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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Box Set
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Funimation
EAN: 0704400085406
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Funimation Prod
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Funimation Prod
MPN: FMADFN08540D
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Funimation Prod
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Running Time: 450 minutes
Studio: Funimation Prod
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Funimation Prod Inc Release Date: 05/20/2008
Second Raid (2005), the third and darkest season of Full Metal Panic!, picks up about two months after the first adventure (and ignores the farcical Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu). Sousuke tries to juggle active duty with the Mithril mercenary corps, high school assignments, and protecting Kaname. Gauron, the bloodthirsty terrorist he battled during the first season, reappears in China. Director Yasuhiro Takemoto stages hand-to-hand combat and a major mecha battle in a claustrophobic tunnel beneath the Yangtze River to great effect. As the crisis deepens, the Mithril commanders order Sousuke to return to piloting the super-mecha Arbalest, leaving the sinister-sounding Wraith to protect Kaname. For the first time in his life, Sousuke is torn between obeying orders and genuine emotions. Kaname uses every trick she can come up with--and a few she learned from Sousuke--to outwit Wraith and expose the assassin who's been stalking her. Alone in a largely deserted Hong Kong, Sousuke confronts the sadistic Gauron and his own weird upbringing. After Kaname knocks some sense into his head--figuratively and literally--Sousuke acts like a proper hero: he arrives in the nick of time, in a mecha that crushes everything in its path. When he's not engaged in deadly combat, Sousuke remains as clueless as ever, and Kaname has fits at his excesses. As the voice of Sousuke, Chris Patton shifts from despair to righteous fury to hilarious confusion; as Kaname, Luci Christian matches him mood swing for mood swing. The extras include footage of Takemoto and Shoji Gatoh, the author of the novels on which the series is based, scouting locations in Hong Kong and studying the equipment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces; commentaries from the Japanese voice actors; and a 30-minute OVA in which Tess Testarossa tries to reconstruct what happened the night she got drunk. (Rated TV 14: violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, tobacco and alcohol use, nudity with suggested lesbianism) --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Suitable sequel to FMP
This is quite a remarkable follow up to the first season of Full Metal Panic - it takes the tone of the first season and brings it up a notch - meaning that the action is a little more intense, the story is a bit more complicated, the relationships are more strained, and the fan service is a little more...well... obvious. Everything that I would expect from a sequel. The animation is fluid and easy on the eye, the new characters are interesting and engaging while our old friends from the first ... Read More
Rating: - FANTASTIC!
A GREAT SHOW. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. BUY THIS ONE WITHOUT HESITATION. WELL WORTH THE MONEY & TIME.
Rating: - The Third Success
After finishing watching The Second Raid (TSR) around 20 minutes ago, I was left with a feeling of fulfilment anime rarely ever gives me these days. As an action series it's hard to fault: The action was enjoyable to watch, helped by the high production values, and it had a strong cast of characters that painted over the story simplicity. It did everything it needed to do right and ticked all my boxes, meeting my overly critical standards.
This wasn't the case with the original FMP series, ... Read More
Rating: - A Great Sequel To The First Full Metal Panic Series
This series seems to get better and better as it goes The full Metal Panic was one of the first box sets I got so of course I had to get this one as well. These 13 episodes begin a few months after the first season and has Sousuke Sagara(Voiced By Chris Patton/Tomokazu Seki)still fighting with the Mecha Arm Slave Arbalest in civil war strifes and other hot spots around the world as well as attending High school in Japan to protect Kaname Chidori(Voiced By Luci Christian/Satsuki Yukino)who is one of the ... Read More
Rating: - Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
A great anime, and a great box set... includes a bonus OVA, commentaries for pretty much every episode, and a handful of behind-the-scenes specials that provide an in depth look at how the show was made. Well worth the purchase price.
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