Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid

After overcoming various tumultuous events, mercenary sergeant Sousuke Sagara of Mithril and "Whispered" school girl Kaname Chidori return to their normal high school lives. Sousuke continues his efforts to assimilate with the civilian population and manage his mission at the same time, while Kaname attempts to support his endeavors (even though his antics often drive her up a wall).

However, as their lives calm, new problems begin to appear. The appearance of an independent terrorist organization known as Amalgam and internal conflicts within Mithril threaten to wreak unity into a series of failures and betrayals. And new, powerful Arm Slave models only worsen the situation when the world's peace is at stake.

As Kaname and Sousuke face their own inner battles amidst life-threatening fights, will they be able to make the right choices and change their future?

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The first 4 episodes of Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid are anime original. The remaining episodes adapt novels 4 and 5 of Shoji Gatoh's light novel series Full Metal Panic!

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Adaptation:	Full Metal Panic! Sigma, Full Metal Panic!
Prequel:	Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Episode 00
Side story:	Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid: Wari to Hima na Sentaichou no Ichinichi
Sequel:	Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory

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Characters & Voice Actors

Sagara, Sousuke

Main

Seki, Tomokazu
Japanese

Chidori, Kaname

Main

Yukino, Satsuki
Japanese

Testarossa, Teletha

Main

Yukana
Japanese

Mao, Melissa

Supporting

Neya, Michiko
Japanese

Weber, Kurz

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Gauron

Supporting

Tanaka, Masahiko
Japanese

Wraith

Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese

Kalinin, Andrei Sergeivich

Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio
Japanese

Gates

Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu
Japanese

Testarossa, Leonard

Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

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Hatta, Youko

Producer, 2nd Key Animation

Takechi, Tsuneo

Producer

Chiba, Makoto

Assistant Producer

Takemoto, Yasuhiro

Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Minami Kaze" by Mikuni Shimokawa

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Ending Theme

"Mouichido Kimi ni Aitai" by Mikuni Shimokawa

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Feb 22, 2022

lamaraptor

Recommended

After watching Fumoffu, this felt like a refreshing return to form. Don't get me wrong I loved that slice of life goofy stuff, but there's no way to sustain a series like this on that alone. This season explores the psyche of Sousuke Bousuke and his emotional journey from mindless military drone to something like a more self-actualized person. In the season finale of the first part, he has an uncharacteristic emotional outburst, and that seems to carry over to here. He struggles to deal with all the expectations placed upon him by his various roles in the military and as a Japanese high school ...

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Nov 29, 2020

FrickinNormie

Recommended

First and foremost, what blows me away about “Full Metal Panic the Second Raid” is how shockingly different it is from the first season. The first season, and its successor “Full Metal Panic Fumoffu,” had a heavy emphasis on comedy. Lots of zany antics and bear suits. This one is a full on thriller, equipped with trauma, violence, cliffhangers, and life-changing situations

- The very world of the main character is shaken up. (Shaken? Shooken? Shaked?) Sosuke Sagara faces his worst nightmares, his own personal demons, and he has to deal with them all by himself. We see the main character in the darkest part of ...

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Mar 3, 2017

LaLeLuLiLo

Mixed Feelings

story- in a sense it's the opposite of Fomoffu. while fomoffu is more focused on the school comedy side; second raid is more focused on the action, mech, and drama side. the story for this season is that a certain organization is arming militants with highg grade weapons as well causing trouble on their own. at the same time Sagara sosuke has been ordered to stop protecting Chidori and return back to service, as a new observer named WRAITH will now be watching over her.
The show can be cut into two parts of before he is to resign as Chidori's bodyguard, and after. the first ... half is similar to the first season of FMP with keeping it's school comedy (too a lesser degree), and the action parts that have gotten more screen time. it mostly focuses on how sagara is juggling his military life and his civilian life as he can't be there for her all the time. not to mention the fact the an organization with high grade mechs is causing trouble. there is big problem in the show about location consistency as people are able to appear and disappear from locations at the drop of a hat making many things to convenient in terms of story.
the second half of the show is after Sagara resigned as Chidori's bodyguard. along with this the angst and drama of the show shot up to the Nth level. with Sagara having to deal with the fact of leaving Chidori, and Chidori being with out Sagara. Sagara also feels lost on what to do if it comes to following orders, or being with Chidori. by the end of the story the person pulling the stings is found with a plan that is very unlikely to be possible but still happens anyway. Sagara lamba drives his way through his enemies in a spectacular manner, and things go back to the way they used to.
the show did improve in many aspects than its predecessor. it had a much better atmosphere, it was more sharper and better with its shifts in tone, and surprisingly more violent which is good for what it's going for. however the contrivances still remain the same as many things feel so forced for the sake of things to happen, and for the most impossible of things to happen so perfectly.
5/10
characters- the main characters are still the same as always but do develop a little through the story. from Sagara going from some one uncertain of what to do with himself to at the end be able to be confident of what he wants to do. for Chidori....i don't really know honestly. several notable characters introduced are wraith a person who we are first hearing of but has always been there since season 1. a person who calls Sagara a hypocrite for not doing his job well, but when he now doing it alone is easily caught. the antagonists of the season aren't really that much as we go from bland to annoying and emotionless which although unpleasant is still an improvement even though not a good one.
5/10
Animation there is still those damn CGI helicopers and sub. other than that it was still well polished and done, the action and death looked cool. the character still looked nice and so on as before
7/10
sound- decent as previous season but not much else
6/10
enjoyment- it was pretty ok; had it's problems but the action was good enough
6/10
overall- it's story and character are fairly average . the animation still looks nice and the sound is decent
6/10

the entire series as a whole is pretty mediocre. having a not so impressive start only for another studio to improve on it. now the series i believe is being handed to another studio and the series can change for better or for worse.

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