English Title:Â Full Metal Panic!
Japanese Title: フルメタル·パニック! – “Full Metal Panic!â€
Author: Shouji Gatou — è³€æ±æ‹›äºŒ
Illustrator: Shikidouji — å››å£ç«¥å
Translator: Elizabeth Ellis (J-Novel Club)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mecha, School Life
Original Run: September 1998 – August 2010
English Run: Tokyopop: September 2007 – 2011, J-Novel Club: May 2017 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (Fujimi Shobo)
English Publisher: Tokyopop (discontinued), J-Novel Club (license rescued)
Volumes in Japanese: 12 (Completed) (plus 9 volumes of short stories, 2 side story volumes, and 7 volumes for spin-off Full Metal Panic! Another)
Volumes in English: 11 (In Progress)
Note: Tokyopop released the first five volumes of the series back in 2007 – 2011. J-Novel Club is releasing these stories again with a new translation.
Average Price Per Volume: Kindle $7 – iBook $7 – Kobo $7 — Nook $7
Note: Also available to read online through a J-Novel Club subscription. J-Novel Club will eventually release hardcover “3 volumes in 1” omnibus editions for this series.
Synopsis: Sagara Sousuke isn’t your typical high school student. He reads military enthusiast magazines; he responds to questions with “affirmative;” he brings grenades to school in his bag. Though everyone at school takes him for a hopeless military geek, Chidori Kaname thinks there might be something more to him. When their plane is hijacked in the middle of a field trip, Kaname’s instincts will prove correct: Sousuke is an elite, mech-piloting mercenary… and he’s here to protect her!
J-Novel Club (Current) releases:
Volume 1 — Fighting Boy Meets Girl
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Released May 4, 2019 -- ASIN: B07NQW2WTT
Volume 2 — Rampaging One Night Stand
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Released July 7, 2019 -- ASIN: B07RHQVZD8
Volume 3 — Trembling Into the Blue
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Released September 07, 2019 -- ASIN: B07TTKRBWB
Volume 4 — Ending Day By Day: Part 1
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Released October 29, 2019 -- ASIN: B07X7FGVJ7
Volume 5 — Ending Day By Day: Part 2
Amazon -- iBook -- J-Novel Club -- Kobo -- Nook — Bookwalker
Released December 30, 2019 -- ASIN: B07Z9VGFH5
Full Metal Panic! Volume 1-3 Collector's Edition (imitation leather)
Amazon -- Barnes and Noble -- Book Depository -- Rightstuf
Releasing February 04, 2020 -- ISBN-13: 978-1718350502
Volume 6 — Dancing Very Merry Christmas
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Releasing March 29, 2020 -- ASIN: B083NVCP47
Volume 7
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Released June 29, 2020 — ASIN: B0872KZ582
Volume 8
Amazon -- iBook -- Kobo -- Google Play -- Bookwalker
Released September 02, 2020 -- ASIN: B08BNNVQ4M
Volume 9
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Released November 22, 2020 -- ASIN: B08GL4ZWT9
Volumes 4-6 Collector’s Edition (imitation leather)
Amazon -- Barnes and Noble -- Book Depository -- Rightstuf — BAM! — Indigo
Releasing January 05, 2021 -- ISBN-13: 9781718350519
Volume 10Â
Amazon -- iBook -- Kobo -- Google Play -- Bookwalker
Released February 20, 2021 -- ASIN: B08NFFH7C8
Volume 11
Amazon -- iBook -- Kobo -- Google Play -- Bookwalker
Released April 23, 2021 -- ASIN: B08WHHVZCL
Tokyopop (Old OOP) releases:
Volume 1 – Fighting Boy Meets Girl
Released September 11, 2007 -- ISBN-13: 978-1427802439
Volume 2 – One Night Stand
Released January 8, 2008 -- ISBN-13: 978-1427802446
Volume 3 – Into the Blue
Released June 17, 2008 -- ISBN-13: 978-1427802453
Volume 4 – Ending Day by Day
Released February 1, 2011 -- ISBN-13: 978-1427802460
Note: Volume 4 was released as a compilation of volumes 4 and 5 from Japan.
Reviews of Full Metal Panic!
- Manga Bookshelf: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6 — Vol 7
- English Light Novels (Gee): Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6 — Vol 7
- Hobbies of a Man: Vol 1
Illustrations Sampler
Anime Adaptations
MAL Entry — 24 episodes — Aired January 2002 – June 2002
Funimation (streaming) — Hulu (streaming) — Amazon — RightStuf
Note: Adapted volumes 1 to 3 of the light novel series
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu — MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired August 2003 – October 2003
Funimation (streaming) — Hulu (streaming) — Amazon — RightStuf
Note: Adapted various comedy short stories from the light novel series
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid — MAL Entry — 13 episodes — Aired July 2005 – October 2005
Funimation (streaming) — Hulu (streaming) — Amazon — RightStuf
Note: Adapted volumes 4 to 5 of the light novel series
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory — MAL Entry — 12 episodes — Aired April 2018 – July 2018
Crunchyroll (streaming) — Funimation (streaming) — Amazon — RightStuf
Note: Adapted volumes 7 to 9 of the light novel series
Manga Adaptations
MAL Entry — 9 volumes — Published August 2003 – March 2006 (English release by ADV Manga)
Full Metal Panic Sigma — MAL Entry — 19 volumes — Published April 2005 – September 2013
If you liked Full Metal Panic!, you might also want to try…
- Amagi Brilliant Park — also written by Shouji Gatou
- Infinite Stratos — mecha, school life
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