Fullmetal Alchemist 20th Anniversary Exhibition Opens In Osaka

“Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition: Returns!” commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga sequence opened at Hirakata Park’s Occasion Corridor, Osaka on March 12, 2022. The exhibition will run till June 26.

A complete of 300 illustrations and different objects, together with the newly drawn ones by the writer are exhibited on this particular occasion. Over 140 objects together with new manga manuscripts and color originals have been added or changed for the reason that final 2017-2019 exhibition.

The area is split into six important sections, every of which options handwritten texts and authentic color illustrations that introduce the story’s highlights and noteworthy scenes.

Every paintings is accompanied by a comment from Arakawa explaining the state of affairs she was in on the time in addition to the drawing’s composition.

Toy weapons, communication devices, and different artefacts collected by Arakawa as reference supplies, illustrations contributed for fan books and different publications, artworks for TV sequence diversifications, and props utilized in live-action characteristic movie diversifications are additionally on show on the venue.

Along with “Prologue” and “Door of Fact”, RETURNS has newly arrange an unique video space specializing in the “battle” scenes of the Amestris military.

The twentieth anniversary Fullmetal Alchemist exhibition comes with two audio guides to select from. Guests can select between both Edward and Alphonse or Roy and Riza.

Moreover, guests can purchase objects that characteristic the characters. Merchandise consists of attire, acrylic stands, sticky notes, keychains, badges, and way more.

Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition: Returns! was beforehand held at Ikebukuro / Sunshine Metropolis Exhibition Corridor, Tokyo in Dec 18, 2021, to Jan 16, 2022.

A particular on-line occasion launched a teaser promotional video to commemorate the announcement of the exhibition in February 2022.

Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist was serialized in Sq. Enix’s Month-to-month Shōnen Gangan shōnen manga anthology journal between July 2001 and June 2010; the writer later collected the person chapters into twenty-seven tankōbon volumes.

Bones Studio tailored the manga into two tv sequence and two movies. There are mild novels of the identical title as nicely. A live-action movie primarily based on the sequence was launched in 2017.

Arakawa‘s newest manga sequence Yomi no Tsugai began serialization within the January situation of Month-to-month Shonen Gangan which was launched on Dec 10, 2021. The mangaka returned to the trade after 10 years.

Supply: Asahi, FMAB Exhibition Web site