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Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Box Set | 
| Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto
Actors: Akio Otsuka, Daisuke Namikawa, Shinichiro Miki
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $32.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 8650
Format: Box Set, Color, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 450 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.9
MPN: 0
UPC: 704400085406
EAN: 0704400085406
ASIN: B0012Z5ULG
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Second Raid (2005), the third and darkest season of Full Metal Panic!, picks up about two months after the first adventure (and ignores the farcical Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu). Sousuke tries to juggle active duty with the Mithril mercenary corps, high school assignments, and protecting Kaname. Gauron, the bloodthirsty terrorist he battled during the first season, reappears in China. Director Yasuhiro Takemoto stages hand-to-hand combat and a major mecha battle in a claustrophobic tunnel beneath the Yangtze River to great effect. As the crisis deepens, the Mithril commanders order Sousuke to return to piloting the super-mecha Arbalest, leaving the sinister-sounding Wraith to protect Kaname. For the first time in his life, Sousuke is torn between obeying orders and genuine emotions. Kaname uses every trick she can come up with--and a few she learned from Sousuke--to outwit Wraith and expose the assassin who's been stalking her. Alone in a largely deserted Hong Kong, Sousuke confronts the sadistic Gauron and his own weird upbringing. After Kaname knocks some sense into his head--figuratively and literally--Sousuke acts like a proper hero: he arrives in the nick of time, in a mecha that crushes everything in its path. When he's not engaged in deadly combat, Sousuke remains as clueless as ever, and Kaname has fits at his excesses. As the voice of Sousuke, Chris Patton shifts from despair to righteous fury to hilarious confusion; as Kaname, Luci Christian matches him mood swing for mood swing. The extras include footage of Takemoto and Shoji Gatoh, the author of the novels on which the series is based, scouting locations in Hong Kong and studying the equipment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces; commentaries from the Japanese voice actors; and a 30-minute OVA in which Tess Testarossa tries to reconstruct what happened the night she got drunk. (Rated TV 14: violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, tobacco and alcohol use, nudity with suggested lesbianism) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
It's tough to keep your grades up without having to take off at a moment's notice to save the world. But for Sousuke Sagara undercover high school student and member of the mercenary group Mithril life in Tokyo seemed the same as always. But underneath the promising exterior spin the wheels of a conspiracy that threaten to destroy the peace. A new threat has arisen: Amalgam.An unknown element with advanced mech technology this mysterious organization has been running things from behind the scenes. As dissension spreads throughout the ranks of Mithril Sousuke faces his own internal struggle. Spread thin between schoolwork and war the powers that be have decided to lighten his load... beginning with Kaname!Life and death hang in the balance as the clash between good and evil scale new heights. When the smoke clears Sousuke's path will be the one that he forges for himself.Includes all 13 episodes plus episode 000 and the OVA "Tessa's Eventful Day."Format: DVD Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM UPC: 704400085406 Manufacturer No: 0
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Absolutely Amaizing!!! (6/5) May 23, 2008
Pavel Zharkikh
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This show is awesome. Just as good as the first season. Now I'm going to go back and rewatch all of the first season, and then watch this again. My only wish is that it could have lasted longer. 13 episodes seems too short, compared to the 26 in the first season. I give this 6/5 stars.
 I didn't buy this for the ads... June 21, 2008
Alex Chua (Singapore)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I would have given this 5 stars if not for the advertisements that I'm forced to watch every single time I pop any disc into my player. They can't be skipped. They can't be fast-forwarded. I can't go to main menu directly. Each of the 4 discs contains about 5 minutes of advertisements (mainly Dragonball Z & Black Cat) that you must sit though before you're able to do anything else. I swear I'm never watching either Dragonball or Black Cat anime. Ever. To all marketing people out there: the surest way to ensure whatever it is you're marketing won't sell is to force the public to watch your ads before they're allowed to go on to the thing they actually want.
So that's all for my only gripe here. Other than that, this boxset really is superb. The packaging is well done, and comes with 4 booklets filled with FMP goodness, things every fan would love to know. Dialogue is in Japanese/English (selectable), with English subtitles.
The discs are also filled with extras, the best of which has got to be the bonus 30-minute OVA, "A Relatively Leisurely Day in the Life of a Fleet Captain", which can best be explained as fan-service for Tessa fans... but seriously, it's humourous in the vein of Fumoffu, and every FMP fan (even non-Tessa fans) would love it.
The anime itself is of course top-notch. It's FMP, after all. Seriously, if not for the compulsory ads that can't be avoided no matter what, this would be 5-stars. Possibly the only issue I had is the slight jump in continuity towards the last few episodes, but nothing serious that can't be explained away easily. Like Fumoffu, TSR was done by Kyoto Animation, and is not to be missed by any FMP fan.
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid July 4, 2008
Sean Tucker (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A great anime, and a great box set... includes a bonus OVA, commentaries for pretty much every episode, and a handful of behind-the-scenes specials that provide an in depth look at how the show was made. Well worth the purchase price.
Packed with extras May 29, 2008
Captain Kidd (Indianapolis, IN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unlike the recent epidemic of thin packs, this set is loaded with tons of extra stuff. After watching all the episodes, there's a pretty humorous OVA. Not to mention a look at the Japanese Defense Force, as well as on set location feature of Hong Kong.
Comedy, Action, Suspense, and Romance all in one! July 3, 2008
G. A. Roberts
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have loved all three seasons of FMP, and even if this one seemed a little out of place in comparison to the first season, it still drove me to watch every episode in one day. You meet all of the characters that we were introduced to once again, and we become exposed to some new characters who I must say show what they can do quite well. ;) The second season is practically ignored, yet Fumoffu can be interperated anywhere chronologically, as just great entertainment. Anyways I was pleased with TSR, the action animation was beautifull, and it was a nice finishing touch to my FMP collection.
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