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All in all this DVD is pretty good, it introduces a very good Anime, Full Metal Panic is not the only series that has been produced. There is also Full Metal Panic: Fummofu and Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. If your looking purely for a comedy anime this series isn't really for you. ... Read review
On the surface, Kaname Chidori appears to be normal, popular high school student. The ... more
problem is, she doesn't realize just how popular she is. Unbeknownst to her, a group of terrorists believe she possesses the special powers of the Whispered, and they...
Kaname and Sousuke are back in action! And this time, the battleground is the school ... more
ground! High-yield explosives and hilarity come together with a bang as the somber soldier and his unwitting target brave everything from lovesick terrorists to an unforgiving teacher who is bent on revenge. But as good as he is with guns, Sousuke is one clueless commando when it comes to girls - especially Kaname! Don't miss the hilarious antics of everyone's favourite military maniac - and Jih High's most fiery female - as the full-throttle action begins!
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Jack Ging, Marla Heasley, Lance Legault, Melinda Culea, Mr T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, Carl Franklin
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Advantages: Good quality anime, good subtitiles Disadvantages: Very bad English dubbing
...introduces a very good Anime, Full Metal Panic is not the only series that has been produced. There is also Full Metal Panic: Fummofu and Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. If your looking purely for a comedy anime this series isn't really for you. If you want action and adventure and one of animes finest none starting romances then this is the series you should enjoy. I personally like the first half of this series, but greatly prefer Fummofu and ... ...information regarding to the specific Full Metal Panic disc in question is placed above this. While some people believe this to be against the site rules, I did check this out beforehand. Given the situation for sets of DVD's it is considered perfectly acceptable by ciao staff to use such a section.
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This DVD contains the first four episodes;
The Guy I kinda like is a sergeant
I Want to Protect You
Lingerie Panic
Kidnap
As you would expect these are the basic introduction episodes. Only by episode four is the series really beginning to show its plot.Episode 1 We are introduced to the main characters in the series, initially to a group of mercenaries known as 'Mithril'. Sousuke Sagara, Melissa Mao and Kurz Weber, who are sent to protect Kaname Chidori, a Japanese high school student. The reason being that she is one of the 'whispered', a group of people who have access to a great supply of technological knowledge from the future. It is never explained how this came to be. In this episode the main story plot doesn't reveal itself, but the love story between Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Chidori starts to come into focus. The comedy in the first episode, as with most of the other episodes, is played around the idea that Sousuke Sagara is a mercenary pretending to be a high school student, the joke being that he doesn't do a very good job of fitting in.
Episode 2 The story starts to unfold. In this episode we are introduced to the people who wish to use the knowledge of the whispered to their advantage and the fact that they want to get their hands on Kaname.
Episode 3 Class preparations for a trip to Okinawa start with Sousuke becoming the class bin man. All is not lost for our brave hero though, later in the episode he is caught by Kaname holding her underwear hence the episode's title. The class sets off for its trip without further incident.
Episode 4 The students get kidnapped. I suppose you could have guessed that from the title though. Good episode, some nice lighting in places and some quite satisfying explosions.
All in all this DVD is pretty good, it introduces a very good Anime, Full Metal Panic is not the only series that has been produced. There is also Full Metal Panic: Fummofu and Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. If your looking purely for a comedy anime this series isn't really for you. If you want action and adventure and one of animes finest none starting romances then this is the series you should enjoy. I personally like the first half of this series, but greatly prefer Fummofu and The Second Raid simple because they are far funnier and in the case of The Second Raid have more explosions.
Unfortunaley for the people who like to listen to the English dub rather than read the subtitles this is one of the examples of a genuinely awful dubbing. The series has some very adult themes, such as kidnapping and terrorism and some how an endlessly perky American voice doesn't do this justice.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- After reading some of the comments made by members im going to add this tag section to my reviews. It contains information about the series itself - a general gist, a quick character introduction and some general information about the state of the DVD, the quality of the animation etc. This is to be regarded as background information and any information regarding to the specific Full Metal Panic disc in question is placed above this. While some people believe this to be against the site rules, I did check this out beforehand. Given the situation for sets of DVD's it is considered perfectly acceptable by ciao staff to use such a section. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Metal Panic Premise; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- It turns out that Kaname Chidori, a Japanese High School student is a 'whispered', meaning that she has access to great technological knowledge from the future from inside her mind. A group called Mithril is trying to protect her by sending a mercenary, Sousake Sagara to protect her and the information lodged in her head from terrorists who wish to use the information for evil. The series itself is part comedy, part action and part romance. Its Anime too. Just in case you where wondering.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick Character Introduction; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sousake Sagara - Our hero, a mercenary employed by a group called Mithril (Yes it is a Tolkien reference) his main duty is to protect Kaname Chidori but he is also charged with defending the world in general.
Kaname Chidori - the Heroine, she is a 'whispered', a group of people who have some knowledge of technology from the future, where this knowledge came from is never explained, however its usefulness for terrorists is a given and thats why they want to get their hands on her. As a side not she is a young Japanese High School student, who lives on her own for some unexplained reason. She is also the main love interest for Sousake.
Tessa Testerotha - A Secondary heroine, she is Sousakes commanding offer, she also comands Mithril's submarine and uses it to attack terrorists. She is also a love interest but I think purely to make a nice love triangle.
Melissa Mao - Crazy, hotheaded mercenary, who is Sousakes direct commander, she shoots at things mostly.
Kurz Weber - Sousake's comrade in all of this, a sniper by trade, he also mostly shoots at things. He is however deeply perverted.
Gauln - The enemy for this series, he is linked with shady KGB types from the former Soviet block, he has one mission from them but also a personal wish to kill Sousake Sagara. When Sousake was younger he was involved in a failed assassination plot against Gauln, hence Gauln's scar.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- General DVD information; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *The presentation of the DVD itself is good. It comes with a nice little printed episode guide and an advert for ADV.
*The discs menus are very professional, they look excellent and are well animated along with being very easy to use. The only bad thing about the menu system is that there are no episode titles and only episode numbers, this is a little annoying when your trying to find one specific episode.
*The subtitles used are ADV's standard fare, this means that the subtitles are small and sometimes difficult to read when tired or far away. Also its sometimes hard to get the subtitles to work well on wide-screen TV's as if you try to change the aspect of the video they fall off the bottom of the screen.
*The English dub is quite frankly appalling, however this is usual for ADV and many American anime importers. They don't put in any emotion and American accents don't really suit Japanese Anime and to be honest after watching it in Japanese first the American dub sounds ridicules.
*The quality of the animation is as with most ADV releases excellent. Its certainly better than any quality you could find on the internet downloading the anime illegally and better than recording it if it ever came on Tv.
*I also liked the music, very nice and happy - just a shame it was sythesised really.
Jon_Farrimond 30.12.2005 (12.01.2006)
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Review of Full Metal Panic - Mission 1 - Episodes 1-4 (Animated) (Dubbed) (DVD)
Advantages: Loads of action, but it isn't only a mecha anime, it's also comedy Disadvantages: I can't think of anything bad, except for the bad English Dubbing
Full Metal Panic (absolutely no relation to the film Full Metal Jacket) However, it is not an all-out Sci-Fi mash-up of mech versus mech battles with a load of political or religiously-fueled drama inserted wherever there is no action. Much rather, it is a slick combination of anime high school comedy-drama and mecha action that makes this series a breath of fresh air. Moving from light-hearted to dead serious with relative ease, it seems to be able ... ...effectively.
The basic premise of the story is that a 16 year old boy named Sagara (or Sgt Sagara), who happens to be one of the top mecha pilots and fighters for a secret, global peace force, is assigned the task of working undercover as a high school student. His main mission is to protect a girl named Chidori who seems to be the target of some terrorist organization who are after some inherent trait of hers. This is where we see the comedy aspect ...
losedude 30.04.2007
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Features the episodes 'The Guy I Kinda Like Is A Sergeant', 'I Want To Protect You', 'Lingerie Panic' and 'Kidnap'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ADV FILMS; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date
20/10/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
DFM 001
Barcode
0702727044823
Languages
Main Language
Japanese
Dubbed Language
English
Subtitle Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Clean Opening And Closing, Production Sketches, Japanese Piracy Warning, ADV Previews
Aspect Ratio
4:3 Full Frame
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 English Japanese
Animated
Animated
DVD Description
Kaname Chidori is one of the most popular girls in her high school class. Unbeknownst to her, she is believed by some to have the powers of "the Whispered", making her a target of one of the world's deadliest terror organisations. In order to protect her, the anti-terror organisation known as Mithril sends a hotshot young agent named Sousuke Sagara into the school to keep an eye on her. Unfortunately, Sousuke finds that trying to fit in with the popular group in high school while maintaining your cover is no easy task.
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