I can't say that I've read this manga but it certainly sounds interesting. Homunculi are actually a really common thing. It is mentioned in many other places such as legends, books, games or movies etc.

In Full Metal Alchemist, they are the products of failed attempts to resurrect humans who have died and raised into artificially created human beings. The idea of failed resurrection is explored more in the quote, "Either because of love, or out of foolish curiosity, human transmutation is attempted... and when these attempts all backfire, a different life is created... a being that has its own body and mind, but no soul... This is how the damned are born."

In various works of fantasy and science fiction, the term "homunculus" describes any man-made humans or humanoid creatures that are created via alchemy or magic.

this manga is realy great! its a bit creepy and sumetimes totaly crazy but if you'l start reading it you wont be able to stop *__* right now im waiting for the 7 volume cause it ended in the most interesting place (like usual >_<)

I love FMA. im waiting for vol. 8 right now XD it sposed to come out around the end of july. The homunculus's are pretty cool.

You can grab volume 8 earlier than that if you were to go to Comic-Con in San Diego in mid July. I head out there every year just to pick up my favorite manga earlier than everyone else.

Is there like a "special" Book for the HOMUNCULUS in Full Metal ALchemist????

It's definitely got nothing to do with FMA. When I first saw the comic I thought it was call, remind me of similar episodes in X-Files.

The story develops really interestingly and I'm following it up to #6 now. Yes it's quite shocking so be prepared.

ooo I'll need to check this out, the homunculus are one of the best things about FMA, I prefer the manga homunculus though.

I love sloth (from anime) And i think envy is the best =)

like FMA a homunculus is result of using alchemy in livings forms not just humans they are humanoids in grat percent but too be a animal forms like D&D monsters, several times be thinghs like FMA kimeras, when alchemist try fuse 2 or more creatures.

The fma story is very nice. The homonculus in fma were a good idea.

Homunculus is a really interesting manga! Kind of gets a little explicit towards the later volumes though, but w/e. Seems it's not really being scanslated anymore though, which is sad. But getting to the point, the homunculi in "Homunculus" and the homunculi in "FMA" are the same in a way. They are both created by man, but with different methods. In "Homunculus" the homunculi are created from people's psychological problems.