KADOKAWA anime official YouTube channel is now streaming a special trailer for Shoji Gatoh’s Full Metal Panic! Family light novel series to promote the release of its upcoming second volume.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Gatoh’s original Full Metal Panic! series, the first volume of Full Metal Panic! Family was published in Japan in January 2024. The story is set about 20 years after the final battle for the survival of the world depicted in the climax of the original series, and the protagonist Sousuke Sagara is married to the main heroine Kaname Chidori and lives with their two children — Nami and Yasuto.In the special trailer featuring all four members of the Sagara family, Tomokazu Seki and Satsuki Yukino return to play Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Sagara (maiden name: Chidori) from the anime series, respectively. Additionally, Rio Tsuchiya plays Nami Sagara, the older sister, and Asaki Yuikawa voices Yasuto Sagara, the younger brother.
Sousuke Sagara voiced by Tomokazu Seki
Kaname Sagara voiced by Satsuki Yukino
Nami Sagara voiced by Rio Tsuchiya
Yasuto Sagara voiced by Asaki Yuikawa
The second volume of Full Metal Panic! Family is set to release in Japan tomorrow, November 20, 2024.
Volume 1 cover
Volume 2 cover
The following Full Metal Panic! anime series are available on Crunchyroll.
Full Metal Panic! (2001 / 24 episodes)
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (2003 / 12 episodes)
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (2005 / 13 episodes)
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (2018 / 12 episodes)
Crunchyroll describes the first Full Metal Panic! TV anime series as such:
Kaname’s a popular girl at her high school, but it’s her popularity off campus that’s the problem. Unbeknownst to Kaname, terrorists are plotting her abduction, believing she possesses the abilities of the “Whispered.” That’s where Sousuke enters the picture. He’s a soldier from Mithril, a secret counter-terrorist unit—and he’s going undercover at Kaname’s school to try and keep her safe.
Sources: Press Release, KADOKAWA anime official YouTube channel
