Full Metal Panic Novel Discussion

[gowfan05]

LOL, well one thing is for sure! The FINAL NOVEL IS COMING SOON! so.......... we will at least get a good conclusion to the story. Whether they make the next season or not, thats okay, as long as the novel ends good! and eventaully the anime will be made!!! If no one does it, THEN I"LL DO IT LOL :P

[selilychidori]

Originally Posted by gowfan05

LOL, well one thing is for sure! The FINAL NOVEL IS COMING SOON! so.......... we will at least get a good conclusion to the story. Whether they make the next season or not, thats okay, as long as the novel ends good! and eventaully the anime will be made!!! If no one does it, THEN I"LL DO IT LOL :P

Yes!

We should celebrate! Cheers! for the final novel in the making!

...and the fact it's making us cut each other's throats in anticipation ...^____^

Cheers~!

[darkdarkdark]

Originally Posted by selilychidori

KATHWACCK!! *hits him with a halisen fan*

What are you talking about!? I can't find any mangas or books or anything of FMP anymore! I been to oever 6 book stores in Miami and there are NO FMP books! sold out!

Enough already! Any pessimists will be hit,..

If their sales are so bad then why bother making a multi-dollar investment in making Arbalest 3D and why in GODS name would film producers want to buy off the story? Man you got your prespective all wrong and willing to take only the facts that support you (and all the pessismists out there) to support your theory that FMP is going to sh*t.

Am sick and tired of the topic already.

FMP is going to crap
FMP is gonna die
FMP loosing fans
FMP no like no more


STOP Whining ...!!

You all need to seriously go in to Boot-Camp like the rugby dorks and learn to tough it up and be patient you muddy negative hope-killing ANTI FANS..

yes...you are Anti-Fans...-__-...

All of you!!

No matter what you say, No matter WHAT you do, you will never kill my adoration for FullMetalPanic. So whine all yuo want. But FullMetalPanic does NOt have dying fans.

From now on, SPEAK FOR YOUR SELF. And dont speak for Japan, or fans, or book-critics or even what you read online.

SPEAK FOR YOUR SELF.

You are not know-it-alls.. -_-
*huffs*


Off - topic...
Do you think we get to see Sousuke outside that Cockpit in ACE:R ??? ^_^

Lol. "Sold out" they probably don't carry that many, for real. I have never ever even seen a FMP novel in an American store, in California and Texas at least, whether it be a book store, card store, or asian store. This isn't really even pessimism, it's reality. If you haven't noticed this is a bad economy, so releasing "Multi-Dollar Investments" would be a horrible decision. Seriously, most people probably will watch this online for free = loss of money. We aren't anti-fans, at one point this series dazzled us, so we posted on this forum in the first place. Yes, we think this series isn't doing too hot, BECAUSE LACK OF ANY NEW MATERIAL. Lastly, we are speaking for ourselves, we voice our own opinions. Since you want to purge all people who don't think like you, you say things that fuel the fire, which is making these pessimistic posts last longer.

[Amalia]

ok....I watched the whole series in 2 days marathon....since the story and the characters looked great to me...

So yeah I am waiting for the final and I don't think that FMP has a problem with fans. I am a new one and I'm really anticipating for the ending of the story.

I just hope that it will be a good one.

Kaname and Sousuke ROCK!!!!!!!!! (Affirmative)

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by selilychidori

What are you talking about!? I can't find any mangas or books or anything of FMP anymore! I been to oever 6 book stores in Miami and there are NO FMP books! sold out!

LOL, I am sure you are aware that the numbers of imported books is not that high, so its not that impressive to be 'sold out'. But of course you let not such "little" things to bother you when you scream 'sold out' huh.

[HunterSeeker]

Man, we should get over all these bashing already.
FMP's popularity in Japan is actually debatable, yes it doesn't have an anime or formal releases right now, but with all those co-products and their good sales it's nowhere that bad. Hell, if they're pushing a franchise too hard it'll just have reverse effects that people will get bored of this------some genres excluded, but true for Mecha animes in particular. Say how long's between Eureka Seven's TV and OVA last year? Not to mention they have even LESS co-products than FMP. Yet when the movie rolls out it rocks pretty hard.

http://tenkyuulog.cocolog-nifty.com/...post-a631.html
Speaking of FMP, in the 9th Light Novel Festival, Gatoh speaks that while the last's release date isn't going to be in spring as promised, it's definately summer. While Fumoffu-related ones will be released when there's time.
(As a sidenote, he seems to be more than grateful to see Arbalest in action in ACE:R......)

[Amalia]

So we will just have to wait till summer to read the ending of the story, right?

[gowfan05]

As long as the final book comes out and someone summarizes the detais, that will satisfy me! It better end with kaname and souske ALIVE! I hate it when someone has to die or it leaves you hanging like..."WTF! Thats the END!?!?!?"..so I pray it will be a good one

[Amalia]

Yeah totally agree with you on that one...I want happy ending too dam' it!

[darkdarkdark]

Originally Posted by HunterSeeker

http://tenkyuulog.cocolog-nifty.com/...post-a631.html
Speaking of FMP, in the 9th Light Novel Festival, Gatoh speaks that while the last's release date isn't going to be in spring as promised, it's definately summer. While Fumoffu-related ones will be released when there's time.
(As a sidenote, he seems to be more than grateful to see Arbalest in action in ACE:R......)

Cool story. That's what he said about spring too. This time he speaks the truth for sure

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by HunterSeeker

Speaking of FMP, in the 9th Light Novel Festival, Gatoh speaks that while the last's release date isn't going to be in spring as promised, it's definately summer. While Fumoffu-related ones will be released when there's time.

Lol, how come I have Dejavu? Now on summer he will announce that it will be autumn for sure and on autumn that it will be winter... Its Gatoh guys, he may write good stories but he almost never finishes them on time.

Originally Posted by HunterSeeker

Hell, if they're pushing a franchise too hard it'll just have reverse effects that people will get bored of this------some genres excluded, but true for Mecha animes in particular.

The most successful mecha anime of all times Evangelion seems to tell quite the opposite actually. GAINAX have been pushing and whoring it for more than a decade and it still works like a dream.

[HunterSeeker]

Originally Posted by Darknemo2000

Lol, how come I have Dejavu? Now on summer he will announce that it will be autumn for sure and on autumn that it will be winter... Its Gatoh guys, he may write good stories but he almost never finishes them on time.

The most successful mecha anime of all times Evangelion seems to tell quite the opposite actually. GAINAX have been pushing and whoring it for more than a decade and it still works like a dream.

Lol, at least he ACKNOWLEDGED the fact that he can't fulfill his promise about spring. Seriously, from the description of the scene one can imagine that the ending is pretty anticipated.

But then, one can't really compare FMP with EVA. In many ways EVA was a total breakthrough upon Mecha genre, and its most popular part? Rei and Asuka. It's propably the beginning that female characters' designs, presence and development matter in a mecha anime......and of course, also as the major way to make the franchise a cash cow.

[gowfan05]

hmm... well getting back on track with this thread.. did kurtz webber die in the most recent novel??? I recall reading it somewhere but I didn't believe it... can someone fill me in...

[Amalia]

What?! No!!! I don't think that he died... Ehhh? Right?

[Miles Teg]

From the description at the end of Semaru nick of time he is dead, now it's better to wait for the next novel to have a confirmation.

[Miles Teg]

Kurz's M9 has been snipped in the head, the M9 was lying down so the "bullet" has destroy nearly all the unit. But Kurz is miraculously alive and is able to snipe his teacher from 1650 meters.

Spoiler for Chapter 5, Kurz condition:

His right foot would not do as he says, his left foot from the knee down was twisted in a strange direction. On the contrary, he does not know how the lower half of his body is still connected. Metal fragments torn up his back, his ribs are broken with his internal organs are in disorder. Blood is still flowing from his head, his right ear could not hear anything.
There's nothing that can be done. I will die here.
He already knows this.

[Amalia]

Nooo!!! If that is Kurz's end I will be very sad!!! I can't believe it. Please let him survive out of this....He is one of my favourite characters in FMP story...Him and Melissa. (Souske and Chidori, of course too)

[darkdarkdark]

Originally Posted by Amalia

Nooo!!! If that is Kurz's end I will be very sad!!! I can't believe it. Please let him survive out of this....He is one of my favourite characters in FMP story...Him and Melissa. (Souske and Chidori, of course too)

Why would you be sad? He went out like a badass.

[Amalia]

I don't care, I just want him to be alive.... Is there a point in bringing death to this character? Personally I really liked him. He was a very nice "touch" between all those "Affirmatives" I kept taking from Sousuke...

[HunterSeeker]

Originally Posted by Amalia

I don't care, I just want him to be alive.... Is there a point in bringing death to this character? Personally I really liked him. He was a very nice "touch" between all those "Affirmatives" I kept taking from Sousuke...

Yes. Just remember what they're in: a war, and a war cannot end without casualties. Everyone likes Mu La Flaga in Gundam Seed, or Neil Dylandy in Gundam 00, they both went out with style......

Spoiler:

But guess what? Mu's return in GSD immediately attracts attacks from all sides, while Neil's death remains a legend. (Yeah, we got Lyle in 2nd Season, but still)

I like Kurz too, but I've already accepted the fact that he's gone.