Lately in my pursuit of all things manga, I’ve come across something familiar to help me out. Fullmetal Alchemist.

This has got me hooked from chapter one and hasn’t let go. The story starts off rather close to the anime at first but quickly ventures off into a story that is just something all its own. It gives you the same mind blowing story elements, retold in a different way giving it an identity all its own.

The art style in my opinion doesn’t feel as stylized as the anime version but still gives you something pretty to look at. If you enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist in anime form you’ll love the manga version. If you haven’t checked it out, shame on you… but if you really haven’t I recommend the anime version above the manga version. While the manga version has more explored story depth along with redistributing the character depth to different characters… you might find yourself a little lost fairly easily.

Either way, check it out. 16 volumes are available here in the US, overseas people need to let me know what its like over there. A great manga if you’re just getting into manga from anime(which believe it or not isn’t as rare as you think).