki (Ousaki Shinobu) and Miyano Mamoru (Kaji Aoi, La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~).
A La Corda d'Oro drama was bundled with three other LaLa series (Oniichan to Issho, Ryuu no Hanawazurai, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) in the LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD given away with the April 2007 issue.
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Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 「鋼の錬金術師」 by Arakawa Hiromu
Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen
Volume 26 (chapters 104–106) first published in Japan 2010.08
Awards
Winner, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category, tied with Hashiguchi Takashi's Yakitate!! Japan. The manga also won Best Comic of the Year in the 2011 Seiun Awards.
Reissues/Other languages
Kanzenban volumes 1–8 released between 2011.06 and 2011.11; volumes 9 and 10 street date: 2011.12.22 and 2011.12.21
Simplified Chinese tankoubon (also published by Chuang Yi: 钢之炼金术师 #27 per 2011.01), alternative English Fullmetal Alchemist (VIZ Media: 26 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 27 street date: 2011.12.20), Indonesian (Elex Media: 27 volumes per 2011.09), French (Kurokawa Tome 27 shipped 2011.07), Italian (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), German (Panini Manga und Comic Band 25 per 2011.10), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain: 27 volumes), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen) and Portuguese (JBC Brazil)
Adaptations
A 51-episode anime adaptation by Bones aired between October 2003 and October 2004, followed by a film sequel (Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, July 2005) and a second 64-episode series Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood that aired between April 2009 and July 2010. A handful of OAVs were also released. The latest Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos movie premiered on 2 July 2011 in Japan. Seiyuu Park Romi and Kugimiya Rie play brothers Edward and Alphone Elric in all the Hagaren adaptations.
Two Fullmetal Alchemist audio drama series have been produced. Three volumes comprise the pre-anime first series: The Land of Sand, False Light, Truth's Shadow and Criminals' Scar. The second series, bundled with Shonen Gangan, consists of Ogutāre of the Fog (Shonen Gangan April and May 2004 issues) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Crown of Heaven (November and December 2004).
Related
Spin-off light novels written by Inoue Makoto and illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu. First serialized in Shonen Gangan, seven volumes have been published: The Land of Sand (JP release: 2003.02; source material for anime episodes 11 and 12) · The Abducted Alchemist (2003.09) · The Valley of White Petals (2004.04) · Under the Faraway Sky (2004.10) · The Ties That Bind (2005.06) · A New Beginning (2007.03) · Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk (2010.04).
Square Enix also published video game novelizations of Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (JP release: 2004.07), Curse of the Crimson Elixir (2004.12) and The Girl Who Surpasses God (2005.12).
A pair of The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist manga artbooks and three manga guidebooks, as well as three The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Anime artbooks, one Fullmetal Alchemist Official Drawing Collection, a Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Profiles character guide book and six fanbooks (TV Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Official Fanbooks for the first series and one for the second) have also been released. A post-manga guidebook Fullmetal Alchemist Chronicle was released in Japan on 29 July 2011.