武装錬金
The chapters of "Buso Renkin" were written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki and were serialized in Shueisha's "shōnen" magazine "Weekly Shōnen Jump" from June 23, 2003, to April 25, 2005. Only the first 79 chapters were serialized in "Weekly Shōnen Jump"; the final chapter was published in another magazine from Shueisha in two installments. Shueisha published the individual chapters in a series of ten "tankōbon" (collected volumes), which were released between January 5, 2004, and April 4, 2006. In North America, Viz Media released the manga's ten "tankōbon" volumes between August 1, 2006, and February 5, 2008. In March 2012, Viz also made the manga available digitally through its Viz Manga App for the iPad and other iOS devices. The manga has been licensed in Brazil by Editora JBC, France by Glénat, in Germany by Tokyopop Germany, in Italy by Panini Comics, and in Spain by Planeta DeLibros.