![]() ![]() While stating that this was because she wanted to draw Edward's automail, she commented that it was common for men to walk in underwear at their homes. As the manga continued serialization, Arakawa found that she drew Edward half naked several times even more than Alex Louis Armstrong who tends to show his torso. She has also often drawn the character in full body length, but at one point noticed she made it too tall. In the design of the character, Arakawa is often worried about not making his automail too bulky to avoid balancing it by increasing Edward's muscles, making his appearance unsuitable for his age. His height was reduced in order to contrast with Alphonse's huge armor. In order to fit with the readers from the manga magazine Monthly Shonen Gangan, Edward's traits were further modified, leaving his current one. Edward's prototype had an average height, but retained his automail. In a prototype from the series, Edward was an eighteen-year-old teenager travelling alongside his father whose soul sealed in a flying squirrel. The appearance of his automail in the anime is used to symbolize the intangibles of his character, making viewers note that Edward lost something important. The director of the first anime series, Seiji Mizushima, says that in the development of the story Edward "evolves and devolves" Mizushima comments that Edward is continuously overcoming inner struggles in order to determine how to grow up. While commenting that Edward has the ability to easily dodge her, Arakawa comments that he gets hit on purpose as a result of his personality. In a common slapstick gag from the series, Edward is often struck by Winry Rockbell's wrench. During a chapter in which it was mentioned that Edward was about to be 16, winter was about to begin in Hokkaido, Arakawa's birthplace, so it was decided Edward's birthdate would be in winter. Although she claims she has not thought of the characters' birthdates, Arakawa noted that she decided Edward's birthdate during the series' serialization. When comparing the two brothers during the time Alphonse obtained the ability to use alchemy without a circle like Edward, Arakawa stated nobody was better at alchemy as the two had different preferences in the same way as other alchemist appearing in the series. Arakawa has noted that Edward is one of her favorite characters from the series, although she denied having the same personality as him when one of her assistants mentioned it. As a result, Van Hohenheim's reappearance caused a shocking and terrified reaction in the character. When describing the character's personality, Arakawa comments that after his father's departure from home and his mother's death, Edward tried to replace the role of the man for the Elric family. She also looks at how the brothers help people all over the country to gain an understanding of the meaning of family. Numerous pieces of merchandise have been released bearing Edward's likeness, including key chains and action figures.Īuthor Hiromu Arakawa integrated several social problems into the plot, such as the way Edward and Alphonse live as brothers after the death of their mother, Trisha. His Japanese and English voice actors, Romi Park and Vic Mignogna, have both been praised for their performances as Edward and have won several awards for their work. Additionally, his comedic moments have been celebrated as some of the best moments in the series. Reviewers praised Edward as a balance between the typical clever kid and the stubborn kid persona. Numerous publications in various media have been written on the subject of Edward's character. Edward has appeared in other media from the series, including video games, original video animations (OVAs) and light novels. He and his younger brother, Alphonse, who lost his entire body and is spiritually bound to a suit of armor, scour the world in search of the Philosopher's Stone in the hopes of restoring their bodies. ![]() His missing limbs have been replaced with sophisticated prosthetics called automail ( 機械鎧 ( オートメイル ), ōtomeiru). His left leg was divinely severed in a failed attempt to resurrect his dead mother, and then his right arm was taken in exchange for his brother's soul. Alchemist of Steel), is the youngest State Alchemist in the history of the fictional country of Amestris. Edward, titled the Fullmetal Alchemist ( 鋼の錬金術師, Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, lit. Envy (half-brother deceased) (first anime only)Įdward Elric ( Japanese: エドワード・エルリック, Hepburn: Edowādo Erurikku) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa.Dante (stepmother deceased) (first anime only). ![]()
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