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Podcast Episode 196: Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 5
Sesho's Anime and Manga Reviews
English - November 29, 2009 03:30 - 10 minutes - 3 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAnimation & Manga Leisure Arts Books anime japan josei manga reviews seinen shojo shonen Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Podcast manga review of Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 5 by Hiromu Arakawa. Translated by Akira Watanabe. Adapted by Jake Forbes. Originally published in Japan by Square Enix. Published in US by Viz, $9.99, Rated T for Teen.
From the back cover:
In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his brother and himself...the legendary Philosopher's Stone.
Ed, Alphonse, and the mechanic Winry go south in search of Izumi Curtis, the master alchemist who taught the brothers how to use alchemy. But in the boomtown of Rush Valley, an encounter with a pickpocket turns them down a different path in search of an auto-mail blacksmith whose handiwork is the best that Winry has ever seen. Then the action flashes back to show how Ed and Alphonse first learned alchemy...
My Grade: A+