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Aug 15, 2018 10:34 PM
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I really like full metal panic but I wasn’t expecting invisible victory to leave us at a big cliff hanger, should I go find the original source material to finish the story or wait and see if we get another season of full metal panic?
Aug 18, 2018 1:58 PM
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Based on an article from ANN some time back (if I remember right) the leaked BD box sets names seem to indicate there will be future seasons adapting the remaining novel material. Nothing has been confirmed yet though.
Aug 18, 2018 11:35 PM
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There's an event in late October where an announcement will be made, I would expect a new season announcement then.
Aug 21, 2018 12:31 AM
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Sterben0022 said:
There's an event in late October where an announcement will be made, I would expect a new season announcement then.


I haven't finish the series but I'm hoping its a tv series sequel.
Aug 27, 2018 6:42 PM
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Yeah more CGI crap please and don't forget the low quality animation thanks Xebec !

Sep 26, 2018 5:56 AM
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Yeah more CGI crap please and don't forget the low quality animation thanks Xebec !

Sadly it’s not nearly as high quality as the previous adaptations.
Sep 28, 2018 6:34 PM
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Here's hoping to seeing a new season too because it's basically left hanging as it is. Since this season seems to cover 7 to 10 of the light novel, I imagine another 12 episodes will be enough to wrap up with the rest of the novels.

Think it'll be fun it ends with Chidori smacking Sousuke with her big paper fan again, lol.
Oct 14, 2018 2:15 AM
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i love the random type of shit clown kids complain about on the internet lmao

who cares if there's cgi when literally every 2nd anime nowadays has cgi? the plot was so much better than most of the modern animes airing , which is what actually matters. also the animation might've not been top tier but the art style is, id rather watch animes like this one over some modern overhyped garbage with a ludicrously bad plot like that shitty ass movie "your name" for example
random supernatural unrelated crap that makes no sense whatsoever that has 0 reasoning behind it that doesn't follow any logic and its only popular cause your average human is stupid
lots of music -
Oct 20, 2018 10:02 PM
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We'll probably get an announcement very soon, it's time for Full Metal Panic now in the Festival! I can't wait!!!

Edit: Guess not, after all.
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Oct 21, 2018 4:00 AM
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Now oficialy NEVER
Oct 21, 2018 9:43 PM
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Yeah, guess it was too early for a new season announcement despite reports of the new season being profitable to Kadokawa and Bandai. My guess is the production planning team is trying to find the right time to start production so that we avoid animation and recap issues much with what happened in IV's run.

I'll also add that Gatoh himself acknowledged the fans were probably waiting for an announcement and said at the event,"I cannot say anything right now. Please buy the plastic model kits and wait." So I think there is something happening but it's too early in the planning stage to make a definite announcement. Let's hope at the festival next year they announce the next season. I don't think we'll have to wait as long as we did from TSR to IV.
Oct 22, 2018 12:51 AM

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Well, seeing how they did pick up after 13 years, I'd say they're not gonna leave us with a cliffhanger and do intend to finish it in the next few years.
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Nov 18, 2018 1:17 PM
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The animation in this season was complete garbage and I don't think they did any retakes on the voice acting either(this was painfully apparent, especially with Chidori and Testarossa). They also did a recap of like 3 episodes, some action scenes were cut out leaving nothing but the outcome, and it could've been paced better. So yeah... I'm not sure if Xebec is to blame or was the animation budget for this season just super low. Low budget would indicate that they had little faith in the success of this anime and getting a new season is unlikely.
Nov 19, 2018 10:22 AM
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Yeah to me it doesnt matter if they use cgi as long as they still adoptthe remaining arc of the series and wouldnt put unrelated shit. The important is if we can get another adaptation that all it matters
Nov 22, 2018 9:19 AM
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Sceles said:
The animation in this season was complete garbage and I don't think they did any retakes on the voice acting either(this was painfully apparent, especially with Chidori and Testarossa). They also did a recap of like 3 episodes, some action scenes were cut out leaving nothing but the outcome, and it could've been paced better. So yeah... I'm not sure if Xebec is to blame or was the animation budget for this season just super low. Low budget would indicate that they had little faith in the success of this anime and getting a new season is unlikely.
clearly wasn't the budget, if you had the faintest idea about production you could tell they obviously had scheduling problems. The purpose of recap episodes is so the production team gets more time to finish the later episodes, not because they ran out of money, otherwise they wouldn't have even produced the last two episodes and just capped it at 10
Dec 16, 2018 7:39 PM

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Think it'll be fun it ends with Chidori smacking Sousuke with her big paper fan again, lol.

Somehow I don't foresee an anime ending. I'm a pessimist I guess.

Fan yeah I liked Fumuffu the best by far, one of my favorite animes. Super fun and charming, not just killing and mecha fights and CGI.
Jun 20, 2019 10:04 AM

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To be fair, this season mostly looked bad because there's no way in hell XEBEC could achieve KyoAni's level of animation on a series with a 13-year gap and production issues (2 recap episodes in a 12 episode anime COME ON). Just consider how bad thing were: XEBEC went frikkin' BANKRUPT this year.

Still, this season was a nice surprise. Kadokawa obviously thought or reviving interest in this series, considering the release of 3 'movie' prequels cut from season 1 footage. I guess those didn't do well too though, so at this point... hard to say :)
Jun 15, 2020 6:14 PM

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probably in the next 13 years
Sep 13, 2020 4:11 AM

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TrumpMD said:
xcomprr said:
Think it'll be fun it ends with Chidori smacking Sousuke with her big paper fan again, lol.

Somehow I don't foresee an anime ending. I'm a pessimist I guess.

Fan yeah I liked Fumuffu the best by far, one of my favorite animes. Super fun and charming, not just killing and mecha fights and CGI.

The true FMP is a more serious story with mecha fights,read the manga.Fumoffu is good but it's only a comedy spin off and not the "true" FMP story.
If you want something like Fumoffu watch another anime then.
Sep 13, 2020 4:16 AM

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incisorr said:
i love the random type of shit clown kids complain about on the internet lmao

who cares if there's cgi when literally every 2nd anime nowadays has cgi? the plot was so much better than most of the modern animes airing , which is what actually matters. also the animation might've not been top tier but the art style is, id rather watch animes like this one over some modern overhyped garbage with a ludicrously bad plot like that shitty ass movie "your name" for example
random supernatural unrelated crap that makes no sense whatsoever that has 0 reasoning behind it that doesn't follow any logic and its only popular cause your average human is stupid

100% agree with this.People are too obsessed with animations and CGI in these days...so annoying.One of the reasons why a mediocre anime like Demon Slayer is considered a masterpiece lol
Oct 12, 2020 10:23 PM

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If XEBEC again.
Please nno more. Just preserve the authenticity of the original material as it is.


Fuck you XEBEC


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Dec 21, 2020 3:26 AM

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I dont think Xebec did a bad job i dont see what the problem is. Xebec dont really exist as an independent studio anymore, I'd hope if there is a season 5 then production IG take it on
Dec 26, 2020 11:30 PM

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still hoping for a new season
Feb 25, 2021 9:17 AM

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Feb 2021 and still no news on season 5 ;(
Feb 25, 2021 9:24 AM

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Calm down guys it's only been 3 years.There are way more anime that got a sequel even after 3-5 years.

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Mar 29, 2021 5:24 PM
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It's gonna be awhile before the season drops. From season two to the last one was 13 years, it's only been 3 since it's release, Honestly i'm assume it will come out between now and the last 10 years yet to come unless they are going for a record and make it longer but i highly doubt that. If the last season took 13 years this one could take just as long. You can't rush these things. Think about a Game if it's released to early its got a crap ton of bugs and people Criticize it for being released to early instead of taking time and working out all the bugs so it's semi decent. If they released the anime now it could end up being total crap it takes time, they gotta do lots of edits since nothing is perfect right from the start . Nothing is ever perfect from the start everything always needs work. Want's it's finalized it will be out give them time.
Apr 23, 2021 7:59 PM
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Scordolo said:
Calm down guys it's only been 3 years.There are way more anime that got a sequel even after 3-5 years.

the studio which produced it went bancrupt so i guess it wont be
May 12, 2021 3:10 PM

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The chances are still there , animes usually gets new seasons after a long time , so there is still hope for this one to get another season by another studio too why not ?

” Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented. O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.” So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?” [Jesus] said, “Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and alms tax as long as I remain alive. And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.” That is Jesus, the son of Mary—the word of truth about which they are in dispute. It is not for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is. [Jesus said], “And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.” [Holy Quran : Chapter Maryam (Mary) : 23-37]

Jun 7, 2021 1:02 AM

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the thing is, this franchise has gone through THREE studios, GONZO, KyoAni, and Xebec. i personally think each studio did great work and my choice for a 5th season would be Production I.G
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BUT! only if they pulled together the ENTIRE team that did 'GITS:SAC' and '2nd Gig'. the Arise team did great work but i liked the 'police procedural' style that Kenji Kamiyama created as Chief Director for 'SAC'. i feel his mix of character development, realistic but still jargon driven dialogue, action, amazing storytelling, and minimal plus WELL BLENDED CGA would work perfectly with a 5th installment of 'FMP'.
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unfortunately the anime industry is STILL trying to recover from covid 2020 so i don't see a 'FMP 5' coming until all that delay/cancellation/rescheduling clears up within the next 2 years. remember folks, GONZO's 'FMP S1' was way way waaaaay back in 2002 and the gap between '2nd Raid' and 'IV' was thirteen years! i just hope the franchise can get going again before the original English dub cast gets any longer in the tooth or somebody kicks the bucket suddenly!
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Jun 11, 2021 1:49 PM

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Honestly, after how poorly this season treated the source material, I'd be glad if they let the anime die. Either that or redo the season. The animation wasn't great but it was serviceable and I would have had no problems looking past it if they adapted the source material faithfully but no they had to take away accomplishments from Characters like Tessa and Sousuke and siphon them to Chidori. Fuck that shit! Bad enough that they skipped a whole volume of the novels that had some real nice interpersonal developments (and also trying to cram 3 volumes in 12 episodes) but fucking over characters to make one look better (one who's already pretty OP as is) is just the moldy cherry on top. Couldn't even finish the season in the end.
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I came from the future , The fourth and final Season airs in 2024 ( Dakara Don't lose hope guys )

” Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented. O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.” So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?” [Jesus] said, “Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and alms tax as long as I remain alive. And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.” That is Jesus, the son of Mary—the word of truth about which they are in dispute. It is not for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is. [Jesus said], “And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.” [Holy Quran : Chapter Maryam (Mary) : 23-37]

Jul 3, 2022 10:35 PM

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all i remember is that I was seething on how the story was progressing plotwise (not a source reader), and how the production quality was subpar compared to previous entries. Maybe it was just never meant to be...
Aug 16, 2022 11:25 AM

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I really hope we'll see the conclusion of the story animated. The ending is really fantastic!
Sep 16, 2022 4:52 PM
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I guess this anime will never be finished anymore
Nov 18, 2024 10:26 PM
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any updates guys?

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