Vol. 1, Fullmetal Alchemist

I really love this set,

I highly enjoy the Fullmetal Alchemist series,
you get the entire Manga series plus an extra Novel, buying each book cost almost $10 each which cost all together 280 bucks but now you can get for a 125 dollars

If you want the entire manga series, well you could not get any cheaper than this set I highly Suggest you buy this set.

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. Great gift for any fans of FMA out there!

Pros:
Cheap (containing all 27 volumes for this series)
It came in good condition
Delivered before the estimated time.

Cons:
Poster is smaller than expected
only first 3 volumes had metallic covers (i guess im just picky)

overall, great deal and worth it.

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?

Note that the more serious vocal profanities are censored. Those words are replaced with random assortments of symbols like $%&#! "Because I'm #%$&ing Greed!" is an example of when it was used. It kind of ruins the professionalism of the series, but it's in no way a deal-breaker. I must commend Viz on realizing that this boxset is solely for hardcore fans though; They no longer censored the greed on a crucifix scene. Besides an assortment of various typos/translation messups, the actual set is pretty good. The manga itself is so good, that you'll probably ignore Viz's somewhat inconsistent job.

Overall, I think the boxset is worth it. Though, Viz didn't put enough time into fixing previous mistakes (I say they should have contacted Ms. Arakawa for the correct English translations like Mel Bay did with Fairy Tail), new fans won't notice much, but may get confused by some name inconsistencies in the manga. The physical quality of the set is great! Looks awesome in my room, and it's super easy to grab and put away the chapters without dust getting in!
At a much cheaper price then other sites, get it at the store!

The manga that started it all and inspired the 2nd anime series. I've seen both shows and right now I'm reading the manga and enjoyed it thus far. I would highly recommend this to any fan of either of the two shows.

I fell in love with the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime, and then I rewatched The Brotherhood when the episodes were completed. I loved The Brotherhood, and wanted to read the manga. This box set was a gift to myself, and I was very, very pleased with this purchase :) It's perfect!

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 by Arakawa-san, still quite interesting). This serious is hands-down the best manga I've ever read - and there have been dozens. Don't hesitate to buy - the price is amazing, and the quality even better. Support your local cow today! :)