 During the annual Fantasia Bunko Thanksgiving event, it was announced at the stage event for the Full Metal Panic! series that the previously announced anime project for the series will be a TV anime titled Full Metal Panic! IV. The new project is expected to premiere in Fall 2017. In addition to the type and premiere date, the main staff members as well as a teaser visual have also been revealed.Director: Katsuichi Nakayama (Nishi no Yoki Majo: Astraea Testament) Script, Series Composition: Shoji Gatoh (Full Metal Panic!) Character Designer, Chief Animation Director: Osamu Horiuchi (Full Metal Panic), Ayano Yamamoto Mechanical Director: Masanori Nishii (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny) Mechanical Animation Director: Yu Kato (Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199) Small-Arms Designer, Animation Director: Takeshi Yoshioka (Bleach) Mechanical Designer: Kanetake Ebikawa (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans), Toshiaki Ihara Set Design: Takayuki Yanase (Comet Lucifer) Prop Design, Mechanical Animation Director: Takuya Matsumura (Break Blade) CG Director: Shousuke Uechi (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) Color Key: Chiaki Kitabayashi (Motto To LOVE-Ru) Special Effects: Shin Inoie (Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone) Studio: Xebec Source: Otakomu News submitted by Hongu |
VindstotOct 22, 2016 4:23 PM
Marathotaku said: Same cast please T_T They confirmed the same cast long ago. At least for Sosuke, Kaname and Tessa. Script, Series Composition: Shoji Gotoh Is it so hard to check? https://myanimelist.net/people/2622/Shoji_Gatoh |
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| mal was a bit late but its all good Xebec is a good studio dont let ppl tell you Kyoani is better. Xebec can be 10X more skilled than kyoani. So dont fret with the studio change. Beside the director is basically a GOD director |
| @moodie I disliked the change from GONZO to Kyoto Animation, but I don't really see a problem this time (well, I only know XEBEC for some average to bad early2000s anime). Would you please tell me how the director reached this status? Because I only found one series he directed, apart from that he was mainly a drawer who went on directing some episodes. |
| i vaguely recall them saying it a while ago but i really hope for 2D mechs, xebec does have experience with that and can make some damn good looking ones when they really try, but they have been more reliant on cgi as of recent. edit: never mind guess 2D mechs are confirmed since i missed this |
JizzyHitlerOct 22, 2016 4:13 PM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Finally a date!! My only hope is that it isn't rushed but I have faith in Gotoh. I'm a little sad that DVMC being audio-only probably means it won't be animated but that's the right decision if this is a 24epi series. Maybe they can animate it later as an OVA. |
| Whoa...Fall 2017, A long wait, hope it will be worth it. I'm happy to hear that it will be a TV series though. |
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| 2017 is looking stacked. FLCL, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Panic, and Steins;Gate among plenty of other things. |
| i honestly can't see this working without the KyoAni/Takemoto Yasuhiro combo |
| finally a release date, but almost a year to wait. |
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| Finally one of my favorites, the one that introduced me to real anime... AWW YEAH HYPE! |
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| Is this continuing where The Second Raid left off or is it going to be a reboot? |
Ari_the_Lioness said: Is this continuing where The Second Raid left off or is it going to be a reboot? Most likely a continuation, since it would not make any sense to call it fmp 4. |
| About time Mohterflippers! |
| "You can't spell slaughter without laughter". |
JizzyHitler said: i vaguely recall them saying it a while ago but i really hope for 2D mechs, xebec does have experience with that and can make some damn good looking ones when they really try, but they have been more reliant on cgi as of recent. edit: never mind guess 2D mechs are confirmed since i missed this A non-Gundam show with 2D mechs in 2017? I would love to see that. I know you can get used to CGI after a couple episodes, but 2D mechs always look better than CGI. Seems like they will just continue the story, which is for the best because everyone just wants to see more rather than the same first season done differently. |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| Why it is hard to follow FMP, even though you want it. 1. Old anime 2. Common quality online : 360p ================ Join me; Lower your standard, start marathon-ing tomorrow, fighto! Reason : Both Chidori Kaname + Theresa is worth it dude. |
| Was not too fond of the series so far, guess I might still watch it. But didn't expect Xebec as animation studio, but seeing how they do pretty a good work with Keijo I can see it working. |
| Decent lineup there. 2017 looks so promising! |
Sterben0022 said: simo000 said: i honestly can't see this working without the KyoAni/Takemoto Yasuhiro combo Gatoh has more control over FMP anime than he has ever had before. He's writing the script for every single episode so it should be just fine. With all the experience he has making anime he can guide the new director properly. A lot of the old staff returning is also a good sign. I'm feeling very good this can surpass what Gonzo and KyoAni did. Gatoh and Takemoto were old buddies since back in the day. So they get shit done. |
| My life is boring cause I'm boring If you're not at school what can you do, you stare at a screen of bright pixels |
| It's been 11 years since the last season, pretty much shows how the industry is running out of ideas. |
| Was worried Kyoto Animation might be on this, thankfully not the case, less chance of having to skip a KyoAni production |
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Dizzee said: It's been 11 years since the last season, pretty much shows how the industry is running out of ideas. Maybe they realised to late that they could make a 3rd season and just decided that a re-adaptation would be a better idea because releasing just another sequal after so long will only lose fans. |
Bourmegar said: Dizzee said: It's been 11 years since the last season, pretty much shows how the industry is running out of ideas. Maybe they realised to late that they could make a 3rd season and just decided that a re-adaptation would be a better idea because releasing just another sequal after so long will only lose fans. but it's gonna be the fourth season if you look at the title |
Dizzee said: Bourmegar said: Maybe they realised to late that they could make a 3rd season and just decided that a re-adaptation would be a better idea because releasing just another sequal after so long will only lose fans. but it's gonna be the fourth season if you look at the title But has it been comfirmed that it will be a sequel? As far as I know that hasn't been comfirmed yet. Plus where is the 3rd season then? As far as I know it only has 2 seasons and some spin ofs |
Bourmegar said: Dizzee said: but it's gonna be the fourth season if you look at the title But has it been comfirmed that it will be a sequel? As far as I know that hasn't been comfirmed yet. Plus where is the 3rd season then? As far as I know it only has 2 seasons and some spin ofs Some people count fumofu as the second season |
Darklight0303 said: but does the industry do that?Bourmegar said: But has it been comfirmed that it will be a sequel? As far as I know that hasn't been comfirmed yet. Plus where is the 3rd season then? As far as I know it only has 2 seasons and some spin ofs Some people count fumofu as the second season |
Bourmegar said: Darklight0303 said: but does the industry do that?Some people count fumofu as the second season If this season is called the 4th by them then it would seem the answer is yes |
| Still need to buy The Second Raid and watch FUMOFFU. Well plenty of time for me to do that in preparation of this, I liked the first season from what I can remember. |
| Looks promising. While I'm not really that fond of the series because of Kaname, it still should be a decent action show. Would be nice to see a proper mecha show instead of all that crap like Argevollen or that thing with bitchy policewoman, whatever it was called. Still, why IV when the second season is even called The Second Raid and Fumoffu was just a comedy spin off. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| Assuming this is the "4th" I assume this will continue off of 2nd Raid. Then again the key visual with Tessa, Chidori and Sousuke were obvious hints. This is great news!! I am pretty sad that I'll have to wait another year from the looks of it, but that will probably give them plenty of time to assure quality in the work. |
| Man... I feel me again set back to the early 2000-er years...xD They should more unfinished anime series at that time continue (like Candidate for Goddess)...^_^!!! |
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| I am so ready for this. I just finished rewatching Fumoffu and everything! |
| FINALLY!! I'm so excited for this holy crap |
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."  |
| If they keep the mechas the same quality as Break Blade, that's good, if not, well, I'm not so sure. |
| Got a bad feeling they going to use CGI mechs |
| My Guitar Covers: Playlist I CAN ALWAYS SHOW MY EVERYTHING TO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU |
| @NoobHunterD I don't like CGI and yet I found the CG effects and full CG robots in the first series perfectly acceptable. (and this was made a while ago) |
| Do you really think current KyoAni could make something like old FMP? They are so deep down the crap hole, I'm genuinely surprised when a series from them is watchable. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| It's back !!!! Watched the old series like 5x times already, HYPEEEE !! 8 years I've been waiting ! |
| Thank god,finally they decided to continue FMP after all these years,I hope we will get another fumuffu spin-off |
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| I wish it was more fumoffu |
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