Full Metal Panic - Mission 1 details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Vic Mignogna, Shinichirô Miki, Mike MacRae, Yukana Nogami, Hilary Haag, Chris Patton, Shinichirô Miki, Tomokazu Seki, Mike Kleinhenz, Luci Christian, Masahiko Tanaka, Allison Keith, Satsuki Yukino, Akio Ôtsuka, Michiko Neya, Monica Rial |
| Directors: | Chris Hawley, David Del Rio |
| Genre: | Animated - Anime |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Full Metal Panic - Mission 1 |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
|---|---|
| Rental release: | 20 Oct 2003 |
| Main languages: | Japanese |
| Dubbed: | English |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Carry On Mecha Commander... well, kinda
By lstableford (37 reviews) from Nottingham , 27 Mar 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Why did I rent this?
I'm not exactly an anime nut and the fact that the dubbing actors generally don't get to read their scripts before recording makes most anime painful to watch. Not so FMP. If the cast were making up their parts as they were going along then they must be improvisational genii. So I guess the actors actually got to do some proper acting with this one. Don't get me wrong it's not Shakespeare but they all out-act Keanu Reeves and we pay a bunch of money to watch him shamble through turgid techno-thrillers a damn sight less exciting than this, right?
This first DVD details the mission of three teenage operatives of clandestine anti-terrorist army the Tuatha De Danaan (Celtic Mythology! Wow!) who operate out of a giant deep sea submarine and - obviously - pilot mega-huge robot death machines (the Arms Slaves).
All good and Science Fictiony. Then the weird bit kicks in. Our teenage army bods are assigned to safeguard the life of a sixteen year old anime babe (small mouth, long legs, enormous... eyes) called Chidori. They choose anal-retentive super soldier Sousuke to be her on the street secret bodyguard and the story suddenly veers into a strange saucy Japanese comedy of high school manners in which Sousuke continually makes accidental incursions upon the honour of Chidori.
So one minute it's Russian soldiers in a war zone the next it's whoops where's my panties. Having said that, despite the strangeness of it all the cheeriness and grimness serve to compliment each other and if you're any kind of anime fan when the cliff hanger hits you you'll be ordering disc two as fast as I did.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(12)pants
By trubshaw (3 reviews) from Oadby , 15 May 2008this film left me even more confused about Japanese culture and values. A potentially good triller that frequently tunrns into japaneese school girls flashing their pants. As my 13 year old put it- 'a bit pervy'- Was this review helpful to you?
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Starts well, goes downhill
By sp4ngle (7 reviews) from Chester , 04 Feb 2007The first 12 episodes of this series are some of the best anime on offer today - great characters, jokes that are actually funny to a western audience, hot mecha action, and the right amount of pathos. 5 stars, no question.
After episode 12 it really takes a dive - it would be safe to stop at that point unless you are a hopeless completist. 2 stars, maybe 3 (it's at least watchable).- Was this review helpful to you?
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kidstuff
By a customer from Darlington, England , 09 Sep 2006Kidstuff really: rudimentary story lines,cardboard characters, a poor choice of dub voices and pretty basic animation, way below the best standard of recent anime. The draughtsmanship is the biggest disappointment - none of the special Japanese magic. This is anime the way Disney would do it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Enjoyable
By Barry Rhodes from Cornwall, UK , 22 Mar 2006Not as engrossing or as intelligent as a lot of anime but its good fun. The comparisons have been drawn already and I must agree its a little James Bond and also a little Teen Comedy, but all in a Japanese anime style. If all anime was like this it would get old very quickly but this makes a change from most of the titles I usually choose. None too deep but well worth watching as light entertainment!- Was this review helpful to you?
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cheesy sheeeyite...
By a customer from maidenhead , 28 Oct 2005If you're an psuedo anime fan with no sense of humour and a have a slighty worrying thing for Japanese schoolgirl sleaze cult, then hire it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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