Full Metal Panic Novel Discussion

[meeiwen]

Originally Posted by AlaAlba

cant view that.

this one, http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/imgd...4094511725.jpg
2 volumes were released so far.

what is Cop Craft about? i tried searching but couldn't find anything about it except the pic you just showed. is this also a novel?

[sy tao]

Originally Posted by AlaAlba

cant view that.

this one, http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/imgd...4094511725.jpg
2 volumes were released so far.


I cant agree more lol, he speaks more than ever there, the longest I could remember.
I miss Yukino Satsuki's voice as chidori even more.

why they still havent make a new season anime anyway? money is not a problem from new fmp anime without doubt. other reasons maybe?

yup, that picture...sorry it didn't work ^^

i dont feel the "cop craft" , sorry gatou-sensei >_<

[CiNtUrO-cHaN]

Originally Posted by MisterV

Yeah, Sousuke just... spoke his mind, and it was great, actually, I just hope that the translation adequately conveys it, but obviously, the best thing would be to hear Tomokazu Seki say it, heh. And yes, he does act like a cross between a ninja and Duke Nukem, so if this gets a movie... well, let's just say I hope it gets the right treatment, it could be better than the new Eva Rebuilds.


I must say, the first chapter contains a scene that, if animated, will probably be one of the most kick-ass mecha battle scenes ever.
By now, though, it's pretty much the Darkest Hour/Despair Event Horizon. Ooh, the tension. I'm trying not to look at the next page to see how things went... it keeps the process interesting.

I'd really LOVE hearing more from seyuu Tomokazu Seki, I've followed him since Taiho Shichau zo! (You're under arrest), and performing Sousuke is one of his bests shows in my opinion.

And regarding the translation, from what you've said you haven't still read the book? Wow, I don't think I'd be able to resist the temptation lol. Anyways, good look with the translation! ganbatte~

[sy tao]

Originally Posted by CiNtUrO-cHaN

I'd really LOVE hearing more from seyuu Tomokazu Seki, I've followed him since Taiho Shichau zo! (You're under arrest), and performing Sousuke is one of his bests shows in my opinion.

And regarding the translation, from what you've said you haven't still read the book? Wow, I don't think I'd be able to resist the temptation lol. Anyways, good look with the translation! ganbatte~

cinturo_chan, have you read the entire book already???

[MisterV]

Originally Posted by CiNtUrO-cHaN

And regarding the translation, from what you've said you haven't still read the book? Wow, I don't think I'd be able to resist the temptation lol. Anyways, good look with the translation! ganbatte~

Yeah, as I said, I'm trying to keep it interesting. Not that I would be able to read most of the kanji anyway (have a long way to go before I can do that). Besides, this parallel narrative really works, keeps me on edge. I'm pretty sure that this, as an anime, would be extremely exciting ever for a person who didn't read anything. Well, maybe they'd miss some references to the side stories and all (I guess they'd just cut those, which is a bit of a pity).

As to looking at the ending, well, I didn't resist the temptation: I looked at the start of the atogaki, and the first sentence is something like "Spoiler warning - for those of you who like reading the afterword first", so I just followed the advice and stopped looking forward. I'm more worried about the lives of the support cast than anything, you know, since it's one of the best collections of characters in anime.

Can't say Tomokazu Seki's my favourite seiyuu ever, but yes, he's definitely one of the best. Like Yukino Satsuki (<3), I kind of feel he doesn't get enough main roles these days... Oh well. Let's hope KyoAni hasn't misplaced their portfolio of franchises. Not that they do a lot of action these days, eh? It would be a nice change, actually.

[akire_and_atem]

I had to stop watching Nodame Cantabile and had to re-watch FMP [again] because of Chiaki's voice lol.... evertyime he spoke I was expecting an "Affirmative" :P


Edit: can someone nicely point out to me the post #s of the summaries of CMMD??....

I...lost them U.U ...and without them I only understand half of shutazen's translations (no offense towards shutazen!! :S, it's just that english is not my first language, and all those technical terms confuse me a lot)

see hunter?! we do need you... A LOT

[AlaAlba]

Originally Posted by meeiwen

what is Cop Craft about? i tried searching but couldn't find anything about it except the pic you just showed. is this also a novel?

yep, it is a novel. I was abit wrong when I said they re 2 vols. They re indeed 2 vols, but they were released twice. the first publisher, Zeta bunko, went bankrupt and it got stopped (2007).
Gatou sensei re-released it this year on Gagaga bunko, the contents a bit different but all in all still the same.

as for the story, the main guy is a sergeant (lol. yes, Sousuke is also a sergeant but his is that of military, this one is a police). His partner is a girl from another world. well... to put it short, the genre is SF, fantasy, action, cops. cops story but with magic.

[Kaoru842]

where can I read part 2? anybody know?

[meeiwen]

Originally Posted by AlaAlba

yep, it is a novel. I was abit wrong when I said they re 2 vols. They re indeed 2 vols, but they were released twice. the first publisher, Zeta bunko, went bankrupt and it got stopped (2007).
Gatou sensei re-released it this year on Gagaga bunko, the contents a bit different but all in all still the same.

as for the story, the main guy is a sergeant (lol. yes, Sousuke is also a sergeant but his is that of military, this one is a police). His partner is a girl from another world. well... to put it short, the genre is SF, fantasy, action, cops. cops story but with magic.

ah i see.. thanks for the info. seems pretty interesting to me.. do you know if it's also being translated? (sorry if off-topic)

[MutsuriLurker]

Do we know how tall Sousuke and Kaname are supposed to be ?

I once read that Sousuke was supposed to be 176cm tall, but that was a loooong way ago, and I'm wondering... Did he go through a growth spurt ? In the anime he's depicted as not much taller than Kaname, but in the end illustrations (bonus pics, last one) of CMMD he's nearly a head taller than her and in

Spoiler for ZSBM:

ZSBM, in the kissing scene, she's standing on her tiptoes and he's bending down.

Just wondering. You think our boy hit the 180cm ? He sure looks like it lately.

[Miles Teg]

Originally Posted by akire_and_atem

Edit: can someone nicely point out to me the post #s of the summaries of CMMD??....

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...31&postcount=7

Originally Posted by Kaoru842

where can I read part 2? anybody know?

Here or you wait more

[selilychidori]

Originally Posted by MutsuriLurker

Do we know how tall Sousuke and Kaname are supposed to be ?

I once read that Sousuke was supposed to be 176cm tall, but that was a loooong way ago, and I'm wondering... Did he go through a growth spurt ? In the anime he's depicted as not much taller than Kaname, but in the end illustrations (bonus pics, last one) of CMMD he's nearly a head taller than her and in

Spoiler for ZSBM:

ZSBM, in the kissing scene, she's standing on her tiptoes and he's bending down.

Just wondering. You think our boy hit the 180cm ? He sure looks like it lately.

(Official Anime Art Sketches) Officially 179cm..maybe he hit 180cm...he's what, 18 now?
That should answer your question,

Spoiler:

hes slightly taller, but lets just say, she wanted to make sure she got that kiss and tiptoed! Its a romantic thing ^-^His lips does fall at the level of her eyes..so yeah, a little tiptoe is nice..XD......

I think their height is perfect for one another...

Now if TESSA ever wanted to sneak a smooch on him (never will happen)..forget the tiptoes, go get a footstool..XD...
and pray she doesnt fall off..XD...


It's funny, I was always under the impression Mao was taller then Sousuke but it turns out he's much taller then her...
how masculine...^.^...

[MutsuriLurker]

Originally Posted by selilychidori

Officially 179cm..maybe he hit 180cm...he's what, 18 now?

I think their height is perfect for one another...


It's funny, I was always under the impression Mao was taller then Sousuke but it turns out he's much taller then her...
how masculine...^.^...

Woot, thks for the pic !
And yeah, pretty sure he hit the 180 by now. Which is quite tall indeed. And yep, he should be 18 now, so we can assume it's his 'adult' size.
Ditto on the Mao-taller-than-Sousuke impression, I would have put her somewhere around 175/177cm, but 170 only? Whoa. BTW, I love her expression on that pic ;D
lol@ Kanlinin, so tall ! ;D

[dasvik]

Well, acording to this site: http://students.uat.edu/ryagruve/ he is not that tall, but then again, that is in season 1, perhaps he has grown since then. And seeing they made him taller than Kalinin... they might not be entirely accurate about these stuff.


Later edit: Still, so say all the sites i've seen, this one being my favourite: http://www.jindai-high.com/characters/ ... had to look for it for a while, didn't remembered the adress, but the "classified Mithril inteligence data sheets" are excellent . Unfortunately they only have them for the main characters, the really main characters, if I may say so. No such stuff on Kalinin, Mardukas, Gauron, Leonard, etc...

[MutsuriLurker]

Originally Posted by dasvik

Later edit: Still, so say all the sites i've seen, this one being my favourite: http://www.jindai-high.com/characters/

Sousuke's aliases are just *precious*
ALIASES
- Sousky Seagal (temporarily), Sergeant Psycho, Isegar Sousuke, Sergeant Serious, Sergeant Gloomy, Sergeant Somber, War Nut
- Master Sergeant Taylor, Private Smith, Kashim, Bakasuke


HAHAHAHAHA, thank you so much !

[selilychidori]

Originally Posted by MutsuriLurker

Sousuke's aliases are just *precious*
ALIASES
- Sousky Seagal (temporarily), Sergeant Psycho, Isegar Sousuke, Sergeant Serious, Sergeant Gloomy, Sergeant Somber, War Nut
- Master Sergeant Taylor, Private Smith, Kashim, Bakasuke


HAHAHAHAHA, thank you so much !

they forgot a few i saw in mangas..
(IKINARI)

Baka-uske! (chidori lol)
Souspup! (narrator: comic manga)(the puppy Sousuke XD)
Soysauce (tessa lol comic manga, what she named the sous-pup after capturing him)

Ahh I love Ikinari XD..i wish for mroe! The manga had it's own version of TSR...
Instead of Sousuke saddly leaving Chidori behind to wraith like in TSR, he retaliates by taking over jindai High under hostage by Bontakuns refusing to follow orders..rofl....
Kurtz had to come and attack with...mithiril editions of bontakun in...brown XD..

gotta love FUMOFFU Ikinari ^-^

[meeiwen]

hey, Kaname has a father, right? (saw it on her profile ^^) did he make any appearances in the latest novels? like maybe getting involve on how to get her daughter back? or did he even know she was kidnapped??

[FeistyDreams]

My copies of the books came in and were waiting for me when I returned from vacation~! It's a good homecoming ^_^

I'll have scans during the week.

I tore through the book today, mostly just through some specific scenes, since I need to cradle my kanji dictionary to get through most of the vocabulary. It is AMAZING. I cried. I laughed. I cried. I laughed. I am very satisfied.

Just sayin'. ^_________^

[dasvik]

Well... welcome back Feisty, hope you enjoyed your vacantion... NOW GIVE US FMP SCANS AND TRANSLATIONS!!!! :P

[MutsuriLurker]

Originally Posted by FeistyDreams

It is AMAZING. I cried. I laughed. I cried. I laughed. I am very satisfied.

Just sayin'. ^_________^

nuuuurrrrh... I should receive mine tomorrow... I can't waiiiiiiiiiiiiit....
I'm so glad everyone seems to love the ending. I mean, it's great ! Go Gatoh, Go!