Full Metal Panic!: Mission 01

Review Date: 2005 April 29 12:13

Reviewed by: Spike

Released by: ADV Films

Age Rating: 15+

Region: 1 - North America

Volume 1 of 7

Length: 100 minutes

Subtitles: English

Audio: English 2.0 Stereo
English 5.1 Surround
Japanese 2.0 Stereo

Summary

High School student Kaname Chidori seems like every other student her age, a normal popular girl, though she doesn't know just how popular she is! Unfortunately a group of terrorists believe that she is one of the 'Whispered' and the possessor of psychic powers, and will stop at nothing to possess the latent ability buried deep within her. Her only protection from these criminals is Mithril, a secret organisation dedicated to anti-terrorist operations and their agent in the field, Sousuke Sagara, the hardened combat veteran assigned to be her classmate and watch over her. Only Sousuke has never been a high school student before, only a soldier, and now he's either going to be her only protector, or he's going to drive her completely up the wall!

Review

Full Metal Panic effortlessly combines the best of traditional Japanese animation with computer graphics, producing a well integrated melange of the two styles that is a beauty to behold, but to be fair, the action and comedy in this series will keep the viewer transfixed with the content, rather than the method of delivery. The sound in the series mirrors the graphics at every turn, from the theme songs to the incidental music, either reflecting the military aspects or the more school-like reality of the duo's situation.