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Fullmetal Alchemist Box Set [Paperback]

Hiromu Arakawa
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)


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November 1, 2011 Fullmetal Alchemist
Breaking the laws of nature is a serious crime!

This best selling series is now available in a complete box set! Includes volumes 1-27, plus extras such as Fullmetal Alchemist Novel: The Ties That Bind and a full-color, two-sided poster.  Over a 20% savings over buying the individual volumes!



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About the Author

Born in Hokkaido (northern Japan), Hiromu Arakawa first attracted national attention in 1999 with her award-winning manga Stray Dog. Her series Fullmetal Alchemist debuted in 2001 in Square Enix's monthly manga anthology Shonen Gangan.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 12000 pages
  • Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (November 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1421541955
  • ISBN-13: 978-1421541952
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 5.3 x 16.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Hokkaido (northern Japan), Hiromu Arakawa first attracted national attention in 1999 with her award-winning manga STRAY DOG. Her series FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST debuted in 2001 in Square Enix's monthly manga anthology Shonen Gangan.

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4.9 out of 5 stars
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4.9 out of 5 stars
The art on the box itself is very nice as well and the color is beautiful. Nichole  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
It was very very interesting. Manga fan! :]  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
55 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I titled my review this because the box set is completely awesome, and it's at least $60 cheaper than the other sites I browsed (at the time of release). It's certainly cheaper than buying all 27 volumes individually!

What you get, and comments about each:
(If I seem to nitpick, then sorry, but I like to be extremely specific and thorough, letting you know precisely what I received.)
I. All 27 Volumes of the Fullmetal Alchemist Manga in Paperback
--1. These aren't new editions or anything, they're the same versions you can already purchase individually from VizMedia, but all in one set for one heck of a price! The set also includes Volume 27, which has yet to be relased by itself. (UPDATE 1/8/12: IN THE COMMENTS, SOMEONE HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSLATIONS AND IMAGES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN SOME PLACES COMPARED TO THE INDIVIDUAL COPIES YOU CAN PURCHASE FROM THE SAME PUBLISHER. I HAD NO IDEA, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THIS MISLED ANYONE!)
--2. Three or four of my books had EXTREMELY tiny, extra pieces of the cover hanging off of the corners on the spines of the books. It's kind of annoying just knowing they're there, but I'm guessing it's normal for paperbacks. But believe me, it's probably not even worth mentioning.
--3. The first 3 books have holographic covers, and the rest do not.
--4. They're right-to-left style, to preserve the orientation of Arakawa's original artwork. I'm an American and have been reading left-to-right my entire life, but I, personally, haven't had an issue with this. I THOUGHT I would, but I simply haven't.

II. A 2-Sided Poster
--1. Both sides can be viewed on this product's homepage in the photo section.
--2. It's folded in fourths, so there's creases. I have mine hung up though and it looks good to me.
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Read before making the investment. November 3, 2011
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Fullmetal Alchemist is arguably one of the most well developed stories since the beginning of time. Everything about the series is perfect. This box set, though nice, is not.

The boxing is perfect. It's colorful, durable, and just looks and feels awesome. It has a handle to let you pick up and carry its heavy self around. It also has a velcro cover that you can open to reveal all the books hidden inside, and seal em back in once you're done. The box is just awesome overall. The only bad side to it, is that the velcrow that holds the flap comes off fairly easy, and you'll probably have to hot glue it to the box to keep it from coming off. Now to the manga.

This is the point where I became slightly disappointed in the package. The mangas are new edition prints for the most part, but Viz did not fix the few translation/other errors from previous issues. By translation issues, I mean translating some of the character names wrong (In one manga it's spelled Dr. Knox, in another other it's Dr. Knocks ect...) The prints decided to use Ishbal as the translation for Ishval too (I was hoping they'd fix this translation in the boxset because Ishval is the correct translation). Besides name inconsistencies, some names are butchered. Xerxes in the manga is a mess of a word that's something like Cselcesse now. There are a decent amount of typos in the manga too, which I can't understand how they still exist in the newest prints. Randomly words will be missing, and blank space will take their place. The words are for the most part easy to predict, so you basically know what should be there, but that's not very professional. Also, there's a time where Edward calls Alphonse Ed. Don't they read the translations before they ship em haha?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value! December 27, 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been a fan of the Fullmetal Alchemist series for years now. I loved both animes, the movie, the games, and especially the manga.

This box set is a great bargain for any fans of the series. The box it comes in is beautiful and holds all the books nicely. It's sturdy and even has a handle for easy carrying. And not only do you get the entire series, you get a bonus novel and poster as well. That makes it even more of a bargain!

At 27 volumes and the sticker price of $9.99 a volume, you're looking at a total cost of $269.73. Considering Amazon currently has it listed for $135.82, you're saving $133.91 and that's not factoring in the nice carry case box, novel, and bonus poster either.

Not matter how you look at it, this box set really is a great bargain and well worth it for any anime/manga fans!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Deal for a great Manga series November 5, 2011
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I wont get into the content of the manga, but I will say that it is one of the best I have ever read and you have to at least check it out if your into manga.

The packaging is phenomenal, the outer case is very durable and has a nice glossy finish to it. It has a nice handle on top to carry it around if you'd like. All the original manga are divided into 2 sections with volumes 1-14 on the top and volumes 15-27 and the light novel "The Ties That Bind" on the bottom, as well as the two sided poster. The poster is of decent size, a little smaller than the box's width and height and is of very nice quality. My only complaint with the entire box set is with the poster though. It was folded twice so that it would be the size of the manga volumes. I don't understand why they would decide to package it like this as I will never hang it up because of the god awful creases in it that you can't completely get rid of, at least I don't know how. This really kinda sucks as I would have loved to frame it and hang it up but this is by no means a deal breaker. The volumes were in excellent condition which is too be expected.

So all in all I say if you haven't been collecting the manga and are a huge fan/collector then this is a must buy, heck even if you have like 10 volumes it's worth it as your getting them for half the price individually as well as the light novel and poster. So go buy it and support the industry.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Fullmetal Alchemist Box Set
I bought this for my grandson. It is a very beautiful set. He loves it so much. Very well put together. Thank you
Published 1 month ago by angie
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!
Amazing box with all mangas and Beautiful poster, true fan item, highly recommended if u dont have that amazing manga yet
Published 1 month ago by Tiago Mota de Almeida
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome gift for an FMA fan!
Love both anime series, and now I have the source material. So wonderful. The packaging is great, too, coming in an attractive box that can be used to store the manga set. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Amber Fetch
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Awesome story, awesome price, awesome book quality. Need I say more?

This set is the best value I have seen in a book collection for a long, long time.
Published 2 months ago by duelistgamer
5.0 out of 5 stars no disappointment
So glad I bought the entire collection. I got this for my son who has difficulty reading regular books. These go with him wherever he goes.
Published 2 months ago by nataleuleu
5.0 out of 5 stars If you love the series, this is a must have
I fell in love with the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime, and then I rewatched The Brotherhood when the episodes were completed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Faye Valentine
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Manga, Good Price
I got this for a lot cheaper than I was expecting, which is always nice. This is my all time favorite manga, and the accompanying anime Brotherhood is also in my favorites.
Published 3 months ago by Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful!
The translations are quite accurate (read Japanese version as well), books are in great condition, and I was even surprised by the extra novel they packed in (even if not written... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Joanna
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect 5 star
This order was absolutely perfect! It arrived as ordered new in the box. Very satisfied. Highly recommend vendor based on my experience.
Published 3 months ago by Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE FullMetal!!!
I would totally recommend buying the full set if you are an FMA fan!!! I loved everything about this product. Read more
Published 4 months ago by NOMNOMninja
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It's still fairly expensive. Manga in the US is so overpriced, but at least with some of them they're bundling them. I know I'd buy berserk if they'd make a few omnibus's or start box sets but at 10-13 a volume with 35 volumes? LOL go to hell
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