フルメタル パニック！ (Full Metal Panic!)
Sagara Sousuke, seventeen year old military specialist working for the secret organization MITHRIL, is assigned to protect the latest "Whispered" candidate Chidori Kaname. Dealing with this assignment is a piece of cake for a specialist like Sousuke. Unfortunately, the toughest part of his mission isn't just protecting the short-tempered Chidori, but getting used to being an average \ High School student...
Full Metal Panic! was based on the novel / manga created by 賀東 招二 (Shoji Gatoh) and 四季 童子 (Shiki Douji). 3 anime series were made since 2002.
Link:
Kadokawa's Full Metal Panic! Homepage (Japanese Only)
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Official Site (Japanese Only)
Full metal Panic! (2002)
24 episodes TV series
One of the best well-written story in recent memory, a mix-bag of comedy, action, romance and sci-fi, it is a must watch! It is hilarious to have a military nut like Sousake pretending he is "just a nut" at school...
The OP and EP is pretty good too, and so I bought the Taiwan version OST. Even though most of the tracks I will not listen again, at least I have the full versions (not the "on-air" version!!!) of the OP and EP.
The CV for Kaname Chidori is 雪野 五月 (Yukino Satsuki), and you got to appreciate how good she can be. She was the voice for Otohime Mutsumi in Love Hina, and it is so different you cannot tell she did both characters...
Dino's Rating: 9
Will Girls Like It: Possible
フルメタル・パニック？ふもっふ (Full metal Panic! Fumoffu) (2003)
17 episodes TV series
School is never so fun when Sagara Sousuke is around! Just ask Kaname Chidori... not only she has to keep an eye on Sousuke from turning the school gorund into a warzone, she has to deal with the Student Council president, who loves to let Sousuke loose! While Sousuke is having fun fine-tuning his new all-purpose "Bonta-kun" suit, he will have his hands full when Teletha Testarossa, decides to take a vacation to join him at Jindai High! Like hell Chidori will let "Tessa" spent a night alone with Sousuke!
A "sequel" that is based on various short stories from the original novel, as a result this series can be considered as "side story" that "happens" after the first TV series.
This time the focus is more on the comedic life of Sousuke as a high school student, giving Kaname hell each day as Sousuke break loose... which is fine, as we cannot have enough of it!!
While there are 12 30-minute episodes in total, 5 of them are actually consist of 2 15-minute episodes each, bringing the series to a total of 17 episodes. As for the OP, I highly recommend it! Performed again by Shimokawa Mikuni, this one is even better!
Dino's Rating: 10
Will Girls Like It: Possible
フルメタル・パニック！ The Second Raid (2005)
13 episodes TV series
Two months after the Tuatha de Danaan incident, Mithril becomes aware of a secret organization, known as Amalgam, that has technology able to counter ECS mode. Not only that, they also have access to "Black Technology", obtained from other "Whispered", and they intend to obtain more. When Sousuke's mission to protect Kaname is terminated by Mithril, Everything is now in place for Amalgam...
A true "sequel" to the first series, based on the novel "The End of Day by Day".
I will watch it once I bought the DVD...
Dino's Rating: N/A
Will Girls Like It: N/A