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Hiromu Arakawa
Hiromu Arakawa (荒川弘) is a Japanese manga artist born May 8, 1973, on a dairy farm in Makubetsu, Hokkaido. She is best known for Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–2010), one of the best-selling manga series of all time, which won the Shogakukan Manga Award and was adapted into two acclaimed anime series. Her other major works include the agricultural-school comedy Silver Spoon and the fantasy epic The Heroic Legend of Arslan, adapted from Yoshiki Tanaka's novels. Drawing on her farming upbringing, she...