Nerd Tutorial Podcast

Topic: Fullmetal Alchemist Tutorial/Experiment   Ep 82: Fullmetal Alchemist Tutorial/Experiment   An Experiment: This week, we’re asking mom and our audience to not only read some Manga, but also to watch some anime, and a movie.  All of these things are the exact same things.  Which makes it even more interesting.  Namely, Fullmetal Alchemist, which is not only a long running manga series that ran for over 9 years, but also two Anime, and a Japanese movie.  So, what happens when print media becomes a TV series and a Movie?  Let’s see what Mom thinks.       What is Fullmetal Alchemist? Hiromu Arakawa is the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist.  She was born in 1973 and grew up on a dairy farm in Hokkaido.  From young age, she loved manga and would collect it whenever she had money from her allowance.  She initially went to agriculture high school, a theme she would later revisit for her next Manga “Silver Spoon”.  After graduating, she spent another seven years working on her parent’s dairy farm before moving to T