Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory anime general discussion thread

[oompa loompa]

no. fucking. way.

I don't believe it. I really don't. I don't care who shows me what. Is this real or just a fanta-seaaaaaaa

[Chandalen]

Squeeeeeeeeeee!

that said. I can't believe it.... I assumed it was long dead. Time to double up my yearly rewatch of the series.

[dmaxzero]

I will be in denial about this until I see a trailer or PV, plus confirmed date.

[Ithekro]

Not sure what I want more of though. Mecha action or school silliness. The story gets more serious as it goes along, so I would expect less humor. Though a Fumoffu 2 would amuse me.

[Dextro]

I seem to remember KyoAni mentioning that TSR was, at the time, one of the hardest things they ever had to animate and didn't leave them very eager to pick up another mecha show. Am I remembering it wrong? Maybe that explains why this seems to be going to a different studio even if the one person I would expect to see convincing KyoAni would be Gatou.

Oh well, I still have full trust in whatever comes as long as Gatou himself is handling the script. Hyouka is still fresh in my mind.

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Not sure what I want more of though. Mecha action or school silliness. The story gets more serious as it goes along, so I would expect less humor. Though a Fumoffu 2 would amuse me.

A Fumoffu 2 would be the perfect way to ease folks back into the series even if I'm eager to get the rest of the story animated.

[Gundamx]

Yeah.... half-life 3 confirmed....

[Drake]

I've waited for this beautiful day for so long.... ;_;

[dasvik]

Originally Posted by Gundamx

Yeah.... half-life 3 confirmed....

I donno what's this "half-life 3" thing (loved the first half life, blue shift, opposing force. HL 2 not so much, didn't care about the series after that), but I'm gonna assume you are referring to something like vaporware.

Thing is, I'm thinking about what Gatoh said a loooooong time ago, that if there's no chance for a new anime, he'll come out and say it, but as long as he keeps quiet, there's still hope. Now, why would he have kept quiet all this time just to tell us this great news now, if it isn't true? Ofc, things might happen during development that slow the series' production, or - worst case scenario - totally stop it. It might not be released for 1, 2, 3, 4 years, but even so, it doesn't mean they don't want to release it, or that they don't have a realistic and clear project about it. It doesn't mean he was just "playing for the crowd".

As a side note, I would've used the Duke Nukem Forever example instead of HL 3...

[Dash_Hunter]

New thread, yeah! it makes it feel more real haha.

So a little summary of what we know:

制作は都内某所(伊藤P)
Tokyo Studio

ロボ描くの疲れる発言(伊藤P)
Hand draw mechas.

So apparently KyoAni won't be animating this (a Tokyo branch of KyoAni is just a rumor), and Gatoh doesn't want CG mechas.
Also Gatoh himself said that it will cover the remaining volumes of the LN, other hint of that is that the Laevatein is the one on the announcement artwork and not the Arbalest.

With the new anime announcement, they launched a new line of toys with post-TSR AS including the very popular ARX-8 Laevatein. Also, the first volume of the LN got published for free in a VN-like format to get attract new readers (here's a link), a card game of FMP was confirmed and SRW x FMP is in the works.

So yeah pretty exciting news, hopefully we'll get more information soon.

[germanturkey]

one decade later eh? this is pretty freaking amazing.

its great how so many people posting in this thread have join date: 200x. it got us old timers out of our retirement homes..

[Magin]

FMP is actually the anime that got me to register for these forums... if mostly because I wanted novel info

Spoiler for I think this is how the novel ended and why I kept lurking here:

... and although it was frustrating as hell, I believe the novels did give us our happy SousukexKaname ending, plus all the supernatural stuff thrown in

The question is.... how far will this new anime cover?

[bakAnki]

Even Bandai didn't want to miss the hype train. They congratulate the new anime announcement and teased fans that there are maybe (new) FMP-related stuffs displayed on upcoming Tamashii Nation 2015 figures exhibition this weekend



Maybe renewal edition for Robot Damashii Laevatein, or maybe even Metal Build Arbalest? I personally hoping for reissue of Metal Build Laevatein and Bonta-kun renewal though

[Tactics]

Originally Posted by bakAnki

Even Bandai didn't want to miss the hype train. They congratulate the new anime announcement and teased fans that there are maybe (new) FMP-related stuffs displayed on upcoming Tamashii Nation 2015 figures exhibition this weekend



Maybe renewal edition for Robot Damashii Laevatein, or maybe even Metal Build Arbalest? I personally hoping for reissue of Metal Build Laevatein and Bonta-kun renewal though

Now I'm looking forward for Laevateinn and Belial renewal!

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by Magin

The question is.... how far will this new anime cover?

According to Gatoh, the new anime will end it all. So one way or another we will get to the conclusion, and I expect Gatoh to make any alterations, retcons and even improvements on the way to make it all fit in the episode count.

[outlaw97]

I kind of wish they would give it the FMA: Brotherhood treatment - basically redo it from the beginning and give a chance to draw in (literally) a new generation of viewers. But the fact that it's been a decade means we should be lucky we're getting anything at all

[LeoXiao]

I get the feeling that they'll either have to cut out one or more of the novels or condense everything to point where it feels more like recap than actual story. Personally I'd prefer that they cover the material selectively. As I recall a couple of the novels mostly had the characters go off on side adventures only tangentially related to the main plot.

[Tormenk]

Never read the novels so I want to ask, is the Sigma manga a good ballpark of what will be adapted?

[Illsteir]

Originally Posted by Tormenk

Never read the novels so I want to ask, is the Sigma manga a good ballpark of what will be adapted?

Since the plan is to animate the remaining novels which Sigma also covers (plus the events of TSR), I'd say yes.

[amehmood16]

Just wait, Gatoh will surprise us again with a complete Fumoffu adaptation.

[Dextro]

I wonder if we'll be getting some nice new models of the different Arm Slaves. Now that I got hooked on building Gunplas building an M9 would be mega