“Those who don’t work, don’t get to eat”: Hiromu Arakawa Wasn’t Joking Around When She Explained Why Fullmetal Alchemist Has So Many Strong Female Characters
Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed It is very difficult to find women who are treated with respect and equality, especially in the older anime; with Hiromu Arakawa’sFullmetal Alchemistbeing an exception. Female characters barely ever got the opportunity to shine without being sexualized. From a feminist point of view, anime and manga were very behind in the treatment of women. Arakawa had always been someone who stood out from these themes....