Thursday, June 5, 2008

Full Metal Panic

Title: Full Metal Panic
Alternate Title: None
Genre: Mecha, Action
Run time: 23 minutes
Episode count: 24
Vintage: 2002
Review:

Full Metal Panic is set like most modern mecha styled animes. Its about a girl born with special technology embedded in her brain. Who has a secret "good guy" organization protecting her from a secret "bad guy" organization. Mix this in with a love story and comedic situations and you have an enjoyable anime that you can sit back and watch with out having to think to hard.

The animation was done beautifully. The colors are bright, the faces are expressive, and the mechs are gorgeous and creatively done. Every mech product is different. They even did a good job of making the mechs look worn after battle. They made good use of multiple geographical backgrounds. This is nice. Too often are mecha animes either based in a boring space atmosphere or in the same place on the planet episode after episode.

Full Metal Panic is full of situational humor do to the fact that the male lead doesn't understand social sensibility in any manner. However, this is coupled with heart racing action in both mech fights and war style battle scenes. Add a little drama from secret organizations running around and you have a show that never slows down.

This anime is great for anyone looking for a fast paced show that is easy to get into. This would be a wonderful anime to start with. Its full of characters with real personalities, has amazing battle scenes and a delightful little love triangle. This anime has something for everyone but not everything for one person. I give this anime an 8 out of 10.

Next Up:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

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