Full Metal Panic! Light Novel Sales

The 25 currently released Light Novel volumes of "Full Metal Panic!" and "Full Metal Panic! Another" reached the historic milestone of selling over 10 Million copies.

For that occasion we present you the current and classic cover arts for the 12 "Full Metal Panic!" main story Light Novels. Take a look.

Full Metal Panic! Another Vol. 3 And Manga Vol. 1 Cover Art

The official Cover Art for the third Light Novel as well as the first Manga volume of "Full Metal Panic! Another" have surfaced. Three Drafts for the upcoming 17th volume of "Full Metal Panic! Sigma" were already uploaded by Hiroshi Ueda, artist of Sigma, two weeks. All three volumes will be released within the next 35 days.

Full Metal Panic! Another Vol. 3 Cover Art

Full Metal Panic! Sigma Vol.17 Cover Art (Drafts)

Hiroshi Ueda, artist of Full Metal Panic! Sigma, has uploaded 3 drafts for the Cover Art of the upcoming Sigma volume 17 on his twitpic account. Take a first look and decide for yourself which one suits you best.

Sigma Vol.17 Cover Art Draft 1

Full Metal Panic! Sigma Vol.14 Fan Translation

Full Metal Panic! Σ Vol.14 Cover

Illuminati-Manga has released the english fan translation for 'Sigma Vol.14' (Chapter 57-60). You can read it online at mangafox, mangareader and so on:

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 'Anime Classics' Region Code

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid "Anime Classics" BD edition by Funimation

The new "Anime Classics" BluRay edition of "Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid" is Region-B enabled. Unlike the previous north american BD release of the first season and Fumoffu, TSR so far was Region-A locked. With the new "Anime Classics" release by Funimation for the first time "The Second Raid" gets playable on Region-B players (Europe/Africa/The Middle East/Australia). For more informations on your BluRay region check out the following map, taken from wikipedia.org

Full Metal Panic! New Years News Roundup

1. Shoji Gatoh will work with Kyoto Animation once more. For Kyoto Animation's new series "Hyoka" Shoji Gatoh, the author of "Full Metal Panic!", is in charge of the series scripts. He previously wrote scripts for the Kyoto Animation tv series "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and "Lucky Star".

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-22/full-metal-panic-gatoh-writes-kyoto-animation-hyoka


2. Shoji Gatoh mentioned an anticipated project that he cannot talk about yet for 2013 or later. There will also be more "Another" light novels in the near future.

Full Metal Panic! Light Novel Sales 2011 And Another 2 Cover Art

Full Metal Panic! Short Story Collection 9 and "Another 1" Cover Art

In 2011 both, the 9th Full Metal Panic! Short Story Collection as well as the first issue of the Spinoff-Novel Project "Full Metal Panic! Another" made it into the list of Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan. The list covers the sales from November 22, 2010 to November 20, 2011.