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The Land of Sand

First English cover for The Land of Sand the first Fullmetal Alchemist Light Novel.

A series of six Fullmetal Alchemist Japanese light novels, written by Makoto Inoue, have been published by Square Enix. The novels are licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media in North America, with translations by Alexander O. Smith. Although Arakawa did not write the novels, she did illustrations for them, including covers and frontispieces. The novels are spin-offs of the manga series and follow the Elric brothers on their continued quest for the Philosopher's Stone. The first novel, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand, was animated as the episodes eleven and twelve of the 2003 anime series. The fourth novel also contains an extra story about the military called "Roy's Holiday". Novelizations of three of the PlayStation 2 games, Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel, Curse of the Crimson Elixir, and The Girl Who Succeeds God—have also been written. The first was authored by Makoto Inoue and the rest by Jun Eishima. They are published in English by VIZ Media.

In 2021, not only has the previous unreleased volume 6 "A New Beginning" of the main Light Novels has been published in English, but also VIZ has begun releasing second editions of the previous released Light Novels in both 2021 and 2022, with September 27, 2022 for the final release date of the new editions. Unlike the previous releases, these news releases are also available in digital format, which unlike the manga, VIZ is also in charge of the Light Novels' digital distribution in English (whereas Yen Press handles the license for the digital release of the manga).

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