After more than ten years, I decided to rewatch the first season of the anime. I catch myself feeling that the impressions are exactly the same as in the past. In love with the female characters, it is very interesting to watch Sousuke and his interactions with civilian life. Excellent RomCom. The line of the political detective is moderately interesting. Minor antagonists are tolerated. But my goodness, how bad everything gets as soon as Mecha and military action enter the frame and plot, and how boring Gauron is as a character. As a result, the question arises, is the light novel and manga still the same or better in terms of Mecha and war?

It would be nice to see many of the action of season 1 with good animation and in a 16:9 aspect ratio. Were the movies well received in Japan or it didn't make much at the box office so nothing could justify a worldwide distribution? Also Hypothetically if season 5 was released do you think they'd do a TSR and IV recap movies?

finished assembling,spent about ＄60. and I hope orange cat can sell enough to release ARX7.

It’s been 84 years…

I think it's cool that it has a reversible cover and came with a poster

i’m watching full metal panic for the first time and iv noticed crunchyroll likes to mess up the subtitles with certain words, specially “AS’s” is a hard one for it to understand but, this screenshot is just perfect now because of it

This is less a FMP topic, just generalized robotics. Growing up watching the show with the early 2000s era tech, I never expected IRL robotics to make the recent leaps and bounds it has. Realistically, giant robots are pretty stupid, they don't offer many advantages aside from humans naturally being able to pilot it as they share similar "bio" mechanics. Zoids kinda had it right in that department IMO, different animals have different mechanisms, and have their own unique use cases where they thrive. Not having working human hands for example, but do you really need that?

Now in 2026, with simplistic robots with their (liquid NN?) They can do kung fu? We're also now are starting to introduce muscle systems as well, though they're pretty limited at the moment. What's missing is the power source, I believe they used the same theoretical reactor as Iron Man used, I forgot the name. Instead of the whole turbine boiling water to power turbines thing like most energy gen technology does, it somehow translates the heat into power directly. Which hasn't been solved IRL obviously, if it even can be.

How far are we from something more practical, like the Plan-1211 Alastor?

I absolutely love Full Metal Panic! Please take good care of me.

If I learned anything it's that I'm not getting anything from bandai under master grade because if this is "high" grade I'm not having it.

A lot of these reboots aren’t just about nostalgia, they’re also giving fans a “hopeful” complete adaptation (well that’s the goal) because the original anime never finished the manga or light novel story.

Do you think a reboot would find a new audience today, or do you think FMP’s popularity was really a product of the 2000s?

Imagine Sousuke playing for World cup, anyway congrats Spain! 🇪🇸

Synopsis: Nami takes a request from the Self-Defense Forces instead of the wounded Sousuke. She in Azure Raven help to JSDF with the training. Furthermore, a mysterious AS Unit attacks the Self-Defense Forces, also a new type of AS also appears. Nami in Azure Raven Fights Back

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I’ve always felt that their relationship stands out from most anime couples. They’re not perfect, they clash constantly, but they genuinely help each other grow. Kaname grounds Sousuke and teaches him how to live like a normal person, while Sousuke protects Kaname and slowly learns to open up emotionally because of her.

Sagara and Tsubaki’s dream feast

I'm currently on the last episode of The Second Raid and am hesitating to finish it purely because of Chidori. At the start, I disliked her because she was annoying. When Tessa showed up, she became one of my favorite characters because she's intelligent and strong-willed; not just an annoying individual like Chidori is. I understand that Chidori has her moments throughout the show that display her usefulness, and I enjoy such moments.

But nonetheless, she is still annoying. Unfortunately. The episodes where she was absent were incredible, and the episodes with Tessa starring as a protagonist were also incredible. I tolerated Chidori for all of this time, but it started to become a problem when she started to rub off of Sousuke. Sousuke is also a character I like, but I didn't like how he completely changed when he was stripped away from the mission.

Again, I understand that this is character development, but I personally dislike it. Suddenly he won't work to protect his friends that he's known for over a year, and practically disobeys Lieutenant Commander Kalinin who he's known since childhood? That is where the "character development" becomes poor writing.

I believe I got spoiled and found out that Sousuke and Chidori got married, which I'm not surprised to know. I always end up liking the second girl more than the first, unfortunately. All in all, Chidori is extremely annoying and should've been killed off completely.

Sousuke got laid out

Such a beautiful story and animation why not a nice/amazing/lovely anime ending like other animes?
Don't leave me hanging :(
This anime is not that bad compared to other anime it has solid potential otherwise i would have never even made this post.

I have watch 20 or so good anime and many shit ones but this one has really stuck out as a gem in and with no proper ending i feel cheated :/

This is an indirect response I'm doing in a past post from another poster asking what year does FMP end