Kodoani.com – KADOKAWA announced that their light novel studio Fantasia Bunko will publish a new volume Full Metal Panic marks its 25th anniversary this year.
The series was published by the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko label consisting of 23 volumes (full volume: 12 volumes, side stories: 2, collection of short stories: 9) from September 1998 to August 2011. It has been 12 years and 9 months. since the publication released the final 12th volume of the full-length series.
According to the press release, the new volume is set in “present times”, about 20 years after the climax of the original series. Sousuke and Kaname, once high school students in the main story, are now adults and a married couple sharing a life together. The story depicts the “daily life” of Sosuke and Kaname, who have become a family!
KADOKAWA’s Dragon magazine July 2023 issue, which goes on sale May 19, features a teaser trailer for the new volume’s first season, and the September 2023 issue will publish the first chapter.
Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Chidori’s visuals for the new episode:
Cover of volume 1 of the novel:
◤◢◤◢◤◢ Special Report◤◢◤◢◤◢
The monumental SF military action boasted by Fantasia Bunko✨
“Fullmetal panic!”
A quarter of a century since the opening of the series–a shocking new book will be published! ️
Check the July issue of Dragon Magazine released today for details ????
— Fujimi Fantasia Bunko Official/New release on May 19 (@fantasia_bunko) May 19, 2023
Sagara Sousuke is not your typical high school student like most. He reads magazines for military enthusiasts; he answers questions with “affirmative;” he brought grenades to school in his briefcase. Although everyone at school considers him a hopeless military geek, Chidori Kaname thinks there might be something more to him. When their plane is hijacked in the middle of a field trip, Kaname’s instincts will prove right: Sousuke is an elite mercenary… and he’s here to protect her!
