<P> The Fullmetal Alchemist has received several artbooks . Three artbooks called The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist (イラスト 集 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, Irasuto Shū Fullmetal Alchemist) were released by Square Enix; two of those were released in the US by Viz Media . The first artbook contains illustrations made between May 2001 to April 2003, spanning the first six manga volumes, while the second has illustrations from September 2003 to October 2005, spanning the next six volumes . The last one includes illustrations from the remaining volumes . </P> <P> The manga also has three guidebooks; each of them contains timelines, guides to the Elric brothers' journey, and gaiden chapters that were never released in manga volumes . Only the first guidebook was released by Viz Media, titled Fullmetal Alchemist Profiles . A guidebook titled "Fullmetal Alchemist Chronicle" (鋼 の 錬金術 師 CHRONICLE), which contains post-manga story information, was released in Japan on July 29, 2011 . </P> <P> Action figures, busts, and statues from the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga have been produced by toy companies, including Medicom and Southern Island . Medicom has created high end deluxe vinyl figures of the characters from the anime . These figures are exclusively distributed in the United States and UK by Southern Island . Southern Island released its own action figures of the main characters in 2007, and a 12" statuette was scheduled for release the same year . Southern Island has since gone bankrupt, putting the statuette's release in doubt . A trading card game was first published in 2005 in the United States by Joyride Entertainment . Since then, six expansions have been released . The card game was withdrawn on July 11, 2007 . Destineer released a Nintendo DS adaptation of the game on October 15, 2007 . </P> <P> Overall, the franchise has received widespread critical acclaim and commercial success . </P>

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