October 23, 2005

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid

After my rather embarassing mental fit of a previous post, I'll say that I'm feeling a lot better. Its some sort of a relief to let such angst out.

Anyways, TSR. A core factor of this whole anime is the Sagara Souske's guerilla/military background and strict compliance to rules and regulations. He tries to protect Kaname Chidori but usually ends up screwing the whole situation by being extra paranoid about her safety.

The original series focused on Sagara, the 'Lambda Drive' installed mech aka 'Arbalest' and trying to defeat a crazed terrorist.

Fumoffu was drop-dead funny. Any and all comic parts that they couldn't get away with in the orig series, they stuffed here.

TSR showed the worst case scenario. At the point where Souske and Chidori finally started to realize each others feelings, external forces plotted to split them apart. Chidori left alone feels fear, loneliness and harassment. Souske following orders to abandon Chidori but feeling deep in his heart that he is leaving his true reason to live.

Go grab it! It is definitely a worthy 3rd installment to this amazing anime. Enjoy these following screenies:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Awww. Schweet. a worthy sequel indeed.

This is a punch on the face to reviewers who've put Sosuke in the likes of Heero Yuu! Sosuke's character was completely fleshed out, and that's always a good thing. There was a little bit more angst than expected, considering the Fumoffu run.
The resolution was a lot more dramatic than i expected, since i was anticipating something a little lighter (and yep, it's so anime, like Kenshin TV's 95th ep).
Thanks again for the tip, it was soooo worth it.

BTW, I finally realized that Chidori's surname is... well, Chidori (in the cast credits, Ka-na-me was in katakana, hence, indicating that it WAS her first name. Chidori was in kanji: Chi-dori). I'll be calling her Kaname from now on.