It has been some time since Full Metal Panic The Second Raid ended in 2005. Now we have news confirmation that Mandalay Pictures has acquired the theatrical rights to the action comedy series. It has ...
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The Mandalay Pictures production studio has licensed the film rights to Shoji Gatoh’s Full Metal Panic! high school action comedy light novels. The story centers around a brusque young sergeant named Sousuke Sagara who must protect an assertive high school girl named Chidori Kaname by masquerading (somewhat unsuccessfully) as a high school student himself. Actor [...]
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A possible role for Zac Efron as Sousuke Sagara? I’ll repeat.. ZAC EFRON???????????????? F*CK NO!!! I can’t imagine him pulling off a Sagara… Actually, I think he cannot pull that off at all ugh, …High School Musical -_-… Geez, thanks again Hollywood. But it’s all just a possibility though, so there are chances that making it musical [...]
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I see on Sci-Fi Wire that Mandalay Pictures now has the rights to create a Full Metal Panic motion picture. Hmmmm. Zac Efron is rumored to be attached to the project. Hmmmm.I'm all down for live-action adaptations but frankly, I don't trust Hollywood to produce any live-action title based on a popular Japanese work. Why? Because Hollywood simply sees this.{said in a "duh" voice} "Anime is
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Daniel’s right. War does suck, especially in Gundam shows. Now, I’ll admit, I have a bit of an aversion to the Gundam franchise. It’s not that I dislike it. It’s just a lot of the shows I’ve watched (Gundam Zeta and Gundam 0083) didn’t really excite me. At least not in the same way Macross, Argentosoma, [...]
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Harem Lodge © Fujisawa Shizuki/Shogakukan More additions to my manga library. Among them, Harem Lodge by Fujisawa Shizuki-sensei (3L Comics published). It's only a two-volumer manga so I suggest: Get! Harem Lodge was originally serialized in Betsucomi; the Saruyama! kin art gives it away. While it makes no sense at first why Tetsuya is so "You're my soulmate! Let's get married!" to Midori (in
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Full Metal Panic! Σ © Ueda Hiroshi · Gatou Shouji · Shikidouji/Fujimishobo, Kadokawa Shoten These additions to my manga library kinda got lost in the shuffle... Because I didn't want to think about how eight manga, less than half of my total buy for the same period last month, could've cost @#$⊗!?∀¿®Σ!??% more. *bawls* huamulan03's manga additions (2-8 February 2009) Language: Indonesian and
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This is one of my first wallpapers with crossover elements over it. I thought this two scans looked great and nothing better than trying to experiment and put them together. Four of my favorite girls in a single wallpaper, What more could I ask for? The only thing I really did was to take the original [...]
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In the fifth and exciting installment of Anime Pulp, we review Full Metal Panic : The Second Raid. TSR follows the first season of Full Metal Panic by picking up where it originally left off. Sousuke is still protecting Chidori and working various missions for Mithril. Mithril soon becomes aware of a terrorist organization known as Amalgam who has in there possession "Black technology". Danger ensues and all rides on Sousukes shoulders to successfully perform his duties in the arbalest, but can Sousuke handle it?Sticking with routine, we talk about the latest news again.Inuyasha is being taken off of Adult Swims airing schedule. Funimation is now dominating the U.S. anime market with over 1/3 of total anime sales in the first half of 2008. Also, sony picture licenses Mamoru Oshii's latest film, Sky Crawlers. Well that's it. Make sure to subscribe and check us out!<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://pulpfortress.pu.funpic.org/Podcast/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" width="290" height="24"><param name="movie" value="http://pulpfortress.pu.funpic.org/Podcast/player.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/11/22/406484/Podcast/05%20-%20Episode%2005%20-%20Full%20Metal%20Panic%21%20The%20Second%20Raid.mp3"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object>Download Podcast (Right click: Save as)Opening song: Kuusou Runba by Kenji Otsuki and Zetsubou Shoujo-tachiTransition: Southerly Wind by Mikuni Shimokawa Ending Song:Go Go Power Rangers by Masaaki Endoh
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Due to my relative lateness to the anime party compared to many of my fellow fans, there are some critically acclaimed series that I haven’t seen at all. This means that I probably won’t be focusing on newer stuff for the time being (until October, to be precise). This also gives me the perfect excuse [...]
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About the Mangaka Sadly not a lot of information available for Tateo Retsu, beyond her doing the art for the first Full Metal Panic manga. She does however have a personal website, which has a profile on there. If some knowledgeable person could translate and email it to me, I’d be grateful!! Gatou Shoji really shouldn’t need [...]
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Full Metal Panic returns to pick up where the first season ended. The stakes this time couldn’t be higher with Chidori’s life and Sousake’s sanity on the line. Final Series Score: 12/12 Perfect Rewatchablity: really high Pros: emotionally gripping, great animation, splendid action, characters do not remain static but have a lot of continued growth in the series Cons: [...]
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Continuing with more FMP, this time it’s the second season Fumoffu. Whereas the first season had only a dose of Sousake’s school life adventures, this season is totally about Sousake’s time at school – thus, this season is a pure comedy series. This also marks the start of Kyoto Animation’s involvement with the show. Final Series [...]
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My Kyoto Animation withdrawal (4 months since the end of Clannad) finally reached a level that got me to watch the only series of theirs that I haven’t seen. I’d been meaning to watch this before but once a series becomes a little older, it’s sometimes hard for me to want to pick it up. [...]
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I loved this series. One of the best series that Gonzo has produced. Second season was funny as hell, too. I personally liked these two more than TSR. <click pictures="" to="" enlarge="" them.="" click="" arrows="" to="" see="" more="" pics=""> There's an unfortunate story behind t..글 전체보기
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To be released by the Japanese themselves this year September 26th, available for pre-order now. Remarkably, this new release coincides rather closely with Funimation’s recent re-release of the R1 boxset themselves. Hmmm.. considering that this is a KyoAni production I just might procure it. But due to the hefty price tag (27000 yen which is around [...]
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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (TV) is much better than the first FMP! series. I had to force myself to finish the first one. The main villain was way over-used and I couldn’t wait for him to get off the screen, but he was real chatty and annoying, so he just wouldn’t [...]
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I ordered the FMP TSR box set last week. I’m a regular renter of DVD’s, but recently I haven’t found anything I really wanted to buy. That changed when I came across this while just browsing around some online distributors. I don’t usually blog about the stuff I buy, unless I’ve got nothing else to [...]
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Hey there how you doin? What’s that? - you had a hard day at work. Boss caught you watching Kanokon, and now thinks your a perv you say. Hmm, that’s tough… well cheer up there pal. Watch this video, it should take your mind off things. Up next, one for just the [...]
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So, school has started for a week and there’s the dreaded thing knowing as travel time. I spend almost 2 hours to get to and to return from school, so the best thing to do with that time is to read some manga. I’ve only been seriously learning Japanese for slightly more than half a [...]
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