Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory

>>159324313
I'm sorry, but pretty much any anon who watched TSR or is even aware of FMP is either gone, or on /m/

>>159324379
This. I barely remember anything about FMP other than Tessa being the best girl.

Currently rewatching...

>>159324461
I just finally got around to finishing Sigma after having it on my backlog for years.
It was a pretty good conclusion, but it leaves a lot of the humor behind after the events of TSR.

>>159324313
There isn't much to talk about anyway. I am glad they brought back the original character designer and a some other staff that worked on the previous 2 anime. That part always gets fucked up when a old series gets revived for a new adaptation. Also, some of the seiyuu are returning to reprise their roles, which is also nice. If there is a Eng. dub one day, I'd really like to have the old VAs come back too. (Is Chris Patton even still doing anime?)

Gatoh is handling script and composition as well, so it should be interesting to see what he will change or keep.

Guess it's about time to fully rewatch all the series. Might start with Fumoffu first.

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>>159324313
Just reminding Gonzo >>> KyoAni's work.

>>159324858
Nah, Fumoffu feels more satisfying as a break for comic relief after going through the first season of FMP.

>>159324931
That style they used in the Gonzo adaptation is dated now.

Lost interest when they confirmed no DVMC. It's the last time the story is actually good and not edgy shit.

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>>159324313
can't wait for the reaction to pic related

>>159325149
What's happening here?

>>159325182
Tessa and Leonard's mom being a slut.

>>159325200
I wouldn't be surprised if Gatoh included this because he heard of the massive infidelity issue in the US military.

>>159324379
I watch 2 episodes back when shit was too difficult to get a hold of and never bothered since.

>>159325149
>>159325182
The novel even implied that she participated in full-on orgy when her husband away.

>>159325487
Do you think Tessa inherited her slut genes?

>>159324313

Looks surprisingly good. I'm actually getting a bit excited again. I disliked how the LNs went full magic in the end, but might watch this.

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>>159324313
OTP
But anime when? Still this fall or no?

>>159325518
Nope, the son did.

>>159324313
Why the hell is this the first I've heard of a PV being shown there?

Anyway, I'm excited. Hard to believe we're this is finally happening.

>>159324931
>anime screencap vs promotional artwork

>>159324313
Who the fuck is Teresa?

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>>159325776
Suck a cock faggot

>>159324313
I'm so hyped.

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>>159324379
You obviously weren't here when FMP IV got TWO stickies for it's announcement.

>>159325741
Men who get lots of pussy are called chads anon.

>>159324313
>Xebec saving anime

Who would've thought. It looks fantastic. Finally an anime to look forward to.

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>>159325487
>The novel even implied that she participated in full-on orgy
JUST

>>159324931
I always liked the first season the best. I think it struck the best compromise between comedy and story whereas Fumoffu was all comedy and TSR was super serious story.

>>159324313
Based Xebec.

>>159325891
I was, but I think that was just newfags wanting to be in on something, there's barely been any discussion since

>>159325923
>Fafner
>MJP
>now FMP
They've done pretty well

>>159325975
>there's barely been any discussion since
That's because it was literally delayed for 2 years. What did you expect?

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>>159325948
This nigger knows what he's talking about

>>159325948
Based off what I saw in Sigma it's only gonna get more serious from here on out.

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Best girl

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>>159325149
I can't wait for the reaction to this.

>>159326038
Man no matter how hard I try I really can't imagine Souske being intimate with Chidori.

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>>159326117
Believe it

>>159326028
Sucks. Just hope it doesn't get pretentious.

>>159326200
>pretentious
There he goes again, using a buzzword even he doesn't understand himself.

>>159326085
Just a prank, bro.

>>159324379
I watched FMP recently. I didn't watch it a long time ago for god knows what reason.
Gonzo's FMP was great but KyoAni improved on it at all counts. They are the standard is what I'm trying to say,
Can Xebec even compete with that quality?

>>159326208
Why so defensive? I was just saying a hope.

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>>159326245
>Can Xebec even compete with that quality?
I wonder. The director is a literal who, so it's pretty much up in the air right now. I think he might be a winner considering his record in the industry though.

>>159326270
Because you're not using that word correctly, nor did you even TRY to.

>>159326245
We're talking about the studio that did Yamato 2199.
I wouldn't worry about it one bit.

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>>159326245
>Can Xebec even compete with that quality?
They'll definitely match if not top it.
The fact that they're taking this much time with it means it'll be handled properly.
Xebec is one of the best, if not the best contemporary anime studios when it comes to mecha.

>>159326245
TSR is inferior to season 1 starting with the fact it had 50% less episodes. Also the action in TSR was not as good, it really shows kyonai is out of their element for anything that is not SoL

>>159326245
>>159326359
Literally why are you guys comparing studios, when that only matters in terms of animation. If you're talking about how the adaption will be you should look at the actual writing staff/directing.
I dunno why /a/ always reverts to studio wars.

>>159326289
The usage was correct. You're confused.

>>159326359
Gonzo's art style >>> KyoAni's though. To be fair though, TSR did have better action. The pacing was just kind of bad. Iirc, there were episodes where it was almost all talking, fights were pretty far in between, but when they did happen, the animation was better than Gonzo's.

>>159326418
>Gonzo's art style >>> KyoAni's though.
Nah. Gonzo's looks like dated trash. It also doesn't look anything like Douji's artwork in S1

>>159326418
>The usage was correct.
No he's not, he's literally just spitting out a buzzword and hoping for the best. I think the word he was actually looking for is melodramatic.

>>159324313
thanks anon, man this bring me so much memories, I still love the last novels of FMP

>>159326412
>I dunno why /a/ always reverts to studio wars.
Because /v/ has taken over and has brought over their inane console war mentality. It wasn't always like this.

>>159326359
Oh please, the fact it was waay better in pacing and art and execution with 50% less episodes speaks volumes.

At times S1 was a bore.

>>159324931
muh nigga, that way dont seem so old

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>>159326450
Accuracy to reference != better. Tessa, and the girls generally, just looked way more mature in the Gonzo ver. She looks like a stump with KyoAni.

>>159326470
I meant pretentious. Maybe you're the one who doesn't know what that word means. If you can't wrap your head around what that post meant, that's your problem.

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Tessa a best girl. This is objective fact.

>>159326582
>If you can't wrap your head around what that post meant,
Except I know exactly what he meant, and that's why I called him out as a stuttering buzzword idiot.

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>>159326601
I want to bully her.

>>159326624
You're the idiot and all you're doing is posting out of topic. Suck a cock.

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>>159326660
>>159326601
Why did such a best girl lose again?

>>159325948

Fumoffu is just for shits and giggles spinoff.

The story will continue to get more serious though.

>>159326699
Exposure. Love is as much about getting to see each other to create attachment.

>>159326699
>>159326660
I hope they retain the art. Chidori looks generic in this one.

>>159326085

It will be the same reaction I had back then.

>This is really stupid
>This is really dumb
>This doesn't make any sense
>She's going to fuck that guy now? I don't like this anymore

More than 8 years later, and it seems I haven't matured.

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Reminder he was right and he sacrificed for us all

>>159326958
Dumb namefag.

>>159327096
>being worried is dumb
really anon

>>159327113
Being a namefag is dumb.

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>>159326359
>Also the action in TSR was not as good
Wrong

>>159325923
>>159325962

It's mostly because they're getting a lot of the old staff back for it, I wouldn't give all the credit to Xebec.

>>159325692
No, it's next Spring so we have about half a year to almost a year left perhaps.

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>>159327176
>they're getting a lot of the old staff back
B-but no Takemoto ;_;

I'm so happy that my man Gatoh finally gets to adapt his series into anime all the way to the end. FMP was one of my gateway in 2002 or so and over the years I've bought the dvds, the manga adaptations and the novels so I feel like I've done my part in making this happen.

>>159326359
Woah, Kyoani contrarians really can't stop can't they ? Im sorry but I rewatched both back to back and TSR has better pacing and action.
I like both seasons, but TSR was the better one. It doesn't mean that Gonzo was a steaming pile of shit (because it isn't, they've done some very good work in the past and even now they manage to still do good things even though they are half-dead), nor does it means that first season is bad.
Why do you guys always have to instigate those pointless arguments against successful studios ? When it's not KyoAni it's Trigger, when it's not Trigger it's Shaft, when it's not Shaft it's fucking Madhouse.

Fuck you.

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I just want to see my waifu Laevatein on screen,

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>>159327656
Belial better

>>159327311
It can't be helped.

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>new Kino
>new FMP
wew lad

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>>159324379
Fuck you.

>>159324379
>>159325975

>there's barely been any discussion since
There's barely been any discussion since because there's barely been anything to discuss.

I remember watching TSR. I remember finishing the last Funi DVD and thinking to myself: "I wonder how long it will be until the next season? Maybe next year... nah, that's too optimistic."

What's really funny is that because I watch FMP dubbed, I also remember wondering whether I'd be able to resist torrenting weekly fansubs instead of waiting for year-delayed DVDs. But now it's been so long, and the industry has changed so much, that ironically that won't be a problem.

With all that said, I welcome this thread.

>>159328063

Where the hell is Vandread S3.

Im glad Kyoani is not doing FMP IV. All hail Xebec!

>>159327150
English or Jap voice is better?

>>159328823
They're both really good. If the Tormaid releases are on the new nyaas, those are dual-audio.

>>159328297
I Wish its the healthy artists of xebec doing it.

>>159325149
Who is watching? Tessa?

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Reminder if you don't think Mao is best girl you're a phenomenal pussy

>>159328890
Leonard, her brother. Tessa never found out about their mom's... side activities.

>>159328142
Misusing spoiler tags only makes it more cancerous.

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>>159328904

This is correct.

>>159328914

I won't deny it.

>>159328909
I guess that explain a lot of things about Leonard personnality. Poor child.

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Feels good nobody here claiming the true best girl.

I want to have sex with the Laevatein.

>>159328992
How good is the toy anyway?
Im considering it probably after the anime?

>>159328940
I haven't read Sigma in years, but I also seem to remember her trying to bargain Leonard in exchange for her life when Amalgam raided their home. She wasn't the best person around to say the least.

>>159328909
But she did know. That's why Tessa is better than Leonard. Even though she did know, she didn't let that mess her up.

>>159329042
It's been too long. It wasn't shown though, right? There was just internal monologue from Tessa stating she also knew I think.

>yfw will probably get new plastic model

They better realse a proper M9 the sexiest AS

>>159325149
whore gets murdered anyway

>>159329077
I think she told Leonard to his face that she knew and that he couldn't take it because he was pretty much a mama's boy who got butthurt.

>>159329042
>Even though she did know, she didn't let that mess her up.

She lost tho

>>159326923
And besides, the story makes it pretty clear that tessa does not elicit the same emotional responses from sousuke than chidori does, regardless of exposure. Chidori's personality make sousuke come out from his cocoon, tessa is just not assertive enough to spur him the way chidori does

>>159327765
Please, piece of crap got destroyed by a rocket launcher

>>159329148
She tells sousuke that if he finds himself in deep shit against the belial/leonard he should tell him that she, tessa, always knew about their mom. Sousuke finds himself in that scenario, belial is nowhere to be found due to his invisibility, sousuke just has one hit, remembers what tessa told him, taunts leonard without really understanding what it all means, leonard loses his mind and gets an artillery shell to the face. It was glorious.

FMP was the only mecha anime I liked.

Don't fuck this up Japan.

I liked the fun parts of this show. I don't really think I'm going to enjoy the new season if it's serious.

I'd be more hyped if it was a new fumoffu.

Is it called Invisible Victory because it got made but it won't sell?

>>159328904
absolutely right

I should really finish the manga sometime

>>159328904
She's also great in the sequel where she's the milf president of a PMC.

>>159331910
Is this on FMP another?

>>159331741
Does it matter if it sells or not? It's adapting what's left of the story.

>>159332585
Yes.

>>159330283
You need to get fucked.

>>159332641
Nah, but it obviously wouldn't hurt if it sold, it could lead to Gatoh getting more work in the industry among other things.

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>>159324313
What is his final plan?

>>159333375
get yakuza pussy

Fumoffu 2 instead

So what do you guys think of the show visually? I was at AX and thought the Arbalest looked really good. I also like Kaname's redesign.

>>159334501
It looks great, as expected from Xebec.

>>159326314
>We're talking about the studio that did Yamato 2199.
So we can expect Bad CG, shitty writing and shitty direction. Got it.

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>>159326514
>it was waay better in pacing
>one volume for 13 episodes

>>159324313
>it looks on par or better than TSR
>new show looks on par or better than 12 years old show
Wooooow!

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>>159327645
The pacing in TSR is fucking terrible probably because THEY ADAPTED ONE NOVEL INTO ONE SEASON whereas the Gonzo season adapted four plus some side stories and filler in between and there's hardly any action in it. The only people who praise TSR are KyoAnus lickers because its KyoAni and not because it wholes up well.

>>159326450
>Gonzo's looks like dated trash.
FMP's art as a whole is dated it has nothing to do with either Gonzo or KyoAni it just stuck in early 00s era style.

>>159335017
>THEY ADAPTED ONE NOVEL INTO ONE SEASON
>whereas the Gonzo season adapted four plus some side stories and filler in between
>Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
>The first 4 episodes of Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid are anime original. The remaining episodes adapt novels 4 and 5 of Shoji Gatoh's light novel series Full Metal Panic!
>Episodes: 13
>Full Metal Panic!
>Full Metal Panic! adapts the first 3 novels of Shoji Gatoh's light novel series of the same title, as well as content from the first 3 novels of the spin off series Full Metal Panic! Tanpenshuu. Episodes 14 to 17 are an anime original story.
>Episodes: 24

>>159335122
Thanks for proving my point dumbass

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>TSR had good pacing
>Sousuke wanders the streets for four episodes
>Am entire episode where Kaname is in her apartment (which was only two pages in the novel)
>More anime original shit

>>159335185
>first claim: one novel into one cour
>actually: two novels into once cour
>second claim: four novels into one cour
>actually: three novels into two cour + three filler novels
>Thanks for proving my point

>>159335336
>second claim: four novels into one cour
Where in that post did he say that teh Honzo season was one cour?

>>159335336
>actually: two novels into once cour
Actually half one novel since most of its content was removed and the rest was 5. TSR is mostly an adaptation of Ending Day by Day.

>actually: three novels into two cour + three filler novels
Actually this strengthens my claim because it covered more content and I wouldn't consider the short stories "filler"also unlike TSR most of the content was left intact.

>>159335382
Okay.
>comparing one cour anime with two cour anime
>conveniently forgetting about Fumoffu which adapted 4+ filler novels

>>159335472
That only serves to prove how shitty the pacing in TSR was also all the content in Fumoffu were shorts or anime originals

>>159335458
>24 episodes covered more that 13
Stop the presses!

>>159335015
TSR was really ahead of its time though even for KyoAni (other shows like Haruhi, Kanon and Lucky Star looked worse than TSR). First 720p anime TV series, artstyle that still holds up today, great animation. 90% of anime released today can't manage to look as good as it.

>>159327150
I was literally having an orgasm during that scene, I really loved it.

>>159335519
It doesn't prove anything except your bias.

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>>159335522
>More episodes means it'll cover more content
>Fumoffu covered the most content at 13 episodes
>TSR covered the least content at 13 episodes

>>159324461
>other than Tessa being the best girl.
You clearly remember nothing at all.

Chidori is best girl

>>159335546
>First 720p anime TV series,
Nope
>artstyle that still holds up today
Nah, its very "of its era"
>great animation.
When there's actually fucking action

>>159326038
Do prostitutes really get angry if you invite them to your room, change your mind but still give them money for bothering them?

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>>159335546
>First 720p anime TV series
Do some research before spouting shit

>>159332835

Mecha is shit /m/ baby.

>>159335721
>watching mecha shows for the irrelevant stuff

Fucking cancerous idiot.

>>159330283
>FMP was the only mecha anime I liked.
That's really fucking sad...for you

>>159327765
Leonard was too cocky, he should've gone for the full armament option just like Souske.

>>159335584
>the same amount of episodes should cover equal amount of original material from different sources
>less amount of episodes should cover the same amount of original material from the same source as twice more episodes
Hmm, what did he mean by this?

>>159335779
He didn't need it considering he mastered the LD, nor would he know how to use conventional weaponry as well as Sauce.

>>159335800
Both Fumoffu and TSR had the same amount of episodes retard

>>159335645
God I loved planetes, that OP was god tier.
I really wish Sunrise would go back to doing more diverse sci-fi anime and not just Gundam.

>>159335871
They do dipshit

>>159335843
>reading comprehension
>
>
>
>you

>>159324379
On the second to last ep of a tsr rewatch bro, we're still here. Such a good show

>>159335880
They've only been doing Gundam, lovelive, comdies and children's shows since 2015

>>159328982
Underrated

>>159336072
It hurts

Is there digital version of the first 3 volumes? I recently OCRed 1 volume of novel translated by Tokyopoop, but feel like I'm wasting my time, but at the same time everywhere I look is just TP rips in jpg packed into pdf.

>>159333994
Is there even material to make this?

Has anyone here had the chance to get into FMP Another?
I found the manga online but it looks like the translators dropped it a few chapters in.

>>159336259
I don't think so

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>>159336551
>last chapter translated
>september 2016

I know it started shitty, no casualities after all that. I dunno if fans even deserves such a shitty sequel.

>>159324313
>not Kyoani
Who cares

>>159337008
FMP isn't a SoL

>>159336551
>Has anyone here had the chance to get into FMP Another?
>I found the manga online but it looks like the translators dropped it a few chapters in.
The first six volumes have been released in my country, it's decent. I think from this point on it gets rebranded FMP Another Sigma, but further volumes haven't come out yet.

>>159326245
TSR is not that good because KyoAni can't into mecha.

Xebec can so it will be better

Why is everyone so mad?

>>159337256
To elaborate on it a bit, I like how the premise is a reverse-FMP with "regular boy meets military girl", although Tatsuya is probably too normal compared to Chidori who had her being a Whispered to set her apart.

I also like where the old characters I've seen ended up in life, it feels fairly natural.

The story hasn't been too spectacular, but it's okay. The flying katana-wielding AS is so retarded in concept it loops back into awesomeness.

>>159337834
A decade of frustration from not having this season made/everyone left talking about this show knows about it inside out and are adamant about their impressions of it being correct

>>159327311
What did he do?

>>159327765
Almost perfect apart from the gumby feet.

I'm honestly not that big a fan of the Laevatein. I remember being really disappointed seeing the design after the perfection that was the Arbalest. It's basically the Arbalest with a lot of goofy tacky shit attached which makes it look really bulky. The Codarl hair just doesn't fit the design.

>>159324313
I am incredibly hyped I hope the pacing is good unlike the second season. And we get more school antics of sasuke being himself.

>>159338166
>I hope the pacing is good unlike the second season
If anything it risks being too quick. Although we don't know its lenght and since Gatoh is writing it, I'm sure he'd be able to change things around so it wouldn't feel rushed.

>>159324313
What's this image from?
Looks like it got cut from a bigger one but I can't find it

>>159335741

The irrelevant crap in FMP was mechashit.

>>159338263
>normalfags actually believe this

>>159338166
>And we get more school antics of sasuke being himself.
Not happening this season, it becomes a full on mecha show from here on out.

>>159338166
>And we get more school antics of sasuke being himself.
The school is literally, physically, destroyed.

>>159324313
Is this a 2cour season? Also have any of the VA changed?

>>159338428
I'm pretty sure one or two of them died

>>159338442
that's on the English dub

>>159338581
Oh shit really? which ones?

>>159338651
Who cares about the English VA?

>>159338581
And nothing of value was lost.

>>159338823
Hillary Haag is awsome, kill yourself

>>159324313
Not KyoAni so who gives a damn?

>>159338862
Nobody cares about irrelevant English VAs kill yourself.

>>159338923
That's not true. A good number of people watch the dubs. You're dumb.

>People actually expect something good from ass-and-titties Xebec

>>159338884
Me.

>>159338884
Shut up, you've never even watched FMP in the first place.

>>159338166
>get more school antics of sasuke being himself.
Just more suffering from here, anon.

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>>159339333
>xebec is adapting

plz tell me these trips are trying to fool me

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>>159338993
>watching dubs
>in 2010+7

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>>159339333
>he didn't watch Yamato

>>159339509
>2017
>still not enjoying both

>>159339333
>He thinks Xebec only makes Keijo

>>159339621
How can you enjoy something that's inherently garbage?

>>159339498
Yes they are. Since they have mecha experience this should be good. The only complaint I have is that all the characters have overly round faces.

>>159339838
Their faces look fine, literally what do you want them to look like? Triangles?

>>159339699
Nah they can be fine.

>>159339910
I think he means something like >>159324931

>>159326245
>Can Xebec even compete with that quality?
Xebec is the weirdest company, cause they either make lowest common denominator garbage that borders on just being porn, or they make beautifully animated sci fi series. Like fafner exodus is legit one of the best looking shows in the past 10 years even down to make the damn CGI blend perfectly with the 2d animation. But FMP is going to be completely 2d apparently so we will see.

>>159339559
>>159339698
Name the last good mecha show that Xebec did. Not counting Yamato because >mechs.

>>159339994
>Nah they can be fine.
Nah, they're always shit.

>>159326245
Yes, Xebec can into mecha, see Fafner Exodus.

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>>159340037
Fafner

>>159338651
Kalinin's VA. Guy had a pretty distinctive voice too.

>>159340037
>Name the last good mecha show that Xebec did.
>good
Whatever anyone name, you will claim it's shit.

>>159338428
Supposedly going to be split cour.

>>159340037
Fafner Exodus?

>>159340037
Yea dude it's Exodus. Fafner is a legit great series now.

>>159340165
>>159340245
>>159340271
>Hiraishit
>CG mechs

>>159340672
(You) tried.

>>159340672
Fafner's mechs look really nice anon, I feel sorry for you.

>>159340149
Well, we're not going to settle anything with you starting to claim stuff without really making an argument. Let's just settle on letting you have your own opinion, no matter how wrong it may be.

>>159340745
Except I'm not wrong, so whatever anon.
Dubs will always be inferior shit.

>>159340720
You can't say the Hiraifaces looks nice though

>>159340801
They were decent in Exodus.

I wish they did another season of fumofu. Bounta-kun <3

>>159340801
>Hiraifaces
Well that won't be an issue in FMP IV, so I don't know why you're complaining really.

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They also did this.
>inb4 it's shit
No U.

>>159340672
gee what a surprise
>>159340206

>>159340961
This what the hell. Argevollen was good.

>>159340961
>>159340981
>One of the most unengaging mecha anime in years
And that's saying a lot

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>>159340672
>CG mechs

Better get used to it from now since that's what you're getting

>>159341435
>Someone reposts the webm I made

Though, it's not confirmed whether Xebec would be working with Orange for this, right?

>>159340672
The mecha genre has been better since good CG happened, get over it cuck.

>>159340961
Argevollen was an interesting show, I'm not gonna pretend it was a masterpiece but it was watchable.
I thought it was played out very straight though.
One think I did like was how it leant a lot of focus to the actual development of the mecha in the series.

>>159340672
Hirai's character designs aren't bad, that's some idea that started because of SEED being associated with him.
His work in Fafner looks pretty good, but of course you just want to fit in so you're not going to try and discern an opinion on your own.
Xebecs CG is also top notch, they don't just slap a model into an anime, they've been experimenting with different rendering layers, model deformations and so on.
They know where the future of the medium lies so they're embracing and developing it.

>>159340024
It's pretty much a clear cycle of them doing ecchi adaptations to partially finance their official sci-fi works.

>>159341654
It'll be their in-house team since the key mecha animator is from Yamato 2199

I wish there were less school hijinks and more cold war themed action

>>159342237
Well good news then! This entire season is going to be action.

>>159341654
Supposedly Xebec has a new Internal CG team working on this. However it'll be like Yamato in that the mechs will be 2D a lot.

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>>159342364
b-but not the lambda driver bullshittery, r-right?

>>159342461
Yea that's still in play but it's treated more as a tactical weapon now in that there are counters.

>IV
>Invisible Victory
>Sequel number is the subtitle as well

I like this so much

>>159342528
that actually sounds good, the fighting at the of TSR was kinda meh

>>159342602
There's a lot more types of scenarios too like underwater fights and huge landing beach assaults. The rest of the show is mostly depicting a war.

Fafner Beyond when?

>>159342685
2019 at the earliest. Most likely Xebec is all in on FMP for 2018 and they have to finish 2202.

>>159342684
lovely, the
>get in the fucking robot, sausage
was getting tiring

>>159342729
Well fuck.

>>159324313
Tessa best grill.

>Why aren't you fuckers talking about this?
Anons are still crying about FLCL s2 designs

>>159324931
YES CHAIKA

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Will kyoani deliver this type of fan service ever again?

>>159327150
As cool as that scene was, the action still sucked.
He just ran and punched.

Get ready for dragon ball mecha cancer where people throw hadouken and use the lambda drive as a deus ex machima.
It's only downhill from TSR.

>>159335616
I'd be mad if Sousuke turned me down too

>>159345162
>watching FMP for mechas
you're looking for the characters and the romance

>>159345759
>not watching for both

>>159345162
Battles in FMP don't rely on the Lambda drivers later on, that's because they introduce things like the canceller which makes them useless and the fairy eye allows Mithril units to locate weakpoints in the driver's shielding.
Everything in FMP is purely tactics outside one or two instances.

>>159324379
That's not true, there are plenty of us still here.
>>159324313
It actually looks great, I'm really looking forward to more FMP. It's been so long.

>>159336239
B-Blease resbond. :DDD

>>159335818
Except anything that relied on a LD became completely useless when up against Sousuke.
He really should have at least had some backup form of weaponry.

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>>159345999
>actual arms race instead of a generic shounen powercreep
I'm liking it.

>>159346720
No there isn't, you'll have to either buy or read the scans
they're actually bearable to read on my kindle

>>159347217
I assume somebody will start releasing an official translation next year.

>>159347624
There's an official translation going in my country italy, but they're really slow and there's no news about volume 5

>>159347217
Oh well, then I guess it's time to proofread first vol.

>they're actually bearable to read on my kindle
Scans for volumes 2-3 is such shit that it's painful just to look at them.

>>159347939
I read the compressed version on an old 6" kindle
come at me

What studio is doing this?

>>159338884
This. People remember this series because of Fumoffu anyway.

>>159348354
The series was popular before Fumoffu.

>>159348354
Because that was the last thing to be animated.
There was like a good 4 year timespan between FMP S1 and S3

If you can read Japanese, the DJT library also has the novels in HTML, EPUB, AZW3 and MOBI format.

>>159348354
Maybe in the West but in Japan the LNs have sold more 11 than million copies making it one of the best-selling LN series of all time.

>>159348742
For reference, these are the only other LN series that have sold more than FMP:
>Guin Saga
>Slayers
>Sword Art Online
>Toaru Majutsu no Index
>Legend of the Galactic Heroes
>Majutsushi Orphen

>>159348955
>Slayers
I really need to watch this some time, it looks like it reeks of campy 90s adventure anime.

>>159348955
It sold more than Haruhi?

>>159349111
Yes, Haruhi has sold 8.5 million copies last time we heard.

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More than a decade later and this is still the most romantic scene in anime.

>>159349337
Is that including Another or just the mainline series?

>>159349856
Why is Sousuke glowing?

>>159349965
It's arousal.

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>>159349856
snibeti snabb :-DD
it was fucking cute

>>159349965
really white objects stand out in dim light

>>159324313
>Teresa

>>159349856
this. I feel like shit every time

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>>159350949
>>159343851

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>>159328266
Fucking never, anon. It's in the same limbo as Outlaw Star 2.

>>159350510
>tfw he's asleep at the end

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>>159351023