Full Metal Panic! (2002– )

Stars:

Satsuki Yukino, Tomokazu Seki, Jason Douglas

Cast

Series cast summary:
Satsuki Yukino	...	Kaname Chidori (24 episodes)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Sousuke Sagara (24 episodes)
Jason Douglas	...	Additional Voices (24 episodes)
Yukana Nogami	...	Teletha 'Tessa' Testarossa (21 episodes)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Lt. Cmdr. Andrey Kalinin (20 episodes)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Kurz Weber (20 episodes)
Michiko Neya	...	Melissa Mao (19 episodes)
Masahiko Tanaka	...	Gauron (15 episodes)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Cmdr. Richard Mardukas (12 episodes)
Ikue Kimura	...	Kyoko Tokiwa (12 episodes)
Mamiko Noto	...	Shinji Kazama (11 episodes)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

innocence | based on graphic novel | combat | cold war | anime | 

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Taglines:

A second coming of panic!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Animation

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

8 January 2002 (Japan)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gonzo

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Sgt. Sagara Sousuke: [to dating sim] I'm not a nerd, I'm a specialist!

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #33.8 (2005)

User Reviews

"What is your major malfunction dirtbag?" is what was missing, and is possibly what Kaname might have been thinking about Sagara.

Wow, a very funny anime series that has a lot of stuff, action, comedy, romance, drama, a little psychological theme ala Evangelion, but not too much of it, but a bit similar, and the main character who acts a little bit like Heero of Gundam, except crazier! In this one, a secret military organization serving no certain country, with technology and military equipment that years advanced and is ahead of Japan, US and Russia, deals with dangerous situations and rescues people from terrorist attacks, now has to protect someone, a Japanese student who is said to be a "whispered" the ones who have knowledge about secret technology, and is said to be targeted by terrorists, so they send someone, a 16 year old of Japanese descent to be the one to protect her, the 16 year old, who is Japanese, was raised in Afghani deserts and was trained as a child soldier, has had a lot of training, from unarmed combat, to piloting the M9 mechs, but has one problem: he doesn't have a clue of how to live in a normal environment with people his own age. So this maybe a tough mission for him. Overall a very funny show and perhaps one the best new giant robot animes out there, cool characters and beautiful animation, and intense action, and great comedy, especially the school scenes with Sagara, who still doesn't know a thing about high school or Japan. Sad. The only problem is that some of the characters, especially the bad guy, had very little character development, that the origin and explanation of their background was too vague. But overall a decent show recommended to all otaku, even to those who non or open to this type of animation.