Full Metal Panic 4th Season Not Coming, New Project Starts28

Remember what we talked about a while ago about the 4th season of series Full Metal Panic! (フルメタル·パニック!). Today, the cloud has been cleared and we have confirmed that there will not be a 4th season of the series, at least not this time.

 


What shows up on the cover of the 15th volume of the Manga is about the start of a new project, another light novel of the series which talks about the story 10 years after the Full Metal Panic. Apart from the new project itself, the short side story of the Full Metal Panic series will also continue and will be published at the same time. As for fans who do not know what the short side story is, think about the second season of the series which contains fun and interesting episodes (Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, フルメタル ふもっふ).

Sad about the news but will sure to bring up any possible news about the series.

Pic via 萌えオタニュース速報.

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Akiha005 5 pts

I will wait even another 10 years for the production of this T__T

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/01/01/full-metal-panic-creator-teases-long-awaited-projects There's hope down the road. I won't give up hope, like I won't for Berserk. Hopefully, we will prevail in time to get a 4th deserved season just too many things left open ended with Second Raid that only teased of what's to come. I'll keep checking from time-to-time.

so dissapointed ...........with this anime

ey can anyone email me when there ill be new episodes and ill the new episodes come this year 2012? or 2013?

I really hope they decide to make a fourth season, everything is already set up. 1) Leonard Testarossa's not done yet 2) Sousuke and Kaname's relationship took a great leap 3) Sousuke finally got the lambda driver working and got to show it off. >however the last battle of FMPSR was not a battle worth Sousuke's time 4) Sousuke's finally opening up to everyone There's plenty more but you get the point. I feel the same way about Code Geass but that is another situation

Janina the girl on rooftop was wraith

SHOW US THE KISS we've all wanted to see since the beginning of the season, this anime is so popular and the story is solid i love it so much, why cant u bring what the fans want to see !

I am going crazy waiting for years for another season of Full Metal panic to come out. How I wish they would hear the fans' request. I want the characters to be still kaname and sagara. If not that would be another anime for me not FMP. Anyway, the last episode of The Second raid showed new characters. The one sneezing at the rooftop. I was wondering who that is. And in fact, it is just in this season I've seen Tessa's brother whom tessa and kaname had been discussing at the season I so how come they will not make the season IV, the last season seems to tell that something more is to be watched. And fans are waiting for that.

Huhh this sucks. It has been over 6 years now since SR. I heard somewhere that the author was waiting till he finished his Light Novels but that was done in Nov 2010 I think. I am just going 2 give up hope.

This is one of my favorite animes so I am very disappointed. I would read the light novels but I can only find poor translations...sigh. Can anyone point me to a good source for finding all of the light novels? Thanks ahead!

Found an interesting website that may help you out. http://aki.im/y2zh9s

That sucks because if the ova is the final episode then I'm not satisfied.

I do hope they eventually come out with a 4th season with the original characters in it. Then I hope they make a series of the new light novel but that may be asking too much. At any rate, a new season with the original characters is what I need.

Forget the source but they actually had planned for a forth season but dropped in the end. Guess we won't have it in a year or two.

I agree on you. What I want are the original characters and the continuation of the story.

In the new project... the one set 10 years after... are they still going to use the same set of characters, with the main still Sousuke and Kaname?

The world setting is the same while the main characters changed. We have an introduction of the project here: http://theakiba.com/?p=936

THANK YOU! It seems as if Sagara and Kaname would only be making "appearances." Well, no so sure if Kaname would... But anyway... hopefully the author doesn't go about breaking the canon. HAHA. thank you so much! :)

Oh well the whole series was a lot of fun while it lasted... I still watch it even to this day over and over and I will never get bored or sick watching it even though I literally memorized every characters lines work for for. A little disappointed though 'cause I really wanted to see the reset of it in anime and not just by imagining it on the light novels or reading the manga. At the least I've read the whole series twice already and still gives me tears. I won't spoil anything though :D

Same :) I also watch quite a few times of the whole series, especially the second season. It's always good to watch the Anime version of series like this, the Mecha, the fight and the impressive high tech weapon. Cannot imagine people who read the novel of GUNDAM :)

Wait are they makeing another one like the Fumoffu one?

No, not really. Tough the Fumoffu series was backed by the short side story but not this time. If they are going to make another Fumofumo series, we will have to wait quite a while before the author finish it.

@YoU:twitter "will not be a 4th season of the season" ^^ typo --- ...and what a big disappointment :( FMP! stuff comes my way so sporadically (and that is "gray area" stuff... I would be 50 before being able to acquire legally FMP! the complete package in my neck of the woods) that no matter how much I enjoy the characters and the plot everything looses most of the fun. I think it's time just to move on while fond memories of Tessa still linger on the corner of my mind, these repeated delusions are starting to get to me. Time to go watch FMP:Fomoffu again I guess.... the 4th time will make it funnier I bet ^^

Thanks for the correction. Very disappointed about it and I do think the Fumoffu series is quite fun and even wish them to make another series about it :)

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