This fall, Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! returns for a fourth anime series, this time produced by XEBEC (Fafner in the Azure, Space Battleship Yamato 2199). In anticipation, an "Odoru Very Merry Christmas" audio drama has brought the series' action to a luxury liner. A follow-up to the December 23rd first episode is scheduled for January 23rd, and the site update for this has revealed FMP 4's subtitle.

Get ready for Full Metal Panic!: Invisible Victory

From http://www.tdd-1.com/

The drama is based on the episodes in the novel's 6th volume released in March 2003, and all of the original anime voice cast will return, except Nozomu Sasaki who voiced Yan Jun Gyu and is replaced by Takayuki Okada just for the first chapter. The novel author Gatoh supervises the audio drama project.

Audio drama main visual drawn by the anime character designer Osamu Horiuchi

Novel 6th volume cover

TV anime "Full Metal Panic! IV" main staff

Director: Katsuichi Nakayama (The Good Witch of the West)

Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Osamu Horiuchi (all of the past Full Metal Panic! anime series)

Sub Character Designer/Animation Director: Aya Yamamoto (Big Order episode animation director)

Gun Designer/Animation Director: Takeshi Yoshioka

Mechanic Designer: Kanetake Ebigawa, Toshiaki Ihara

Set Designer: Takayuki Yanase

Mechanic Director: Masanori Nishii

Prop Designer/Mechanic Animation Director: Takuya Matsumura

Mechanic Animation Director: Masaru Kato

CG Director: Masanori Kamiji

Color Designer: Chiaki Kitabayashi (XEBEC)

Special Effects: Shin Inoie

Anime Production: Xebec





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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.