Fullmetal Alchemist Author’s Latest Work Has Finally Been Animated!
The latest manga from Fullmetal Alchemist’s author will officially have an anime coming next year.
On July 6, 2025 on Anime Expo 2025, it was announced that Yomi no Tsugai, the latest work from Fullmetal Alchemist author Hiromu Arakawa, will have an anime adaptation by Studio Bones, the same studio as the two adaptations of Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 and 2009).
This was previously revealed in a leak from October 16, 2024 that an adaptation for the manga has been greenlit.
This came with a trailer and a key visual showing the protagonist Yuru.
Staff List:
Director: Masahiro Andou (Blast of Tempest)
Character Designer: Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs)
Music: Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:Zero, Fire Force, Golden Kamuy)
Yomi no Tsugai will be dropping in 2026 and will be released on Crunchyroll.
About Yomi No Tsugai
Yomi no Tsugai or Daemons of the Shadow Realm is a manga written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist, Silver Spoon, and The Heroic Legend of Arslan 2013 manga adaptation) for Square Enix’s Monthly Shōnen Gangan since December 10, 2021.
As of writing, the manga has released 9 volumes and 42 chapters.
As of March 12, 2025, the manga sold over 3.5 million copies.
Yomi no Tsugai is the story of Yuru, a hunter who finds his village massacred and having acquired the mysterious ability to control two statues.
The Tsugai in the story are a set of two daemons that characters such as Yuru control, which are comparable to Stands from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
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