Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

I don't think you really have to watch the main series (Full Metal Panic) to enjoy this BluRay... The main series has funny moments too but this production was obviously just for fun. No problems with vendor shipping or packaging. Arrived in excellent condition and is a great addition to my anime library.

Although I am starting this review, my son will finish it. What are the good points about this anime -- it makes fun of the entire Full others. Too bad there are not too many others quite like it. So far we have seen gigantic robots that lost their story plot rather quickly or something so full of nudity or barely clothed girls that it made it difficult at best to watch. NOT THIS SET THOUGH. The main characters are ridiculus in a scary movie type of way. Just think of an ex-military guy going to high school without any idea about girls, fun, or anything else us normal people take for granted. In one episode the ex-military guy has rigged explosives to lockers because he knew someone had gotten inside it. Later he discovers that it was just a girl who wrote him a love letter and dropped it off in the vents of his locker. Now if you can handle this type of humor than you will definitely like this show. I have never seen the original Full Metal Panic, but plan on purchasing it after seeing this show. Even if Full Metal Panic winds up being more dramatic than this set, I think it will be still be worth watching, because so far this has been the best anime I have seen.

Before I get into my review for those of you who don't know this is a spinoff that takes place between season one and season two of the Full Metal Panic series. So it goes without saying that you need to watch season one before watching Full Metal Panic Fumoffu. While season one is a perfect combination of comedy, drama and action the spinoff is a straightforward comedy. The show follows the misadventures of a socially inept soldier as he attempts to pose as a student in order to protect a high school student. There is no overarching narrative to Fumoffu nor does it advance the Full Metal Panic series' story instead it focuses on the comical hijinks of Sousuke as he protects Kaname. The animation is top notch, the characters are entertaining, the episodic stories are hilarious with an excellent English dub making this a must own for Full Metal Panic fans!

I prefer funnier animes that have serious story lines too. Or just straight comedies. Not so much into dead serious animes(or drama shows in general) so therefore I loved this. Its my favorite of the FMP franchise. But I have particular tastes. I wish the main series was a bit more like this. Anytime the main series starts showing Mechs it gets boring in my opinion. The main series should have been just Sousuke protecting Kaname while dealing with high school life, but it tries to be too much of a war anime for me sometimes. Though its also good. Wish this was as long as the first season which is 24 or so episodes, this is just 12, or 13. Cant remember at the moment.

First off this is not like the FMP season 1. This is a comedy with the same characters, but it has no story, no fighting, and no real point. It’s a comedy, but if you know that going in and you are ok with that you will probably like it. To compare, if you have seen Barakamon and Handa kun, it’s similar. Also for Assassins Creed fans it’s like playing Black Flag after the Ezio trilogy, both are good but Black Flag does not feel like an “Assassins Creed” game. This anime is not bad but it’s not as good as the first season but it’s also not even the same type of anime. I’m not a huge comedy fan so I didn’t love it but I loved Kaname so much I decided to watch it anyway. They exaggerate her anger a lot in this one, but her anger is typically justified, but you also get to see some legitimate open affection from her toward Sousuke. Most animes shy away from letting the hot headed girl openly show her feelings, but Kaname does and I like that about her character. She also is really a sweet and kind girl. She is blunt and will say “mean” things that are usually not done seriously or maliciously, but when things get serious and she sees someone is hurting she is there for them. Sousuke seems resistant to accept his feelings but he also will conservatively make it clear he likes her too. I really feel like Sousuke is afraid to believe that she likes him and is scared to have feelings cloud his judgement... in addition to his inability to pick up on social cues. But their relationship while not ordinary is actually very believable. Tessa is pretty cute too. There is some pretty strong “bleeped out” language but it’s obvious what is being “said”, there is also some nudity with sensitive parts barely covered by scenery. Ultimately, if you liked the characters of FMP and are interested in comedy then this will be one you would probably enjoy, but if you are wanting to continue the story and see more action and mecha then skip it cause you won’t miss anything important to the story.

This is easily a classic these days. If you haven't watched this, you are SERIOUSLY missing out. You HAVE to watch this, trust me. Best part, this is very stand alone. You don't really need to watch the actual Full Metal Panic franchise to love and get this show. When I first watched this back in the day, I had never watched Full Metal Panic. I started off with this and I laughed my butt off. It's very charming and really really fun. I didn't know any of the characters but I learned of them through this series and grew to love them all. This was actually my entry point and what got me to try watching Full Metal Panic (which unlike Fumoffu is very plot heavy and while there are light hearted moments there's a lot of serious things happening. The actual Full Metal Panic franchise is amazing story wise).

I watched this after first watching the first season followed by the second season. I actually wasn't too interested in watching this. I bought it and it sat on my shelf for about 3 months before I decided to watch this. Full Metal Panic is a series I enjoyed but the first and second season's didn't do enough to make me say this series was one of my all time favorites. I bought Fumoffu simply out of being a completionist. After the first episode though I was hooked! The whole romance and comedy premise wasn't interesting to me because I felt the characters were a bit flat in the first and second raid and without interesting characters, romance and comedy just don't work. Without being distracted by war conflicts and action sequences, the creators were able to make the characters much more interesting and it really caught me by surprise. I really fell in love with the characters in Fumoffu and my only disappointment is that it ended. In the end, I feel Fumoffu is the best that Full Metal Panic has to offer and I highly recommend it. I think you do have to watch the first season in order to appreciate and understand the relationship between the two main characters. If you've seen the first raid and you were disappointed... fret not... Fumoffu can really deliver.

These cartoons are like the "further adventures of Sosuke and Kaname". These stories expand upon Sosuke's time at Jindai high school and are very funny. The rugby episode is one of my favorites. :-D If you haven't seen the first complete series, do that first, then come back to this one. Otherwise, this one won't make a whole lot of sense. This set has both blu-ray and DVD discs. The blu-ray discs have the cartoons in 1080p format, but the cartoon was originally in 4:3 so it centers the video with black bars on the right and left sides of the frame. I ended up using Handbrake software to convert and save them to my computer in mp4 format. This crops the video and removes the bars.

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Te series is too crack and funny Region A & B (not region free but it can be use for region code blu-ray/ps3) Everyone should buy and watch it ^v^

A great comedy anime. It doesn't follow the plot of the rest of the series and can be watched as a stand alone. The anime classics edition is of good build quality with a reversible jacket.

Llego muy bien el paquete y a tiempo, la calidad del producto es impecable. Sinceramente lo recomiendo para los que aman esta serie.

Very pleased all round, everything was easy. Would recommend and use again. A++++++++++++++