{"product_id":"full-metal-panic-fumoffu-blu-ray","title":"Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! - Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003eSousuke Sagara is still enrolled at Kaname Chidori's high school, still completely incapable of understanding civilian life, and still protecting her from threats that mostly don't exist — while creating new ones through the application of military solutions to problems that do not require them. Someone leaves an anonymous love letter in Kaname's locker, and Sousuke responds by treating the locker as a potential bomb. A trip to the public bath involves nerve gas. A school festival haunted house is handed to Sousuke to design and he takes it extremely seriously. The rugby team wants his help and receives a combat training regimen that breaks them. The student council president is a problem. Bonta-kun — a mascot costume Sousuke obtains and modifies into armed combat configuration — becomes an ongoing crisis. The Fumoffu sound effect, produced by the costume's voice distortion system, gives the series its title and its most enduring joke.\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003eFull Metal Panic? Fumoffu is a 12-episode plus one OVA companion series produced by Kyoto Animation — their first major original production, predating The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by two years — directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, and based on Shoji Gatoh's comedic short story collections published alongside the main novels. It aired on Fuji TV from August to November 2003. The shift from Gonzo to Kyoto Animation brings a noticeably different visual approach — cleaner, more character-focused, warmer in palette — and the complete absence of the first season's mecha action allows the romantic comedy elements to dominate without interruption. The result is widely considered one of the finest romantic comedies in anime. Originally licensed in North America by ADV Films; re-licensed by FUNimation who released the Complete Series Blu-ray on October 12, 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Notable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Director:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Yasuhiro Takemoto (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Amagi Brilliant Park)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Series Composition:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Fumihiko Shimo (Full Metal Panic! Season 1, Burst Angel, Clannad)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Original Short Stories:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Shoji Gatoh (Full Metal Panic! short story collections, Fujimi Shobo)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Character Design:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Shoko Ikeda\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Studio:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Kyoto Animation (debut major production; later Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, K-On!, Violet Evergarden)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Music:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Toshihiko Sahashi (Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Steel Angel Kurumi, Gundam SEED, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Opening Theme:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; \"Sore ga, Ai Deshou\" by Mikuni Shimokawa\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Ending Theme:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; \"Kimi ni Fuku Kaze\" by Mikuni Shimokawa\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Japanese Cast:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Tomokazu Seki as Sousuke Sagara (Chobits, Arjuna, Vandread, Gate Keepers, Sorcerer Hunters, Fushigi Yugi, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Angelic Layer, Texhnolyze, Fake, Gravitation, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Satsuki Yukino as Kaname Chidori (Maetel Legend, Fruits Basket, Inuyasha — Kagome, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Yukana as Teletha \"Tessa\" Testarossa (Moldiver, 801 TTS Airbats, Cardcaptor Sakura, Night Warriors, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Akio Ohtsuka as Kurz Weber (Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Night Warriors, WXIII Patlabor, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Ryo Hirohashi as Ren Mikihara (Alien Nine — Rakka in Haibane Renmei)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;English Dub Cast (ADV Films — Houston, original dub retained by FUNimation):\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Chris Patton as Sousuke Sagara (Princess Nine, Spriggan, Angelic Layer, Black Bullet, Chivalry of a Failed Knight)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Luci Christian as Kaname Chidori (Black Bullet, Chivalry of a Failed Knight, One Piece, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Hilary Haag as Teletha \"Tessa\" Testarossa (Princess Nine, Steel Angel Kurumi, Claymore, Full Metal Panic! Season 1)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Monica Rial as Ren Mikihara (Princess Nine, Steel Angel Kurumi, Noir, Dragon Ball Super)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Blu-ray Features (FUNimation Complete Series)\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• All 12 Episodes + OVA Episode on 2 Discs\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• Textless Opening \u0026amp; Closing Songs\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• FUNimation Previews\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• English \u0026amp; Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e• 4:3 ratio upconverted to 1080p (original broadcast aspect ratio)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Spoken Languages:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; English \u0026amp; Japanese Audio, English Subtitles\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Edition Details\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Japanese Title:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; フルメタル・パニック？ふもっふ (Furumetaru Panikku? Fumoffu \/ Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Runtime:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; ~325 Minutes (12 Episodes + OVA, 2 Discs)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Director:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Yasuhiro Takemoto\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Blu-ray Release Year:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; 2010 (U.S. Complete Series, October 12 — FUNimation Entertainment, $49.99); reissue 2017; original ADV Films DVD release 2004\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Original Broadcast Date (Japan):\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; August 26 – November 18, 2003 (Fuji TV)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Publisher:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; FUNimation Entertainment\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Rating:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; 14+\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Region:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Region A (North America)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Kyoto Animation's debut major production — two years before The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. 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